DURHAM – The seventh-ranked Duke men's lacrosse team hits the road for the first time in 2022 to take on No. 10 Penn Feb. 26 in the inaugural Long Island Metro Cup in Levittown, N.Y. The Blue Devils and Quakers will face off at MacArthur High School at 12 p.m.
Tickets are available for purchase for the game, with seating availability limited to 3,000. Admission is $10 for adults 12-and-up and $5 for youth 11-and-under. Please note there will be not be a walk-up ticket option on the day of the game.
To purchase a ticket, please visit this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/254793071937.
Duke and Penn will be squaring off for the 12th time in the programs' histories. This will be the first meeting since February of 2020 due to the Ivy League not playing last spring.
The Quakers hold a 6-5 edge in the overall series and both Duke and Penn have four wins apiece in the rivalry under the respective head coaches,
John Danowski and Mike Murphy. Neither program has put together consecutive wins against the other with the Quakers owning the most recent win – 14-11 victory in Charlotte in 2020.
The Blue Devils are 3-1 overall after the first two opening weekends, while Penn opens its 2022 campaign versus No. 3 Georgetown, Feb. 19 at 12 p.m.
Duke has two more games on its schedule prior to the matchup with the Quakers. The Blue Devils host No. 11 Denver Saturday, Feb. 19 and welcome No. 17 Delaware to Durham Feb. 22. The game against
Penn will be the third straight top 20 opponent for Duke in an eight-day span.
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