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Friday, February 17
Durham, N.C.
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Photo by: Duke Athletics
No. 13 Duke Hosts Denver Friday Afternoon
2/16/2023 8:59:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Gameday Details
875 – Combined number of wins between John Danowski and Bill Tierney - the only two Division I coaches to amass 400 career victories
1,234 – Number of collegiate lacrosse games coached by the legendary duo
10 – NCAA titles won by the pair - seven for Tierney and three for Danowski
12-13 – Danowski's all-time record when coaching against Bill Tierney - [7-6 at Duke and 5-7 at Hofstra]
57 – Percent of Duke's points scored by the attack trio of O'Neill, McAdorey and Williams
21 – Career hat tricks for Brennan O'Neill in 37 career games
517 - Career faceoff wins for Jake Naso, one of five Blue Devils to 500 career faceoff victories at Duke and ranking eighth among active players
534 – Career faceoff victories for Denver's Alec Stathakis in 40 career games
36 – Shots per game Duke is allowing after three contests
52 - Shots per game Duke is averaging on offense in three games
13-13 – Duke's man-down defense through two games, one of two teams in the country to not have allowed a man-up goal
About Denver
Series History
Last Time We Met
Home Sweet Home
Faceoff Battle Looming
Up Next
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- Faceoff between Duke and Denver Friday is set for 4 p.m., on ESPNU. Chris Cotter (PxP) and Quint Kessenich (analyst) will call the action as two of the all-time great coaches in the sport of lacrosse square off for a final time in the regular season
- Parking for the game is in the Grounds Lot. All gameday information can be found here.
- Duke returns home to host Denver in a Friday matinee at 4 p.m. The Blue Devils and Pioneers square off for the 13th straight season. Duke is 7-6 in that stretch, including winning each of the past five outings.
- Denver is coming off a 12-10 loss Saturday at Air Force. The Pioneers are 1-1 overall and averaging just 11 goals per game. They opened the 2023 campaign with a 12-4 victory over Utah.
- The attack unit of Andrew McAdorey, Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams have paced the Blue Devils through three games. The trio has combined for 43 of the team's 76 points with all three having at least 13 points to their names.
- Duke's defense has been solid overall, holding teams to just 35.7 shots per game and to 9.33 goals per game. The Blue Devils have yet to give a man-up goal on 13 man-down situations.
- Graduate student transfer William Helm is solid in the cage, making 34 saves, while allowing 23 goals for a 8.84 goals against average.
- Junior faceoff specialist Jake Naso sports a .681 win percentage at the dot to rank 20th nationally. On the other side of the, Denver's Alec Stathakis in 19th at .690 after two games.
875 – Combined number of wins between John Danowski and Bill Tierney - the only two Division I coaches to amass 400 career victories
1,234 – Number of collegiate lacrosse games coached by the legendary duo
10 – NCAA titles won by the pair - seven for Tierney and three for Danowski
12-13 – Danowski's all-time record when coaching against Bill Tierney - [7-6 at Duke and 5-7 at Hofstra]
57 – Percent of Duke's points scored by the attack trio of O'Neill, McAdorey and Williams
21 – Career hat tricks for Brennan O'Neill in 37 career games
517 - Career faceoff wins for Jake Naso, one of five Blue Devils to 500 career faceoff victories at Duke and ranking eighth among active players
534 – Career faceoff victories for Denver's Alec Stathakis in 40 career games
36 – Shots per game Duke is allowing after three contests
52 - Shots per game Duke is averaging on offense in three games
13-13 – Duke's man-down defense through two games, one of two teams in the country to not have allowed a man-up goal
About Denver
- Denver comes to Durham following a 12-10 loss at Air Force Saturday. The Pioneers trailed 7-4 at halftime and couldn't complete the comeback in the fourth quarter.
- JJ Sillstrop leads the Pioneers with six points (5g, 1a), while Stephen Avery has four goals and an assist and Noah Manning has three and two, respectively. The Pioneers are averaging 11 goals and 35.5 shots per game after two outings.
- Alec Stathakis has taken all of the faceoffs, winning 30-of-43 and picking up 20 ground balls. In goal, Jack Thompson is the anchor, averaging eight saves per game and sporting a .429 save percentage.
- The Pioneers, under the direction of legendary coach Bill Tierney in his final season, were picked to finish second behind Georgetown in the BIG EAST. Sillstrop, Jack DiBenedetto and Jack Thompson were preseason All-BIG EAST choices.
Series History
- Duke is 10-6 all-time against Denver and has won five straight, including last year's convincing 19-10 victory in Durham. The Blue Devils last lost to the Pioneers in 2017, a 14-9 setback in Denver.
- The Blue Devils and Pioneers face off for the 13th consecutive year Friday with Duke going 7-6 in those games. It will be the 26th time the two legendary coaches will have faced each other with Bill Tierney holding a slight 13-12 edge.
- The average margin of victory in the games has been 3.38 in the 16 meetings with last year's nine-goal win for Duke being the largest.
Last Time We Met
- Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams both had four goals and two assists apiece as Duke outscored Denver 10-4 in the second half for the 19-10 victory. Nakeie Montgomery also had a hat trick.
- Duke forced 17 turnovers by the Pioneers and Mike Adler had 10 saves in 55 minutes of action. The Blue Devils dominated the action on the ground, picking up 36 ground balls to Denver's 19 despite only winning three more faceoffs.
Home Sweet Home
- Duke had its 14-game win streak snapped last season against Jacksonville, but the Blue Devils have fared well at home overall.
- Duke is 134-25 in games in Durham under head coach John Danowski. The Blue Devils have gone unbeaten at home three times since 2007.
Faceoff Battle Looming
- Friday's battle at the faceoff dot is one to watch as it features two of the top draw men in the country in Duke's Jake Naso and Denver's Alec Stathakis. The Pioneer FOGO has 534 career wins in 40 games and Naso has 517 in 36 outings to rank seventh and eighth among active players, respectively.
- Naso only took one faceoff in the 2020 matchup with the Pioneers and went 16-of-28 last season. Stathakis won 13-of-30 last season and is 36-of-57 for his career.
Up Next
- Duke hits the road to take on Penn, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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