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Sunday, March 5
Syracuse, NY
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No. 5 Duke Opens ACC Play at No. 20 Syracuse Sunday
3/4/2023 7:52:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Duke vs. Syracuse Details
The fifth-ranked Blue Devils travel to take on Syracuse Sunday at 4 p.m., in the JMA Wireless Dome. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra and can be found on the ESPN app.
The Opening Faceoff
51 – Faceoff wins needed by Jake Naso to become the second Blue Devil in program history to reach 600 victories at the dot
29 - Of the 36 games as the main draw man Jake Naso has won at least 50 percent of his faceoffs
58 – Percent of Duke's points scored by the attack trio of O'Neill, McAdorey and Williams
17 – Different players who have registered at least one point for the Blue Devils this season, including 16 different goal scorers
22 – Career hat tricks for Brennan O'Neill in 38 career games
9 – Points for Duke's Owen Caputo in five games, the same amount he had in the first 14 games last season
0-5 – Duke's record in true road games against Syracuse with four of the losses coming in then-named Carrier Dome
.667 – Syracuse's man-up offense percentage, leading the nation with Virginia, Harvard and Hobart
.850 – Duke's man-down defense percentage, leading the ACC and ranking seventh nationally
22 – Man-up opportunities for Syracuse's opponents this season, third most allowed in the country
.538 - Duke's man-up offense percentage, one of 20 teams to remain above .500
Series History
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The fifth-ranked Blue Devils travel to take on Syracuse Sunday at 4 p.m., in the JMA Wireless Dome. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra and can be found on the ESPN app.
The Opening Faceoff
- Duke, 4-1 on the year, concludes a two-game road swing at Syracuse Sunday afternoon. The Blue Devils have never beaten the Orange in Syracuse with losses in 1994, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
- Syracuse enters the weekend with a 3-2 record following a 19-13 loss to North Carolina in its ACC opener. The Orange have lost two straight, also falling to Maryland, 15-12, after opening the year with three wins.
- The attack unit of Andrew McAdorey, Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams have paced the Blue Devils. The trio has combined for 70 of the team's 121 points with all three having at least 20 points to their names.
- Duke's defense has been solid, holding teams to just .270 shooting and to 10.60 goals per game. The Blue Devils have allowed just three man-up goals on 20 man-down situations for a .850 success rate.
- Graduate student transfer William Helm is solid in the cage, averaging 12.20 saves per game and sporting a .560 save percentage. Syracuse goalie Will Mark sports a 10.33 goals against average and a .592 save percentage.
- Junior faceoff specialist Jake Naso sports a .628 win percentage at the dot to rank 14th nationally. He has taken the second most faceoffs of any draw man in the country, just behind Syracuse's Johnny Richiusa 131. Richiusa is .427 on restarts.
51 – Faceoff wins needed by Jake Naso to become the second Blue Devil in program history to reach 600 victories at the dot
29 - Of the 36 games as the main draw man Jake Naso has won at least 50 percent of his faceoffs
58 – Percent of Duke's points scored by the attack trio of O'Neill, McAdorey and Williams
17 – Different players who have registered at least one point for the Blue Devils this season, including 16 different goal scorers
22 – Career hat tricks for Brennan O'Neill in 38 career games
9 – Points for Duke's Owen Caputo in five games, the same amount he had in the first 14 games last season
0-5 – Duke's record in true road games against Syracuse with four of the losses coming in then-named Carrier Dome
.667 – Syracuse's man-up offense percentage, leading the nation with Virginia, Harvard and Hobart
.850 – Duke's man-down defense percentage, leading the ACC and ranking seventh nationally
22 – Man-up opportunities for Syracuse's opponents this season, third most allowed in the country
.538 - Duke's man-up offense percentage, one of 20 teams to remain above .500
Series History
- Duke meets Syracuse for the 22nd time overall and for the 12th time as ACC foes. The Orange hold a 14-7 lead in the series and are 5-0 against the Blue Devils in Syracuse. Duke is 1-5 in the past six meetings.
- The Blue Devils last defeated Syracuse in a 15-14 thriller in 2021. Mike Adler made a last second save to ice the victory. In 2022, the Orange jumped ahead 7-1 and held off Duke's comeback effort in a 14-10 victory.
- Syracuse opened its ACC slate last weekend, hosting North Carolina. The Tar Heels held off an Orange comeback in a 19-13 victory in the JMA Wireless Dome. North Carolina used an 8-1 run over the span of just over 15 minutes to break open a tight game.
- Freshman Joey Spallina headlines the offense with 15 goals and five assists for 20 points, while Owen Hiltz has eight goals and 10 assists after missing last season to injury. Alex Simmons, a graduate student transfer from Denver, has five goals and nine assists.
- Defensively, the Orange is allowing 10.40 goals per game and 42.0 shots per game. Saam Olexo is the top takeaway artist with nine caused turnovers, while Nick Caccamo has eight. Olexo also has 16 ground balls in his five outings.
- Johnny Richiusa has taken all but four faceoffs and is 42 percent at the dot (56-of-131) and has 23 ground balls. In goal, Will Mark is in his first year with the Orange after finishing his career at LIU. He sports a 10.33 goals against average and a .592 save percentage. His near 60 percent save percentage is second in the ACC and ninth nationally.
- Seven of the past 10 - and four of the past five – matchups between Duke and Syracuse have been decided by a single goal with three of them going into overtime. Duke is 2-5 in those one-goal games.
- Since 2013 when Syracuse joined the ACC, Duke and Syracuse have played 11 times and seven have been decided by one goal. The margin of victory in that span is 3.55 goals - which includes a 14-goal victory by Duke and a 12-goal win from Syracuse.
- Duke returns home for a quick turnaround against No. 7 Loyola March 10 at 7 p.m., on ACCNX. Duke welcomes North Carolina the following week, March 17 at 6 p.m.
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