No. 1 Duke Falls to No. 2 Notre Dame

Saturday, April 8

Notre Dame, Ind.

4 p.m.

Duke University

10-2,3-1ACC

Notre Dame

8-1, 2-1ACC

Duke University

Notre Dame

Photo by: Notre Dame Athletics

No. 1 Duke Falls to No. 2 Notre Dame

4/8/2023 6:59:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Second-ranked Notre Dame outscored Duke in the second quarter and never let up en route to a 17-12 victory over the top-ranked Blue Devils in ACC men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Arlotta Stadium.

The Blue Devils move to 10-2 overall and 3-1 in ACC play, while Notre Dame improves to 8-1 and 2-1 against league foes. Fighting Irish stars Chris Kavanagh and Pat Kavanagh combined for eight goals and five assists for 13 points in the victory. Dyson Williams led all Duke scorers with three goals.

How it Happened

Duke opened the scoring with a goal from senior Grant Mitchell on the doorstep. The nation's top two teams traded goals over the next 12 minutes with Duke rookie Charles Balsamo throwing one past Liam Entenmann with 59 seconds left to put the Blue Devils in front, 3-2, at the first break.
The second quarter was all Fighting Irish as they outscored Duke 7-1 to take a 9-4 lead into the locker room. The Blue Devils were held without a goal for 10:58 and to just six shots in the 15 minutes.
Chris Kavanagh and Pat Kavanagh combined for four goals and three assists in the run.
Notre Dame picked up right where it left off in the third quarter, scoring 35 seconds into the period for a six-goal lead.
The Blue Devils responded with consecutive goals from Garrett Leadmon and Brennan O'Neill to bring Duke back within four, but the Fighting Irish refused to let up answering with back-to-back tallies for another six-goal lead, 12-6. Leadmon ended the game with a goal and an assist.
Duke found ways to score midway through the third to cut the lead back to three, 12-9, with 4:33 left to play. Andrew McAdorey started the spurt with 6:50 on the clock and freshman shortstick middie Aidan Maguire capped it 2:17 later with his second goal of the year. Williams sandwiched one of his three on the afternoon in between.
Notre Dame buckled down in the fourth quarter on both ends of the field, scoring four goals and holding Duke to just two. The Blue Devils had just nine shots in the fourth quarter.
William Helm ended the game with 10 saves. Notre Dame's Liam Entenmann was outstanding between the pipes with 15 saves. Duke outshot the Fighting Irish 41-39 for the game.
Duke went 2-of-5 on extra man and Notre Dame was 2-of-3 on man-up.

Notes

Dyson Williams scored three goals to push his goal streak to 15 games. He has 49 goals in that span dating back to April 14, 2022. His three goals mark his 26th career hat trick and eighth of the season.
Brennan O'Neill scored on extra man to stretch his goal scoring streak to 21 games. He has 70 goals in the stretch. O'Neill's man-up goal was the 21st of his career and sixth of the season.
Duke senior Michael Grogan played on man-down defense, his first game since March 14, 2021, due to injuries – a span of 761 days.
The 17 goals given up by the Blue Devils are the most allowed by a Duke team since March 22, 2015, in a 19-7 loss to No. 1 Syracuse.
Duke moves to 9-7 under John Danowski when ranked No. 1. The Blue Devils are 0-2 against Notre Dame when ranked first nationally.
William Helm made 10 saves to record his seventh double-digit save performance of the season and the 22nd of his career.