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Monday, May 29
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Duke University
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Photo by: Duke Athletics
Duke Set to Face Notre Dame in NCAA Championship Game
5/28/2023 2:16:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
DUKE VYING FOR FOURTH NCAA TITLE
THE OPENING FACEOFF
BY THE NUMBERS
3 - NCAA titles Duke has won in program history (2010, 2013, 2014)
7 – Appearances for the Blue Devils in the NCAA title game
3-3 – Duke's record in NCAA Finals
59 - Goals for Dyson Williams in 2023, seventh in Duke history and one away from becoming fifth different Blue Devil to reach 60 goals
773 – Faceoff wins for Jake Naso, ranking 20th in NCAA Division I history and 43 away from tying Duke's record of 816 held by Brendan Fowler
95 - Points for Brennan O'Neill this season, sixth on the Duke single-season chart and five away from becoming the third Blue Devil to score 100 points in a season
78 – Percent of Brennan O'Neill's 54 goals that have been unassisted
28 - Caused turnovers for Wilson Stephenson this season, ranking third in Duke history
7 – Goal differential in Duke's five NCAA Tournament wins under Danowski - 50-43
5-1 - Duke's record in overtime games in the NCAA Tournament
5.8 - Points per game average for Notre Dame's Pat Kavanagh against Duke - 29 points in five games
SERIES HISTORY
JAKE NASO
COMING IN CLUTCH
TOMMY SCHELLING
ANDREW MCADOREY
DUKE IN ONE GOAL GAMES
BOYER BOWL
FRISOLI FAMILY AFFAIR IN PHILADELPHIA
- Duke is in search of its fourth NCAA Men's Lacrosse title, while Notre Dame aims to wins its first in program history. The game will be televised on ESPN at 1 p.m., with Paul Carcaterra, Quint Kessenich and Anish Shroff on the call. Westwood One will carry the action on radio with Dave Ryan (PxP), Mark Dixon (Analyst) and Evan Washburn (sideline) providing the coverage.
- Fans who want to listen to the radio broadcast can find it on Sirius XM 84 or by downloading the Varsity Network App and searching NCAA Men's Lacrosse. It also is streamed free of charge on westwoodonesports.com (direct link: westwoodonesports.com/ncaaplayer) and available with a premium subscription of the Tune In app.
THE OPENING FACEOFF
- Duke, 16-2 on the year, is in search of its fourth NCAA title Monday. The Blue Devils face off at 1 p.m., at Lincoln Financial Field against Notre Dame, a rematch of the 2010 and 2014 NCAA title games.
- This will be the seventh meeting between Duke and Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament and the third in a title game. The Blue Devils are 5-1 against the Fighting Irish with the loss coming in 1995. The average margin of victory in the five wins is 1.4 goals with two of them going into overtime (2010, 2019)
- Notre Dame, the No. 3 seed, advanced to the championship game with a 13-12 overtime win against Virginia. The Irish avenged the two regular season losses to the Cavaliers.
- The attack unit of Andrew McAdorey, Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams have paced the Blue Devils. The trio is averaging 8.3 goals and 12.2 points per game and has 53 percent of the team's 414 points. Duke has gotten goals from 23 different players this season.
- Junior faceoff specialist Jake Naso features a .630 win percentage at the dot to rank sixth nationally. He ranks second in faceoffs taken (484) and first in faceoffs won (305). Will Lynch is 144-of-294 (.490) at the faceoff dot to pace the Irish.
BY THE NUMBERS
3 - NCAA titles Duke has won in program history (2010, 2013, 2014)
7 – Appearances for the Blue Devils in the NCAA title game
3-3 – Duke's record in NCAA Finals
59 - Goals for Dyson Williams in 2023, seventh in Duke history and one away from becoming fifth different Blue Devil to reach 60 goals
773 – Faceoff wins for Jake Naso, ranking 20th in NCAA Division I history and 43 away from tying Duke's record of 816 held by Brendan Fowler
95 - Points for Brennan O'Neill this season, sixth on the Duke single-season chart and five away from becoming the third Blue Devil to score 100 points in a season
78 – Percent of Brennan O'Neill's 54 goals that have been unassisted
28 - Caused turnovers for Wilson Stephenson this season, ranking third in Duke history
7 – Goal differential in Duke's five NCAA Tournament wins under Danowski - 50-43
5-1 - Duke's record in overtime games in the NCAA Tournament
5.8 - Points per game average for Notre Dame's Pat Kavanagh against Duke - 29 points in five games
SERIES HISTORY
- Duke and Notre Dame square off for the 31st time. The Blue Devils have a slight 16-14 edge in the rivalry, but it is the Fighting Irish who have had the edge of late in winning four of the past six, including three straight.
- The Blue Devils have fared well against Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, going 5-1. The lone loss came in 1995, a 12-10 setback, in Duke's third NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Duke is 5-0 against Notre Dame in NCAA postseason action under Danowski. All six of the meetings have been decided by two or fewer goals with two going into overtime.
- Duke head coach John Danowski is 20-19 all-time against Notre Dame and 12-13 versus the Irish as the leader of the Blue Devils.
JAKE NASO
- Duke's primary faceoff man the past two seasons, Naso became the 21st Division I player to reach 750 wins at the dot. With 773 to his name, he leads all junior faceoff specialists in career victories and ranks 20th in NCAA Division I history. His 305 faceoff wins and 484 faceoffs taken this season rank eighth and fifth in NCAA Division I single-season history, respectively. He needs 43 victories at the dot to tie Brendan Fowlers' career record of 816.
COMING IN CLUTCH
- Over the course of Jake Naso's two-plus seasons at the faceoff dot, he is 65-39 (.625) in the fourth quarter in games decided by two or fewer goals. He is 6-0 in faceoffs in overtime with Duke going 5-1 in those contests. Against Denver, Naso won 7-of-8 faceoffs in the fourth quarter and drew the penalty to end regulation. At Virginia this season he was 3-of-5 in the final stanza and went 4-of-6 versus Delaware. In the semifinal versus Penn State, the first-team All-American was 5-of-6 in the fourth and won the OT restart.
TOMMY SCHELLING
- Graduate student transfer Tommy Schelling is inching close to 100 goals and 100 assists with 199 career points. He reached the century mark in goals with two against Penn State in the semifinals and is one assist away from 100 - leaving him one point off of 200 for his career. He arrived at Duke from Lehigh with 90 goals and 89 assists.
ANDREW MCADOREY
- McAdorey enters Monday's game with 99 career points - one away from 100. He is averaging 3.33 points per game this season.
DUKE IN ONE GOAL GAMES
- Duke is 94-76 in games decided by one goal in program history.
- Duke is 35-22 in one-goal contests since 2007 and played a program-high six one-goal games in 2019. The Blue Devils were 0-2 in one-goal games in 2022 and are 5-1 in 2023.
- Duke is 32-23-1 all-time in overtime games and 18-7 under Danowski. The Blue Devils are 12-8 in one-goal games in the NCAA Tournament and 5-1 in overtime contests. Two of the five OT wins have come against the Irish.
BOYER BOWL
- Monday's game features a family rivalry with brothers Keith Boyer of Duke and Jose Boyer of Notre Dame squaring off. Keith is a sophomore for the Blue Devils and starts on the close defense, while Jose is a graduate student for the Irish and plays LSM.
FRISOLI FAMILY AFFAIR IN PHILADELPHIA
- It will be a weekend full of lacrosse for the Frisoli family. Brothers Jack and Will Frisoli will suit up together for the final time as Blue Devils in search of an NCAA title. Their younger brothers, Ben and Sam, will do the same for Tufts University Sunday in the NCAA Division III National Championship game. Ben is an LSM, like Will, while Sam is a midfielder for the Jumbos. Both have played every game this season for 22-0 Tufts.
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