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Duke Tabbed No. 2 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Poll
1/3/2024 11:05:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
DURHAM – The Duke men's lacrosse team will open the 2024 campaign ranked No. 2 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine preseason poll. The Blue Devils sit behind 2023 NCAA Champion Notre Dame.
All five of the ACC programs are ranked in the top 20 with Notre Dame, Duke and Virginia coming in at Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Syracuse is ninth and North Carolina is tabbed 19th.
The Blue Devils return the core of the 2023 team that finished the year 16-3 overall, won the ACC title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game. Duke welcomes back 79 percent of its total points and 80 percent of its goals from a year ago, including the starting attack unit of Brennan O'Neill, Dyson Williams and Andrew McAdorey. The Blue Devils ranked fifth nationally in scoring offense (14.84 goals per game) last season with O'Neill coming in at No. 4 on the individual chart.
Aidan Danenza and Charles Balsamo return after combining for 63 points on the first midfield line.
Defensively, Duke has two thirds of its close defense coming back, including first-team All-American Kenny Brower. Longstick midfielders Tyler Carpenter and Will Frisoli are back for their final seasons as Blue Devils and Jake Caputo, Jack Gray and Aidan Maguire will help to anchor the defensive midfield unit.
Headlining the faceoff unit will be Jake Naso. The senior specialist is only 34 faceoff wins away from breaking the Duke record held by Brendan Fowler.
The Blue Devils also welcome a host of transfers, including Michigan's top scorer Josh Zawada and Princeton midfielder Alex Slusher and goaltender Griffen Rakower. William Helm is back for a final season between the pipes after coming in from St. Lawrence last season.
Duke opens the 2024 season Feb. 3 against Bellarmine. The remainder of the schedule will be announced soon and features the return of the ACC Men's Lacrosse Tournament.
USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Top 20
1. Notre Dame
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Penn State
5. Maryland
6. Johns Hopkins
7. Cornell
8. Army
9. Syracuse
10. Yale
11. Denver
12. Georgetown
13. Michigan
14. Princeton
15. Rutgers
16. Delaware
17. Penn
18. Boston University
19. North Carolina
20. Richmond
#GoDuke
All five of the ACC programs are ranked in the top 20 with Notre Dame, Duke and Virginia coming in at Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Syracuse is ninth and North Carolina is tabbed 19th.
The Blue Devils return the core of the 2023 team that finished the year 16-3 overall, won the ACC title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game. Duke welcomes back 79 percent of its total points and 80 percent of its goals from a year ago, including the starting attack unit of Brennan O'Neill, Dyson Williams and Andrew McAdorey. The Blue Devils ranked fifth nationally in scoring offense (14.84 goals per game) last season with O'Neill coming in at No. 4 on the individual chart.
Aidan Danenza and Charles Balsamo return after combining for 63 points on the first midfield line.
Defensively, Duke has two thirds of its close defense coming back, including first-team All-American Kenny Brower. Longstick midfielders Tyler Carpenter and Will Frisoli are back for their final seasons as Blue Devils and Jake Caputo, Jack Gray and Aidan Maguire will help to anchor the defensive midfield unit.
Headlining the faceoff unit will be Jake Naso. The senior specialist is only 34 faceoff wins away from breaking the Duke record held by Brendan Fowler.
The Blue Devils also welcome a host of transfers, including Michigan's top scorer Josh Zawada and Princeton midfielder Alex Slusher and goaltender Griffen Rakower. William Helm is back for a final season between the pipes after coming in from St. Lawrence last season.
Duke opens the 2024 season Feb. 3 against Bellarmine. The remainder of the schedule will be announced soon and features the return of the ACC Men's Lacrosse Tournament.
USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Top 20
1. Notre Dame
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Penn State
5. Maryland
6. Johns Hopkins
7. Cornell
8. Army
9. Syracuse
10. Yale
11. Denver
12. Georgetown
13. Michigan
14. Princeton
15. Rutgers
16. Delaware
17. Penn
18. Boston University
19. North Carolina
20. Richmond
#GoDuke
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