No. 3 Duke Hosts Providence in Midweek Matchup

Wednesday, March 13

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

Providence

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Dyson Williams and Brennan O'Neill chest bump to celebrate a goal

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No. 3 Duke Hosts Providence in Midweek Matchup

3/12/2024 12:58:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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The Opening Faceoff

Duke returns home Wednesday for a midweek matchup with Providence at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils will play three straight on the road before returning home March 27.
The Blue Devils are 2-0 against Providence with the most recent meeting coming in 2015.
The Friars are 4-3 overall with wins against Holy Cross, Brown, Merrimack and Stony Brook. Providence is averaging just 12.29 goals per game and allowing 13. Ryan Bell is the top scorer with 37 points from 14 goals and 23 assists. Richie Joseph has the most goals with 19. James Corasaniti sports a .469 save percentage and a 12.52 goals against average as the Friars allow 38.6 shots per game.
The Blue Devils powered through unfavorable weather conditions to beat Loyola on the road, 16-10. Duke still leads the nation in scoring with 18.29 goals per game with Josh Zawada ranking seventh nationally at 5.86 points per game. Patrick Jameison helps anchor a defense that is allowing 10 goals per game. Jameison ranks seventh in save percentage and sixth in goals against average.
Duke has a tough stretch ahead with a battle at No. 16 Richmond (March 16), No. 6 Syracuse (March 20) and No. 7 Denver (March 24) in a span of nine days.

By the Numbers
893 - Career faceoffs won by Jake Naso - the most in Duke history and ranking nointh in NCAA Division I history - seven away from becoming ninth player in DI history with 900

15 – Points per game average for Duke's starting attack unit of Brennan O'Neill, Dyson Williams and Josh Zawada

.582 - Freshman goalie Patrick Jameison's save percentage through five games, seventh nationally and the highest of a true freshman goalie

18.29 – Goals per game average for Duke - the highest in the nation by over one goal per game

13.00 - Providence's goals against average this season - 53rd among Division I programs

46 – Goals scored by Duke in first quarters this season - the most of any of the four quarters

177 & 176 - Career goals for Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams, respectively, second and third among active DI players

264 – Career points for Brennan O'Neill, fifth in Duke history and 36 from becoming the fourth Blue Devil to 300

5 - Man-up goals for Providence's Patrick McAleavey, tied with two other players for the most in the country

26 – Assists for Duke's Josh Zawada, only 13 away from 10th in Duke single-season history

Series History

Duke and Providence are meeting for just the second time. The Blue Devils won both previous matchups by a combined score of 38-11.

A Win Over Providence Would...

Be head coach John Danowski's 466th career win
Be Danowski's 247th win at Duke
Be the program's 636th overall victory

Home Sweet Home

Duke had its 14-game home win streak snapped against Penn earlier this season.
Under head coach John Danowski, Duke is 145-26 in games in Durham. Duke has gone unbeaten at home four times since 2007.

Last Time Out

Josh Zawada had six assists, Brennan O'Neill had five points (4-1) and Dyson Williams had four goals to lead Duke to a 16-10 win at Loyola. The Blue Devils pulled away in the second half after heading into the locker room knotted at 7-7.
Defensively, Duke was solid in holding Loyola to its fewest shots all season and forcing the Greyhounds into their second most turnovers of the year and five above their season average. The close defense trio of Henry Bard, Kenny Brower and Keith Boyer had a combined six caused turnovers.

Brennan O'Neill | A | Senior
264 career points to rank fifth in program history

36 shy of becoming the fourth player in Duke history and 20th in NCAA history to reach 300

177 goals to rank fifth in program history

23 away from 200
36 shy of breaking the Duke record held by Justin Guterding

87 assists to rank 12th in Duke history

13 from 100 to become only seventh Blue Devil to have 100 goals and 100 assists in his career

Dyson Williams | A | Graduate Student
198 career points – 17th in program history

2 from 200 – the 16th Blue Devil to reach the milestone

176 career goals – sixth in program history

24 away from 200
37 away from breaking the Duke record held by Guterding

Jake Naso | FO | Senior
893 career faceoff wins

Ranks ninth in NCAA history

502 career ground balls

11th player in NCAA history to have 500 and seven shy of top 10 mark

1,475 faceoffs taken

25 away from 1,500 - only eighth player in NCAA history to do so

Josh Zawada | A | Graduate Student
254 carer points

46 away from 300 - 20th player in NCAA history to reach the mark

134 career goals

16 shy of 150

Tyler Carpenter | LSM | Graduate Student
72 career caused turnovers

8 away from becoming third Blue Devil to reach 80
18 shy of breaking JT Giles-Harris' Duke record

Kenny Brower | D | Graduate Student
65 career caused turnovers

fifth in Duke history

John Danowski | Head Coach
465 career victories - the most of any Division I coach in NCAA history and third across all three divisions

13 away from becoming the second coach in any division to win at least 478 games

246 victories at Duke

4 away from 250

Duke's High Powered Offense

Duke scored at least 20 goals in consecutive games to start the 2024 season. It was just the sixth time in program history the Blue Devils have registered back-to-back 20-goal games. Duke has had 63 20-goal games in its history and multiple times in 19 seasons.
The Blue Devils hit 20 goals in four different games in 1999 with the fourth coming against St. Andrews - an NAIA program.
Duke's 18.29 goals per game leads the nation by more than a goal. The 2008 squad holds the school record for season goals average at 15.41 (262 goals in 17 games). The records for goals in a season is 304 in 2008.

Duke's Solid Defense

Duke ranks 16th nationally in scoring defense at 10 goals allowed per game. The Blue Devils have held three opponents to single digits this season and have given up more than 10 just twice.
The Blue Devils are one of nine programs to be ranked in the top 16 of both scoring offense and scoring defense. Duke has forced its opponents into at least 13 turnovers in each of the seven games and ranks second nationally in caused turnovers per game (11.43).
Duke's lowest goals against average since the shot clock was instituted in 2019 was 9.61 in 2019.

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