Duke Defense Puts the Clamps on Richmond in 12-3 Victory

Saturday, March 16

Richmond, Va.

1 p.m.

Duke University

8-1

Richmond

5-3

Duke University

Richmond

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Defense Puts the Clamps on Richmond in 12-3 Victory

3/16/2024 3:46:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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RICHMOND, Va. – Duke rookie goaltender Patrick Jameison made 12 saves as the third-ranked Blue Devils held No. 16 Richmond to just three goals en route to a 12-3 victory in men's lacrosse action at Robins Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Brennan O'Neill paced the offense with three goals and two assists, while Josh Zawada had two goals and two assists for four points. Defensively, the Blue Devils held Richmond to scoreless stretches of 17:53 and 31:56. Tyler Carpenter was outstanding on defense with three caused turnovers and five ground balls.

How it Happened

It took 12:11 for either team to get on the scoreboard as Andrew McAdorey put Duke up 1-0 on an assist from O'Neill. Duke freshman goalie Jameison made five saves in the opening 15 minutes and the Blue Devil defense forced the Spiders into four turnovers to take a 1-0 lead into the first break.
Richmond ended its scoreless drought at 17:53 to even the score at 1-1. Lance Madonna put the Spiders on the board.
Duke answered 21 seconds later on a Zawada tally. Winning the faceoff, the Blue Devils cleared perfectly to Jake Naso who found Carpenter in the middle. The veteran pole quickly dished it to Zawada for the attackman's 18th goal of the season.
Luke Grayum tied the score for the Spiders tied the score midway through the second quarter. Zawada answered for the Blue Devils again three minutes later, giving the Duke the lead again with 4:12 left in the first half.
Sophomore Charles Balsamo turned the corner a couple minutes later to put the Blue Devils in front by two.
Jameison and the Duke defense continued to shine in the second quarter, holding Richmond to seven shots. The rookie backstop had eight saves in the first 30 minutes.
Much like it's done all season, the Blue Devil offense struck quickly at the start of the third quarter with a pair of goals in a span of 29 seconds for a 6-2 lead. O'Neill had the first, while Naso had the second off a pass from O'Neill.
Duke's offense continued to fire on all cylinders, tacking on four more in a span of 4:42 for a 10-2 lead with 6:26 left in the frame. The Blue Devil defense was equally as impressive, keeping the Spiders off the board for another quarter, including killing off a pair of 30-second penalties.
Scoring slowed for the Blue Devils in the fourth quarter with O'Neill and McAdorey notching the lone tallies for Duke.
Naso won 7-of-16 faceoffs, picked up three ground balls and scored a goal. Duke won the ground ball battle 23-20 and held Richmond to just 30 shots.

Notes

Duke held Richmond without a goal in the first and third quarter, marking the first time this season the Blue Devils have held an opponent without a goal in two periods. The Blue Devils held the Spiders scoreless for spans of 17:53 and a season-best 31:56.
The 30 shots taken by Richmond were the fewest by the Spiders all season, while the three goals were 12 fewer than their scoring average of 15.86. The three goals allowed by the Blue Devils are the fewest since the 2018 squad held Cleveland State to three.
The Blue Devils scored six goals in the third quarter – the 13th time this season they've had at least six in a period. Duke is the fourth team this season to score double-digit goals against Richmond with the 12 being tied for the second most the Spiders have allowed.
Brennan O'Neill registered his 34th career hat trick and posted his 29th five-point performance. He now has a goal in 37 straight games, notching 119 in that span. The five points push him to 274 for his career while his three goals give him 182 overall. The two assists give him 92 overall.
Dyson Williams extended his goal scoring streak to 31 games. He has 101 in that stretch. With 182 career goals, he and O'Neill are tied for fifth in program history.
Tyler Carpenter's three caused turnovers give him 76 for his career, leaving him four shy of becoming the third Blue Devil to reach the 80 benchmark. He is 13 away from tying JT Giles-Harris for the Duke career mark.
Jake Naso moved into a tie for eighth in NCAA history with 913 career faceoff wins.
Patrick Jameison record a .800 save percentage – the second consecutive game saving at least 80 percent of the shots.

Up Next

Duke opens ACC play Wednesday, March 20 at No. 6 Syracuse. Faceoff in the JMA Wireless Dome is set for 7 p.m., on ACCNX.

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