Danowski Reaches 250 at Duke After Thrilling Win Over No. 18 Boston U

Wednesday, March 27

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

10-2

Boston University

6-3

Boston University

Duke University

Duke celebrates after scoring a goal against Boston U.

Danowski Reaches 250 at Duke After Thrilling Win Over No. 18 Boston U

3/27/2024 4:45:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

DURHAM – John Danowski earned his 250th victory as the head coach at Duke on Wednesday afternoon after his fifth-ranked Blue Devils powered past No. 18 Boston University, 11-10, at Koskinen Stadium.

Danowski now has 469 career victories to his ledger and a .767 winning percentage (250-76) while at Duke.

Senior Brennan O'Neill and graduate student Dyson Williams each finished with a team-high four points from three goals and one assist. Rookie Benn Johnston added three goals, including the game-winner with 2:12 left to play.

Defensively, the Blue Devils (10-2) held off a late attack by the Terriers (6-3), and freshman goalie Patrick Jameison stopped BU's final attempt on frame with 11 ticks remaining to secure the win.

How it Happened

In Wednesday's back-and-forth affair, it was the visitors who broke through first, scoring the game's opening two goals.
The Blue Devils answered with scores by O'Neill and Williams to knot the score at 2-2.
The Terriers tallied one final goal with six minutes remaining in the first period to take an early 3-2 edge into the second frame.
Duke started the second period strong with tallies by Johnston, Williams and Max Sloat to pull back in front 5-3. Williams' goal was assisted by Aidan Danenza on a man-up opportunity for the game's first extra man goal.
BU would not go away, battling back to tie the game at 5-5 before halftime following two late scores, including a man-up goal with two minutes remaining.
The two teams exchanged goals over the opening three minutes of the third period before Duke strung three consecutive scores together to create a 9-6 gap between the teams. Williams, O'Neill and Johnston each accounted for one of the Blue Devils' three goals during that stretch.
Again, the Terriers would respond, registering three-straight goals of their own to knot the score at 9-9 heading into the final frame.
O'Neill broke the deadlock with 8:43 left to play in the game when he found the back of the net unassisted for his 36th goal of the season.
BU's Tommy Bourque tied the game at 10-10 two-and-a-half minutes later to make for a thrilling final six minutes.
Neither team was able to find the back of the net until Johnston's final tally with a little over two minutes remaining put the Blue Devils in front for good.
Jameison was forced to make one last save with 11 seconds remaining to cap his 11-save performance.

Notes

O'Neill registered his seventh hat trick of the season and the 36th of his career.
The Bay Shore, N.Y., native pushed his career goals total to 189 and is now 10 scores away from tying Max Quinzani (2007-10) for third all-time.
Thanks to his four-point performance on Wednesday, O'Neill now has 283 career points to his name and is just three points shy of breaking into the program's top five.
Williams shifted his career goals total to 187, while his career points total is now 210.
Senior Jake Naso went 15-of 24 on faceoff opportunities to push his career total to 949. He moves to ninth in NCAA history in career ground balls with 532.
The Blue Devils' man-down defense held the Terriers to just 1-for-3 in extra-man situations, while Duke converted on both of its opportunities.
Defensively, the Blue Devils held BU to 24.4 percent shooting, marking the fifth consecutive opponent Duke has held under 30 percent shooting and the ninth overall.
Duke was successful on 86 percent of its clears against the Terriers. BU entered the contest ranked fifth nationally in opponent clearing percentage.
Duke reaches 10 wins for the 17th consecutive completed season. The Blue Devils are now 147-26 at home and 136-59 against top-20 opponents since 2007.

Up Next

Duke has a little time off before welcoming Notre Dame to Koskinen Stadium on Sunday April 7 at noon.

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