No. 5 Duke Travels to Loyola for Saturday Faceoff

Saturday, March 9

Baltimore, Md.

3:30 p.m.

Duke University

Loyola

Photo by: Duke Athletics

No. 5 Duke Travels to Loyola for Saturday Faceoff

3/8/2024 10:34:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

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The Opening Faceoff

Duke hits the road for four of its next five games. The Blue Devils start the road swing at Loyola, March 9 with a 3:30 p.m., faceoff at Ridley Athletic Complex.
The Blue Devils are 24-13 all-time against the Greyounds and have won six of the past seven matchups, including last year's 17-9 victory in Durham.
Loyola opened its season with a dominant 18-10 win over then-No. 11 Georgetown. The Greyhounds then lost three straight before upending Towson in overtime Feb. 27. Loyola fell to Colgate last weekend in its Patriot League opener. The Greyhounds are averaging just 9.33 goals per game.
The Blue Devils rebounded from the loss to Penn with a commanding 17-8 victory over No. 14 Princeton. Duke still leads the nation in scoring with 18.67 goals per game with Josh Zawada ranking seventh nationally at 5.83 points per game. Patrick Jameison helps anchor a defense that is allowing 10 goals per game. Jameison ranks fourth in save percentage and sixth in goals against average.
Duke returns home for a midweek matchup with Providence, March 13 at 7 p.m.

By the Numbers
876 - Career faceoffs won by Jake Naso - the most in Duke history and ranking 10th in NCAA Division I history - 24 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
.613 - Freshman goalie Patrick Jameison's save percentage through five games, fourth nationally and the highest of a true freshman goalie
18.67 – Goals per game average for Duke - the highest in the nation by nearly one goal per game
9.33 – Goals per game average for Loyola, ranking 62nd nationally
173 & 172 - Career goals for Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams, respectively, first and second among active DI players
259 – Career points for Brennan O'Neill, fifth in Duke history and 41 from becoming the fourth Blue Devil to 300
14.33 - Loyola's saves per game average, the ninth highest among Division I program
13.83 - Turnovers per game for Loyola, ranking fourth nationally
57.4 – Duke's faceoff percentage in 2024, led by Naso's .612 percentage
39.0 - Percent success rate for the Greyhounds' faceoff unit

Series History

Duke and Loyola are meeting for the 38th time overall and for the 25th straight season. The Blue Devils are 24-13 all-time against the Greyhounds and have won five of the past six meetings. Loyola is Duke's longest running opponent outside of the ACC.
Under head coach John Danowski, Duke is 15-5 against the Greyhounds and has never lost to them in consecutive seasons. In Baltimore, Loyola leads the series 8-6, winning the last matchup at Ridley, 12-10, in 2022.

Blue Devils vs. Loyola

The current group of Blue Devils are 4-1 against Loyola in their careers. Brennan O'Neill is averaging 4.0 points per game with 12 points in his three outings against the Greyhounds.

Player	GP	G	A	P	GB	CT	FO
Kenny Brower	4	-	-	-	8	4	-
Dyson Williams	4	7	1	8	3	2	-
Jake Caputo	4	-	-	-	3	1	-
Tyler Carpenter	4	-	1	1	11	4	-
Brennan O'Neill	3	11	1	12	3	-	-
Jake Naso	3	-	-	-	20	-	41-68
Aidan Danenza	3	2	1	3	4	-	-
Andrew McAdorey	2	3	7	10	3	-	-
Connor Drake	2	0	1	1	1	-	-
Cameron Henry	1	-	-	-	1	-	1-2
Will Frisoli	2	1	0	1	4	1	-
Charlie O'Connor	2	-	-	-	1	-	-
Liam McLane	2	0	1	1	1	-	-
Reed Landin	2	2	0	2	-	-	-
Cole Krauss	2	-	-	-	5	-	-
Grant Mitchell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jake Wilson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Henry Bard	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Pappendick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Boyer	1	-	-	-	2	-	-
Jack Gray	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Aidan Maguire	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Goalie	GP	GA	Saves	GAA	SV%	GB	CT
William Helm	1	9	8	8.28	0.471	0	0

A Win Over Loyola Would...

Be head coach John Danowski's 465th career win
Be Danowski's 246th win at Duke
Be the program's 635th overall victory

Duke On The Road

The Blue Devils are 1-0 in true road games this season. Duke is 58-25 in road matchups under head coach John Danowski. Since 2007, Duke has gone unbeaten in away games just twice - 2009 and 2010. Duke plays five true road games this season.

Last Time We Met

Duke jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first quarter en route to the 17-9 win at Koskinen Stadium. Andrew McAdorey led all scorers with three goals and six assists for nine points. Garrett Leadmon and Brennan O'Neill added hat tricks.
Duke dominated off the ground, winning the ground ball battle, 32-17. Defensively, the Blue Devils held Loyola scoreless for 17:22 while building a 15-2 lead.

Elite Attack Unit

Duke's attack unit of Brennan O'Neill, Dyson Williams and Josh Zawada is averaging a combined 15 points per game after six games. They account for 90 of Duke's points this season (53.6 percent). Only Yale (15.33) has a higher average.
Williams ranks eighth nationally in goals/gm (3.50) and O'Neill is 12th (3.33), making Duke the only program to have two players in the top 15 in the category. Zawada is seventh in points/gm (6.83) and O'Neill 12th (5.50), leaving Duke as the only school to have two players averaging at least five points per game.
O'Neill - 12th in points/gm and 30th in assists/gm - is one of five Division I players to rank in the top 30 in each of those categories. Matt Brandau (Yale), Joey Spallina (Syracuse), Sam King (Harvard) and Louis Perfetto (Boston U) are the others.

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