Top-Ranked Notre Dame Edges No. 3 Duke, 15-12

Sunday, April 7

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

10-3,0-2

Notre Dame

7-1,2-0

Notre Dame

Duke University

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Top-Ranked Notre Dame Edges No. 3 Duke, 15-12

4/7/2024 4:59:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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DURHAM – Duke rallied to tie the game after a four-goal deficit, but the No. 3 Blue Devils couldn't complete the comeback in a 15-12 setback to top-ranked Notre Dame in front of a sellout men's lacrosse crowd at Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils used a 3-0 run early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 11-11 with 9:09 remaining. Notre Dame answered with three unanswered, including one with 1:42 left in the period, to seal the win.

How it Happened

The Blue Devils and Fighting Irish traded goals in the opening quarter with Notre Dame getting the last tally for a 3-2 edge after 15 minutes. Max Sloat and Dyson Williams got on the board for Duke and Patrick Jameison made three saves in the period.
Duke senior Aidan Danenza scored the first goal of the second quarter on an assist from Josh Zawada. Williams followed with a man-up marker at the 8:40 mark to give the Blue Devils their first lead of the contest, 4-3.
The final eight minutes of the second stanza was all Notre Dame as it scored five unanswered to head into the locker room with an 8-4 advantage. Chris Kavanagh and Pat Kavanagh both had two goals in the five-goal spurt in a span of 6:11. They both finished their afternoons with four goals apiece to lead the Irish attack.
Duke came out of the break and brought the game back within three on strike from Andrew McAdorey at the 13:20 mark. Both the Blue Devils and Irish added two goals apiece in to finish the frame with Notre Dame ahead, 10-7. Brennan O'Neill found the goal for the first time of the afternoon while Williams notched another man-up score.
The Blue Devils refused to go away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Notre Dame 4-1 in the first six minutes of the period. Tyler Carpenter ignited the Duke sideline at 46 seconds into the period with a long pole goal and O'Neill, Williams and McAdorey each scored in a span of 1:21 to tie the game, 11-11, with 9:09 remaining. Williams led all Duke scorers with four goals, while O'Neill had two. Sloat added a pair and McAdorey finished his day with two goals and an assist.
Notre Dame never let the Blue Devils take the lead, holding Duke scoreless over the next eight minutes en route to the 15-12 victory.
Jake Naso was solid at the faceoff dot, winning 15-of-30 and picking up five ground balls. In goal, Patrick Jameison made 10 saves.
Notre Dame was led by Pat Kavanagh's four goals and three assists. Chris Kavanagh had four goals and an assist and Jake Taylor rounded out the attack unit with two goals. Liam Entenmann had 14 saves to earn the win.

Notes

Duke moves to 147-27 in home games under John Danowski.
Dyson Williams registered his 39th career hat trick with four goals. The four tallies push him to 191 for his career, tying for fourth in Duke history. He moves to 12th on the Duke career points list with 214.
Brennan O'Neill had two goals to increase his goal streak to 41 consecutive games. He has 128 tallies in that stretch. The two markers give him 191 for his career, ranking tied for fourth at Duke, and 285 points to tie Zack Greer four fourth all-time at Duke.
Williams and O'Neill move to 16th on the all-time NCAA scoring list and are six away from the No. 10 spot.
Jake Naso won 15 faceoffs to give him 964 for his career. He now has 537 ground balls to rank ninth in NCAA history and five away from eighth place.
Tyler Carpenter picked up five ground balls – the 26th time he has done so in his career. Will Frisoli had his third career three-plus caused turnovers performance with three takeaways for the Blue Devils.

Up Next

Duke returns to Koskinen Stadium for another top-five matchup against No. 2 Virginia next Sunday, April 21. Faceoff is set for 2 p.m., on ACC Network.

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