Duke Falls to No. 16 Virginia, 14-10

Saturday, April 4

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

8-2, 0-2

Virginia

7-4, 2-0

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Virginia	3	2	5	4	14
Duke	2	4	1	3	10

Ben McCarthy takes a faceoff for Duke men's lacrosse

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Falls to No. 16 Virginia, 14-10

4/4/2026 4:27:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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DURHAM, N.C. — Sixteenth-ranked Virginia outscored No. 7 Duke, 5-1, in the third quarter to pull away for a 14-10 victory in ACC men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon at Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils fall to 8-2 overall and 0-2 in ACC play while the Cavaliers improve to 7-4 overall and 2-0 in league action. Duke was led on offense by freshman Michael Ortlieb's five points from two goals and three assists. Kyle Colsey added a hat trick for the Blue Devils.

Virginia's attack unit combined for five goals and four assists with Truitt Sunderland posting four tallies and Brendan Millon quarterbacked the offense with a goal and four assists.

How it Happened

The first 30 minutes were nip and tuck with neither team leading by more than two goals. Virginia jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 1:41 before Duke settled in on defense to hold the Cavaliers without a goal for over 10 minutes.
Senior Max Sloat got Duke on the board at the 11:46 mark and Benn Johnston tied the game with seven minutes left in the quarter.
Ryan Colsey ended Virginia's scoring drought with 1:55 remaining in the stanza to put the Cavaliers up 3-2 at the first break.
After Virginia went ahead 4-2 at the start of the second frame, Duke responded with four of the next five for its first lead of the game at 6-5. Ortlieb had a hand in three of the four goals with a goal and two assists. Kyle Colsey, Brady Scioletti and Cal Girard added the other three markers in a span of 4:30 to take a 6-5 lead into the locker room.
The third quarter was all Cavaliers, as Virginia outscored the Blue Devils 5-1. Virginia shut down the Duke offense, holding the Blue Devils to eight shots in the period and forcing five turnovers. Offensively, Virginia scored five goals on 10 shots.
Trailing 10-7 to start the fourth quarter, Scioletti got Duke within two again with his second of the afternoon just 18 seconds into the stanza. Virginia's Joey Terenzi answered to make it a three-score game again and the Cavaliers never let the Blue Devils get closer than two goals.
Kyle Colsey capped the scoring for Duke with two goals in the final nine minutes, but a 3-1 run by the Cavaliers in the final five minutes gave Virginia its first regular season win over Duke since 2004.
Cal Girard took the majority of faceoffs, going 9-of-18 and picking up four ground balls. Ben McCarthy went 5-of-8 at the dot and scooped up three ground balls.
The Blue Devils outshot Virginia, 47-34, and had a narrow 35-33 edge in ground balls. Cavalier goalie Jake Marek had 13 saves to anchor the Cavaliers' defensive effort.
Patrick Jameison made seven saves across the 60 minutes for Duke.
Charlie Johnson spearheaded the Duke defense with two caused turnovers and two ground balls, while holding McCabe Millon without a point and to just three total shots.

Up Next

Duke takes a break from ACC play and travels to take on Cornell in a neutral site game at Long Island University. Faceoff is set for April 11 at 2 p.m.

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