Cal Girard

Cal Girard of Duke men's lacrosse wins a faceoff against Utah.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

November 19, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Men’s Lacrosse Headshots

Position:
Faceoff Specialist
Height/Weight:
5-8 / 175
Class:
Junior
Experience:
2
Hometown:
Manhasset, N.Y.
High School:
Manhasset

Honors: USILA All-America Honorable Mention (2026) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2025, 2026) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025, 2026).

2026: Played in all 16 games as Duke’s primary faceoff specialist … USILA All-America Honorable Mention … Led the Blue Devils with 113 ground balls and 165 faceoff wins … Went 165-of-279 at the faceoff dot for a .591 winning percentage … Added four goals and one assist for five points … Collected at least seven ground balls in 11 games … Won 11-of-16 faceoffs and dished an assist in the season opener against Bellarmine (2/2) … Went 14-of-20 at the dot with 10 ground balls against Utah (2/6) … Added 13 faceoff wins and 10 ground balls against Saint Joseph’s (3/1) … Scored goals against Denver (3/22), Virginia (4/4), Georgetown (5/17) and Princeton (5/23) … Won a season-high 21 faceoffs and picked up a season-best 16 ground balls in the NCAA First Round win at Richmond (5/9) … Went 12-of-18 at the faceoff dot and scored against Princeton in the NCAA Semifinals (5/23) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Letterwinner.

2025: Played in 12 games as a faceoff specialist … Went 42-of-90 at the dot … Scored two goals and picked up 24 ground balls … Won 14-of-21 faceoffs and picked up nine ground balls in win over Air Force (3/8) … Went 8-of-14 on restarts in ACC win over Syracuse (4/19) … Picked up five ground balls versus the Orange … Scored a goal in season-opening win over Bellarmine (2/1) … Also notched a goal in NCAA Tournament loss to Georgetown (5/10) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2024: Saw action in 17 games … Won 50-of-116 faceoffs and picked up 30 ground balls… Won a career-best 14-of-29 restarts in ACC Championship semifinal win over Syracuse (5/3) … Also picked up nine ground balls against the Orange … Went 4-of-4 at the dot against Saint Joseph’s (2/17) … Won 5-of-7 versus North Carolina (4/27) … Won eight faceoffs in the ACC Championship final against Notre Dame (5/5) … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.