Game 16
No. 4 Duke (12-3) at Boston Univ. (2-11)
May, 4, 2014 | 1 p.m.
Boston, Mass. | Nickerson Field
How to Follow
The game will be broadcast live online on the Patriot League Network and fans can watch free of charge … Live statistics also are available … Links will be available on GoDuke.com.
Setting the Scene
• Duke closes out the regular season at Boston University Sunday
• The Blue Devils look to bounce back from the heart-breaking last second loss to Syracuse in the ACC semifinals
• Duke is 12-3 overall and ranked fourth in the latest USILA Coaches poll
• Boston University is 2-11 in its first season of lacrosse with wins over league foes Lafayette and Holy Cross
The Series History
• Duke and the Terriers square off for the first time
• The Blue Devils are 50-45 all-time against Patriot League foes and 19-3 under Danowski
Tale Of The Tape
|
Category |
Duke |
Boston Univ. |
|
Overall Record |
12-3 |
2-11 |
|
Shots/Game |
40.3 |
32.5 |
|
Goals/Game |
14.4 |
6.92 |
|
Assists/Game |
8.53 |
4.39 |
|
Points/Game |
22.9 |
11.3 |
|
Shot % |
0.358 |
0.213 |
|
GAA |
9.39 |
10.62 |
|
GBs/Game |
35.9 |
26.9 |
|
EMO |
22-50 (.440) |
21-51 (.412) |
|
Man Down |
44-64 (.688) |
27-47 (.574) |
|
Clears |
255-287 (.889) |
167-220 (.759) |
|
Faceoff % |
239-403 (.593) |
148-270 (.548) |
Duke by the Numbers
741 – Career faceoffs won by Brendan Fowler to rank fifth in NCAA Division I lacrosse history
3.13 – Goals per game for Jordan Wolf, tops in the ACC and third nationally
3.67 – Points per game for sophomore midfielder Deemer Class, 24th nationally and third amongst all midfielders
13 – Wins for Duke if it beats Boston University Sunday, the only Division I team that will have achieved the feat in each of the past eight seasons
3 – Tewaaraton Award nominees for Duke, tied with Loyola for the most
4 – Goals Jordan Wolf needs to score to pass Matt Danowski on the Duke career goal scoring chart
24-5 – Duke’s record in the month of May since 2007 with all five losses coming on championship weekend of the NCAA Tournament
124 - First-half goals scored by Duke this season
67 – First-half goals allowed by the Blue Devils in 2014
14.40 – Goals per game for the Blue Devils, tops in the ACC and second nationally
5-1 – Duke’s record versus opponents ranked 6-10 in the latest RPI, tops among all Division I teams
1 – The Blue Devils RPI strength of schedule after playing eight of the current top 10 in the RPI
Scouting Boston University
Boston University’s first season of men’s lacrosse is coming to a close Sunday ... The Terriers are 2-11 overall in their inaugural campaign with wins over Lafayette and Holy Cross ... Cal Dearth is the team’s top scorer with 24 points on 11 goals and 13 assists ... Sam Tenney and Ryan Johnston lead the Terriers in the goal scoring category with 15 apiece ... Greg Wozniak anchors the defensive effort with 21 caused turnovers and 29 ground balls ... At the X Sam Talkow has taken all but 18 of the draws and sports a .571 success rate (144-of-252) ... In goal, Christian Carson has played the majority of minutes with a 10.00 goals against average and a .531 save percentage ... BU is averaging 6.92 goals per game and is 0-7 at home.
About The Blue Devils
Duke heads in to the regular season finale following a heart-breaking loss to Syracuse in the ACC Tournament ... The Blue Devils are 12-3 overall and sport one of the highest scoring offenses in the country with 14.40 goals per game ... Jordan Wolf headlines the offense with 47 goals and 72 points overall, while sophomore Deemer Class is having a breakout season with 55 points (30g, 25a) ... Josh Dionne has had a quietly productive year with 38 goals and Myles Jones has contributed 40 points ... The close defense of Chris Hipps, Henry Lobb and Casey Carroll anchor Duke’s defensive charge with Carroll sporting 18 caused turnovers and 36 ground balls ... Brendan Fowler leads the faceoff game with a 226-143 record (.612) and 145 ground balls ... Will Haus is a force on the faceoff wing and at defensive midfield with 37 ground balls and eight goals ... In goal, Luke Aaron is 11-3 with a .537 save percentage and a 9.45 goals against average ... Duke is 3-3 away from home this season.
Quartet Earns All-ACC; Wolf ACC Offensive Player Of The Year
Seniors Brendan Fowler and Jordan Wolf and sophomores Deemer Class and Myles Jones were voted to the All-ACC team by the leagues’s coaches ... Wolf becomes the first Blue Devil in porgram history to earn the honor four times, while Fowler captures his second all-conference accolade ... Class and Jones pick up their first awards as two of the four sophomores represented on the list … Wolf also garnered the ACC Offensive Player of the Year award in a vote of the coaches following the ACC Tournament.
Trio Named Tewaaraton Nominees
Senior Jordan Wolf and sophomores Deemer Class and Myles Jones recently were among the 28 selected as Tewaaraton Award nominees ... Class and Jones are two of four sophomores represented, while Duke’s three nominees are tied with Loyola for the most for one school ... Finalists will be announced May 8.
A Win over Boston University Would
• Give Duke 13 wins for the eighth straight season
• Make Duke 59-58-1 all-time in the month of May
• Give head coach John Danowski his 343rd career victory and 124th at Duke
• Be the program’s 504th victory
Duke in the Month of May
Duke is 58-58-1 all-time in the month of May ... The Blue Devils are 24-5 in the fifth month of the year under head coach John Danowski with all five setbacks coming in either the NCAA semifinals or NCAA Championship game ... Duke’s last regular season loss in May was in 2004, a 13-7 setback at Army.
Duke Midfield Among The Best
In the past six games, Duke’s first midfield line of Deemer Class, Myles Jones and Christian Walsh have amassed 86 points (47g, 39a) ... The trio registered 23 against Syracuse, 13 more versus Harvard and Notre Dame, 17 at Virginia, 12 versus Rutgers and seven against Syracuse ... Overall, the trio has combined for 131 points (73g, 58a), tops in points among all midfield lines and second in points per game behind Princeton.
Top Midfield Units
|
School |
G-A-P |
Pts/Gm |
|
Princeton |
78-43-121 |
9.31 |
|
Duke |
73-58-131 |
8.73 |
|
Virginia |
81-35-116 |
7.73 |
|
Denver |
64-42-106 |
7.57 |
|
Cornell |
60-45-105 |
7.5 |
|
Stony Brook |
53-51-104 |
6.93 |
Charlie Payton Carrying Two Sticks
If you think you see senior Charlie Payton donning both a short stick and a long pole during the course of a game your eyes are not deceiving you ... Payton will man the faceoff wings with a pole and also play short-stick d-middie for the Blue Devils over the course of the four quarters.
Wolf/Dionne On Scoring Streaks
With a goal and four assists against Syracuse, Jordan Wolf extended his nation’s-best point scoring streak to 56 games and his goal streak to 17 games ... Josh Dionne’s hat trick against the Orange pushed his point streak to 32 games ... Wolf’s 17-game goal scoring streak is seventh among active players and Dionne’s point run is 12th ... In Wolf’s scoring stretch, he has 136 goals and 86 assists for 222 points, while Dionne has 81 goals and 92 points overall... Wolf has failed to score a point in just five games in his career, and Duke is 1-4 in those contests ... Wolf was last held without a point his rookie season in the 2011 NCAA semifinal against Maryland - May 28, 2011.
Point Streak Leaders
|
No. |
Player |
G-A-P |
|
56 |
Jordan Wolf, Duke, A, Sr. |
136-86-222 |
|
52 |
Kieran McArdle, St. John’s, A, Sr. |
119-138-257 |
|
50 |
Miles Thompson, Albany, A, Sr. |
160-89-249 |
|
46 |
Shayne Adams, Detroit, A, Sr. |
117-19-136 |
|
46 |
Michael Antinozzi, Binghamton, Sr., M |
81-35-113 |
|
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|
32 |
Josh Dionne, Duke, Sr., A |
81-11-92 |
Goal Streak Leaders
|
No. |
Player |
Goals |
|
33 |
Tommy McKee, Air Force, A, Sr. |
73 |
|
29 |
Miles Thompson, Albany, A, Sr. |
116 |
|
27 |
Matt Springer, Binghamton, A, Sr. |
73 |
|
26 |
Kip Orban, Princeton, M, Jr. |
46 |
|
24 |
Ben McIntosh, Drexel, M, Jr. |
67 |
|
23 |
Conrad Oberbeck, Yale, A, Jr. |
54 |
|
17 |
Jordan Wolf, Duke, A, Sr. |
55 |
Fowler Picking Up Where He Left Off
After setting the NCAA single-season record for faceoff victories in 2013, senior Brendan Fowler has picked up where he left off for the Blue Devils ... Fowler has taken all but 34 faceoffs this season and sports a .612 success rate ... He has picked up ground balls on 144 of his 226 faceoff wins (63 percent) ... For his career he has 741 faceoff victories and a .618 faceoff percentage ... Fowler is in just his second season as Duke’s faceoff leader having taken just 31 percent of the draws in 2011 and 2012.
Up Next
Duke awaits word on who its opponent will be in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... The NCAA selection show will be May 4 at 9 p.m., on ESPNU ... The first round games will be May 10 or May 11 on campus sites.
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