Duke Opens NCAA Tournament Saturday vs. Syracuse

Game 18
No. 3 Duke (13-4) vs. Syracuse (9-7)
NCAA Tournament First Round
May 12, 2012 l 12 p.m.
ESPN

Duke Opens NCAA Tournament Saturday
Duke earned the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will host Syracuse in the first round on May 12 at 12 p.m. ... The game will be a rematch of Duke's 12-10 regular season win over the Orange in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic ... Eamon McAnaney and Paul Carcaterra will call the action for ESPN.

Duke - Syracuse Series History
Duke and Syracuse are meeting for the ninth time overall and for the fourth time in NCAA history ... The Orange leads the all-time series 6-2, but Duke captured this season's regular meeting 12-10 in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic ... Duke is 0-3 against the Orange in the NCAA Tournament with the last loss coming in 2009 as Syracuse went on to win the national title.

NCAA Tournament Notes

Duke is making its 16th overall appearance and sixth consecutive in the NCAA Tournament
Duke owns a 5-4 record against this year's NCAA Tournament field ... The Blue Devils faced seven of the 16 teams selected and four of the top eight seeds
Duke is 22-14 all-time in NCAA Tournament play
The Blue Devils have advanced to the national semifinals seven times overall, including each of the past five seasons (1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011)
Duke has won 16 of its past 21 NCAA playoff games, with three of the losses coming against Johns Hopkins in the 2005 and 2007 title games and the 2008 semifinals
Overall, the Blue Devils are 17-6 in NCAA action when reaching double figures in the scoring column and 1-8 when held to nine or fewer goals
Duke is one of eight schools with more tournament wins than postseason appearances (Cornell, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, North Carolina, Princeton, Syracuse & Virginia)
Duke earned the third seed for the second time in program history after garnering that distinction in 2009...The Blue Devils also earned a top-eight seed in 1994 (8), 1995 (5), 1997 (5), 1998 (7), 1999 (4), 2000 (7), 2002 (7) and 2005 (2), 2007 (1), 2008 (1), 2010 (5), 2011 (5).

2012 Season Notes

Duke is 13-4 overall and captured its ninth ACC regular season title and seventh ACC Tournament championship ... All four losses came on the road against teams ranked in the top 20
Duke is 8-0 in home games
Jordan Wolf is the team's top points scorer with 57 points (29g, 28a) ... Josh Dionne is the top goal scorer with 32 ... Robert Rotanz has a career-high 37 (30g, 7a) points
CJ Costabile is atop the league and eighth nationally in ground balls per game (6.65)
Duke has three of the top five goal scorers in the ACC with Josh Dionne, Robert Rotanz and Jordan Wolf ranking No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5, respectively.
Duke has held 10 of its 17 opponents to fewer than 10 goals this season
Redshirt senior Michael Manley leads the defense with 22 caused turnovers
Dan Wigrizer, Kyle Turri and Mike Rock all have started at least twice this season between the pipes ... Duke is allowing 9.06 goals per game overall as a team

A Win over Syracuse Would

Make Duke 3-6 overall against Syracuse and 1-3 in NCAA Tournament games
Push Duke's current record to 46-19 against current BIG EAST squads
Give Duke at least 14 wins in a season for the eighth time overall and for the sixth straight year
Push Duke's NCAA Tournament record to 23-14
Make Duke 52-57-1 all-time in the month of May and 18-4 since 2007
Be Duke's eighth win over a top-20 opponent
Give head coach John Danowski his 313th career victory and 94th at Duke
Be the program's 482nd victory
Be Duke's 117th win since 2005

Danowski in Rematches
Head coach John Danowski is 17-5 overall in rematches at Duke ... Danowski is 8-4 in second meetings against an opponent when the Blue Devils won the first meeting ... He is 8-3 when playing a regular season opponent again in the NCAA Tournament ... In rematches since 2007, Duke is 7-0 against North Carolina, 5-1 versus Virginia, 2-0 against Notre Dame, 1-0 against Cornell and Loyola, 1-2 versus Maryland and 0-2 against Johns Hopkins.

Record in 2nd games when Duke wins 1st game
North Carolina	4-0
Virginia	4-1
Johns Hopkins	0-2
Maryland	0-1

Record in rematches in NCAA Tournament
North Carolina	3-0
Notre Dame	2-0
Virginia	1-0
Cornell	1-0
Loyola	1-0
Johns Hopkins	0-2
Maryland	0-1

Home Winning Streak
Duke is riding a nine-game home win streak dating back to last year's 15-14 win over Delaware in the NCAA Tournament first round ... The nine-game run is the longest home win streak in Division I lacrosse ... The Blue Devils went 8-0 at home this season, marking the 11th time in program history Duke posted an unblemished home mark.

Scouting Syracuse
Syracuse earned its 32nd berth in the NCAA Tournament after capturing the inaugural BIG EAST Tournament crown ... The Orange is 9-7 overall and ranked 16th in this week's polls ... Tommy Palasek paces the offense with 51 points from 23 goals and 28 assists, while Derek Maltz has a team-best 28 goals and 36 points overall ... Bobby Eilers came on strong in the BIG EAST Tournament, scoring six goals and two assists over the course of the two-day event ... Brian Megill has started to man the faceoff X for Syracuse, owning a 20-of-41 record (.488) in draws ... He also leads the team with 58 ground balls ... In goal, freshman Bobby Wardell has started eight games and holds a 8.37 goals against average and a .537 save percentage ... The Orange is 3-4 in away games this season.

Last Time Out
Duke closed the regular season with a 15-9 setback to No. 16 Denver in the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic ... The 15 goals were the most allowed since the Blue Devils gave up 16 to Virginia in the 2010 ACC Semifinals ... David Lawson led all Duke scorers with three goals.

Last Time These Two Teams Met
Robert Rotanz tallied four goals and junior goaltender Dan Wigrizer made four fourth-quarter saves to guide the Blue Devils to a thrilling 12-10 victory over Syracuse on April 1 in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic ... With the game even at 10, Rotanz put Duke in front for good, 11-10 with 12:04 to play ... Jake Tripucka iced the victory minutes later to make it 12-10 ... Jordan Wolf led all Duke scorers with two goals and three assists ... It was Duke's first win over the Orange since 1978.

Blue Devils in NCAA Tournament Action
Twenty-two current Blue Devils have seen NCAA Tournament action since 2008 ... Justin Turri leads all scorers with 17 points (10g, 7a), while CJ Costabile has 35 ground balls and has won 54 percent of his faceoffs ... Dan Wigrizer is averaging just over six saves per game in his six outings ... Wigrizer owns a 7.80 goals against average in the NCAA Tournament.

Blue Devils Against Syracuse
Duke is 1-2 against Syracuse over the past three seasons ... Overall, 24 Blue Devils have suited up against the Orange and nine have at least one point ... Jordan Wolf has a team-best nine points against the Orange, while CJ Costabile has 19 ground balls and has won 21-of-38 faceoffs.

Staying Out of the Penalty Box
Duke has dramatically cut down the amount of time it spends in the penalty box recently ... In the first four games of the year, Duke was whistled for 25 penalties for 24:30 ... In the past four games Duke has served nine minutes in the box for 11 penalties ... Duke allowed 23 man-up chances in the first four games and just 10 in the past four ... In the past 11 games of the season, the Blue Devils are averaging just over three minutes in penalties and 3.9 man-up chances and per game, compared to five minutes of penalties and 4.7 man-up opportunities per game in the 3-3 start to the season.

Scoring in the 2nd and 3rd Quarters
Duke has outscored its opponents 112-73 in the second and third quarters combined ... The Blue Devils have been outscored five times in the second quarter and four times in the third overall this season ... During the past 11 games, Duke has been outscored in those quarters just four times overall.

Reaching the Perfect 10
Since 2007, Duke is 82-4 when scoring at least 10 goals in a game ... The Blue Devils are 10-19 when being held to fewer than 10 scores ... Duke is 22-17 when allowing 10 goals in a contest and is 70-6 when holding opponents under 10 goals.

Home Sweet Home
Duke had its 17-game home win streak snapped with a loss to Maryland in the ACC Championship in 2011 ... Overall, the Blue Devils have fared well at home since 2005, going 74-7 overall ... Under head coach John Danowski, Duke is 58-6 in Durham ... The Blue Devils are 8-0 at home this season.

Against Ranked Opponents
Since 2006, Duke has amassed a 68-26 (.723) record versus ranked opponents ... This season Duke is 7-4 against ranked opponents with three of the four losses coming to top-10 opponents ... The Blue Devils have scored in double digits in six of the 11 games and held teams to fewer than 10 goals five times.

One Goal Games
Duke improved to 69-61 all-time in games decided by one goal when it held off Maryland 6-5 in the ACC Semifinal ... Duke played a program-high seven one-goal games in both 1994 and 1997 ... Duke is 11-5 in one-goal games under John Danowski and 3-0 in 2012 ... In the NCAA Tournament, Duke is 5-7 in one goal games.

Duke In Overtime Contests
Duke has played 35 overtime games in its history ... The Blue Devils are 17-17-1 ... Under head coach John Danowski, Duke is 4-1 in contests that go into overtime ... In NCAA postseason play, the Blue Devils are 2-0 in overtime contests all-time.

Danowski Wins No. 300
With a 16-8 victory over Rutgers in the 2012 season opener, head coach John Danowski became the sixth Division I men's lacrosse coach to reach the 300-win benchmark ... Danowski captured his 81st win in his 100th game at Duke ... He currently ranks third among active coaches in wins.

Wins
	Coach, School	W	L
1	Dave Urick, Georgetown	345	129
2	Dom Starsia, Virginia	340	121
3	John Danowski, Duke	312	162
4	Bill Tierney, Denver	307	107
5	Bob Shillinglaw, Delaware	305	273
6	Mike Pressler, Bryant	298	133
7	Kevin Corrigan, Notre Dame	238	124
8	Scott Nelson, Binghamton	235	119
9	Don Zimmerman, UMBC	213	138
10	John Desko, Syracuse	171	53

100 Wins Since 2005
With over 100 victories in the past seven seasons, Duke has compiled more wins than any other program in the country since 2005.

NCAA Most Wins From 2005-12
1	Duke	116-28	0.806
2	Virginia	109-25	0.813
3	Cornell	96-28	0.774
4	Syracuse	91-34	0.728
5	Johns Hopkins	90-34	0.726
6	Notre Dame	89-29	0.754
7	Maryland	87-44	0.664
9	Delaware	77-57	0.575
8	Navy	72-46	0.61
10	Princeton	72-42	0.632

CJ Costabile a Tewaaraton Finalist
Senior CJ Costabile was selected as one of five finalists for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award ... He is the fifth Blue Devil player to earn the distinction as a finalist, joining Kevin Cassese, Matt Danowski, Zack Greer and Ned Crotty ... Duke's Danowski and Crotty captured the honor in 2007 and 2010, respectively.

Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist
Senior CJ Costabile recently was named one of 10 finalists for the 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award ... An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

Justin Turri Surpasses Century Mark
With a career-high six points (2g, 4a) against Dartmouth, redshirt senior Justin Turri became the 38th Blue Devil to reach the 100-career point benchmark ... Turri has 64 goals and 46 assists for 110 points ... His 110 points currently rank 32nd and are eight points away from climbing into the top 30.

Wolf Cracks 100 Career Points List
With six points against No. 1 Virginia, Jordan Wolf became the 39th Blue Devil in program history to amass at least 100 career points ... In 37 career games, sophomore Jordan Wolf has amassed 108 career points from 60 goals and 48 assists ... He tallied 51 points in his rookie season and has 57 points through 17 games this season.

Wolf Career Hat Tricks & Multiple Point Games
Sophomore Jordan Wolf owns nine career hat tricks, including three this season ... He is tied for third among all Division I sophomores in career hat tricks, behind Detroit Mercy's Joel Matthews and Shayne Adams ... Overall, Wolf has scored three-plus points in 20 of his 37 career games.

Costabile Picking Up Grounders
Senior longstick midfielder CJ Costabile ranks among the nation's top ground ball guys ... Costabile faces off regularly for the Blue Devils and is a key member of the defense ... He currently ranks second among active Division I players in career ground balls with 345 ... His three GBs against Maryland in the ACC semifinal pushed him past Duke goaltender Joe Kirmser's 327 pickups, the most in Duke lacrosse history.

CJ Nation's Top Long Pole Scorer
Senior long stick midfielder CJ Costabile is a threat on offense and defense ... The 2012 ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year has five goals and three assists this year and currently leads all active long poles in career scoring with 21 goals and 20 assists for 41 points.

Division I Active Long Pole Career Scoring Leaders
No.	Name	Cl.	Team	Pos.	G-A-P
1	CJ Costabile	Sr.	Duke	LSM	21-20-41
2	Mason Poli	Jr.	Bryant	D	30-9-39
3	Scott Ratliff	Jr.	Loyola	LSM	13-10-23
4	Mark Staines	Sr.	UNC	LSM	11-1-12
5	John Cunningham	Sr.	Princeton	D	7-4-11

CJ Dangerous off the Faceoff
Senior long stick midfielder CJ Costabile has been a key member of the faceoff midfield throughout his career ... Whether on the wing or at the X, Costabile is always a threat to generate goals ... In his career, the New Fairfield, Conn., native has 14 goals directly after a faceoff win, including the game-winner in the 2010 NCAA title game ... He has seven assists after winning a faceoff or picking up the ground ball on the wing of a faceoff ... Overall 21 of his 41 points have come directly from the X.

Duke Opens NCAA Tournament Saturday vs. Syracuse

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