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Duke Welcomes No. 1 Notre Dame Saturday
4/2/2015 5:26:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Game 11
No. 1 Notre Dame (6-1, 2-0 ACC) at No. 7 Duke (7-3, 0-2 ACC)
April 4, 2015 | 5 p.m. | ESPNU
Durham, N.C. | Koskinen Stadium
Setting the Scene
• Duke is 7-3 overall and ranked seventh in the coaches poll ... The Blue Devils have lost two straight heading into a matchup with No. 1 Notre Dame
• The Blue Devils' past two losses came against No. 1 Syracuse (19-7) and No. 4 North Carolina (15-14)
The Series History
• Duke and Notre Dame are meeting for the 15th time and for the 10th time since 2010
• The Blue Devils are 9-5 all-time against the Irish and 5-4 under head coach John Danowski
• Duke is 6-4 all-time in regular season games against Notre Dame and 1-4 in those contests since 2010
4.90 – Points per game average for junior Myles Jones tops, among midfielders in the country
Duke – Notre Dame by the Numbers
3.50 – Points per game for Drexel midfielder Ryan Belka, the next closest midfielder to Jones in the points per game category
13 – Points needed for Myles Jones to pass Jim Gonnella as the highest scoring midfielder in program history
3 – Number of top-ranked teams Duke will have played this season when Notre Dame comes to town
10 – Seasons since Duke has suffered three consecutive losses, dating back to the 2004 campaign
8 – Of Duke's regular season opponents currently ranked in the top 20, including seven in the top 15
5.8 – Average scoring margin of the regular season meetings between Duke and Notre Dame since 2010
1.5 – Average scoring margin of the four postseason games the two teams have played since 2010
8.14 – Scoring defense for the Irish in 2015, tops in the ACC and 12th nationally
14.90 – Goals per game for the Blue Devils this season, third in the ACC and fifth nationally
21 – Consecutive home games won by the Blue Devils, dating back to March 8, 2013
Something's Gotta Give
Duke, despite its seven-goal outing at Syracuse last weekend, sports the nation's fifth highest scoring offense at 14.9 goals per game ... Meanwhile, opposite Duke's offense is a steady Notre Dame defense that leads in the ACC and is 12th nationally in allowing 8.14 goals per game ... The Irish has allowed 10-plus goals in three of its seven games, but never more than the 12 Syracuse scored a week ago.
Duke Lacrosse Draws the Fans
Duke playing in Syracuse brought the fans out to the Carrier Dome as 11,408 were in attendance for the Orange's victory ... The 11,408 fans represented the ninth-largest crowd to witness a regular-season game at the Carrier Dome and the most fans for a Syracuse men's lacrosse game since March 4, 2011 versus Virginia (14,340) ... Duke has played in front of an average of 3,400 fans this season.
A Win over Notre dame Would
• Be head coach John Danowski's 355th career win
• Be the program's 516th victory
• Make Duke 208-123 in the month of March
• Push Duke's home win streak to 22 games
• Give the Blue Devils their third ranked win of the year
• Give Danowski 21 career ACC victories
Duke In One Goal Games
Duke is 73-64 all-time in games decided by one goal in program history ... The Blue Devils played a program-high seven one-goal games in both 1994 and 1997 ... Duke is 16-8 in one-goal contests under head coach John Danowski ... The Blue Devils are 2-0 versus Notre Dame in single-goal games.
Jones Riding Point Streak
Myles Jones has scored at least one point in 27 straight games, dating back to Feb. 23, 2014 ... In the past 27 games the Huntington, N.Y., native has 59 goals, 47 assists for 106 points ... He is one of 20 players nationally to have scored a point in 25-plus straight contests.
Jones Putting Up Big Numbers From Midfield
Myles Jones has a hat trick in seven of his 10 outings and has at least five points in six of the 10 games ... He is seven assists shy of moving into 10th on the Duke single-season assists list and is 10 short of passing Jim Gonnella's midfield record set in 1997 ... At 4.90 points per game, Jones is the top scoring full-time midfielder in the nation with the next closest coming in at 3.50 points per game.
ACC Inexperience
Fifteen Blue Devils made their ACC debuts this season, including senior faceoff specialist Jack Rowe ... Only six of the returning players from the 2014 squad played in all five of the ACC regular season contests a year ago and Deemer Class, Myles Jones, Case Matheis and Luke Aaron are the lone Blue Devils back who started in each of those five outings.
Class Picks Up His Pace
Junior midfielder Deemer Class is starting to hit his stride ... He is second on the team with 27 points in the past seven games (3.86/gm), compared to the seven he had in the first three games (2.00/gm) ... Class had a season-high five goals at North Carolina ... He has four hat tricks and 19 goals in his previous seven outings after netting just four goals in the first three games of the year ... His shooting percentage has gone up from .250 to .358 in that span.
Guterding Among Top Goal Scorers in ACC
Rookie attackman Justin Guterding ranks secondd in the league with 3.20 goals per game through his first 10 collegiate contests ... The Garden City, N.Y., native has 32 goals in nine games to rank fourth overall nationally in goals scored ... Guterding is one of two players nationally to have scored at least six goals in a game at least three times ... Six-plus goals have been scored by an individual 30 times this season with Dylan Molloy of Brown and Guterding owning seven of them ... Zack Greer holds the Duke freshman record for goals in a season with 57 in 2005.
Fowler Solid in First Start
Redshirt freshman Danny Fowler earned his first career start in the cage last Sunday against North Carolina ... The Wantagh, N.Y., native made 13 saves in his 60 minutes of action, besting his previous best of seven ... Fowler also finished with three ground balls in the one-goal loss .. He has played in eight of Duke's 10 games this season.
Blue Devils Against Notre Dame
Six current Blue Devils have significant experience against Notre Dame, playing the Irish at least four times in recent years ... Overall, only 15 current players have seen time against the Irish ... Deemer Class has the most points with 12, while Myles Jones has six ... Luke Aaron manned the goal in both games last season, allowing an average of 8.00 goals per game.
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GP |
G-A-P |
GB |
CT |
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5 |
2-0-2 |
13 |
- |
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4 |
2-0-2 |
1 |
- |
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4 |
1-1-2 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
8-4-12 |
2 |
- |
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4 |
5-1-6 |
4 |
- |
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4 |
- |
7 |
2 |
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2 |
1-0-1 |
1 |
- |
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2 |
0-1-1 |
- |
- |
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2 |
- |
- |
- |
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1 |
- |
- |
- |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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SVS |
GAA |
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63:22:00 |
12 |
4 |
11.4 |
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2 |
120:00:00 |
16 |
19 |
8 |
Up Next
Duke remains at home to close its ACC regular season schedule against Virginia … The game is scheduled for April 12 at 12 p.m., on ESPNU.
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