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Duke to Battle Syracuse for ACC Crown Sunday
4/25/2015 3:20:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Game 16
No. 6 Duke (11-4) vs. No. 4 Syracuse (10-2)
ACC Championship
April 26, 2015 | 1 p.m. | ESPNU
Chester, Pa. | PPL Park
Setting the Scene
• Duke enters its 14th ACC Championship game in search of its eighth league title and fifth under head coach John Danowski
• The Blue Devils are 11-4 overall and ranked sixth nationally
The Series History
• Duke and Syracuse are meeting for the 14th time with the Orange leading the series 8-5
• The Orange is 1-0 against the Blue Devils in the ACC Tournament, edging Duke 16-15 in the 2014 semifinals
• Syracuse defeated Duke 19-7 in the Carrier Dome in the regular season matchup
21-18 - Duke's all-time record in the ACC Tournament
Duke by the Numbers
7-6 – The Blue Devils' record in ACC Tournament title games
4-1 – Duke's record in ACC title tilts under head coach John Danowski
.807 – Faceoff win percentage for sophomore Kyle Rowe over the past three games (46-of-57)
44 – Goals for Duke freshman Justin Guterding, tying Matt Danowski's total from 2007 for 14th in Duke single season history
17 – Points for Case Matheis in the past four games
12 – Points for Matheis in his first eight games
152 – Career points for junior Myles Jones, the most by a Duke midfielder in program history
68 – Points for Myles Jones this season, 15th on the Duke single season list and two shy of becoming the first Duke midfielder to reach 70
8.75 – Duke's goals against average during its four-game win streak
15.50 - The Blue Devils' goals against average in the four games prior in which they went 1-3
37-8 – Duke's record in the month of April under John Danowski
.519 – Save percentage for redshirt freshman goaltender Danny Fowler in his six starts, going 4-2
Scouting the Blue Devils
Duke is starting to fire on all cylinders as a winner of four straight ... The Blue Devils are 11-4 overall and the No. 4 seed in the ACC Tournament ... Myles Jones headlines the Duke offense and is tops among all midfielders nationally with 36 goals and 32 assists for 68 points ... Justin Guterding leads the team with 44 goals and has 59 points overall ... Junior Deemer Class has 32 goals and 16 assists for 48 points to bolster the first midfield line ... Jack Rowe has handled the majority of faceoff duties, sporting a .538 win percentage (170-of-316) ... Sophomore Kyle Rowe has taken 69 percent of the faceoffs in the past three games, winning 81 percent of them ... Kyle is 74-of-112 at the X for a .661 win percentage ... Sophomore Brian Dunne leads the close defense with 13 caused turnovers, while Will Haus anchors the defensive midfield with 12 takeaways ... Haus and Brian Dailey are also key members of Duke's faceoff team, picking up 48 and 38 ground balls, respectively ... Danny Fowler has started the past six games and sports an overall .509 save percentage and an 11.27 goals against average in his 13 appearances.
About Syracuse
Syracuse edged No. 2 seed North Carolina 9-8 Friday night to earn its second straight appearance in the ACC Championship game ... Dylan Donahue leads the offense with 40 goals and 16 assists for 56 points, while Kevin Rice has 24 goals and a team-high 32 assists ... Randy Staats and Nicky Galasso have 37 and 32 points, respectively ... Brandon Mullins has a team-best 13 caused turnovers and 12 ground balls on the defensive end of the field ... Ben Williams has been outstanding at the X, winning 69 percent (190-of-275) of his restarts and picking up 113 ground balls ... In goal, Bobby Wardwell has an 8.48 goals against average and a .543 save percentage in his 12 starts ... Overall, Syracuse is allowing just 9.08 goals per game and held North Carolina to just eight in the semifinal ... The Orange is 7-2 against top-20 opponents this season and 2-0 in neutral site contests.
Last Time We Met
Top-ranked and unbeaten Syracuse jumped out to a 13-1 halftime lead and never looked back en route to a 19-7 victory over No. 4 Duke ... Syracuse senior Kevin Rice and junior Dylan Donahue led the offense with seven points for the Orange and Ben Williams won 14-of-22 faceoffs to keep the Blue Devils offense off the field ... Justin Guterding had two goals for Duke and Deemer Class had a goal and an assist ... The 12-goal loss was the worst for the Blue Devils since suffering a 13-goal setback at Johns Hopkins in 2003 ... That game also marked the last time Duke has given up more than 18 goals in a game.
A Win Over Syracuse Would
• Give Duke its eighth ACC title and fifth under John Danowski
• Be head coach John Danowski's 359th career win
• Be the program's 520th victory
• Make Duke 177-173 in the month of April
• Mark Duke's second ACC crown as the No. 4 seed
Duke in the Month of April
Duke is 176-174 all-time in the month of April and 37-8 in the month under head coach John Danowski ... Prior to the Blue Devils' loss to No. 1 Notre Dame April 4, Duke hadn't lost a regular season contest in the month of April since a 15-9 setback to Denver in 2012.
Duke in One Goal Games
Duke is 73-64 all-time in games decided by one goal ... 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 and 5-4 in one-goal decisions in ACC Tournament play.
Duke During the 4-Game Win Streak
Duke is riding a four-game win streak after losing three straight for the first time since 2004 ... The Blue Devils are starting to fire on all cylinders on both the offensive and defensive ends during the stretch especially in comparison to the four games prior in which they went 1-3 ... The attack trio has upped its production from 6.5 to 12.25 points per game.
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Category |
Past 4 |
M14-A4 |
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Record |
4-0 |
1-3 |
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Scoring Offense |
15.0 |
11.5 |
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Scoring Defense |
8.75 |
15.5 |
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Faceoff |
.645 |
.475 |
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Man-Down Defense |
.700 |
.611 |
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Duke Attackman |
G-A-P |
G-A-P |
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10-7-17 |
1-2-3 |
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13-3-16 |
8-3-11 |
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10-6-16 |
8-3-11 |
Kyle Rowe Picking Up Steam
Kyle Rowe joined his brother Jack at Duke after a stellar rookie campaign at Stony Brook … Rowe won nearly 63 percent of his faceoffs for the Seawolves and ranked fourth nationally with 248 victories at the X … He also picked up 160 ground balls … Rowe has picked up steam lately as he fully recovers from offseason knee surgery ... Rowe took 57-of-83 draws for the Blue Devils in the past three games and won 46 of them for an .807 win percentage ... In the nine games prior he had taken just 55 restarts and won 28 of them (.509) ... He also has 23 ground balls in the three-game span.
Brian Dailey Playing on Different Level
Senior Brian Dailey has been playing in a different gear ... The Philadelphia native had nine ground balls against Notre Dame Friday and has been crucial in Duke's improved defensive play ... In the past six games, the veteran is averaging 4.83 ground balls and 1.50 caused turnovers per game ... In the three games prior to that he posted 3.0 GBs and 0.67 caused turnovers per game ... His 38 ground balls in nine games this season are more than he had in 20 games last season, while his nine caused turnovers are a career-best.
Fowler Solid Between the Pipes
Redshirt freshman Danny Fowler has started each of the past sox games and is averaging 10.83 saves per game in that stretch ... He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week after making a career-high 18 saves in Duke's 15-8 win over Virginia ... The Wantagh, N.Y., native has made double digit saves in five of his six starting assignments.
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