No. 3 Blue Devils Run Past Jacksonville 18-5

Saturday, February 27

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:00 PM

Duke University

3-1

Jacksonville

2-2

Duke University

Jacksonville

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No. 3 Blue Devils Run Past Jacksonville 18-5

2/27/2016 3:32:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score Season Statistics Box Score: Duke 18, Jacksonville 5

By: Duke Sports Information

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Duke senior attackman Case Matheis recorded a career-high seven points and Justin Guterding added six to lead the third-ranked Blue Devils to an 18-5 victory at Jacksonville in non-conference men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon. Duke improves to 3-1 on the year.

Senior Reid Maxmin and Peter Welch scored their first career goals for the Blue Devils in the win, while rookie goaltender David McCann made his first career save in the game's final three minutes. Myles Jones recorded his 100th career goal as well, becoming the first Duke midfielder with 100 career tallies.

The Blue Devils scored just over a minute into the game, but struggled to get into a rhythm offensively, scoring just once in the period on 12 shots.

Jacksonville (2-2) tied the game 1:10 into the second quarter with a goal from Aaron Jollow, but it was all Blue Devils over the next 13 minutes in building an 8-2 halftime lead. Duke went on a 5-0 run, four of which came in 3:43, over a span of 6:40 to go ahead 6-1.

Senior Chad Cohan started the spurt with an unassisted goal, while Jack Bruckner finished a textbook fast break play off a Jamie Ikeda assist. Ethan Powley provided the hockey assist. Guterding and Matheis keyed the overall run though as the duo combined for three consecutive goals. The pair finished the first half with nine of the team's 13 points.

Duke continued to fire on all cylinders in the second half, outscoring the Dolphins 11-3 and holding them to just 15 shots overall.

Cohan once again sparked the action, stepping off the sideline and scoring seconds later for his second of the game and sixth of the year. The Blue Devils added four more in the quarter in a span of 2:43, including ones from Thomas Zenker and Welch, for a 13-4 lead after 45 minutes of action.

Senior Seamus Connelly got on the board in the final minutes with a goal and an assist, while Ben Scharf dished out an assist for his first points of the 2016 season.

Duke junior Teddy Henderson handled the majority of faceoffs for the Blue Devils, winning 10-of-19 and picking up a career-best seven ground balls. Thomas Palisi won 2-of-3 draws as Duke finished 13-of-27 at the X overall.

In goal, Danny Fowler made six stops and allowed four goals in 45 minutes of action. Luke Aaron had two stops and McCann made one. The Blue Devils held the Dolphins to only 28 shots and forced 22 turnovers, 13 of which were caused.

Jacksonville had five different goal scorers and Ben Gleichenhaus had 13 saves for the Dolphins in the loss.

Duke will be back in action Monday night against Mercer. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m., at Koskinen Stadium on ESPN3.

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