Bruckner, Defense Lead Duke Past Marquette, 16-1

Friday, April 22

Durham, N.C.

7:00 PM

Duke University

9-6

Marquette

9-3

Marquette

Duke University

Bruckner, Defense Lead Duke Past Marquette, 16-1

4/22/2016 9:50:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. – Junior attackman Jack Bruckner scored four goals and the Blue Devil defense held 15th-ranked Marquette without a goal over the final 53:36 as 13th-ranked Duke earned a 16-1 victory on Friday night at Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils improve to 9-6 on the year while the Golden Eagles fall to 9-3.

“I'm extremely proud of our seniors,” said head coach John Danowski. “We have 15 seniors, which is a lot, and they handled themselves so well tonight. We are very delighted with the outcome.”

Marquette entered the game with the top-ranked defensive unit in the country, allowing just 6.54 goals per contest, but the Blue Devils managed five markers in the opening period and added four more tallies prior to intermission. Bruckner tossed in three of his four markers in the opening half.

Duke's Justin Guterding finished the night with three goals and three assists while other Blue Devils with multiple points included Deemer Class (1 goal & 1 assist), Chad Cohan (1 goal & 2 assists), Myles Jones (2 goals & 1 assist), Case Matheis (2 assists) and Brad Smith (1 goal & 1 assist). Faceoff specialist Kyle Rowe won 10-of-15 restarts and collected a game-high seven ground balls.

“I think the thing about tonight's game was that we played right,” Danowski said. “Marquette was sliding early and often and guys were playing with their heads up and trying to make the correct play. They were just playing right. The defense made you move the ball around and the guys did a good job with that.”

With his three-point evening, Jones etched his name in the NCAA record books by becoming the first midfielder in Division I men's lacrosse history to reach the 100-goal and 100-assist plateaus in a career. In 71 career games, Jones has 122 goals and 100 assists.

The Blue Devil defense was spearheaded by goalkeepers Danny Fowler (6 saves, 1 goal allowed in 41:23) and Luke Aaron (6 saves, 0 goals allowed in 18:37) as the Golden Eagles scored just once on 25 total shots. Marquette's lone tally of the night – a goal by Kyran Clarke – came at the 8:36 mark of the opening quarter. The one goal allowed by the Blue Devils marked the fewest Duke has surrendered since a 16-1 triumph over Bellarmine on February 28, 2006.

Friday night's tilt marked the final home regular season game for 15 Duke seniors, who have helped the Blue Devils to 54 wins, two ACC regular season titles and two NCAA championships over the past three-plus seasons.

Duke will travel to Kennesaw, Ga., for the ACC Tournament next week with semifinal games set for Friday.

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