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Duke finished the season with a 2–5 record, with their second win also over North Carolina, this time in Durham. The following season, the Blue Devils compiled a 7–1 mark and secured the Dixie Lacrosse League championship. [2] Duke defeated North Carolina in the 2009 ACC tournament final. Ray Brown became Duke's first lacrosse All-American ...
Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion. [2] [3]
Duke lost again in the semifinals of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, falling to Syracuse 17–7. [13] Danowski won his first national championship as a head coach in the 2010 season, his fourth at Duke, in which the team posted a record of 16–4. [4] In the title game, Duke defeated Notre Dame in overtime, scoring the winning goal five seconds after ...
Duke lacrosse is doing great again under head John Danowski, who has been coaching the team since 2006. "Seven members of the 2006 team were on the roster in 2010, when Duke and Danowski won a ...
The Carolina Chaos is one of eight teams competing in the Premier Lacrosse League as it transitions from touring teams to clubs with home areas in 2024.
[7] [8] He served as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils for 16 seasons until he was forced to resign during the Duke lacrosse case in 2006. He received the F. Morris Touchstone Award for the men's college lacrosse coach of the year in 2005. In 2010, he coached the United States men's national lacrosse team to a gold medal. [4] [9]
Former Duke lacrosse players Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann smile during a press conference addressing the dismissal of charges stemming from the 2006 team party in Durham, N.C.
Crotty entered the 2010 season ranked seventh in career assists (84) and 17th in career points (153) at Duke. Crotty was an All American and won the Tewaaraton Trophy for most outstanding college lacrosse player in 2010. On May 31, 2010, Ned and the Duke Lacrosse team won their first ever Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship.