MLax: Duke 19, Marist 11

[burnspbesq]

Remembering last year's 11-10 nail-biter against the Red Foxes, and considering their 5-0 start this season, I had extra Maalox and Lisinopril on hand for tonight's game. Turned out to not be needed.

Duke shredded Marist's zone defense with crisp ball movement early, racing out to a 7-2 lead early in the second quarter. Marist switched to man after a time out, and promptly shut the Blue Devils down for over 10 minutes while getting four of their own to make it 7-6. A superb individual effort from Dave Lawson and a transition goal by Jordan Wolf made it 9-6 at the half, and Duke's offense exploded for ten more in the second half.

Wolf equaled his career high of seven points on four goals and three assists, while Josh Dionne contributed four goals Case Matheis went off for a career high six points on three and three. Wolf leads Duke with 25 goals on the season.

Brendan Fowler had another dominant game at the faceoff dot, going 20-for-26 and adding 13 ground balls. Kyle Turri had eight saves and Luke Aaron came up with the save of the night in late relief.

Next up is Georgetown at Koskinen at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday.

[MCFinARL]

Remembering last year's 11-10 nail-biter against the Red Foxes, and considering their 5-0 start this season, I had extra Maalox and Lisinopril on hand for tonight's game. Turned out to not be needed.

Duke shredded Marist's zone defense with crisp ball movement early, racing out to a 7-2 lead early in the second quarter. Marist switched to man after a time out, and promptly shut the Blue Devils down for over 10 minutes while getting four of their own to make it 7-6. A superb individual effort from Dave Lawson and a transition goal by Jordan Wolf made it 9-6 at the half, and Duke's offense exploded for ten more in the second half.

Wolf equaled his career high of seven points on four goals and three assists, while Josh Dionne contributed four goals Case Matheis went off for a career high six points on three and three. Wolf leads Duke with 25 goals on the season.

Brendan Fowler had another dominant game at the faceoff dot, going 20-for-26 and adding 13 ground balls. Kyle Turri had eight saves and Luke Aaron came up with the save of the night in late relief.

Next up is Georgetown at Koskinen at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday.

Noted in the box score that Turri was under 50% --8 saves to 10 goals, I think. Did he look good overall? Were there defensive breakdowns in front of him?

[chrishoke]

Duke lax taking care of business. Excellent.

[burnspbesq]

Noted in the box score that Turri was under 50% --8 saves to 10 goals, I think. Did he look good overall? Were there defensive breakdowns in front of him?

Not Kyle's best game, but he made the saves he needed to make when the game was still in doubt.

Several defensive breakdowns, including at least three that led directly to goals. Imagine the lacrosse equivalent of Durand Scott getting a defensive rebound, going coast to coast with no Duke player even making a pretense of trying to stop the ball, and throwing it down in Mason's face. Marist got three of those.

[MCFinARL]

Not Kyle's best game, but he made the saves he needed to make when the game was still in doubt.

Several defensive breakdowns, including at least three that led directly to goals. Imagine the lacrosse equivalent of Durand Scott getting a defensive rebound, going coast to coast with no Duke player even making a pretense of trying to stop the ball, and throwing it down in Mason's face. Marist got three of those.

So, still some work to do on that score. Hopefully the reconfigured offense will continue to produce so there is a little leeway on defense.