DURHAM,
N.C.
- Four different players scored for Towson men's lacrosse (3-5) as the Tigers
fell, 12-4, to No. 17 Duke (5-4) Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.
Duke ran out
to a 4-0 lead before sophomore Justin Mabus posted his first goal of the season off a feed from Thomas DeNapoli to break the ice for
the Tigers and end a 27:05 scoring drought. Sophomore Cory Dobyns scored his 13th of the year to start the
third quarter, but the Blue Devils closed out the game on a 7-2 run. Sophomore Ben McCarty and junior Andrew Hodgson each tallied a goal for the
Tigers during that run.
Senior Andrew Wascavage had another stellar
game in goal for the Tigers with 14 saves - his third-straight game with
double-digit stops. Duke outshot Towson 43-36 and picked up 41 ground balls to the
Tigers' 26. The Blue Devils also claimed the advantage in face-offs, winning
13-of-19.
Duke's David Lawson (11:43, 1Q), Bill Conners (0:15, 1Q), Case Matheis (8:16, 2Q), and Henry Lobb (7:36, 2Q) all scored to
give the Blue Devils a 4-0 advantage in the first half before Mabus's goal at
2:55 in the second. With his assist, DeNapoli stretched his point streak to
nine games. Dobyns fought through traffic to pick up a loose ball directly in
front of goal and buried it, but Duke's Jake
Tripucka, Matheis and Myles Jones
each tallied a goal over the next 6:40. McCarty notched his third of the year
with 2:31 remaining in the third.
Josh Offit's goal for Duke at
1:27 in the third spurred a 5-0 run by the Blue Devils that continued through
the fourth quarter. Hodgson's extra man goal at 7:47 in the final frame was
Towson's first goal in the quarter.
The Tigers
return to action on Tuesday, March 19 at crosstown rival UMBC at 7:30 p.m.
NOTES: Junior Thomas DeNapoli continued his point streak with his assist on Mabus' goal ... it now
stands at nine games ... Towson sophomore Rob Zoppo played against two of his US
U19 Men's National teammates in Duke's Kyle Turri and Kyle Keenan ... the trio
won a gold medal in the world championships last summer in Finland ... the regular
season series between the teams resumed Saturday after a 41-year hiatus ... the
last time Towson faced Duke was in the NCAA Tournament at UMBC on May 12, 2001 ...
Towson claimed a 12-10 win that day.
College
Men's Lacrosse: No. 17 Duke 12, Towson 4
Towson (3-4) 0-1-2-1/4
Duke (4-4) 2-2-4-4/12
GOALS: TOW - Dobyns, Hodgson
Mabus, McCarty; DUKE - Lawson 2, Matheis 3, Conners, Fowler, Jones, Lobb, Offit,
Tripucka, Wolf. ASSISTS:
TOW - DeNapoli, Dobyns; DUKE - Matheis 2, Wolf 2, Class, Loftus. SAVES: TOW - Wascavage
(14, 60:00, 12 goals allowed); DUKE - Turri (16, 60:00, 4 goals allowed). SHOTS: TOW - 36; DUKE
- 43. GROUND BALLS:
TOW - 26; DUKE - 41. FACE-OFFS:
TOW - 6-19 ; DUKE - 13-19. CLEARS:
TOW - 18-20; DUKE - 15-16. EMO:
TOW - 1-5; DUKE - 1-3
