Duke Takes on Georgetown in NCAA Quarterfinal Sunday

• Duke takes on Georgetown in the NCAA quarterfinals after posting a 14-12 comeback victory over Richmond in the opening spherical. The Blue Devils and Hoyas are each unseeded, upsetting the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively.
• The Blue Devils are 10-4 total with the 4 losses coming by a mixed eight objectives. Georgetown is 11-4 and BIG EAST Champions. The Hoyas’ 4 setbacks got here by a complete of 20 objectives with the final loss coming March 22 at Syracuse.
• Junior Ben Johnston he paces the offense with 37 objectives and eight assists for 45 factors. Max Sloat is having a strong 12 months out of the midfield with 32 objectives and 38 factors total. Kyle Colsey has 29 objectives at assault and Michael Ortlieb rounds out the trio with 22. Brady Scioletti he has performed each midfield and assault and owns 23 objectives and 6 assists. Thomas Mencke and Ortlieb are tied for a team-high 17 assists.
• The Blue Devils have a stalwart protection and are holding groups to eight.93 objectives and to only 28-percent capturing. The shut protection trio of Charlie Johnson (17), Nikolas Menendez (15), Henry Bard (17) have mixed for 49 prompted turnovers and 73 floor balls. Menendez has been wonderful off the bottom with 25 floor balls, whereas Aidan Maguire leads the rope unit with 15 takeaways and 37 GBs. In aim, Buck Cunningham has a .506 save share and 10.24 objectives in opposition to common.

By the Numbers
36 – Percent (74-of-205) of Duke’s objectives scored by the freshman trio of Kyle Colsey, Michael Ortlieb and Brady Scioletti
.275 – Duke opponents’ shot share this season with the Blue Devils holding 9 of 14 foes beneath 30 p.c capturing
.336 – Georgetown’s shot share in 2026 with the Hoyas capturing beneath 30 p.c simply 5 instances – three of which have been losses
32 – Goals by senior Max Sloat – essentially the most by a Duke midfielder since Deemer Class had 50 in 2016
3 – Of the ACC’s prime seven aim scorers who’re Blue Devils – Ben Johnston (2.64), Max Sloat (2.29) and Colsey (2.23)
3 – Goals by Duke’s second midfield line in the primary spherical win at Richmond
4 – Goals by Duke’s second midfield line in the earlier six video games mixed
.591 – Cal Girard’s faceoff win share this season, successful no less than 50 p.c of his restarts in 11 of 14 video games
9.47 – Points per recreation for Georgetown attackmen Liam and Rory Connor – 5.00 and 4.47 per recreation, respectively
3 – Games this season Duke has allowed two gamers to mix for 9 or extra factors
Series History

• Duke and Georgetown face off for the thirty second time total and for the third time in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils are 24-7 all-time in opposition to the Hoyas with the final assembly between the 2 packages coming in final 12 months’s NCAA Tournament first spherical – a 16-12 win for the unseeded Hoyas.
• Georgetown has defeated Duke in each NCAA Tournament conferences in 1999 and 2025, a 17-14, victory at Hofstra, and final 12 months’s 16-12 win in Durham.

Pupil Meets Professor

• For the second consecutive 12 months, it is going to be a mentor vs. mentee matchup with Georgetown head coach Kevin Warne going up in opposition to his head coach as a participant John Danowski. Warne performed for Danowski at Hofstra from 1996-1999. The Pride went 41-18 in that span, advancing to 3 NCAA Tournaments and to the quarterfinals in 1999.

Duke In NCAA Tournament Tidbits

• Duke is taking part in in its twenty eighth NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils are 45-24 all-time in NCAA postseason video games and 14-6 in NCAA quarterfinal video games.
• The Blue Devils are 36-14 in the NCAA Tournament beneath John Danowski and have superior to the quarterfinals in 15 of 18 NCAA Tournament appearances since 2007.
• John Danowski has 40 NCAA Championship wins (4 at Hofstra, 36 at Duke) to guide all energetic Division I coaches and rank second all-time behind Bill Tierney’s 44 because the DI chief.
• The Blue Devils are certainly one of eight Division I packages to seem in no less than 28 NCAA Tournaments. Duke’s 45 wins in 28 showings make it certainly one of 10 groups to have extra wins than appearances. The Blue Devils turned the fifth Division I program with 45 NCAA postseason wins with the victory at Richmond.

A Win Over Georgetown Would…

• Be a head coach John Danowski‘s 495th profession win
• Be Danowski’s 276th win at Duke
• Be Danowski’s forty first NCAA Tournament win
• Be Duke’s third prime 10 win this season
• Advance Duke to its fifteenth Championship Weekend
• Give Duke his fifth prime 20 win of the season and 148th beneath John Danowski

Dominance At The Dot

• Junior Cal Girard was dominant on the dot in opposition to Richmond, successful 21-of-27 faceoffs and choosing up a career-high 16 floor balls. It was the second most wins for Duke as a crew all season, whereas the 75-percent success price was the most effective.
• Duke has gained no less than 50 p.c of faceoffs in 12 of 14 video games this season and gained 13-of-31 in opposition to the nation’s greatest FOGO in Brady Wambach. Georgetown has gained 50 p.c in simply six video games this season. The Blue Devils bested Virginia on the level 15-12, whereas the Hoyas misplaced the battle 16-12.

Duke Puts the D in Defense

• Defensively, Duke has held 9 of his 14 opponents to single digits and to beneath 30 p.c capturing. The Blue Devils are permitting solely 32.5 photographs per recreation with simply 18 of these photographs ending up on goal. Overall, Duke’s opponents are capturing 28 p.c for the 12 months.
• Duke stored Notre Dame to its fewest objectives in a recreation (7) since a 10-4 loss to Virginia in 2019. The 16 p.c capturing was the bottom by a Duke opponent this season and the worst capturing efficiency by the Irish since that very same setback to the Cavaliers. In the primary spherical, Duke held Richmond to only 27 photographs, 18 under his season common. The Blue Devils have held seven of 14 opponents to 30 or fewer photographs in a recreation.

Ground Ball Benn

• Ben Johnston has been nice off the bottom on assault this season with 36 floor balls (2.6/gm). He ranks third total on the crew in pickups. The 36 free balls are essentially the most by a Duke attackman since Jack Bruckner had 39 in 2016. Bruckner reached that whole in 19 video games. The final Duke attackman to have no less than 40 floor balls in a season was Jordan Wolf in 2013, ending with 41 in 21 outings.
• Johnston’s 2.6 floor balls per recreation leads all attackmen nationally and is tied for the third highest common at Duke in the previous twenty years. Matt Danowski averaged 3.8 and Zack Greer 3.0 in 2007.

Up Next

• The winner advances to Championship Weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. The semifinal video games will probably be performed at Scott Stadium at University of Virginia Saturday, May 23 at midday and a pair of:30 pm. The nationwide title recreation is about for May 25 at 1 pm

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