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...Crimson repeatedly rallies by returning to the fundamentals of the game—focusing on winning faceoffs and 50/50 ground ball opportunities...
...than a minute into the first quarter with Blue Devil Zach Howell putting one past Crimson rookie goalkeeper Harry Krieger with 14:13 to go. Just over a minute later, Harvard’s defense turned the ball over, and Duke’s Max Quizinari picked up a ground ball. The Blue Devils’ offense settled into its set—as it would do continually through the first quarter—undisturbed by the Crimson defense. At 12:51, Duke’s Steve Schoeffel tallied his 10th goal of the season on an unassisted shot, putting...
Duke picked up an unstoppable rhythm early in the first quarter—win the face-off, grab the ground ball, run the set, and capitalize on shot opportunities. Harvard gave up eight of nine face-offs in the first quarter alone and won only six of 20 ground balls. The Crimson never possessed the ball long enough to push up field and run its own sets. The Blue Devils controlled the momentum from the first face...
...came out flat and a little too hesitant,” senior defenseman Ben Smith said. “We weren’t getting the tough ground balls and getting the 50/50 plays, and those 50/50 plays can make a big difference, especially in the beginning. [Duke] got some series off of that, and lacrosse is a game about getting runs. They went on a big run, the biggest run we’ve seen...
...Brown allowed both reached in the sixth inning. After Princeton’s Kelsey VandeBergh reached on an error by junior Ellen Macadam, Candace Button reached on a fielder’s choice. The mild threat to Brown’s no-hitter ended when Brown forced Scott to ground out and Nicole Ontiveros struck out swinging...