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What Happened: Duke bested Syracuse in overtime
Takeaway: This was a huge gut-check win for the Blue Devils coming off a tough OT loss to Air Force a few days earlier. Down 14-10 entering the fourth quarter Duke exploited the Orange’s off-ball defense and poor slides to take a 15-14 lead. Deemer Class (7G, 2A) was sublime, turning in as good an individual performance as we have seen this season. Class and classmate Myles Jones simply refused to let Duke lose. A ton of credit also goes to FO man Kyle Rowe, whose work allowed the Blue Devils to get the possessions they needed to stay in the game and compete. Duke also played an exceptionally intelligent and disciplined game, committing no penalties in the contest. One downside: the Blue Devils ran one midfield for most of the day, almost exclusively in the fourth quarter. They prevailed in this one, but how many times have we seen this team run out of juice in games? Like Carolina, Duke would be well served to use a second line a bit more to keep legs fresher.
http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/dixon-s-takeaways-ncaa-tournament-is-on-the-horizon/34529/1
Takeaway: This was a huge gut-check win for the Blue Devils coming off a tough OT loss to Air Force a few days earlier. Down 14-10 entering the fourth quarter Duke exploited the Orange’s off-ball defense and poor slides to take a 15-14 lead. Deemer Class (7G, 2A) was sublime, turning in as good an individual performance as we have seen this season. Class and classmate Myles Jones simply refused to let Duke lose. A ton of credit also goes to FO man Kyle Rowe, whose work allowed the Blue Devils to get the possessions they needed to stay in the game and compete. Duke also played an exceptionally intelligent and disciplined game, committing no penalties in the contest. One downside: the Blue Devils ran one midfield for most of the day, almost exclusively in the fourth quarter. They prevailed in this one, but how many times have we seen this team run out of juice in games? Like Carolina, Duke would be well served to use a second line a bit more to keep legs fresher.
http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/dixon-s-takeaways-ncaa-tournament-is-on-the-horizon/34529/1
