2009 NCAA Semifinalists Duke Lacrosse Over the Years

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Former Duke players have enjoyed their share of success on the professional levels of lacrosse. In 2009, two Duke players were picked in the Major League Lacrosse Draft. Brad Ross was picked 15th overall by the Toronto Nationals, while Ryan McFadyen went as the No. 33 choice. Ross joined former teammate Nick O’Hara on the Nationals squad and helped lead Toronto to the MLL title with a 10-9 win over the Denver Outlaws. O’Hara tallied the first goal of the championship game, while Ross netted a two-point score in the semifinal for the Nationals. Duke also was represented on the 2009 MLL All-Star Team as Matt Danowski and Zack Greer earned nods. After another standout season in 2008, the Blue Devils had four players picked in the MLLacrosse Draft. Danowski became the second Blue Devil to be chosen second, while Tony McDevitt, O’Hara, and Mike Ward all went among the top 30. Danowski and McDevitt both were selected by the New Jersey Pride, while Ward went to the Denver Outlaws. Picked up by Rochester, O’Hara went on to help the Rattlers capture the MLL title. Danowski was selected to the MLL All-Star game as a member of the New Jersey Pride, scoring two goals and adding an assist. One year earlier in 2007, former Blue Devils Kevin Cassese and Matt Zash helped Philadelphia to the championship of Major League Lacrosse. Defenseman Taylor Wray graduated from Duke in 2003 and was an immediate hit in the National Lacrosse League. Selected with the number two overall pick by Calgary, Wray was the NLL’s Rookie of the Year, Co-Defenseman of the Year and first team All-NLL choice in 2004 while leading the Roughnecks to the league championship. Wray’s brother, Devan, also was a member of Calgary’s 2004 NLL title-winning squad, and holds franchise records for single-season and career face-off wins. Other Duke highlights in professional lacrosse include John Fay’s first team All-NLL selection in 1990, seven former Blue Devils taken in the MLL’s inaugural draft in 2001, and Dave Stilley helping the Colorado Mammoth to the NLL championship in 2006.
In the summer of 2003 in Baltimore, Md., Matt Danowski earned MVP honors at the Under-19 World Championships after leading the United States to the gold medal ... Danowski led the U.S. in scoring with 27 points on 17 goals and 10 assists ... In the summer of 2008, C.J. Costabile became the latest Blue Devil to lead the United States to a gold medal ... Costabile helped anchor the U.S. defense as a longstick defenseman.
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