2009 NCAA Semifinalists Duke Lacrosse Over the Years

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Four players with Duke ties — Kevin Cassese, Ned Crotty, Parker McKee and Matt Zach – along with former Blue Devil head coach Mike Pressler will be leading the U.S. Men’s Lacrosse National Team at the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship in Manchester, England from July 14-24. Duke was one of two schools to have more than two players selected to the team, while Crotty and McKee are the lone collegiate players to be awarded a roster spot. In 2002, three players with connections to Duke – Scott Bross, Kevin Cassese and Tim Knowles — and Pressler helped United States capture the gold medal with an 18- 15 win over Canada at the FIL World Championship on July 14 in Perth, Australia. Duke added another gold medal to the group in the summer of 2008 at the U-19 FIL World Championship in Coquitlam, British Columbia as current sophomore CJCostabile helped the United States to top honors with a 19-12 victory over Canada on July 12. Current redshirtsophomore Justin Turri earned a spot on the U-19 roster, but missed the tournament due to injury. Bross, an All-America midfielder and face-off specialist who closed out his career at Duke in 2001, was an All-ACC pick as a senior and led the Blue Devils to the 2001 ACC Tournament championship with an MVP performance. He finished the season with a .658 percentage on face-offs and led Duke in ground balls with 93. Cassese, who finished his career at Duke in 2003, was a First Team All-America and the National Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He tallied nine total points on four goals and five assists in six games at the World Championships. Knowles, a defenseman who graduated from Duke in 1999, was named third team All-America in 1999. The World Championship event began in 1967 and has been held every four years since 1974. The 1998 World Championship was held in Baltimore and featured 11 nations. In 2006, Cassese was a member of the U.S. squad that earned a silver medal at the ILF World Championship in London, Ontario, Canada. In addition, former Duke standouts Ryan Marshall and Taylor Wray were members of the gold medal-winning team from Canada.
A mainstay among the elite Division I athletic programs, Duke University once again ranked near the top during the 2008-09 athletic year. The women’s tennis team claimed its first NCAA Championship in the spring with a dominating performance, which was Duke’s 10th overall national title. Freshman Mallory Cecil won the NCAA Individual title for women’s tennis and freshman Becca Ward earned the NCAA Individual title in saber for fencing. The women’s tennis, men’s basketball and men’s lacrosse teams won ACC Championships, while the men’s lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA Semifinals. The women’s golf team turned in a sixth place finish at the NCAA Championship to go along with NCAA Elite Eight appearances by the women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse squads. The women’s volleyball, men’s lacrosse and women’s tennis team also registered Co-ACC regular season titles. Duke was also very successful nationally in 2008-09 as 13 teams competed in NCAA Tournament action. The Blue Devils had six teams ranked in the top-10 of the national rankings during the season. Listed below are some facts from the 2008-09 athletic year: • Freshman women’s tennis performer Mallory Cecil won the NCAA Individual title, ITA National Player of the Year and the Honda Award. • Coming off earning two Bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, freshman Becca Ward won the NCAA Individual fencing title in saber. • The women’s tennis team claimed its first NCAA Championship and Duke’s 10th overall in school history. • The men’s lacrosse, women’s tennis and volleyball squads earned Co- ACC regular season titles. • The men’s lacrosse team won its sixth overall ACC Championship and the women’s tennis team notched its 16th overall ACC title. • Duke had 27 student-athletes named All-America. • A total of nine different Duke student-athletes were selected ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America, while 16 others received National Scholar- Athlete or Academic All-America accolades. • Six Blue Devils were ACC Champions -- Jade Ellis (long jump for men’s outdoor track & field), Amy Fryt (pole vault for women’s outdoor track & field), Abby Johnson (three meter board for women’s swimming & diving), Ryan McDermott (steeplechase for men’s outdoor track & field), Ashley Twichell (1650 free for women’s swimming and diving) and Konrad Dudziak (wrestling). • Amanda Blumenherst (golf) and Ned Crotty (lacrosse) were named ACC Players of the Year. Crotty was also selected USILA National Attackman of the Year. • Mike Grella (soccer) earned ACC Offensive Player of the Year and Chante Black (basketball) was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year. • The Blue Devils had 39 All-ACC selections, and 26 were All-Region. • A total of 429 Duke student-athletes registered a 3.0 or higher grade-point average during the 2008-09 campaign. • Blue Devil junior heavyweight wrestler Konrad Dudziak was the runner-up at the NCAA Championship.
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