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ANOTHER DAME TROPHY
by Matthew Pun The ChroniCle
BAlTiMore—Fighting irish freshman Sergio Perkovic singlehandedly fired up a sluggish notre Dame squad and nearly brought his team all the way back against the Blue Devils, but in the end it was experience that won out. Duke senior attackman Jordan Wolf tallied two goals—including a game-sealing dagger with 23 seconds left—and four as-
sists to hand the Blue Devils an 11-9 victory for their second straight national title at M&T Bank Stadium Monday afternoon. “We’ve been in this situation many times this year. We squandered a 14-10 lead against Syracuse in the semifinals of the ACC tournament, so we learned a great lesson there hopefully,” head coach John Danowski said. “You’ve got to learn to keep playing, and somebody has got to make a play sometimes.” Although they did not keep pace with
their postseason average of 18 goals per game, the top-seeded Blue Devils dominated the first half, holding notre Dame to just four shots on goal, winning the ground ball battle 17-10 and forcing the Fighting irish into 11 turnovers before the break. “We were so bad in the first half,” notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan said. “We had 11 turnovers in the first half. That’s a game’s worth of turnovers, and i’m going to say two of them were forced, and a bunch of
them were just throwing the ball out of bounds.” Duke suffered turnovers of its own in its opening two possessions, but at the 8:33 mark in the first quarter, Baltimore native Christian Walsh broke the scoreless tie. The senior picked up a ground ball on the offensive end and scored an off-balance shot off the ground to give the See M. laCROSSe, page 4
WOMEN’S GOLF
Blue Devils hold off top-ranked Trojans for sixth title by Nick Martin The ChroniCle
You’ve got to beat the best to be the best. And that’s exactly what Duke did when it countered a final surge from the Trojans with one of its own to secure the title. The Blue Devils claimed their sixth national championship Friday as they won the nCAA Championship at Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, okla., by two strokes with a total score of 1130. Top-ranked Southern California went on a tear in the final round, shooting 10 under par, but Duke was able to counter with a strong back nine to shoot six under par a capture the title. The no. 3 Blue Devils entered the final day of competition with a six-stroke the lead and were able to maintain it against the Trojans, who started and finished Friday in second place. The victory was not an easy one for Duke, as Southern California did not go down without a fight. “i have a great team—they’re just great in every way,” Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks—a six-time national champion and
WGCA Coach of the Year—said. “They work hard, they pull for each other and they keep things in perspective. They’re poised—that’s the best word. They kept on playing and didn’t let [the pressure] bother them.” The Trojans seemed to have all the momentum when they took three-stroke lead on holes 7-10. But by the time the two teams reached hole 16, the Blue Devils had tied things back up at +12 a piece and would go on to claim a three-stroke lead by the time the two teams’ groups had reached holes 14-17. The final effort was bolstered by senior Alejandra Cangrejo, who birdied three of six holes on 11-17 to help push Duke back on top, and fifth-ranked sophomore Celine Boutier. Boutier nearly gave the Blue Devils their second national championship of the day as she finished the tournament with 276, just two strokes back from Southern California’s Doris Chen, who held the lead for the majority of the day after starting tied with Boutier for See W. gOlF, page 5
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After falling behind on the opening nine, Duke stormed back to claim the NCAA Championship from No. 1 Southern California.