Sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Turri tallied a career-high 16 saves as Duke earned a spot in the NCAA Men\u2019s Lacrosse championship game with a thrilling 16-14 victory over Cornell Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field. The title game appearance marks the fourth in program history and second under head coach John Danowski.<\/p>\n
Duke improves to 15-5 on the season, while Cornell finishes the 2013 campaign with a 14-4 record. The Blue Devils are 13-1 in their previous 14 outings.<\/p>\n
Wolf led the Duke attack with five points on four goals and one assist while Tripucka also posted a hat trick in the win. Fowler went 16-of-31 for the game at the faceoff x, collecting 12 ground balls. The junior from Wantagh, N.Y., also became the NCAA\u2019s single-season record holder during Saturday\u2019s contest with 319 wins this spring at the faceoff X. Pannell paced all Cornell scorers with five goals and two assists for seven points.<\/p>\n
Duke will face Syracuse Monday, May 27 at 1 p.m. in the NCAA championship contest at Lincoln Financial Field. The game will be televised live on ESPN.<\/p>\n
– News release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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