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Shop Authentic Greer leads No. 1 Duke by No. 11 Buckeyes to national semifinals:
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Senior attackman Zack Greer registered a career-high 11
points on six goals and five assists to lead top-ranked and top-seeded
Duke to a 21-10 victory over 12th-ranked Ohio State in NCAA
Quarterfinal action on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y.
While
winning their 10th consecutive game, the Blue Devils establish a new
NCAA single-season record with 18 victories against just one defeat.
The previous standard of 17 wins was held by Duke (2005 & 2007),
Hofstra (2006) and Virginia (2006). Duke will make its fourth overall
and third trip in the last four seasons to the national semifinals and
will meet Johns Hopkins on Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,
Mass. The Buckeyes conclude their season at 11-6.
Duke's 21
goals rank as the fourth-highest total in NCAA Quarterfinal play and
stand as the third-best total in playoff action for the Blue Devils. In
addition, Duke pushed its team season totals to 295 goals, 172 assists
and 467 points. The point total ranks second on the NCAA single-season
list, nine behind the record of 476 set by Cornell in 1976 while the
goal total also is second on the NCAA chart, five back of the record of
300 established by Yale in 1990.
Ohio State's Mario Ventiquattro
scored the first goal of the game on an extra-man opportunity 30
seconds into the contest to take a 1-0 advantage, but Duke responded
with nine straight goals to make the score 9-1 after one period of
action.
To begin the Blue Devil rally, Greer scored on a pass
from Michael Young at 12:47 for his 200th career tally. Brad Ross
netted an unassisted goal at 10:39 before Matt Danowski scored on a Sam
Solie feed 16 seconds later and Ross struck again for a man-up goal at
8:22 on an assist from Ned Crotty. Steve Schoeffel and Max Quinzani
each scored twice in the spurt, while Greer added a second tally.
Crotty dished out two more assists, while Greer also recorded two
helpers.
Ross netted his third goal of the day at the 12:59 mark
of the second period to increase Duke's lead to nine at 10-1 before
Joel Dalgarno ended the Blue Devils' run at 12:43 to make the score
10-2.
Greer then scored twice to increase Duke's lead to 12-2 as
the Whitby, Ontario, Canada native converted a man-up opportunity on a
pass from Ross at 10:23 then netted a rebound goal at 7:50. Ohio
State's Peet Poillion scored at 7:22 to make the score 12-3. Both
squads were held scoreless for the remainder of the half.
Duke's
nine goals in the opening quarter marked the second-most in a period
this season, trailing only the 10-marker output in the first quarter
against Vermont. The 12 goals in the first half matched the Blue
Devils' best effort, equaling 12-goal halves versus both Lehigh and
North Carolina.
Ohio State began the second half scoring with a
goal from Kevin Buchanan at 14:14 to put the score at 12-4, but
Quinzani found the net at 13:24 on a pass from Greer to make it 13-4
and Greer recorded a goal of his own at 13:24 to give Duke a 14-4
advantage.
Poillon and James Green each scored for the Buckeyes
to bring Ohio State within eight at 14-6 with seven minutes remaining
in the third quarter before Duke retaliated with goals by Mike Catalino
and Quinzani. Quinzani struck again on a pass from Chris Loftus at 2:30
to give Duke a 17-6 advantage.
Greer scored his sixth goal of
the day on a pass from Quinzani at 1:56 before Nick O'Hara scored on a
helper from Danowski 10 seconds later as the Blue Devils held a 19-6
advantage heading into the final period.
Chris Loftus threw in a
pass from Greer at 12:35 and Catalino scored an unassisted goal at 9:15
to put the score at 21-6 before Andrew Stimmel and Ventiquattro each
netted a score to make the score 21-8 with just over six minutes
remaining in the contest before Ohio State accounted for the final
margin with two markers in the final 3:02.
Greer's 11-point
afternoon eclipsed his previous best of 10 points on seven goals and
three assists set in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals against North
Carolina. The left-handed attackman has now scored at least one goal in
61-of-66 career games while today's win pushes Duke to 39-0 when Greer
scores three or more goals. Greer also has netted five or more markers
in 15 career outings. In three career NCAA quarterfinal games, Greer
has totaled 16 goals and eight assists.
The six goals by Greer
increase his NCAA all-time record to 205. He currently leads the nation
with 64 tallies, a total that ranks seventh on the NCAA's single-season
list. Greer also moved into 11th place on the NCAA's all-time points
chart with 281 career points.
Quinzani scored five goals on the
day to push his season total to 59 - second-most in the country behind
Greer's 64. The Duxbury, Mass., native has now scored at least one goal
in 25 of his last 26 outings dating back to last year as Duke improves
to 32-2 when he tallies at least one marker.
Other multiple
point producers for the Blue Devils included Catalino (two goals),
Crotty (career-high four assists), Danowski (one goal & two
assists), Chris Loftus (one goal & two assists), Ross (three goals
& one assist) and Schoeffel (two goals).
With a combined 20
points on 12 goals and eight assists versus the Buckeyes, the Blue
Devil attack unit of Danowski (94), Greer (91) and Quinzani (67) moved
into third place on the NCAA's all-time chart for scoring trios with
252 total points. The national record for scoring trios is 265 points
set by Jim Weller (98), Chris Corin (83) and Lee Vosburgh (84) of
Massachusetts in 1981. Danowski and Greer now have a combined 185
points on the year, five shy of the ACC mark of 190 set by the same duo
last year and eight short of the NCAA standard of 193 set by Cornell's
Mike French and Eamon McEneaney in 1975.
Danowski's three points
increase his NCAA career record to 350 and his nation-leading 2008
total to 94. He has now scored at least one goal in 38 straight games
and produced at least one point in 60 consecutive contests. Danowski's
55 assists on the year lead the country and rank as the 18th-highest
single-season total in NCAA history.
Duke's starting midfield
unit of Crotty, Ross and Schoeffel combined for 10 points on five goals
and five assists - their highest total of the season.
Duke
posted scoring runs of 10 and seven goals during the game and now has
24 scoring spurts of five goals or better on the year. The 10-goal run
matches Duke's third-highest spurt in 2008. Also, the Blue Devils'
current winning streak of 10 games ranks tied for second in school
history, one victory shy of the record of 11 set in 2005.
Blue
Devil goalkeeper Dan Loftus secured the 41st win of his career against
just seven losses by making 13 saves and allowing six goals in 48:44 of
action.
For Ohio State, Buchanan, Poillon and Ventiquattro each
finished with two goals and two assists. Goalie Stefan Schroeder was
credited with 12 saves while surrendering 21 goals.Score by Period 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 1 2 3 4 10
Duke 9 3 7 2 21
Ohio State SCORING:
GOALS: Buchanan, Kevin 2; Poillon, Peet 2; Ventiquattro, Mario 2;
Dalgarno, Joel 1; Green, ames 1; Ryan, Jeff 1; Stimmel, Andrew 1.
ASSISTS: Buchanan, Kevin 2; Poillon, Peet 2; Ventiquattro, Mario 2;
Dalgarno, Joel 1.
Duke SCORING:
GOALS: Zack Greer 6; Max Quinzani 5; Brad Ross 3; Mike Catalino 2;
Steve Schoeffel 2; Matt Danowski 1; Chris Loftus 1; Nick O'Hara 1.
ASSISTS: Zack Greer 5; Ned Crotty 4; Matt Danowski 2; Chris Loftus 2;
Max Quinzani 1; Brad Ross 1; Sam Solie 1; Michael Young 1.
Shots by Period 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 4 12 11 12 39
Duke 18 9 16 7 50
Saves by Period 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 4 4 2 2 12
Duke 3 5 4 4 16
Ground Balls 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 8 4 11 6 29
Duke 15 4 7 7 33
Face-offs 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 6-11 5-6 5-10 2-7 18-34
Duke 5-11 1-6 5-10 5-7 16-34
Clears by Period 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 3-5 2-2 7-8 5-6 17-21
Duke 4-4 6-6 6-7 5-5 21-22
Extra-man Opps 1 2 3 4 Total
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Ohio State 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-3
Duke 3-3 0-2 1-1 0-3 4-9
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