Division I Men :      March 25, 2001 [ The Game Story]
Georgetown 14 Duke 7 Scoring: Scoring: Steve Dusseau Trevor Walker Mike Henehan Mike Hammer Neal Goldman Jaime Sharpe Pj Paolisso Scott Doyle (3, 3) (3, 1) (2, 2) (1, 2) (2, 0) (2, 0) (0, 1) (1, 0) Kevin Cassese Kevin Brennan Terrence Keaney Alex Lieske (4, 1) (1, 1) (1, 0) (1, 0) Saves: Saves: Scott Schroeder 17  (0.708) Matt Breslin 7  (0.333) Current Record :     (6-0) Current Record :     (6-3) Team Page For 2001 Team Page For 2001       The Game Story:

The Hoyas extended their 14 game home winning streak when they defeated the Duke Blue Devils 14-7 in front of 2,489 fans in Washington, DC. Both goalies had some key saves but it was the Georgetown offense that made some even better shots for the victory. Sophomore Kyle Sweeney had a solid game for Georgetown with some fancy take-aways and destickings. Duke’s attack, as a unit, had only one goal. Head Coach Mike Pressler said, “They outplayed us in every phase of the game. They wanted this one more than we did.”

Duke put up the first points of the game when Kevin Brennan caught a feed from Kevin Cassese and put it past Georgetown keeper Scott Schroeder’s hip. Jamie Sharpe matched the score for the Hoyas six minutes later. Duke misplayed a substitution situation and ended up chasing the ball, which left Sharpe open for the shot. The first quarter ended tied at one.

Georgetown opened things up with the next four goals. Trevor Walker was first with a smart play. Steve Dusseau took a shot that sailed wide but was caught by Mike Henehan. Walker recognized this and quickly moved to an open space, caught the pass from Henehan and scored. Walker scored again 45 seconds later when Dusseau gave him the ball in front of the cage. Walker whipped around and fired for the goal. Dusseau was next to score when he took a short stick. Duke had been matching up Scott Doyle and Dusseau with long sticks and leaving an attackman with a shorty but Dusseau this time it was different as the defense was caught in a switch. Doyle got Georgetown’s first man-up goal with 4:25 left in the half. It was typical fashion for him: a laser top right that was too quick for Duke goalie Matt Breslin to stop. Duke scored their own man-up goal next. Brennan could have shot the ball but instead passed cross-crease to Gilman product Alex Lieske who put it away. Dusseau closed out the scoring for the half on another unassisted goal. He dodged from behind and scored with almost no angle.

Georgetown and Duke traded goals the entire third quarter. Georgetown started 1:10 into the half with an EMO goal by freshman Neal Goldman. Cassese answered for Duke when he scored unassisted as both teams were coming out of a 5-on-5 situation caused by fouls drawn in a mini-brawl in front of the Georgetown bench. Next Goldman converted another feed from Mike Hammer to put Georgetown up 8-3. Cassese took his defender and put it low left for his second of the contest. Overall, Cassese had a great performance and was everywhere on the field. Coach Urick said of Cassese, “If there is a better athlete in college lacrosse, I’d love to see him.” Henehan quick sticked a feed from Walker to put Georgetown up 9-4. 6’5” Terrence Keaney scored an unassisted jump shot low and away. Then Walker completed his hat trick for the Hoyas with 18 seconds left in the third quarter.

Dusseau followed by completing his own hat trick, once again unassisted, when he took his defender and stuck it five hole. No defender could seem to get a hold of Dusseau today. Cassese won the next face-off and took it right in for a goal. Georgetown kept coming with Dusseau threading a feed sidearm to an open Sharpe who finished it. Cassese responded one more time with an awesome shot that stung the top left corner as he was being chased down the right side of the field. Georgetown scored the final two of the game. Dusseau could have shot the ball but instead made the extra pass to Henehan and it paid off. Hammer scored his first goal of the game with 55 seconds remaining to extend the Georgetown lead to 14-7 and that is how it would end.

With losses by Princeton and Notre Dame, Georgetown could move up to their highest ranking ever. They are currently tied with that record at #4. This is only Georgetown's second victory against Duke in fifteen contests. Coach Urick commented on All-American Mike Henehan saying that he is still not 100% but is getting better every day. Urick also said that face-offs were a big concern coming in but credited sophomore Mike Chiara for playing them well, "He maybe didn't win with the move but he kept the ball alive for our wings." Coach Pressler expressed similar sentiments with face-offs, "Their wings were the guys who won it. They outhustled us." Pressler mentioned that he team was suffering a bit from a mid-week game with UNC, "They [Carolina] took a lot out of us but that is no excuse." Duke EMO looked like it was making a comeback in recent games from a poor performance at Maryland where they were 1 for 16 but the unit struggled again today going 1 for 8.

Georgetown will battle Navy next in a big ECAC matchup in Annapolis, Md. That game is scheduled for April 1 at 12 noon. Duke will next play at Harvard on Saturday.