Completed Event: Men's Lacrosse versus #1 Princeton on May 23, 2026 , Loss , 7, to, 14
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Final
Men's Lacrosse
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vs #1 Princeton
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Notes: Johns Hopkins 9, Duke 8
5/30/2005 1:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
May 30, 2005
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- After making its first appearance in the national championship game, Duke ends the 2005 season with an overall record of 17-3 ... The Blue Devils set new NCAA records for wins in a season and largest win total improvement (+12; 5 wins in 2004 to 17)
- Duke is now 9-10 all-time in NCAA Tournament action, all under 15th-year head coach Mike Pressler ... Pressler is now 147-80 in his 15 seasons at the helm of the Blue Devil program with 10 NCAA Tournament appearances (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2005), two NCAA Final Four berths (1997 & 2005) and one NCAA championship game appearance (2005) to go along with three ACC titles (1995, 2001 & 2002)
- Duke representatives on the NCAA All-Tournament Team were Matt Danowski, Dan Flannery, Nick O'Hara and Matt Zash
- Danowski finished the game with two goals and four assists to break the Duke school single-season record for points with 92 ... Danowski ends the season with 92 points on 50 goals and 42 assists, eclipsing the previous school mark of 90 set by Tony Cullen in 1979 ... Danowski falls one point shy of the ACC single-season standard of 93 points set by Ray Altman in 1963 ... Danowski's 92 points led the nation this season and the total ranks tied for 18th on the NCAA's single-season chart
- Danowski concluded the NCAA Tournament with 20 points on 12 goals and eight assists, producing the most points by an individual in the tournament since Gary Gait tallied 23 points for Syracuse in 1990 ... Danowski's 12 goals rank in a tie for seventh place on the NCAA Tournament's chart for goals in a tournament while Flannery's total of 11 goals stand in a tie for 13th place on the same list
- Duke set a new NCAA Tournament record for goals with 60, breaking the previous mark of 58 established by Syracuse in 2004
- Duke finished the season with two players with 50 or more goals (Zack Greer with 57 and Danowski with 50) and three players with 70 or more points (Danowski with 92 and Flannery and Zack Greer with 72 each)
- Greer's goal total of 57 establishes a new ACC single-season record and ranks as the 10th best single-season mark in NCAA history ... Danowski's 50 goals match the eighth highest single-season total in ACC history and the third highest in Duke history
- The attendance of Mnday's game was 44,920, setting a new NCAA record ... The total weekend attendance was 132,299, also a new NCAA standard
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