Duke Falls to Georgetown, 16-12, in NCAA First Round

Saturday, May 10

Durham, N.C.

7:30 p.m.

Duke University

12-6

Georgetown

12-4

Georgetown

Duke University

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Falls to Georgetown, 16-12, in NCAA First Round

5/10/2025 11:21:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

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DURHAM, N.C.—Georgetown attackman Aidan Carroll scored a game-high six goals and eight points overall to lead the 13th-ranked Hoyas past No. 6 Duke, 16-12, in the opening round of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship Saturday night at Koskinen Stadium.

Duke, seeded seventh in the NCAA Championship, concludes its 2025 season with a 12-6 record while Georgetown improves to 12-4 and advances to the NCAA quarterfinals. Tied after three quarters, Georgetown used a 5-1 third quarter to pull away for the win.

Three Blue Devils were led on offense by Eric Malever, Benn Johnston and Max Sloat with two goals apiece. Patrick Jameison finished with 13 saves. Malever added two assists to finish with a team-high four points.

How it Happened

The Hoyas jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 10 minutes before Sloat put the Blue Devils on the board 11:59 into the contest with an unassisted tally. Duke managed just seven shots in the opening period, heading into the first break trailing 3-1.
The second quarter was a shootout with the Blue Devils and Hoyas combining for 10 goals. Malever made it a one-goal game 1:24 into the second stanza before Carroll scored three of the game's next four goals to put Georgetown's lead back to three, 6-3. Andrew McAdorey sandwiched in his lone goal of the game in between to keep the Blue Devils within striking distance.
Trailing by three at the midway point of the quarter, Duke caught fire and scored four of the final five goals to tie the game, 7-7 at the break. Graham Blake had a fantastic finish off a pass from Malever while Liam Kershis scored in transition to make it 6-5 Georgetown before a wild final 19 seconds.
Johnston evened the score for the first time with 19 seconds left. Georgetown won the faceoff and scored coming out of a timeout with four seconds left. Duke wasn't done though as Cal Girard returned the favor by scooping the faceoff and sneaking a low shot past Georgetown goalie as time expired.
The third quarter was all Hoyas as they outshot Duke 14-3 and won 6-of-7 faceoffs in the quarter en route to a 12-8 advantage with 15 minutes left to play.
Malever scored the first goal of the final period to make it a three-goal game again, but the Hoyas' offense continued to find success with three unanswered to a 15-9 lead with 6:40 to play.
Duke scored three of the game's final four goals but it wasn't enough as the Blue Devils ended their campaign with the four-goal setback.
Georgetown had a narrow 45-42 advantage in shots while both teams had 34 ground balls apiece. The Hoyas were dominant at the faceoff dot, winning 21-of-31 restarts. Prince Ross was 20-of-30 at the dot and picked up nine ground balls.

Notes

Duke moves to 44-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 20-7 in the first round. The Blue Devils are 0-2 against Georgetown in NCAA postseason action.
The opening round loss is the first for the Blue Devils since the 2016 campaign.
The 16 goals allowed by Duke are the most this season and the most since giving up 17 to Notre Dame in 2023.
Sophomore longstick midfielder Mac Christmas scored his eighth goal of the season, breaking the Duke single-season record for goals by a pole.
Junior Charlie Johnson recorded two caused turnovers to give him 32 for the season, tying him with Parker McKee for second in Duke single-season history.
Patrick Jameison recorded 13 saves, his 12th double-digit saves performance of the season and the 24th of his career.