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Johns Hopkins BEATS Duke

A review of the game curtesy of insidedge.com

 1st Quarter

We're jumping right into the 1st Quarter of the Johns Hopkins-Duke matchup,. ABout 6 minutes to go in the quarter exactly, and JHU is up 1-1 after goals by Kevin Huntley and Zack Greer respectively. Typical mythodical Blue Jays against a Duke team that will need to up the tempo through this game to get a win. Lets see how this plays out. Duke has ruled the possesion time though, and Danowski has played some invert.

Crowd seems to have held for this game, though the Orange has filtered out to the parking lot at this point, understandably. The first game had one of the best endings I've ever seen, and Foxborough must love that the Syracuse contingient will be here through the weekend. Should pump attendance for tomorrow's DII (Le Moyne) and DIII (Cortland) championships.

Max Quinzani scores on the crease before the end of the quarter, and Duke has a 2-1 lead heading into the second quarter.

2nd Quarter

I wish I could say there's some major action going on. I wish I could say that, but I can't. Duke has let up a couple unforced turnovers, but Johns Hopkins has put many shots on goal. Was funny, I picked Johns Hopkins to lose this game, but they did have the personnel to beat the Blue Devils the same way Georgetown did. Hold Duke to 2 goals for over 20 minutes is a good start down that road, but they need a few more shots on cage here.

Just as  I write Johns Hopkins Brian Christopher beat a Duke longpole to tie it 2-2 after Johns HOpkins held possession for a few minutes. Refs called a stall warning on that play.  

Steven Boyle and Kevin Huntley score witn :14 seconds of each other, and Johns Hopkins takes a 4-2 lead. Huntley's goal was especially impressive, a behind the back shot that just clipped the next and went in for a goal. Duke continues to be pushed to play 6-6 offense on the other side, feeding right into the Blue Jays' game plan. 3 minutes to go.

Timeout taken by Duke with 42.4 seconds. Duke just can't get their offense going, and they're pushing passes inside that are turning into unforced turnovers. Let's see what type of adjustments coach Danowski will make. Score at halftime is still JHU 4-Duke 2.

Halftime

Mike Leveille, who scored five goals including the game winner against Virginia in today's first matchup, is receiving the Lowe's Senior CLASS award on the field. Nice pick, perfect for the reward that honors leadership, athleticism and scholastic achievement.

Halftime Stats O' Interest:

Laxx is Growing

Lacriosse started out in New York as a small sport played by hundreds of people at one time and they were alllowed to kill each other. It was played by Native Americans with hand made sticks and the goals were 500 feet apart. Also the game lasted for more than a week. The sport was even more grueling, for the people who played wore nothing but a cloth and had a stick to prtect themselves from the hrash condidtions and the other players on the opposing team hitting you with their stick and beating you to death to gain an advantage.

TD

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Hopkins continues to roll

Hopkins ended off the regular season with 5-6 wins coming off after a 4 game losing streak and if you remember tghey won the championship coming off 9 straight wins to head into the playoffs. Hopkins has some great talent in Paul Rabil, Kevin Huntley, Stephen Boyle and and many other will help them to another dee playoff run in my opinion....look fro them to streak into the final four again.