Duke Men's Lacrosse Team Seizes 2nd National Title

WUNC | By Gurnal Scott

Published May 28, 2013 at 10:24 AM EDT

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The Duke men's lacrosse team overcame an early deficit to beat Syracuse 16-10 for its second national title. The Blue Devils began Monday's game by missing their first 11 shots on goal. That allowed the Orange to race out to a 5-nothing lead into the second quarter.

Duke head coach John Danowski said he felt the pressure of the game was a factor.

“I think the big stage, the big event got to us us a little bit,” he said. “I think the guys were a little tight, a little nervous. But I think at halftime getting it back to 6-5 helped everybody settle down at halftime and then just continue to play the game.”

Coming in to the title game, Duke had only beaten Syracuse in three of nine total meetings. With the win, the Blue Devils have beaten the Orange three straight times. The next time these teams meet in lacrosse, it will be an ACC game as Syracuse joins the conference next season.

Here are some highlights from the game:

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Gurnal Scott

Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.

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