Two ACC games with postseason implications went down Sunday, and a major Division I record was broken during the evening.

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GRAY PASSES THOMPSON, DUKE STILL WINS

Chris Gray became the Division I men’s career points leader, passing Albany’s Lyle Thompson with 401, but Duke still dominated North Carolina in a 19-11 win.

Needing five points to tie and six to pass Thompson, Gray made history on a question mark dodge with 7:23 left in the fourth quarter. Gray played in 71 career games, just one more than Thompson.

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— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) May 2, 2022

That was far too little, too late for UNC, though, as Duke still led 17-9.

North Carolina (8-6, 1-5 ACC) actually led 7-5 on a goal from Gray with 3:45 left in the first half. Dyson Williams scored for Duke just before the break, a goal which proved to be a harbinger of things to come.

Duke (11-5, 3-2 ACC) pitched a shutout in the third quarter and scored eight goals in the period. Adding in Williams’ goal before the half, that 9-0 run put the Blue Devils up 14-7.

With the NCAA bubble picture looking iffy for Duke because of the dominance of the Ivy League this spring, next weekend’s game against Notre Dame is a must-win. The winner could very well go dancing.

NOTRE DAME CRUSHES CUSE

Syracuse took more shots, won more faceoffs and had more extra-man opportunities, but four goals and six assists from Pat Kavanagh were too much to overcome in an 18-11 Notre Dame win.

“Right now, Pat Kavanagh’s feeling it.” — @AnishESPN

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— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) May 1, 2022

Leading 3-2 after Owen Seebold scored for Syracuse (4-10, 1-5 ACC), Notre Dame (7-4, 4-1 ACC) scored the next five goals to open up an 8-2 lead. The Irish essentially maintained that advantage from there.