Want to know what playing Duke this year is going to look like? Look no further than the final 15-plus minutes of the game.
It started with two seconds left in the third period when Sean Lulley scored off an assist from Brennan O’Neill. Then O’Neill scored himself. The next four goals were all scored by different Duke players — Joe Robertson, Jake Caputo, Nakeie Montgomery and Dyson Williams, in that order.
That spurt turned a five-goal lead into an 11-goal lead against a Denver team that entered play at No. 10 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20. O’Neill and Williams did the heavy lifting, each recording four goals and two assists, but it was a team effort in No. 17 Duke’s 19-10 win.
Nine different Blue Devils scored. Outside of big games from O’Neill, Williams and Nakeie Montgomery (three goals, one assist), Lulley and Robertson each scored twice. John Danowski has no shortage of options on the offensive side, that’s for sure.