Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Upsets Duke 12-11 for 9th National Title.

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<p>BALTIMORE – The NCAA championship was two games in one.</p>

<p>In the first half, Duke was sluggish, still shaking off the effects of Saturday’s wire-to-wire semifinal matchup against Cornell in 100-degree heat. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins was brilliant, putting together the Blue Jays’ best half of the season. Hopkins won the first nine faceoffs of the game and jumped out to a 10-4 lead by the end of the first half.</p>

<p>At halftime, the game changed.</p>

<p>Having finally worked all of the lactic acid out of their muscles, the Blue Devils scored five unanswered goals to get within one of Hopkins. For as brilliant as the Blue Jays were in the first half, Duke was as good in the second. The frenzied pace of the third quarter threw the Blue Jays off their game, and it wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Hopkins was able to regain control of the tempo…"</p>

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<p>It was an amazing game: I really envy my friends who were able to see it live today! The domination at the faceoff X (Peyser and Koesterer taking the first nine!) and the D holding Greer and Danowski to a single goal and 3 points between them surely made the difference. What an exciting contest.</p>

<p>STICK 'EM, JAYS!</p>

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<p>2007 has been a good year for both teams. Congratulations to both Johns Hopkins and Duke!</p>

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<p>CONGRATS to JHU on a hard-fought victory!!!</p>

<p>DUKE LAX TEAM, we are PROUD OF YOU!!!
Way to come off of a hellish year and be MORE than competitive! :)</p>

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<p>our son and his father had an absolutely thrilling long weekend in Baltimore. very proud of the Duke team. Cornell was fierce and unyielding and Duke took it away from them. Today Hopkins won on best showing in several aspects of play.</p>

<p>Wonderful wonderful season. Love that Danowski…father and son equally.</p>

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<p>I froze my patootie off as I sat in the stadium watching Duke trounce Hopkins in April. (Snow fell on the field of play during the game :rolleyes:). I bit my nails today watching on TV to see Hopkins eke it out. </p>

<p>Happy for the BlueJays. Proud of Duke. Had it gone the other way, I couldn’t imagine a better ending to what that team has been through.</p>

<p>But, well, I’m a BlueJay parent now. :D</p>

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<p>Jmmom, you have also been a Tulane parent, a Bates parent and now you have every right to be happy for Hopkins’ superb game performance today. My Duke son estimated the stands were three-quarters Hopkins supporters today…great day for the Blue Jays, and we can be pleased Duke had them on a run at the end. As losses go, Duke has to be happy they made it a close game.</p>

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<p>Duke got spanked.</p>

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<p>No Duke got owned.</p>

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<p>Go Hopkins! My daughter is heading there in the fall…</p>