April 18, 1999

DURHAM, N.C. - Senior attackman John ODonnells shot with 3:05 remaining in the overtime period lifted Duke to a 10-9 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers at Duke Lacrosse Stadium on Sunday. With the win, second-ranked Duke improves to 10-1 on the season and finishes the ACC regular season with a 2-1 record, earning the No. 1 seed in next weeks conference tournament. Virginia, ranked fourth nationally, drops to 6-3, 2-1 in the league.

The Blue Devils jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, led by junior T.J. Durnan, who scored three of Dukes first four goals. The Cavaliers, responded with two goals in the first quarter and three more in the third to reduce the Blue Devil lead to two, 7-5, at halftime.

Both teams were held scoreless in the third quarter as the defenses had control. In the fourth quarter, Duke went up 8-5 at the 14:23 mark on a Jared Frood shot from Durnan. The Cavaliers responded with three straight goals from David Jenkins, Jay Jalbert and Hanley Holcomb, his second of the game, to tie the game at eight goals apiece.

Dukes ODonnell broke the tie, scoring at the 4:27 mark, while Virginia tied it again at 2:07 on a Conor Gill goal, assisted by Tucker Radebaugh. Virginia won the final two face-offs of the fourth quarter, but was unable to convert as time ran out in regulation with a 9-9 score.

Duke won the face-off in the sudden death overtime period, and then had three shots at the goal before ODonnells shot went in at the 3:05 mark.

Dukes Durnan led all scorers with five points on four goals (all in the first quarter) and one assist. ODonnell added two goals for the Blue Devils, the final goal in regulation as well as the overtime shot. Radebaugh and Holcomb were the leading scorers for the Cavaliers, each scoring three points on two goals and one assist.

The game marked Dukes first overtime since the 1997 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, where they defeated fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins 12-11. It also marks Dukes first win in seven tries, with the last victory coming in the 1995 ACC Tournament semifinals.

Duke and Virginia will both travel to Chapel Hill next weekend to compete in the ACC Tournament. Second-seeded Virginia will face third-seeded Maryland in the first game at 6:00 p.m., while the top-seeded Blue Devils seek revenge for their only loss of the season on the UNC Tar Heels in the 8:00 game. The tournament takes place at UNCs Kenan Stadium.

          1  2  3  4  OT  Final
Virginia  2  3  0  4  0   9
Duke      5  2  0  2  1   10