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Duke lacrosse: Blue Devils fall short of title game alongside bitter rival

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The Duke lacrosse team fell short of the NCAA Championship Game, but the Blue Devils have some company.

Just like in men’s basketball, a National Championship is the goal for the Duke lacrosse team. But the Blue Devils fell short of that goal this season.

Duke was a consensus Top-3 team in the country and had held the No. 1 ranking for a week this season before a slip-up on the road against then-No. 5 Notre Dame.

The Blue Devils had defeated No.