The Virginia Cavaliers continued their struggles today in a 17-8 loss to the 14th ranked Duke Blue Devils. Petey LaSalla won 14 of his 23 face-offs and Duke turned the ball over seven more times than Virginia, but the extra possessions weren’t enough for the Wahoos.
The first quarter started slowly with neither team scoring until 5:04 remaining in the first when Duke’s Brennan O’Neil snuck a low angle shot past Mathew Nunes. Duke’s star player followed that up with another tally 34 seconds later to give the Blue Devils an early 2-0 lead.