Duke Blue Devils • NCAA DivisioN i meN’s CHAmpioN
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s he sat in the stands on memorial Day at lincoln Financial Field in philadelphia, where he
watched his oldest boy command the biggest stage of his life while leading Duke university to its second NCAA men’s lacrosse title, John Fowler thought about the path his son had taken to reach
such a moment. uNsuNG Hero
CHRISTIAN WALSH, JR. M
Walsh shifted from attack to midfield to make room for freshman Case Matheis (52 points). Walsh finished with 33 points, seventh highest on the team, just a year after ranking second with 49. “Tremendous unselfishness by Christian,” Danowski said.
36 LACROSSE MAGAZINE July 2013>> DUKE BLUE DEVILS
RECORD: 16-5 COACH: John Danowski (7th year) TEAM MVP | Brendan Fowler, Jr. FO
He made his name in the championship, but Fowler had been Duke’s momentum swinger all season. He set the Division I record for faceoffs won in a season (339) and for faceoffs taken (526).
TURNING POINT | March 1 practice
The day before the Blue Devils were embarrassed in a 16-7 home loss to Maryland, Danowski threw the team off the practice field because players lacked energy. The loss to the
Terps dropped the Blue Devils’ record to 2-4. But the tone for the rest of the season was set. Duke started a 14-1 run that only ended because there were no games left to be won.
— Corey McLaughlin A Publication of US Lacrosse
Brendan Fowler walked on to Duke’s football and lacrosse teams after following a long and winding recruiting road to Durham.
While Brendan demoralized syracuse — winning 14 of 15
faceoffs spanning the second and third quarters of Duke’s 16-10 victory — and Duke fans chanted, “let’s Go Fowler!” as goal after goal drained hope from the orange, the father reflected on the son’s unorthodox journey. ***
Three years ago, Brendan Fowler had evolved into a three-
sport star (lacrosse, football and wrestling) as a senior at long island’s Chaminade High. But lacrosse wasn’t part of
WINNING PEDIGREE
©KEVIN P. TUCKER
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