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Zack Greer
Terrence Molinari
Max Quinzani
THIRD ATTACKMAN
In 2005 and 2006, Dan Flannery played alongside
Matt Danowski and Zack Greer on Duke’s starting
attack unit and finished his career with 79 goals and 70
assists ... Filling the void in 2007 was sophomore
Gibbs Fogarty and freshman Max Quinzani ...
Fogarty ranked seventh on the team in scoring with
14 points while Quinzani produced 24 goals and four
assists.
MORE ON QUINZANI
Freshman Max Quinzani cracked the starting lineup
for the ACC Championship game against Virginia on
April 29, and responded with a pair of goals as Duke
downed the Cavaliers, 12-9, to claim the title ... The
Duxbury, Mass., product finished the year ranking
third on the team this season with 24 goals, and registered
at least one tally in 10 of the last 12 contests ...
During that 12-game stretch, Quinzani logged 19 goals
including a season-best three versus both Air Force
(5/6) and North Carolina (5/20).
O’HARA MAKES IT THREE STRAIGHT
Senior Nick O’Hara, a first team All-America selection
in 2007, paced the Blue Devils in ground balls for the
third consecutive year ... As a sophomore in 2005,
O’Hara secured a Duke-best 78 grounders as the Blue
Devils went 17-3 and advanced to the NCAA championship
game ... In 2006, the Orchard Park, N.Y.,
native had a team-high 31 ground balls ... In 20 games
of the 2007 campaign, O’Hara scooped up a Dukebest
84 ground balls and his 4.20 grounders per game
ranked fourth in the ACC.
DUKE CAPTAINS
Serving as captains for the Blue Devils in 2007 were
seniors Matt Danowski and Ed Douglas ... The
players were elected by their teammates.
GOALS FOR GREER
In 2007, the Blue Devils’ Zack Greer ranked first in the
nation with his 67 goals scored — the third-highest
single-season total in NCAA history ... In 2005, Greer
led the nation in goals scored with 57, a total that ranks
15th on the NCAA’s all-time single-season chart ...
Greer bettered his own ACC single-season record for
goals in 2007, and he joined former Virginia standout
Doug Knight as the only two players in league history
to register two seasons with 50 or more goals.
LOFTUS IN GOAL
Goalkeeper Dan Loftus started all 20 games for the
Blue Devils in 2007 and earned USILA Third Team All-
America honors ... He started all eight games in 2006,
posting a 5.16 goals against average and .687 save
percentage ... In 2007, Loftus led the ACC in both
goals against average (7.70) and save percentage
(.614) ... The Syosset, N.Y., native earned a spot on
the ACC All-Tournament team following his 14-save
performance in Duke’s championship game win over
Virginia on April 29.
NCAA • Save Percentage • 2007
1. Nick Sciubba, Bucknell .641
2. Jordan Burke, Brown .621
3. Matt McMonagle, Cornell .616
4. Dan Loftus, Duke .614
Joey Kemp, Notre Dame .614
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Duke had just three scholarship freshmen on the roster
in 2007 — Parker McKee, Terrence Molinari and
Max Quinzani — and all three made an immediate
impact ... McKee was Duke’s top defensive reserve
while Molinari won 11-of-18 face-offs against North
Carolina in the NCAA Quarterfinals ... Quinzani ranked
fourth on the team with his 24 goals on the year.
ACC ACCOLADES
Duke’s Matt Danowski garnered his second ACC
Player of the Year trophy in 2007, joining Maryland’s
Joe Walters (2004 & 2006) and North Carolina’s Ryan
Wade (1993-94) as the league’s only two-time winners
of the award ... Joining Danowski on the All-ACC
squad were teammates Zack Greer, Casey Carroll
and Nick O’Hara ... In addition, Blue Devil head coach
John Danowski was named the conference’s Coach
of the Year.
COMPLETE RECOVERY
Just four games into the 2006 season, defenseman
Casey Carroll suffered a season-ending knee injury
that required surgery ... Following complete recovery
from surgery, the Baldwin, N.Y., native earned USILA
First Team All-America, All-ACC and ACC All-Tournament
honors in 2007 ... He ranked third on the team
with 68 groundballs as the Blue Devils led the ACC in
scoring defense.
JOINING ELITE COMPANY
With three helpers against Virginia on April 14, Duke
senior Matt Danowski became the fifth player in ACC
history and the 34th player in NCAA history to register
100 goals and 100 assists in a career ... Through 61
career games at Duke, the Farmingdale, N.Y., native
has amassed 129 goals and 127 assists.
DUKE AT HOME
Duke closed the 2007 season with an 11-1 ledger in
the friendly confines of Koskinen Stadium with the lone
loss coming in a 7-6 decision to top-ranked Cornell on
March 20 ... The 11 wins set a new school singleseason
record for home victories, surpassing the 10
triumphs by the 2005 club.
Duke • Single-Season Home Wins
1. 2007 11 (11-1)
2. 2005 10 (10-0)
3. 2000 8 (8-0)
1987 8 (8-0)
5. Five tied with 7
Most recent: 2001 (7-1)
DANOWSKI IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
In the postseason, Matt Danowski totaled 24 points
in four NCAA Tournament games to post the thirdhighest
single-tournament total in NCAA history behind
Eamon McEneaney (25 in 1977) and Tim
Goldstein (25 in 1987), both of Cornell.
ROAD SUCCESS
The Blue Devils posted a perfect 4-0 record in road
games during the season with victories over Maryland,
North Carolina, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins
... Dating back to the 2005 season, Duke has won
eight of its past nine road contests.
ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
After earning the top seed for the ACC Tournament,
Duke captured the league championship with wins
over fourth-seeded North Carolina and second-seeded
Virginia ... Matt Danowski received Tournament MVP
honors following a five-goal, five-assist weekend and
was joined on the all-tournament team by fellow Blue
Devils Zack Greer, Bo Carrington, Casey Carroll
and Dan Loftus ... The ACC Tournament crown
marked the fourth for Duke (1995, 2001, 2002 & 2007).
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