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Published: May 19, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: May 19, 2008 06:35 AM
 

Duke men's lacrosse routs Ohio State

Senior attackman Zack Greer registered a career-high 11 points on six goals and five assists to lead top-ranked and top-seeded Duke to a 21-10 victory over 12th-ranked Ohio State in an NCAA quarterfinal match on Sunday in Ithaca, N.Y.

Duke (18-1) will make its fourth overall and third trip in the last four seasons to the national semifinals and will meet Johns Hopkins (10-5) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Syracuse (14-2) will face Virginia (14-3) at noon on Saturday.

The Buckeyes conclude their season at 11-6.

The six goals by Greer increase his NCAA all-time record to 205. He currently leads the nation with 64 tallies, a total that ranks seventh on the NCAA's single-season list. Greer also moved into 11th place on the NCAA's all-time points chart with 281.

Greer's 11-point afternoon eclipsed his previous best of 10 points on seven goals and three assists set in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals against North Carolina.

Max Quinzani scored five goals to push his season total to 59 -- second-most in the country behind Greer. He has now scored at least one goal in 25 of his last 26 outings dating back to last year as Duke improved to 32-2 when he tallies at least one marker.

Ohio State's Mario Ventiquattro scored the first goal of the game on an extra-man opportunity 30 seconds into the contest, but Duke responded with nine straight goals to make the score 9-1 after the first period.

To begin the Blue Devils' rally, Greer scored on a pass from Michael Young at 12:47 for his 200th career tally. Brad Ross netted an unassisted goal at 10:39 before Matt Danowski scored on a Sam Solie feed 16 seconds later, and Ross struck again for a man-up goal at 8:22 on an assist from Ned Crotty. Steve Schoeffel and Quinzani each scored twice in the spurt, while Greer added a second tally. Crotty dished out two more assists, while Greer also recorded two helpers.

Ross netted his third goal of the day at the 12:59 mark of the second period to increase Duke's lead to nine at 10-1.

MEN'S TENNIS

GREENBERG WINS DIVISION III SINGLES TITLE: Kenyon College and former East Chapel Hill High standout Mike Greenberg defeated Filip Marinkovic from Middlebury College 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the NCAA Division III men's singles championship.

FOOTBALL

HOKIES RECRUIT CHARGED: A Virginia Tech football recruit who led Amherst High School to consecutive Group AA state championships and was voted The Associated Press Virginia player of the year is facing felony drug charges.

Peter Rose, the first-team quarterback and AP Group AA player of the year for 2007, was charged along with six other students after what police said was an undercover operation at the school over the past 10 months.

The 18-year-old Rose is charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana and two counts of distribution of drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

TRESSEL HELPS FATHER'S OLD SCHOOL: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is helping Baldwin-Wallace College kick off a $2 million renovation at the private college's stadium, where Tressel's father coached football for 23 years.

Tressel and his two brothers -- all alumni of the college in suburban Cleveland -- donated an unspecified amount to pay for the replacement of the stadium's artificial turf. All three attended Saturday's groundbreaking ceremony at The George Finnie Stadium.

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