DENVER – The [8/9] University of Denver men's lacrosse team fell to [11/13] Duke 15-13 in-front of a sellout crowd on Saturday afternoon at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
 
Junior Jack Hannah (Milford, Ohio) netted the 21^st sock trick in the program's Division I history with a career-high six goals to go with an assist in the loss for Denver. Senior Ethan Walker (Peterborough, Ontario) added two goals and three assists en-route to becoming the fourth player in Denver's Division I history to reach 200 career points. Sophomore midfielder Alex Simmons (Smithville, Ontario) was the only other multi-goal scorer for the Pioneers, netting two to go along with a helper.
 
The two teams traded goals in the opening five minutes of the first quarter. Denver took leads at 1-0 and 2-1 courtesy of goals from Walker and Hannah. Duke ended the first quarter and the start of the second on a 7-0 run to take an 8-2 lead with 10:42 to play in the first half.
 
Denver worked its way back into the game to end the first half, cutting the deficit to four at the intermission. Hannah scored back-to-back goals to make it 8-4, but two goals from Duke pushed the lead back to six at 10-4. Denver ended the half with two goals in the final 60 seconds of the half as Simmons netted his second of the campaign to make it 10-5 and Hannah scored his fourth of the half to make it 10-6.
 
Both teams made a change in goal at the intermission with head coach Bill Tierney turning to freshman Jack Thompson (Castle Rock, Colo.) in the second half.
 
Duke scored three of the five goals in the third quarter to make it 13-8 Blue Devils with 15 minutes to play. Joey Manown's sixth of the year opened the scoring to make it 11-6. Walker's second of the afternoon cut the lead back to four with 10:17 to go in the third. Kevin Quigley and Nakeie Montgomery posted back-to-back tallies to push Duke's lead back to six, but Hannah's fifth of the day with four seconds on the clock made it a five-goal game heading to the fourth.
 
Junior Ted Sullivan (Tucson, Ariz.) and Simmons both found the back of the net in the first 3:23 of the fourth quarter to get the ball rolling the Pioneers way with their first 3-0 run of the game, but a Duke man-down stop and goals from Manown and Owen Caputo kept distance between the Blue Devils and Pioneers down the stretch.
 
UP NEXT:
The Denver men's lacrosse program, Presented by Your Hometown Toyota Stores, will continue its four-game homestand on Saturday, February 22^nd, when the Pioneers welcome St. Bonaventure to Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium. The game is part of the two-day 2020 Faceoff Classic. DU and St. Bonaventure will faceoff Saturday at 1:30 p.m. MT, before the Pioneers host Cleveland State Sunday, February 23^rd at 4:30 p.m. MT. Both games will be broadcast on Pioneer Vision and 104.3 The Fan.
 
2020 DENVER ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME RECEPTION: Denver announced its 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame class in January. The inductees will be honored on the DU campus May 16. For more information, registration for the reception and donation information, click here. 
 
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