BLUE JAY WAY!

Hopkins wins!

Duke held the ball for a final play, and I'm fairly certain that it was Matt Danowski (or Brad Ross; couldn't tell if it was 40 or 10) who got in position to spin to his right and fire a hard shot from about 12 yards out. The ball seemed to ricochet off the foot of JHU goalie Jesse Schwartzmann, who just had a monster 4th quarter in terms of saves. It shot up into the air and about halfway to midfield.

Duke recovered the ball with about 0:04 left and even got one final shot from about 15-20 yards, but it sailed wide right. As the ball skittered toward the end line, the Blue Jay players began their celebration.

Great, great finish. Duke held JHU to just one second-half goal but still managed to win, thanks to some superb goal-tending from Schwartzmann, who is one of those few lax goalies who doesn't look like a doomed soul about to walk the plank.

Johns Hopkins, your 2007 D-I lacrosse national champions. That would make 43 national championships since 1891.