In what was a stout zone defensive possession for the home side, O’Neill circled up the left wing and sent a no-look pass through the teeth of the defense. The most impressive play, perhaps, may have come on O’Neill’s third assist and his second to Dyson Williams (3-of-7, 1A). "We had some moments but with the rain sometimes the ball is going to fly all over the place, people are going to slip, you never know what's going to come and just play in the grey. That wasn't our most sound game I think," said O'Neill. Whether it was a change of direction past Cade Saustad to get the scoring started three and a half minutes in or breaking a zone look with a no-angle finish, O’Neill was pulling everything out of his bag. 1 offensive option finding a way to get it done in the flow of the offense, while Brower and Co. The biggest difference became the Blue Devils’ No. It was about as even as it could be in the box score, with both programs even on saves, both failed four clears, both finished with 18 turnovers, and Duke finished with three more shots. Meanwhile Matt Nunes finished with his fourth game saving below 50%, making 14 saves against 30 shots faced. Virginia’s face-off specialist Petey LaSalla held Jake Naso to a sub-50% day from the X for the first time this season, winning 20-of-34. We’re going to put a shortstick d-middie on Payton and just challenge him,’ and Payton took that challenge really well,” Virginia head coach Lars Tiffany said postgame. We’re going to take away Shellenberger, and Brower did a fantastic job on him. “They said ‘We are going to force you to do something you’re not comfortable, we’re going to take away your offense behind the goal. Cormier took 15 shots, canning six with three coming off the dodge. Kenny Brower shut down Connor Shellenberger, limiting him to a shot and three assists, while a shortstick matched up against Payton Cormier throughout.
But it was Caputo’s overarching defensive schemes and match up decisions that paid the most dividends.
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