BROOKVILLE, N.Y. — Junior Matthew Tully made 12 saves and Cornell's defense forced 15 Duke turnovers Saturday, holding the nation's highest-scoring offense to a season-low seven goals in a 9-7 victory over the Blue Devils at Shark Stadium, improving the Big Red to 7-3 on the season.
 
Duke entered the contest averaging 16.20 goals per game, the best mark in the country, but Cornell's defense suffocated the Blue Devils throughout, keeping them off the board entirely in the fourth quarter and allowing just two goals in the second half.
 
Momentum swung in Cornell's favor in the third, when the Big Red scored three-straight in just over 90-seconds, turning Duke's 5-4 halftime lead into a 7-5 advantage for Cornell. The burst began at 11:53 when junior Ryan Goldstein tied the game at five, and senior Jack Cascadden struck six seconds later, off the ensuing face-off, to give Cornell the lead. Senior Brian Luzzi added another at 10:22 to cap-off the run ..
 
Duke cut it to 7-6 before sophomore Luke Robinson and senior Brendan Staub scored in a span of 11 seconds, to push the margin to 9-6 with just under five minutes to play in the third. Duke made it a 9-7 game at the 3:42 mark when Max Sloat scored his third of the contest on a man-up chance for the Blue Devils.
 
The score would remain the same as Cornell held off a Duke comeback in the fourth, allowing one shot on goal and forcing five turnovers in the final 15-minutes to secure the win.
 
Cornell had seven different players find the back of the net, led by Robinson who netted two goals and Goldstein who scored once and added two assists for a team-best three points. Tully's performance between the pipes was the game's defining storyline. The junior made 12 saves and was a force outside the crease as well, recording two caused turnovers, part of a collective defensive effort that held a Duke attack featuring 43 shots to just 19 on goal and seven scores.
 
Game Notes
• Saturday marked the 10th meeting all-time between Cornell and Duke, with the Big Red improving to 6-4 all-time against the BIue Devils.
• Cornell finished the game a perfect 28-of-28 on clears, a season-high for the Big Red.
• Luke Gilmartin had three caused turnovers in the contest, matching his career-high.
• Goldstein's three points gives him 164 for his career, three shy of his father Tim Goldstein '88 for 13th all-time. The junior also moved into the top-10 all-time with 83 career assists, surpassing Al Rimmer '71 for 10th all-time.
• Senior Matt Dooley finished with one caused turnover, giving him 30 for his career which ranks 20th all-time in program history, surpassing Rob Pannell '13 and Andrew McDonald '10.
•  Tully is now 20th all-time with 180 career saves, overtaking Chis Modesti '87.
• Cascadden recorded his 500th career faceoff win on Saturday, becoming the third player in program history to reach 500 career faceoff wins.
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Next Up
Cornell will return to Schoellkopf Field to conclude the non-conference portion of its schedule on Monday, April 13, when it hosts High Point at noon. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.