The Duke men’s lacrosse team advanced to the 2023 national championship game, features a generational scorer, fields All-Americans at nearly every position and is led by a Hall of Fame head coach. But it just might be the collaboration between a quartet of behind-the-scenes staff members who can give the Blue Devils the slightest edge they need as they prepare to vie for another ACC title and NCAA Tournament run.
Games can be won or lost by the slimmest of margins, the width of a crossbar or one slip of the foot. It’s often the attention to the smallest of details that decides the outcome and that’s where the work from those within Duke’s sports science, nutrition, sports performance and athletic training departments comes in.