Duke's Greer nets NCAA goals record

Duke senior Zack Greer set the NCAA all-time record for goals as the top-ranked Blue Devils closed the regular season Sunday with a 16-9 men's lacrosse victory over St. John's (2-11) at Koskinen Stadium in Durham.

The Blue Devils (16-1) have won eight in a row overall and 18 in a row at home. They have won 37 straight against unranked teams.

Greer broke N.C. State standout Stan Cockerton's 28-year-old record of 193 goals at the 8:44 mark of the third period. Greer finished with seven goals to give him a nation-leading 56 this season and 197 in his 64-game career. He also joined former Cornell great John French as the only two players ever to register three seasons with 55 or more goals. Greer posted an NCAA season record for freshmen with 57 goals in 2005 and added 67 last season.

Duke is 54-5 when Greer scores at least one goal and 38-0 when he posts three or more.

"I knew the record was there but it was in the back of my mind," Greer said. "Obviously, we're looking to the playoffs now, and individual records are something we don't concern ourselves with. It's nice to get it done, and it's cool that it happened at home in the last regular-season game, but we're looking forward to the playoffs."

Duke earned the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament and will host Loyola at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the first round. North Carolina earned the No. 4 seed and will host Navy at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

ALSO SUNDAY

BASEBALL

N.C. STATE 4, HIGH POINT 2: Tommy Foschi and Drew Martin, the bottom of the Pack's batting order, combined to drive in three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, and four NCSU relievers combined on a six-hitter to lift the host Pack to victory.

N.C. State (32-14) is 18-5 in its past 23 games.

SOFTBALL

EAST CAROLINA 3, UAB 2: The Pirates (35-27, 10-12 C-USA) head to the Conference USA tournament in Houston with momentum after clinching the three-game home series.

(From College News Releases)

NOTES

KENTUCKY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FUNDING PRIVATE PLANE: University of Kentucky athletics is joining the jet set of college sports.

The University of Kentucky Athletics Association Board of Directors approved funding a private plane for use in recruiting.

The plane will be available to the sports of football, men's basketball and, to a lesser degree, women's basketball. University of Kentucky Deputy Athletics Director Rob Mullens says the university will look to buy from 100 to 150 hours of flight time in the 2008-09 school year.

(The Associated Press)