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Growing up in Salem, Va., with three older brothers playing lacrosse against their brick garage next to their goal in the driveway, Joe Robertson used to time up his imaginary game-winning goals to match up with the commentary in old highlight videos.
One clip that always stood out to Robertson was when Ned Crotty found a cutting Max Quinzani, who with his weaker right hand delivered the game-winner with 12 seconds left in Duke’s 2010 semifinal win against Virginia. More specifically, Robertson would time it up to about 90 seconds into an old JLProductions3 “Best of College Lacrosse 2010” video.
Sun May 23 2021 | Matt DaSilva | College
PHOTO BY NAT LEDONNE/DUKE ATHLETICS
Joe Robertson scored his third overtime game-winner of the season Sunday, lifting Duke to a 10-9 NCAA quarterfinal victory over Loyola at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Ind.
It just had to be Joe Robertson.
The senior attackman with a penchant for coming up clutch in overtime did it again Sunday, spiking the ball off the turf and into the net as he fell to the ground and sending Duke back to championship weekend with a 10-9 NCAA quarterfinal win over Loyola at Arlotta Stadium in South Bend, Ind.
Add another chapter to the epic Duke-Loyola postseason series.
With the game tied 9-9 and about :60 remaining in the first overtime period, Duke attackman Joe Robertson gathered the ball for his team’s second OT possession. He squared up Kyle LeBlanc, a Loyola defender who’d been injured since the Hounds’ game vs. Army on April 10, turned down a screen from Michael Sowers, got topside and sold out. Falling down, he put a sidearm shot into the ground. It bounced over Loyola goalie Sam Shafer’s left shoulder as his stick head dug into the ground.
“I think when the game’s on the line, that’s my favorite part,” Robertson said. “That’s what makes it exciting. That’s why athletes compete because you have a chance to lose. You’ll be more upset if you didn’t take a shot than if you miss a shot or it gets saved.”