DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Seven years after last playing in the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament, Casey Carroll has a final chance to help Duke play for another national championship.
Now a 29-year-old husband and father of two, the former U.S. Army Ranger will play Sunday when the No. 1 overall seed faces Air Force in its NCAA opener.
Carroll is the last active member of the 2006 team scarred by false rape allegations against three players. He returned to Duke after 4 1/2 years in the military only to miss last season’s title run with a knee injury.
Carroll knows his college playing career is winding down a decade after it started, joking that “the can can’t be kicked down the road any further.”
