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Women's Lacrosse Kicks Off NCAA Play with Dartmouth Thursday
5/10/2000 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND
MAY 11, 2000 - 3:00 PM
No. 10 Dartmouth (11-4) at No. 7 Duke (10-5)
Durham, N.C. - Koskinen Stadium
MAY 11, 2000 - 3:00 PM
No. 10 Dartmouth (11-4) at No. 7 Duke (10-5)
Durham, N.C. - Koskinen Stadium
DUKE KICKS OFF NCAA PLAY WITH DARTMOUTH THURSDAY
The No. 7 ranked Duke women's lacrosse team will host No. 10 Dartmouth on Thursday in the first round of the
NCAA Tournament. The match will begin at 3:00 PM at Koskinen Stadium on the campus of Duke University.
This marks the second year in a row the Blue Devils have hosted a NCAA Tournament match. The winner of the match will advance to the final eight to play at Princeton on Sunday, May 14.
Duke (10-5) traveled to Dartmouth (11-4) to conclude the regular season on April 28 and the Blue Devils came away with an 11-8 victory over the then No. 2 ranked Big Green.
The two teams have met five times with Dartmouth leading the overall series 3-2. Duke has won the past two contests in a row 11-8 and 10-8.
DUKE IN THE NCAAS
DUKE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Appearances: 2
Record: 1-2 (.333)
1998
Temple def. Duke 17-11
in Philadelphia, Pa. (First Round)
1999
Duke def. James Madison 11-10
in Durham, N.C. (Final Eight)
Virginia def. Duke 9-8
in Baltimore, Md. (Final Four)
ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS
The Duke women's lacrosse team is once again having an excellent season and enters the 2000 NCAA
Tournament with a 10-5 mark.
Last season was a breakout year for the Blue Devils as they advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in school history and set a school record with 13 victories. In 2000 the Blue Devils have not let down winning 10 matches and knocking off seven ranked opponents (No. 23 Virginia Tech, No. 18 Vanderbilt, No. 6 Georgetown, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 20 William & Mary, No. 14 Yale, and No. 2 Dartmouth).
Duke began the season winning seven of its first nine matches and were ranked #3 in the nation, but then lost to #8 Virginia (10-8), #6 North Carolina (7-6), and #7 James Madison (16-14) down the stretch. The Blue Devils rebounded to defeat #2 Dartmouth 11-8 to conclude the regular season.
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth enters NCAA play with a three-match losing streak to Duke (8-11), North Carolina (12-11 in OT),
and Syracuse (9-18). The Big Green is led by senior Jacque Weitzel, who currently leads the nation with a 4.33
goals per match average. She has scored 65 goals in 15 matches. Weitzel also ranks third in the nation with 5.13
points per match.
In the Duke/Dartmouth match on April 18, Blue Devil freshman defender Megan Walters held Weitzel to only one goal. The rematch should be equally good to watch. Along with Weitzel, The Big Green has a scoring threat in Kate Graw. Graw ranks 15th in the nation with 4.29 points per match and is tied for 15th with 1.64 assists per match. She has scored 37 goals and assisted on 23. Dartmouth is led in goal by sophomore Sarah Hughes with 154 saves and a .616 save percentage.
Dartmouth ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense (13.07) and 20th in scoring defense (8.47).
NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS
Depending on how far the Blue Devils advance in the NCAA Tournament, Duke could break the school record
for most goals scored in a season (210). The Blue Devils have scored 189 goals in 15 matches and if Duke
continues its 12.6 goals per game it could break the record in the second round of the NCAAs. Duke's 12.6
goals per game ranks second in the ACC.
Duke's Kate Kaiser ranks third (2.53) in the ACC in goals per game and Tricia Martin ranks fourth (2.20). Kate Soulier ranks fifth in the ACC in assists per game (1.27). Claire Sullivan ranks fourth in ground balls (3.07). Senior goalkeeper Shannon Chaney ranks third in save percentage (.526) and third in goals against average (8.59).
Junior Kate Soulier (Chadds Ford, Pa.) has been on a roll the past two matches scoring five goals and assisting on four others. For the season she has notched 20 goals and leads the Blue Devils with 19 assists. She ranks third on the squad with 39 points.
CHANEY NAMED ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Duke women's lacrosse goalie Shannon Chaney (Oklahoma City, OK) was named ACC Player of the Week on
Monday April 3, after leading Duke to two road victories on the week.
The senior native of Oklahoma City, Okla. came up huge on March 29 as No. 3 Duke knocked off No. 5 North Carolina in Chapel Hill for the first time. In the match she recorded 12 saves and allowed only seven goals in 60 minutes, for a .632 save percentage, as she held North Carolina to three-fewer goals than its season average in the 8-7 win.
Chaney followed up the UNC win with another solid 30 minutes in net against 20th-ranked William & Mary on April 1 as she posted seven saves, allowed four goals, and recorded one forced turnover in the contest. Duke ended the match with an 18-9 victory over the Tribe. For the week Chaney recorded 19 saves and allowed only 11 goals for an impressive .633 save percentage and a 7.33 goals against average.
IN THE RANKINGS
Duke has been ranked no lower than No. 8 this season with most of the season being ranked No. 2-4. Going into
the NCAA Tournament Duke is ranked No. 7.
The ACC continues to dominate the rankings with Maryland (No.1), North Carolina (No. 4), and Virginia (No.
6).
HIGH SCORING DEVILS
After 15 matches, the Blue Devils have seven players who have scored 11 or more goals. Kate Kaiser leads the
team with 38, Tricia Martin is second with 33, Kelly Dirks third with 27, Lauren Gallagher (20), Kate Soulier
(20), Courtney Rodgers (13), and Claire Finn (11).
As a team Duke has outscored opponents 189-119 and is averaging 12.6 goals per match this season. Duke has scored 110 goals in the first half and 79 goals in the second. Duke has scored 10 or more goals 12 of the 15 matches played.
KAISER ON FIRE
Duke sophomore midfielder Kate Kaiser (Cockeysville, Md.) has been on fire the last five matches. She has
scored a total of 17 goals in those five matches and assisted on two goals.
She scored a career-high five goals in the 17-4 victory over No. 14 Yale and scored four goals, all which came in the first half, in the 16-14 loss to James Madison.
On the season she has scored a goal in all 15 matches and if she keeps up the streak she will equal only Tricia Martin, who scored in all 16 matches her freshman year.
Kaiser was selected to the All-ACC team in 2000 and leads Duke with 38 goals and 43 points. Her 38 goals and 43 points are the third-best season totals at Duke.
HEAD COACH KERSTIN KIMEL
Named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1998 and Co-ACC Coach of the Year in 2000, Kerstin Kimel is
currently in her fifth year at the helm of the Blue Devil program and her sixth as a collegiate head coach. She owns
a 44-37 record during her Duke career and a 48-45 mark overall.
After beginning the Duke program in 1996 and recording 11 wins in the first two seasons, Kimel has sparked the Blue Devils to 33 victories over the last three seasons and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. Her 1999 squad advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in the school history. So far this season in 2000 Duke has been ranked no lower than No. 8 with a 10-5 record. Prior to joining the Duke staff, Kimel served as the head coach at Davidson for one season.
A native of Havertown, Pa., Kimel was a two-time All-America at Maryland and led the Terrapins to four consecutive Final Four appearances as well as the 1992 NCAA National Championship. A 1992 NCAA All-Tournament Team selection, she was named the 1993 National Defensive Player of the Year. She graduated from Maryland in 1993.
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Duke has once again scheduled the highest competition in their 2000 slate. So far this season the Blue Devils have
faced seven top 10 opponents and 12 ranked opponents.
Some of the opponents Duke has faced are No. 1 Maryland, No. 2 Dartmouth, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 6 Georgetown, No. 7 James Madison, No. 8 Virginia, No. 11 Princeton (now No. 2), and No. 14 Yale.
SECOND HALF FALLOUT
So far this season the Blue Devils have lost five matches by a total of 10 goals. In every match Duke has lost, it
has been winning in the second half. In the Maryland match Duke led 8-4 at the half and led by one goal with
18:56 remaining and lost 14-10. In the other four losses it was the same result as Princeton was down 7-6 to
Duke with 20 minutes remaining and came back to win 11-10, Virginia was down 8-5 with 16:21 left and won
10-8, North Carolina trailed 6-3 in the ACC Tournament and came back to win 7-6, and finally Duke led 12-10
over James Madison with 22:18 left and lost 16-14.
In the five losses opponents have outscored Duke 34-17 in the second half.
FRESHMEN MAKING IMPACT
The Blue Devils have welcomed two freshmen to the lineup this season with open arms. Lauren Gallagher (West
Chester, PA) and Meghan Walters (Wyndmoor, PA) have each seen action in all 15 matches this season with
Gallagher starting all 15 and Walters starting 10.
Gallagher has been huge on the offensive end scoring 20 goals and assisting on 11 for 31 points. She has taken 57
shots and played in 706.04 minutes.
Walters is Duke's defensive stopper and each and every match is teamed up against the opponent's top scorer.
She held Maryland's Jen Adams to three goals and two assists, held North Carolina's Kellie Thompson to no goals
and no assists, held Virginia's Jamie Haas to no goals and no assists, and held the nations leading scorer, Jamie
Weitzel of Dartmouth, to one goal.
MARYLAND ALUMNI TO FACE EACH OTHER
When Dartmouth and Duke battle on Thursday afternoon in Durham, N.C., it will put two Maryland alumni up
against each other. Kerstin Kimel, the head coach at Duke, and Amy Patton, Dartmouth's head coach, each
graduated from Maryland and played lacrosse.
Kimel played from 1990-93, while Patton played in 1984-85 and in 1988. After Patton graduated in 1988, she came back and became a volunteer assistant coach in 1990. Kimel was on this team, which advanced to the NCAA title match.
Both were All-Americans at Maryland.
IRON DUKES
So far this season eight Duke players have started all 15 matches. Tricia Martin, Kelly Dirks, Kate Kaiser, Lauren
Gallagher, Courtney Rogers, Claire Sullivan, Amy Noble, and Emily Hickman.
DIARY ON THE WEB
Senior defenseman Emily Hickman (Baltimore, Md.) is writing a diary on the web. Each week you can get her
perspective on the upcoming NCAA Tournament, past results, and up close information on one of Duke's
captains.
MARTIN NAMED DIVISION I PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Duke women's lacrosse senior forward Tricia Martin (Huntington, NY) was named Warrior/Inside Lacrosse
Women's Division I Player of the Week on March 27.
Martin, a native of Huntington, N.Y., tallied seven goals and two assists in leading Duke to a pair of victories over nationally ranked opponents. On Wednesday she scored two goals and assisted on two others as Duke defeated No. 18 Vanderbilt (13-7).
Then, on Saturday she scored five goals against No. 6 Georgetown as Duke came away with a 13-9 victory. Two of the goals against Georgetown came in the final three minutes of the first half, which gave Duke a 6-4 halftime lead.
THE CAPTAINS
The captains for the 2000 Duke women's lacrosse squad are Katie Regan, Kate Soulier, Tricia Martin, and Emily
Hickman.
DUKE IN THE NCAA STATISTICS SCORING OFFENSE 14. Duke 12.60 SCORING DEFENSE 13. Duke 7.93 SCORING MARGIN 10. Duke 4.67 WINNING PERCENTAGE T17. Duke .667 DUKE IN THE ACC STATISTICS GOALS 3. Kate Kaiser 2.53 4. Tricia Martin 2.20 ASSISTS 5. Kate Soulier 1.27 SAVE PERCENTAGE 3. Shannon Chaney .526 GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 4. Shannon Chaney 8.59 TEAM SCORING 2. Duke 12.60 TEAM DEFENSE 3. Duke 7.93 DUKE CAREER CHART UPDATES GOALS 1. Tricia Martin (1997-pre) 157 2. Meghan McLaughlin (1996-99) 61 3. Kate Soulier (1998-pre) 67 4. Kelly Dirks (1999-pre) 63 5. Kate Kaiser (1999-pre) 63 6. Courtney Rodgers (1998-pre) 53 ASSISTS 1. Tricia Martin (1997-pre) 75 2. Kate Soulier (1998-pre) 53 3. Courtney Rodgers (1998-pre) 24 4. Kendra Basner (1996-99) 18 5. Kelly Dirks (1999-pre) 15 POINTS 1. Tricia Martin (1997-pre) 232 2. Kate Soulier (1998-pre) 120 3. Kelly Dirks (1999-pre) 78 4. Courtney Rodgers (1998-pre) 77 5. Meghan McLaughlin (1996-99) 75 SHOTS 1. Tricia Martin (1997-pre) 368 2. Meghan McLaughlin (1996-99) 174 3. Kate Soulier (1998-pre) 171 4. Kelly Dirks (1999-pre) 150 5. Courtney Rodgers (1998-pre) 146 2000 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Result Feb.29 at #23 Virginia Tech W 17-6 Mar. 3 #1 Maryland* L 10-14 Mar. 5 Johns Hopkins W 16-6 Mar. 12 at Davidson W 13-2 Mar. 15 at #11 Princeton L 10-11 Mar. 17 at Hofstra ppd. snow Mar. 22 #18 Vanderbilt W 13-7 Mar. 25 #6 Georgetown W 13-9 Mar. 29 at #5 North Carolina* W 8-7 Apr. 1 at #20 William & Mary W 18-9 Apr. 8 #8 Virginia* L 8-10 Apr. 13 Notre Dame W 15-3 Apr. 16 #14 Yale W 17-4 Apr. 22 vs. #6 North Carolina& L 6-7 Apr. 25 #7 James Madison L 14-16 Apr. 28 at #2 Dartmouth W 11-8 May 11 #10 Dartmouth 3:00 PM May 14 Second Round NCAA's TBA May 19 NCAA Final Four TBA May 21 NCAA Championships TBA Bold Denotes Home Matches at Koskinen Stadium * Denotes Conference Match & ACC Tournament at Maryland
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