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Duke Tops James Madison 12-7 In Women's Lacrosse Action
4/24/2002 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 24, 2002
The Duke University women's lacrosse team improved to 8-6 on the season with a 12-7 win over James Madison (8-10) on Wednesday afternoon. Senior Kelly Dirks (Annapolis, Md.) tallied four goals and junior Erin O'Shaughnessy (Englewood, Co.) recorded a career-high five points on three goals and two assists in the win.
Lauren Gallagher (West Chester, Pa.) registered the first of her three goals 3:01 into the contest for a 1-0 lead. The junior midfielder has now scored in 36 consecutive contests. James Madison's Gail Decker responded 21 seconds later to knot the contest at 1-1.
Duke erupted for six consecutive goals as Dirks found the back of the net three times and O'Shaughnessy beat the James Madison keeper twice during the stretch. Meghan Miller (Severna Park, Md.) assisted on two of the Blue Devil goals, giving her seven assists on the year. Dirks' third goal of the half at the 26:20 mark spotted Duke to a 7-1 lead.
James Madison closed the opening stanza with goals by Decker (28:55) and Kristen Dinisio (29:16) to narrow the deficit to 7-3 at halftime. The Blue Devils outshot the Dukes 22-14 in the opening 30 minutes of play.
Gallagher sandwiched a pair of goals around a JMU goal by Lisa Staedt to give Duke a 9-4 advantage 12 minutes into the second half. Decker beat the Duke defense and keeper Kristen Foster (Ellicott City, Md.) to trim the Blue Devil lead to four goals at 43:08.
O'Shaughnessy responded at the 48:39 mark with her third goal of the day, pushing the lead to 10-5. After a goal by Corrine Broesler (Babylon, N.Y.), O'Shaughnessy assisted Dirks' fourth tally with under eight minutes remaining. James Madison closed strong with goals by Jess Brownridge and McNevin Molloy in the final seven minutes of play, narrowing the final margin to 12-7.
Foster played a solid game in goal registering 13 saves, giving her 125 stops on the year. Dirks and Gallagher are now tied for the team lead with 30 goals this season, while O'Shaughnessy matched her season point total of five.
Duke travels to Dartmouth on Friday, April 26 for a 7:00 p.m. contest before wrapping up the regular season at home on Saturday, May 4 versus Pennsylvania.
Score by Half 1 2 FJames Madison Dukes 3 4 7
#7 Duke Blue Devils 7 5 12
Tm Time Goal (Assist) JAMES MADISON DUKE FIRST HALF Duke 3:01 Lauren Gallagher 0 1 JMU 3:22 Gail Decker 1 1 Duke 5:38 Erin O'Shaughnessy 1 2 Duke 7:17 Kelly Dirks (Meghan Miller) 1 3 Duke 8:25 Erin O'Shaughnessy (Meghan Miller) 1 4 Duke 13:38 Kelly Dirks (Erin O'Shaughnessy) 1 5 Duke 18:38 Claire Sullivan (Lauren Gallagher) 1 6 Duke 26:20 Kelly Dirks (FPS) 1 7 JMU 28:55 Gail Decker 2 7 JMU 29:16 Kristen Dinisio 3 7
First Half Stats...
Shots: DU 22, JMU 14 Ground balls: DU 21, JMU 8 Saves: DU 6, JMU 10 Caused Turnovers: DU 2, JMU 1 FPS: DU 6, JMU 2 Turnovers: DU 1, JMU 3 Fouls: DU 4, JMU 10 Draw Controls: DU 5, JMU 6
SECOND HALF Duke 30:12 Lauren Gallagher (Katie Laschinger) 3 8 JMU 38:49 Lisa Staedt (FPS) 4 8 Duke 42:03 Lauren Gallagher 4 9 JMU 43:08 Gail Decker 5 9 Duke 48:39 Erin O'Shaughnessy 5 10 Duke 50:36 Corrine Broesler (Katie Laschinger) 5 11 Duke 52:22 Kelly Dirks (Erin O'Shaughnessy) 5 12 JMU 53:44 Jess Brownridge (McNevin Molloy) 6 12 JMU 54:29 McNevin Molly (Gail Decker) 7 12
FINAL: Duke 12, James Madison 7
RECORDS: Duke 8-6, James Madison 8-10
JAMES MADISON Scoring
Goals: Decker (3), Dinisio, Staedt, Brownridge, Molloy
Assists: Molloy, Decker
Duke Scoring
Goals: Dirks (4), Gallagher (3), O'Shaughnessy (3), Sullivan, Broesler
Assists: Miller (2), O'Shaughnessy (2), Gallagher, Laschinger (2)
SHOTS - Duke 30, JMU 26
FREE POSITION SHOTS - Duke - Miller (0-1), Sullivan (0-1), Broesler (0-1), Dirks (1-2) JMU - Dinisio (0-1), Staedt (1-1), Decker (0-1)
TURNOVERS - Duke 9, JMU 6
CAUSED TURNOVERS - Duke 7, JMU 3
SAVES - Duke 13, JMU 12
GROUND BALLS - Duke 33, JMU 20
Draw Controls - Duke 8, JMU 13
FOULS -Duke 11, JMU 15
ATTENDANCE: 125
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