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Ninth-Ranked Blue Devils Defeat Penn 13-7 In Final Regular Season Contest
5/4/2002 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
May 4, 2002
The Duke University women's lacrosse team improved to 9-7 on the season with a 13-7 win over Pennsylvania (7-8) on Saturday afternoon. Senior Kelly Dirks (Annapolis, Md.) tallied three goals with an assist and junior Lauren Gallagher (West Chester, Pa.) added three goals as the Blue Devils overcame soggy conditions and a slow start.
Penn jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the opening 10 minutes of the game as Crissy Book and Lindsay Cassidy sandwiched goals around a Blue Devil marker by Gallagher. Meghan Miller (Severna Park, Md.) then found the back of the net twice in less than a minute and a half to give Duke a 3-2 advantage with 14:52 gone in the opening half.
After a Traci Marabella goal knotted the score at 3-3, freshman Katie Laschinger (Luthersville, Md.) beat the Quaker goalie for her tenth goal of the season. With under six minutes remaining in the first half, Marabella re-tied the contest with her second goal of the day.
Gallagher, Duke's leading scorer, gave the Blue Devils a one goal advantage with 26:37 gone by in the game with her second scoring shot before halftime. Duke recorded 26 ground balls in the opening 30 minutes but was hindered by 14 first half turnovers.
The Blue Devils came out strong in the second stanza registering four goals in the first nine minutes of play. Corrine Broesler (Babylon, N.Y.) scored off an assist from Dirks two minutes and eighteen seconds into the half and senior Claire Sullivan (Washington, D.C.) tallied a goal at 36:01 to give Duke a 7-4 lead.
Broesler then found Dirks for a goal 37:09 second into the game and Jessica Bennett (Gladstone, N.J.) netted a shot for a 9-4 lead with just over 21 minutes remaining in the game. Whitney Horton and Book scored back-to-back goals for the Quakers to narrow the lead to 9-6, but Duke responded with three consecutive markers.
Cheryl Lynn Horton (Walnut Creek, Calif.) scored off a Bennett pass at 48:22 and Dirks beat the Penn goalie Aliana Harper high-side off a Laschinger feed for a 11-6 advantage. The lead swelled to 12-6 at 53:32 when Gallagher took a Miller pass and recorded her third goal of the day and 35 goal of the season.
Book completed her hat-trick for Penn at 53:41, before Dirks closed the scoring with just under five minute remaining in the game with her 34 goal of the season.
The Blue Devils recorded a season-high 50 ground balls, limiting Pen to 23 in the process. Duke also matched a season best 18 caused turnovers and outshot the Quakers 23-20.
Senior Kristen Foster (Ellicott City, Md.) registered six saves in win. Saturday's contest marked the final regular season game for the Duke senior class (Dirks, Foster, Sullivan and Kristen McElduff).
The Blue Devils find out their postseason fate on Sunday, May 5. The 2002 Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship Selection Show can be seen live on the Internet (http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=3968) at 8:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Quakers at #9 Duke Blue DevilsSaturday, May 4, 2002 * 5:00 p.m. * Turf Field * Durham, N.C.
Score by Half 1 2 F Pennsylvania Quakers 4 3 7
#9 Duke Blue Devils 5 8 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tm Time Goal (Assist) PENN DUKE FIRST HALF PENN 4:56 Crissy Book 1 0 DUKE 7:17 Lauren Gallagher 1 1 PENN 9:32 Lindsey Cassidy 2 1 DUKE 13:29 Meghan Miller 2 2 DUKE 14:52 Meghan Miller 2 3 PENN 15:36 Traci Marabella 3 3 DUKE 18:53 Katie Laschinger 3 4 PENN 24:22 Traci Marabella 4 4 DUKE 26:37 Lauren Gallagher 4 5
First Half Stats...
Shots: DU 9, PENN 9 Ground balls: DU 26, PENN 7 Saves: DU 1, PENN 1 Caused Turnovers: DU 8, PENN 10 FPS: DU 1, PENN 1 Turnovers: DU 14, PENN 11 Fouls: DU 4, PENN 4 Draw Controls: DU 4, PENN 6
SECOND HALF
DUKE 32:18 Corrine Broesler (Kelly Dirks) 4 6 DUKE 36:01 Claire Sullivan 4 7 DUKE 37:09 Kelly Dirks (Corrine Broesler) 4 8 DUKE 38:55 Jessica Bennett 4 9 PENN 41:28 Whitney Horton 5 9 PENN 46:23 Crissy Book 6 9 DUKE 48:22 Cheryl Lynn Horton (Bennett) 6 10 DUKE 52:45 Kelly Dirks (Katie Laschinger) 6 11 DUKE 53:32 Lauren Gallagher (Meghan Miller)6 12 PENN 53:41 Crissy Book 7 12 DUKE 55:54 Kelly Dirks 7 13
FINAL: Duke 13, Pennsylvania 7
RECORDS: Duke 9-7, Pennsylvania 7-8
PENN Scoring
Goals: Book (3), Cassidy, Marabella (2), Horton
Assists: none
DUKE Scoring
Goals: Dirks (3), Gallagher (3), Miller (2), Laschinger, Sullivan, Bennett, Horton, Broesler
Assists: Dirks, Broesler, Bennett, Laschinger, Miller
SHOTS: Duke 23, PENN 20
FREE POSITION SHOTS: Duke - Gallagher (0-1), Bennett (1-1), Miller (1-1), Laschinger (0-1) PENN - Murray (0-1), Marabella (0-1), Cassidy (0-1)
TURNOVERS: Duke 23, PENN 22
CAUSED TURNOVERS: Duke 18, PENN 15
SAVES: Duke 6, PENN 4
GROUND BALLS: Duke 50, PENN 23
Draw Controls: Duke 8, PENN 14
FOULS: Duke 15, PENN 15
ATTENDANCE: 75
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