Maryland Upends Duke, 1-0, In Overtime On Saturday

Saturday, October 23

College Park, Md.

7:00 PM

Duke University

12-5-0, 5-3-0ACC

Maryland

7-4-3, 3-4-2ACC

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#10 Duke University

Maryland

Maryland Upends Duke, 1-0, In Overtime On Saturday

10/23/2004 1:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Duke Sports Information

Oct. 23, 2004

Box Score

COLLEGE PARK, MD.--Kimmy Francis scored in the 97th minute to break a scoreless tie and give the Maryland women's soccer team a 1-0 over 10th-ranked Duke Saturday night at Ludwig Field.

Junior Mallory Mahar fired a long pass from near midfield to the edge of the penalty box where Francis collected the ball, eluded two Duke defenders and rocketed the ball toward the Blue Devil net. Duke goalkeeper Allison Lipsher got a piece of the ball, but it had enough on it to trickle into the net for the game-winning goal.

The win elevated the Terps' record to 7-4-3 on the season, 3-4-2 in the ACC. Duke drops to 12-5-0 on the season, 5-3-0 in the conference.

While the game was scoreless through regulation each team pressured the other and had opportunities to score. Just eight minutes into the game, Francis sent a corner kick into the box where a leaping Mahar made good contact with a header, but the ball hit the crossbar and was sent over the goal. That wasn't the only time the crossbar would play a part in the game however.

In the 61st minute a free kick by Duke ended up with Casey McCulskey, who entered the game with 15 goals on the season, had a clear shot at the goal, but Terps goalkeeper Nikki Resnick deflected the shot, which ricocheted off the crossbar. The ball bounced at the feet of Blue Devil Rebecca Moros, who had a wide open net to shot on, but she too found the crossbar. That deflection came to Duke's Lorraine Quinn who fired a shot wide of the Maryland net.

Blue Devil Rachel-Rose Cohen also fell victim to the crossbar in the 70th minute. Quinn sent a ball from the far right into the box and found Cohen who fired a shot that hit the crossbar.

The Terps had another brush with the crossbar in the 87th minute. Junior midfielder Simone Dekker had a clear look at the Duke goal from the far right side, but her shot hit the bottom of the crossbar and deflected out to Maryland's Nataly Arias, whose follow-up shot went over the net.

Maryland, despite 10 players playing the entire game, controlled the action at the end of the second half and carried that momentum into the overtime session. Freshman midfielder Stevie Dunning forced Lipsher to make her first save of the game in the 94th minute on a sensational bicycle kick shot.

Duke will conclude the regular season with a 7:00 p.m. contest at top-ranked North Carolina on Thursday.