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Walters Nets Three Goals In 9-5 Victory Over No. 20 Stanford
4/16/2004 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 16, 2004
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Senior Meghan Walters continued her hot streak with a three-goal effort to lead Duke (9-4) to a 9-5 win over No. 20 Stanford (7-6) at Koskinen Stadium on Friday evening. Walters, who scored six goals in a win over Richmond last Sunday, also paced the Blue Devils with six ground balls and three draw controls. Sophomore Katie Chrest added two goals, while freshman Leigh Jester collected a goal and two assists.
After just over 14 minutes of scoreless action, Duke broke through for the game's first goal. Senior reserve Lauren Kickham cradled the ball through the midfield before slipping through a pair of Stanford defenders and beating the Cardinal goalie at the 15:43 mark for her second goal of the season. On the ensuing draw control, Walters controlled the ball at the midfield stripe and went straight up field to collect her first goal and give Duke a 2-0 advantage with 15:54 gone by in the contest.
Stanford responded with back-to-back goals to tie the contest. Abbi Hills netted the first Cardinal goal at 18:35 and Liz Piselli added her first career goal at 20:31.
Walters answered back with a free position goal with just under eight minutes remaining in the half to give Duke a 3-2 edge. The Blue Devils ripped off three goals in the final 1:12 of the first half to pull away from Stanford. Chrest scored off a pass from junior Stefanie Sparks at 28:48, freshman Kristen Waagbo deposited a Jester pass into goal at 29:34 and Walters collected an unassisted goal with just two second left in the half to give Duke a 6-2 halftime advantage.
Kim Cahill sparked an early second half charge by Stanford. The senior midfield recorded a goal at the 41:47 mark and then assisted on a Nina Pantano goal at 45:34 as the Cardinal cut the halftime deficit in half at 6-4.
Freshman Michelle Menser pushed the Duke lead back to three goals at 46:55 with her 13th goal of the season and Jester added her 11th goal of the season with under four minutes to play to give the Blue Devils an 8-4 lead.
With 39 second remaining, Hills collected her team leading 27th goal of the season for Stanford, but Chrest answered back for the Blue Devils with a goal 20 seconds later to close the scoring. Chrest now has a team best 29 goals in 2004. Jester was credited with an assist on the final goal of the game.
Both goalies played well in Friday's contest with Duke's Megan Huether and Stanford's Christina Saikus each registering 11 saves.
Duke returns to action on Sunday, April 18 when it hosts No. 9 Johns Hopkins in the final home contest of the regular season. Game time is set for 12:00 p.m.
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