Blue Devils Fall To Virginia, 15-13, In NCAA Semifinal

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Blue Devils Fall To Virginia, 15-13, In NCAA Semifinal

5/21/2005 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Duke Sports Information

May 20, 2005

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Katie Chrest, Leigh Jester and Kristen Waagbo each netted a hat trick, but it was not enough to overtake Virginia, as the Cavaliers rolled to 15-13 victory in Friday night's NCAA Semifinal contest at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md. Virginia advances to face top-ranked Northwestern Sunday in the national semifinal game.

The Blue Devils jumped out to a 5-2 lead early in the first half, starting with a goal from Rachel Sanford off a Waagbo pass just under a minute into the game to start things off for Duke. Lieb leveled the score at one, but Waagbo and Jester threw in shots to bring the lead to 3-1 for Duke. Virginia's Appelt took the game to 3-2, scoring against the Blue Devils for the first time since early in the second half of the team's regular season contest on April 2. Chrest and Stefanie Sparks finished off the early run to account for the 5-2 mark with 21:18 to play in the first half.

Powered by two goals from Leachman and Ashleigh Haas, Virginia struck back with a 7-1 run to tie the game and ultimately pull ahead late in the first half. In the two previous games between Virginia and Duke in the 2005 season, the Blue Devils had trailed by just one goal at the 2-1 mark in the April 2 game before running away with the game to a x-x halftime score. With the score 9-6 in favor of Duke, Waagbo found the back of the net off a pass from Katie Laschinger to send the teams into halftime with a 9-7 mark.

The Blue Devils came out strong in the second stanza, with Chrest firing off two quick goals off assists from Sanford and Sparks, respectively, to tie the score at nine. Chasney and Waagbo exchanged goals over the span of just over a minute to keep an even score before Appelt started a five-goal brigade by the Cavalier attack to blow the game open to a 15-10 score.

Jester ended the Cavalier onslaught with a free position goal, followed by an unassisted tally to bring the score to 15-12, Virginia, with 11:19 to play in the game. After nearly eight minutes of scoreless action, Jessica Adam followed through on a free position shot to bring the score to 15-13 with 3:29 to play. Despite several opportunities, neither team could capitalize in the final moments.

The defending-champion Cavaliers will be taking part of the national championship game for the third consecutive year.