No. 5 Duke, No. 3 Boston College Square Off Saturday

4/3/2015 9:07:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Duke Sports Information

#5 DUKE AT #3 BOSTON COLLEGE

Time	Home Team	Visiting Team	Location	Links
1:00 pm	Boston College	Duke	Newton, Mass.	Live Video l Live Stats \| Twitter

DURHAM, N.C. – The fifth-ranked Blue Devils play their second game of the week Saturday, April 4 at Boston College. The 1 p.m. matchup will be streamed live on bceagles.com with live stats also available. Both the Blue Devils and the Eagles own 11-1 records for the season and are 4-1 in ACC contests.

By the Numbers
254 - Career points accumulated by senior attacker Kerrin Maurer, who ranks third all-time at Duke in the category
5 - Maurer's current rank among all active Division I players in career points
1/9 - The team's conference and national rank in goals against average (7.00)
8 - The Blue Devils' national rank in scoring margin (6.58)
52 - Number of goals by which Duke is outscoring its opponents in the first half this season
4-1 - Duke's record against ranked foes this spring
46.6 - Percentage of the Blue Devils' goals that have been assisted (76 of 163)
2 - Senior Brigid Smith's team rank in points, goals and assists

Boston College Series History
The Blue Devils and the Eagles will square off for the 14th time in program history with Duke holding an 11-2 advantage in the series ... The Blue Devils are 7-2 against Boston College in regular season ACC contests and 5-1 when facing the Eagles on the road ... Boston College has won the last two meetings between the teams, including a 13-11 victory last year in Durham ... Duke stayed on pace with the Eagles in the first half of that matchup but Boston College eluded the defense over the final six minutes ... Kelci Smesko led the scoring effort with four goals and Kerrin Maurer and Taylor Virden combined for 11 draw controls.

Scouting the Eagles
Third-ranked Boston College boasts an identical 11-1 (4-1 ACC) record entering Saturday's matchup in Newton ... The team is coming off of a 16-12 win over USC Monday after suffering its first loss of the season to Virginia last weekend ... Senior Covie Stanwick paces the attack and ranks second in the ACC with 49 points (33g, 16a) ... Caroline Margolis (48 points) and Mikaela Rix (47) are also among the conference leaders offensively while Rix averages 3.83 draw controls per outing ... In goal, Zoe Ochoa owns an 8.63 goals against average and a .435 save percentage ... The Eagles lead the conference in total points (243) and are second in goals per game (14.42).

Blue Devils vs. the ACC
The Duke program is 46-34 all-time in conference regular season games following last weekend's 10-9 victory over Syracuse ... The Blue Devils and Boston College sit atop the current conference standings with 4-1 records in league play.

A Look at Duke
The fifth-ranked Blue Devils improved to 11-1 with a 13-6 non-conference victory at Davidson Tuesday ... The squad is outscoring opponents by an average of 6.58 goals a game to rank second in the ACC and eighth nationally ... Duke is also fifth in the country in total points (239) and tied for ninth in goals against average (7.00) ... Senior Kerrin Maurer currently leads the ACC in assists per game (1.83) and ranks fourth in points per game (4.00) ... Junior Kelsey Duryea is among the top six goalkeepers nationally in save percentage (.516) and tops the conference in that category as well as in goals against average (6.66).

Last Time Out
Senior attacker Kerrin Maurer won a career-high nine draw controls and joined teammates Brigid Smith, Kitty Morrissey, Maddie Crutchfield and Katie Trees in scoring two goals each as Duke downed Davidson 13-6 Tuesday ... The defense guided the squad to 16-of-17 on clear attempts and limited the Wildcats to just two first-half tallies ... The Blue Devils led in shots, 33-10, and won the ground ball battle, 20-16 ... Maurer's nine draws helped Duke take the category, 15-5.

Three Blue Devils on Midseason All-America Lists
Senior attacker Kerrin Maurer and junior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea were named to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-America first team, as announced by the publication Thursday … Senior midfielder Katie Trees was tabbed midseason All-America honorable mention … Duke's leader in points, goals, assists and draw controls, Maurer has posted four hat tricks and eight multiple-assist games this spring … Duryea leads the ACC and ranks in the top-10 nationally in goals against average and save percentage while Trees has come on strong in her final season, ranking second on the team in draw controls and caused turnovers.

Making the Extra Pass
The Blue Devils have recorded assists on 76 of their 163 goals this spring (46.6%) ... The team entered the week ranked second in the ACC in assists per game (6.78) ... Five Duke players have notched multiple assist games in 2015, led by Kerrin Maurer with eight ... Maurer ranks second in the conference and is tied for 21st nationally with an average of 1.83 assists per contest ... The Blue Devils logged a season-high 10 assists in a March 11 win at Georgetown.

Maurer Quarterbacks Duke Attack
Senior Kerrin Maurer continues to lead the Blue Devil offense in her final season ... The Setauket, N.Y., native paces Duke in goals, assists, points and draw controls ... She owns 110 assists for her career to rank second all-time at Duke and tied for eighth in ACC history ... Maurer is seventh among all active Division I players in career assists and first among current ACC student-athletes in the category ... She reached the 250 point mark for her career in the win over Syracuse and is currently third all-time at Duke in the category with 254 points.

Div. I Active Career Leaders - Points

Rank	Name, School	Year	Gms	G	A	P
1	Covie Stanwick, Boston College	Sr	70	180	103	283
2	Shannon Gilroy, Florida	Sr	75	225	54	279
3	Loren Generi, Navy	Sr	71	196	76	272
4	Jill Remenapp, Denver	Sr	65	102	168	270
5	Kerrin Maurer, Duke	Sr	69	144	110	254

Div. I Active Career Leaders - Assists

Rank	Name, School	Year	Gms	Assists
1	Jill Remenapp, Denver	Sr	65	168
2	Jackie Cifarellil, Ohio State	Sr	67	156
3	Emily Cooke, Davidson	Sr	64	121
4	Annie Thomas, Loyola	Sr	71	119
5	Maggie McCormick, Penn State	Sr	68	118
6	Brittain Altomare, Hofstra	Sr	63	115
7	Kerrin Maurer, Duke	Sr	69	110

Scoring Streaks
Senior attacker Kerrin Maurer has tallied at least one point in a career-best 38 consecutive games heading into the weekend ... The Setauket, N.Y., native has scored multiple goals in 10 of the 12 contests this spring and posted multiple assists eight times ... Freshman Kyra Harney has registered at least one point in all 12 games this spring.

Consecutive games with at least one point:

Name, Year	Current	Career Long
Kerrin Maurer, Sr	38	38
Kyra Harney, Fr	12	12
Maddie Crutchfield, Fr	4	4
Chelsea Landon, Sr	3	3
Brigid Smith, Sr	2	12
Katie Trees, Sr	2	7

Duryea Anchors Stalwart Defense
Opponents are averaging just 7.00 goals per game against a tough Duke defense ... Duke currently leads the ACC and is tied for ninth nationally in that category ... The defensive unit has held 10 of its 12 opponents to single-digit scoring ... The Blue Devils have averaged 7.4 caused turnovers a game ... Anchored by junior Kelsey Duryea in the net, Duke has kept opponents off the board for 20 or more minutes five times on the spring and for 15 or more minutes 12 times.

Opponent	Scoring Drought	Duke Run
William & Mary	44:21	14-0
Navy	28:14	4-0
Davidson	24:33	7-0
Syracuse	21:47	3-0
Richmond	20:37	4-0

Senior Experience Paying Dividends
Duke is fielding one of its most experienced teams in recent history, led by an eight-member senior class ... The starting lineup features six seniors, including Chelsea Landon, Kerrin Maurer and Brigid Smith on attack, Katie Trees and Taylor Trimble in the midfield and Gabby Moise on defense ... Captain Erin Tenneson has seen valuable minutes on the second midfield line and Angel Thompson provides leadership as the team's backup goalie ... The eight seniors average 53.1 games played and 34.3 games started for their careers.

Noting the Strong Start
The Blue Devils' 11-1 record to open the spring matches the program's best start to a season, set in 2006 ... That team went on to finish the spring as the ACC regular season champions and reached the NCAA semifinals ... Head coach Kerstin Kimel's squad is tied for third among all Division I teams with a .917 win percentage.

Blue Devils Climbing Career Charts
Senior Kerrin Maurer has surpassed the 250 points, 100 draw controls and 100 assists marks for her career this season ... She is one of just four players all-time at Duke with 250 or more points for her career (254) and moved into third on the all-time list this week ... The 254 career points also rank her fifth among all active Division I players ... Senior Taylor Trimble recorded the 100th goal of her career in the season-opening win over Elon ... Junior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea owns 368 saves for her career to rank sixth at Duke and topped the 100 ground balls mark in March.

Duke Career Records - Points

Name	Years Played	Career Points
1. Katie Chrest	2003-06	287
2. Kristen Waagbo	2004-07	277
3. Kerrin Maurer	2012-Pr	254
4. Caroline Cryer	2005-07, 09	250
5. Carolyn Davis	2006-09	247

Against Ranked Opponents
The Blue Devils collected their fourth win of the season over a ranked opponent in a 10-9 victory over No. 7 Syracuse March 28 ... On the spring, Duke has also topped No. 5 Northwestern (2/19), No. 16 Notre Dame (3/1) and No. 12 Louisville (3/14) ... Since 2011, the program is 28-26 against ranked teams.

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