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3/25/2016 9:40:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse, Athletics
| SATURDAY, MARCH 26: #15 DUKE vs. #13 VIRGINIA |
| Time | Location | Links |
| 3:30 p.m. | Koskinen Stadium l Durham, N.C. | ESPN3 l Live Stats l Twitter |
DURHAM, N.C. – Following a two-game road swing, the 15th-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team returns home to host No. 13 Virginia Saturday. The 3:30 p.m. matchup will be broadcast on ESPN3 from Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils (7-4, 2-0 ACC) enter the weekend winners of three straight contests while Virginia (5-5, 0-3 ACC) will be in search of its first conference win.
Quick Hitters
- Saturday marks Alumnae Recognition Day in Koskinen, with halftime festivities featuring a look back at 20 years of Duke Women's Lacrosse.
- Saturday's promotions include Duke women's lacrosse 20th anniversary posters, as well as Duke socks and keychains. During the game, fans should be on the lookout for t-shirts falling from the sky after every Blue Devil goal.
- The Duke men's and women's lacrosse programs will host an Easter Egg Hunt on Koskinen for young Blue Devil fans at 3 p.m.
- Virginia has won two straight against the Blue Devils and leads the all-time series, 22-12.
- The Blue Devils are 2-2 this spring against ranked foes.
- Duke is 3-3 this season at home in Koskinen Stadium.
- The defensive unit has held six of the last seven opponents to single-digit scoring.
- The Blue Devils are coming off of non-conference victories over Columbia and Villanova last week.
By the Numbers
52 - Draw controls won by Olivia Jenner to surpass Emma Hamm's program record for most draws by a freshman Blue Devil
21 - Points recorded by sophomore midfielder Maddie Crutchfield in the last five contests
1 - Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea's rank among all active Division I goalkeepers with 528 career saves
3 - Duke's ACC rank in goals against average (7.09)
4 - Average number of goals by which the Blue Devils are outscoring their opponents so far this spring
20 - Years of Duke women's lacrosse being celebrated this season, using the hashtag #DukeWLAX20th
Jenner Breaks Freshman Draws Record
Freshman Olivia Jenner has spearheaded Duke's effort at the draw, leading the team in all but two contests ... She won two draw controls at Villanova Saturday to surpass Emma Hamm ('12) for the most recorded by a freshman in program history ... With 52 draws, Jenner also ranks 14th in the Blue Devils' single season record book ... Jenner won a season-high 13 at Navy (2/12) ... The Blue Devils overwhelmed the Mids at the draw in that game, taking the category by a 23-6 margin ... The 23 draw controls were the program's most since winning 24 against Richmond Feb. 18, 2011 ... Duke is 4-1 this spring when winning the draw.
Duke Freshman Single Season Draw Controls
1. Olivia Jenner (2016), 52
2. Emma Hamm (2008), 51
3. Claire Sullivan (1999), 41
Duryea Moving Up Career Charts
With 44 career wins in four seasons as the Blue Devils' starting goalkeeper, senior Kelsey Duryea trails only Megan Huether (60) on the program's all-time list ... Duryea became only the third goalkeeper in program history to top the 500-save mark against Georgetown (3/9) ... The Beverly, Mass., native is third on Duke's career saves list (528) and ranks sixth in ground balls (160) ... She currently leads all active NCAA Div. I goalkeepers in career saves and is fourth among all active players in ground balls.
Duke Career Saves
1. Megan Huether (2003-06), 646
2. Shannon Chaney (1997-00), 568
3. Kelsey Duryea (2013-Pres.), 528
Duke Career Goalkeeper Wins
1. Megan Huether (2003-06), 60
2. Kelsey Duryea (2013-Pres.), 44
NCAA Active Career Leaders – Saves
1. Kelsey Duryea (Duke), 528
2. Molly Wolf (Loyola), 516
3. Meg Gulmi (Cincinnati), 474
4. Shannon Nee (UConn), 428
5. Paige Soenksen (Colorado), 394
NCAA Active Career Leaders – Ground Balls
1. Shea Gegan (Wagner), 193
2. Vanessa VanderZalm (Vermont), 166
3. Barbara Sullivan (Notre Dame), 165
4. Kelsey Duryea (Duke), 160
5. Meg Gulmi (Cincinnati), 156
Crutchfield Coming on Strong as a Sophomore
After joining Kyra Harney as the only Blue Devil freshmen to appear in every game last season, midfielder Maddie Crutchfield has emerged as one of the squad's offensive leaders this year ... The Concord, N.H., native has surpassed her goals, assists and points totals from last season and currently ranks third on the team in all three categories ... Crutchfield has put together a solid stretch lately, totaling 12 goals, nine assists, eight draw controls and four caused turnovers in the last five contests ... She was tabbed the Epoch/Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week and ACC Offensive Player of the Week last week following a career-best nine-point performance in a win over No. 5 Louisville.
Blue Devils in the Conference Landscape
Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea leads the country in save percentage (.559) and has totaled 44 saves in her last five outings ... She also paces the ACC in ground balls per game (3.09) and is second in the league in saves per game (8.73) ... Sophomore Kyra Harney (3.82) is third and senior Kelci Smesko (3.73) fourth in the conference in points per game, as is sophomore Olivia Jenner in draw controls (4.73) ... As a team, Duke ranks third in the conference in goals against average (7.09).
Virginia Series History
Duke and the Cavaliers are due to clash for the 35th time in program history Saturday ... The Blue Devils trail Virginia in the all-time series, 12-22, and are 4-8 historically when facing the Cavaliers in Durham ... Virginia has taken three of the last four meetings, including a 13-10 victory last spring in Charlottesville ... Goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea recorded seven saves and three ground balls in the loss.
Scouting the Cavaliers
Virginia, ranked 13th in the latest IWLCA Coaches Poll, is 5-5 on the year following a 10-9 victory over James Madison Wednesday ... The Cavaliers slipped to 0-3 in ACC play with a 16-4 loss at Notre Dame last weekend ... Prior to the win over the Dukes, the squad had dropped four straight contests, with three of those coming against top-five teams ... Junior Posey Valis paces the attack with 22 goals and three assists while sophomore Kasey Behr and junior Besser Dyson have logged 22 points each ... Behr and freshman Maggie Jackson have combined for 42 draw controls ... Goalkeeper Rachel Vander Kolk's 9.00 saves per game led the conference entering the week.
Duke vs. the ACC
The Blue Devil program is 49-35 historically in regular season ACC action ... Duke sits atop the current conference standings with a 2-0 ledger following wins over Virginia Tech and Louisville.
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