DURHAM, N.C. – The eighth-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team captured a 13-7 victory over Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium.
With the victory, the Blue Devils elevate to 9-5 and 4-5 in conference play as the Hokies dip to 4-9 and 0-7 in the ACC.
Four Blue Devils captured hat tricks as
Gabby Rosenzweig led the way with four points off of two goals and two assists.
Caroline DeBellis (3),
Katie Cronin (3),
Catriona Barry (2),
Abby Landry (1),
Olivia Carner (1) and
Maddie Jenner (1) scored goals for Duke alongside Rosenzweig as Barry (1), Landry (1) and
Catherine Cordrey (1) also dished assists in the victory.
Once again, Duke dominated at the draw circle (17-5) as Jenner collected 12 of Duke's 17 draw controls. Jenner tallied eight of Duke's nine draws in the first half before Duke won each draw in the second half except for one. The Annapolis, Md., native now owns 321 draws for her career.
Duke outscored Virginia Tech 8-4 in the opening stanza. All tied up at 1-1 after four minutes of action, the Blue Devils went on a 5-0 unanswered run to lead 6-1 halfway through the first half. The Hokies responded with two goals in three minutes (6-3) before Rosenzweig assisted on a DeBellis goal just before notching one of her own with 1:16 remaining in the half. The Hokies added one more score, but Duke held a four-goal lead at intermission (8-4).
Virginia Tech scored on three of four goals early in the second half to cut Duke's lead to two (9-7) before the Blue Devils would go on a 4-0 run to claim the victory.
Cronin collected her 30th goal this season on a free-position attempt at 8:15, her 14th free-position goal this spring. She leads the team in goals and has scored at least one in 13 of Duke's 14 games. DeBellis, Carner and Rosenzweig tacked on three more goals to help Duke capture its ninth victory.
In the cage for Duke was
Sophia LeRose, who registered six saves on 13 shots on goal for a .462 save percentage.
Defensively, Carner led the way with three caused turnovers while Barry had two. Carner and
Maddie Johnston each brought in two ground balls. Duke was flawless on clears, going 19-of-19.
The Hokies were led by Sarah Lubnow with two goals and an assist.
Duke will close out the regular season Friday, April 23 against No. 1 North Carolina at 5 p.m. Friday also marks senior day for several Blue Devils.
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