Duke Captures 10th Straight Victory with 4-2 win at James Madison

Sunday, October 8

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

Duke University

(12-1)

James Madison

(3-9)

Duke University

James Madison

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Captures 10th Straight Victory with 4-2 win at James Madison

10/8/2023 4:28:00 PM | Field Hockey

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Fourth-ranked Duke got goals from four different players en route to dispatching James Madison, 4-2, in non-conference field hockey action Sunday afternoon. Hannah Miller led the way for the Blue Devils with a goal and two assists for four points.

Duke extends its win streak to a record 10 games to improve to 12-1 overall. James Madison drops to 3-9 on the season. The Blue Devils got goals from Miller, Alaina McVeigh, Logan Clouser and Brynn Crouse.

How it Happened

The Blue Devils got off to a quick start, scoring just 2:12 into the game. Junior Kira Curland pushed a pass into the circle for Hannah Miller. Nice stick work from the graduate student got her to the endline as she sent the ball across the face of the cage where junior Logan Clouser put it across the line for the early 1-0 lead. The assist was Miller's 27th of her career.
Duke continued to put together good possession and stifled the Dukes offense, holding James Madison without a shot in the opening quarter.
The second quarter featured a lot of end-to-end action with the squads combining for 12 shots. Duke also earned three penalty corners in the stanza but was unable to get a second score, heading into halftime with the 1-0 lead.
The Blue Devils broke through with a crucial second goal midway through the second quarter off a penalty corner. The insert from Miller landed on Mary Harkins' stick for a sweep from Macy Szukics. Sophomore Brynn Crouse was perfectly set on the right post for the redirect and 2-0 advantage in the 40th minute.
Three minutes later Miller got a goal of her own, taking a pass from Alaina McVeigh and dribbling around a few James Madison defenders for her sixth goal of the season and a 3-0 lead.
James Madison's Tori Carawan made it a two-goal game one minute later, knocking in a rebound from a Piper Hampsch save on the penalty corner.
Duke continued to find success on penalty corners in the fourth quarter, stretching its lead back to three goals as sophomore Alaina McVeigh redirected another sweep from Szukics on the left side of the circle. Miller provided the pass to earn her second assist of the day.
James Madison added a second goal with about five minutes to play, capitalizing on another save from Hampsch on the penalty corner.
Duke outshot the Dukes 18-10 for the game and won the penalty corner battle 5-4. In goal, Hampsch finished with six saves, while James Madison keeper Brandelynn Heinbaugh had six stops.

Notes

Duke's 10-game win streak is the longest in program history. The previous record was nine games in 2003.
Hannah Miller made her 85th career start to break the Duke record for games started held by Melissa Panasci. Miller has started every game in her career and is one of 17 players in program history to do so.
Miller's four points give her 90 for her career to rank 15th in Duke history. The two assists pushed her career total to 28 to tie for 11th in program lore while her 31 goals are tied for 17th all time.
Head coach Pam Bustin captured her 156th victory at Duke, leaving her seven wins away from breaking the Duke wins record of 162 held by Jacki Silar.

Up Next

Duke returns home for three consecutive games. The Blue Devils host Louisville in another top-10 matchup Friday at 4 p.m., before facing Virginia in a rematch on ACC Network Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Duke closes out its regular season home slate Oct. 22 against UConn.

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