No. 11 Duke Secures 15-10 Win Over Navy

Friday, February 10

Durham, N.C.

2 PM

Duke University

1-0

Navy

0-1

NAVY

Duke

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

No. 11 Duke Secures 15-10 Win Over Navy

2/10/2023 7:28:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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DURHAM - The 11th-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team opened the 2023 season Friday on a high note with a 15-10 victory over Navy at Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils were led by Anna Callahan, who had tied a career-high five points — 2 goals, 3 assists — while Katie DeSimone and Maddie Jenner added three goals each.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead through the first 10 minutes of action as five different scorers found the back of the cage. Callahan connected on her first of the contest shortly after feeding a nice pass on a Kerry Nease goal.
Navy tallied its first two points of the contest to make it 5-2 after the first.
The Blue Devils outscored the Mids, 4-1, in the second stanza to make it 9-3 at the break.
Duke tacked on two more assisted goals after the intermission before Navy's Emily Messinese netted back-to-back goals to trim the margin to six (11-5). Eva Greco scored her second of the third quarter as Olivia Carner found her for a nice dash to the cage.
Navy outscored Duke 5-3 in the final frame. Ava Yovino had two fourth-quarter goals to pace the Navy offense. The Mids made it 14-8 with consecutive scores before Jenner and Caroline DeBellis connected for Duke's final goal of the contest with 2:13 remaining. Navy added two more to round out the scoring effort in both team's season openers.

NOTABLES

It was head coach Kerstin Kimel's 334th career victory and her 330th win at Duke.
Duke moves to 28-1 all-time in season openers.
Duke outshot Navy (33-22) and won the ground ball battle (15-13), led by Maddie Johnston with three. Johnston also collected a career-high four caused turnovers to pace the defensive unit.
Eight of Duke's 15 goals were assisted.
Jenner picked up 13 draw controls as the Blue Devils tallied 18 as a team.
Callahan's five points tied her career high, while her three assists is a career high.
With Carner's assist today, she now has 99 career points.
Goalie Sophia LeRose made nine saves in the cage. She needs 40 more to reach 300 for her career, a feat only six other Blue Devils have done in program history.
Navy was led by Yovino with five points. Goalie Emma Richardell tallied eight saves.

QUOTES

"I think this was a tough first opponent. Navy is really physical, they're fast and they play hard. They were exactly what we thought they would be and its a great test for us as a first game. It was exciting to be out on Koskinen again. We had April 10th weather on February 10th, which was a little unexpected and hard at times. We got some younger kids on the field which was exciting." - head coach Kerstin Kimel
"We've been working really hard. The team has been grinding every day trying to get better. Navy is a great team - they fight really hard, they're really physically fit and they're talented. I'm really proud of this team and looking forward to what we do moving forward." - Anna Callahan, graduate attacker

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