No. 11 Duke Defeats Davidson as Two Reach Career Milestones

Wednesday, February 15

Davidson, NC

4:30 PM

Duke University

2-0

Davidson

1-1

Duke

Davidson

No. 11 Duke Defeats Davidson as Two Reach Career Milestones

2/15/2023 9:47:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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DAVIDSON, N.C. - Two Blue Devils had milestone days as the 11th-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team captured an 18-9 victory over Davidson Wednesday evening in Davidson, N.C.

Olivia Carner and Maddie Jenner reached the 100-point threshold in the victory, becoming the 35th and 36th Blue Devils in program history to reach the milestone.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Three Blue Devils — Carly Bernstein, Anna Callahan and Jenner — registered hat tricks in the victory while Katie DeSimone led team in points with five (2G, 3A).
Davidson was first on the board 90 seconds into the contest before Duke's scoring took over. The Blue Devils held a solid 7-2 lead through the first 15 as Callahan tallied three early goals. Six different Blue Devils had a hand in the lead.
Duke tacked on four more goals as Bernstein tallied two to bring her point total to four (3G, 1A) for the first half.
With an 11-4 lead after intermission, Davidson outshot Duke 8-6 in the third quarter and scored four goals to Duke's three. Duke's defense remained tough and held a 14-8 advantage after 45 minutes of action.
DeSimone connected on her second goal of the evening off a man-up free-position opportunity to start the fourth quarter scoring. Schmalz found the back of the cage 40 seconds later to push the lead to eight (16-8) with under 10 to play. Duke netted two more to round out the non-conference action scoring.

NOTABLES

Duke moves to 2-0 this season.
Wednesday's win was head coach Kerstin Kimel's 334th-career victory and Duke's 330th all-time win.
Duke now has 17 consecutive wins over Davidson (17-0).
Freshman goalie Madison Drebing saw her first minutes of action in a Duke uniform at the start of the second quarter. She finished the contest with four saves.
Eight different Blue Devils tallied a caused turnover while Julia Schwasnick and Lexi Schmalz added two ground balls each.
Bernstein and Schmalz's points this evening were career highs.
Jenner grabbed 11 draw controls as Duke won the battle at the draw 20-11.
Davidson was led by Riley Cochrane and Erin Cooke with two goals each.