No. 13 Johns Hopkins Defeats Duke, 17-13

Saturday, February 17

Durham, N.C.

3 PM

Duke University

1-2

Johns Hopkins

3-0

Johns Hopkins

Duke

No. 13 Johns Hopkins Defeats Duke, 17-13

2/17/2024 7:07:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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DURHAM – Madison Doucette collected 12 saves to lead No. 13 Johns Hopkins past No. 25 Duke, 17-13, Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.

With the victory, the Blue Jays remain undefeated (3-0) as the Blue Devils dip to 1-2.

Offensively, Duke was led by graduate student Caroline DeBellis with a career-high five goals while Katie DeSimone reeled in three goals and two assists for five points. Defensively, Maddie McCorkle led the team with two caused turnovers while Reilly Traynor grabbed two ground balls. Lexi Schmalz and Kerry Nease collected five draw controls as Duke won the draw control battle, 21-11.

How It Happened

Duke and Johns Hopkins were firing on all cylinders in the opening quarter as the Blue Devils took an early 6-4 lead after 15 minutes of action.
DeBellis led the charge with an early hat trick while DeSimone and Mattie Shearer dished a couple of dimes each.
Johns Hopkins scored the equalizer, 6-6, less than a minute into the second quarter with consecutive goals 43 seconds apart. Duke responded with two of its own before it was outscored 4-1 to close the half.
Trailing by one, 10-9, Carly Bernstein found the back of the cage for the second time on the afternoon with 13:06 left in the third quarter. Duke's defense struggled to find an answer to Johns Hopkins' high-powered offense as the Blue Jays tacked on five more goals to lead 15-11 heading into the fourth.
Duke cut the deficit to three, 16-13, with 11 minutes remaining, but couldn't find the back of the cage the rest of the game.

Notables

The all-time series moves to 8-2 in favor of Duke.
The Blue Devils are 0-2 against ranked opponents this season.
Duke assisted on over half of its goals for the second straight game.
DeSimone tallied her 25th-career hat trick and her 27th game with four-or-more points.
DeSimone now owns 206 points for her career to rank ninth in program history.
Mattie Shearer led the team with a career-high three assists.
Goalie Courtney Kaufman got the start in cage for Duke and collected four saves. Kennedy Everson also saw time between the pipes.
Duke outshot Hopkins, 31-27, and put 25 shots on cage.
Hopkins was led by Ashley Mackin with five points.

Up Next

Duke has a quick turnaround as it welcomes Winthrop Sunday at 2 p.m.

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