Duke Collects 16-13 Win at Liberty

Tuesday, February 27

Lynchburg, VA

4 PM

Duke University

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Liberty

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Duke

Liberty

Photo by: DANA GENTRY

Duke Collects 16-13 Win at Liberty

2/27/2024 9:05:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Duke women's lacrosse team collected a 16-13 road victory over Liberty Tuesday evening in Lynchburg, Va.

Duke was led by Katie DeSimone and Caroline DeBellis with five goals each while Maddie McCorkle brought in a career-high five points from three goals and two assists. Defensively, the Blue Devils were led by Reilly Traynor with two ground balls and a caused turnover. Goalie Kennedy Everson tallied six saves for a .429 save percentage in 48 minutes of action.

How It Happened

Duke got on the board quickly, nine seconds into the game to be exact, and took an early 3-0 lead with 12 minutes remaining in the quarter. Liberty responded with three of its own (3-3) before the two squads traded goals to end the period.
The Blue Devils trailed 6-5 after the first quarter despite winning 10 of the 11 draw controls.
Duke added five goals over the next 15 minutes to take a 10-7 lead at half.
The Blue Devils outshot the Flames, 7-5, in the third quarter and connected on four of them as DeSimone found the back of the cage twice.
Liberty's offense was firing in the fourth quarter with 13 shots to just three for Duke.
The two teams traded goals the first seven minutes (16-9) before Liberty tacked on four unanswered. The late rally came up short as the Blue Devils captured its third win of the season.
Duke won the draw control battle as Kerry Nease led the team with nine. As a team, the Blue Devils were almost perfect on clears, 19-of-21. Duke also committed 25 fouls to just nine for Liberty.

Notables

It was head coach Kerstin Kimel's 343rd career victory and her 339th at Duke.
Duke moves to 3-3 this spring and is 3-2 against non-conference opponents.
The all-time series moves to 4-0 in favor of Duke.
DeSimone has been Duke's leading scorer in all of its six games this spring. She now owns 224 career points to rank seventh in program history.
DeSimone tallied her 28th-career hat trick and her 30th game with four-or-more points.
DeSimone has combined for 17 points the last three games.
Olivia Carner and Eva Pronti led the team with three assists each, career highs for both.
Liberty was led by Mackenzie Lehman with four goals.

Up Next

Duke will travel to Syracuse to take on the fourth-ranked Orange Saturday at noon on ACCNX.

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