No. 16 Duke Pushes Past Florida State, 15-10

Sunday, March 29

Tallahassee, FL

12 PM

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9-4, 5-2

Florida State

3-10, 0-8

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No. 16 Duke Pushes Past Florida State, 15-10

3/29/2026 2:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 16 Duke (9-4, 5-2 ACC) pushed its win streak to three Sunday afternoon as the Blue Devils collected a 15-10 victory over Florida State (3-10, 0-8 ACC) in ACC women's lacrosse action.

The Blue Devils dominated the second and fourth quarters, outscoring the Seminoles 13-6 across the two periods to help surge them to the win.

Redshirt junior Ava Biancardi paced the Duke offense with five goals, while junior Bella Goodwin and freshman Quinn Whitaker each recorded hat tricks. Junior Caitlin Barrett netted two tallies to round out the multi-goal scorers. Goodwin and redshirt junior Eva Pronti led the Blue Devil distribution efforts with three dimes apiece.

Sophomore Amanda Paci had a strong day on the defensive side of the ball with three caused turnovers and two ground balls. Barrett, senior Madison Beale and graduate student McKenzie Olsen each forced two turnovers, with Barrett and Olsen also scooping up three ground balls. Junior Ellie White continued her stellar season at the draw circle with 15 draw controls on the day, while redshirt freshman Hope Schoudel collected five saves in net.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Defense was the story of the opening stanza as the teams combined for 10 shots, nine turnovers (five caused) and five saves, but just two goals across the 15 minutes. Duke peppered the Florida State netminder Julia Ward with seven shots during the quarter, but Ward was up to the task, collecting three saves.
Biancardi got the Blue Devils on the board just over a minute into the game, slotting one home after scooping up a loose ball. The Seminoles got one back at the 12:42 mark to knot the score at one.
The second quarter was a back-and-forth affair across the first 11 minutes as both teams began to find their offensive footing. Biancardi cashed in two goals to complete her hat trick, with Barrett and sophomore Avery Doran also delivering tallies. Goodwin provided the helpers on two of the three goals.
Duke continued to bring the heat and used a three-goal spurt at the end of the quarter to turn a 5-5 tie with 3:40 remaining in the half into an 8-5 lead at the break. Whitaker cashed one in and Biancardi added two more tallies to her total, with Pronti providing the assist on all three.
FSU opened the second half with three unanswered to tie the game, 8-8, with just under seven minutes left in the third.
After their first three shots of the period were turned away, the Blue Devils were finally able to push one through with 19 seconds remaining, as sophomore Sadie Stafford connected with Pronti for a score to reclaim a 9-8 lead.
Duke carried the momentum from the end of the third stanza into the start of the fourth, with Whitaker and Goodwin netting early goals to create an 11-8 advantage at the 10-minute mark.
The Seminoles briefly halted the visitor's momentum with a tally at the 8:39 mark, cutting the deficit to two.
Goodwin had the answer for Duke, converting back-to-back free position goals to push the Blue Devil advantage to four with 2:53 to go in regulation.
FSU responded with a goal 30 seconds later to pull within three, but that would be as close as the home team would get the remainder of the game.
Barrett and Whitaker would register their second and third markers of the afternoon, respectively, shortly after to put the finishing touches on the victory.

NOTES:

Duke pushes its win streak to three and improves to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the ACC. Florida State drops to 3-10 and 0-8 in conference action.
The Blue Devils take a 1-0 lead in the all-time series against the Seminoles.
Head coach Kerstin Kimel earns her 373rd career victory and 369th at Duke.
Ava Biancardi matched a career high with five goals on the afternoon. It marks Biancardi's seventh hat trick of the season and her fifth game with four-plus tallies.
With her 15 wins at the draw circle, Ellie White moved up to fourth all-time on the Duke career draw control list and now owns 239 for her career. Her 139 draw controls this season are currently No. 6 on the Duke single-season charts.
Quinn Whitaker notched her eighth hat trick of the season and her 10th multi-goal effort of the year, including the sixth in the last seven contests.
Bella Goodwin turned in her fourth hat trick (second consecutive) of the year and eighth outing this season with at least two goals. She also added three assists to finish with a team-high six points.
Caitlin Barrett matched a season best with two goals and logged her second multi-goal effort of the season.
Amanda Paci posted her sixth game of the year with three or more caused turnovers.
McKenzie Olsen tied a career-high two caused turnovers.
Doran, Goodwin sophomore Maddie MacDonald and Whitaker each matched career highs with two ground balls. McDonald also tied a collegiate best with one caused turnover.

UP NEXT:

The Blue Devils enter the home stretch of the 2026 regular season. Duke returns home Saturday, Apr. 4 to face No. 8 Syracuse in a ranked ACC matchup. Opening draw is set for 5 p.m., with the game broadcasting live on ACC Network.

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