No. 6 Duke Runs Past William & Mary, 23-5

Friday, February 18

Williamsburg, VA

4 PM

Duke University

3-0

William & Mary

1-2

Duke

William & Mary

No. 6 Duke Runs Past William & Mary, 23-5

2/18/2022 8:50:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The sixth-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team secured a 23-5 victory over William & Mary Friday evening in Williamsburg, Va.

With the victory, the Blue Devils remain undefeated (3-0) and are outscoring their opponents 70-13. Duke dominated the final three quarters as they outscored the Tribe 15-2.

Thirteen different Blue Devils registered points in the win, led by graduate student Catriona Barry and sophomore Katie DeSimone with six (5G, 1A) and five (4G, 1A) points, respectively. Barry's five goals today tie a career high that was set last weekend at Elon. Barry and DeSimone have also registered a hat trick in each game this season and combine for 36 points (31G, 5A).

Senior Anna Callahan also notched a career-high three goals, while Maddie Jenner, Katie Keller and Lexi Schmalz netted two goals each. Olivia Carner and Eva Greco also dished two assists each.

All tied up at 3 with eight minutes left in the first, senior Anna Callahan gave Duke the edge off a nice shot just inside the eight-meter mark. William & Mary attempted to equalize with a nice look inside, but senior goalkeeper Sophia LeRose was right there to close the door. Duke turned its defense into offense as graduate student Katie Cosgrove caused the turnover just in front of Duke's cage and pushed the tempo quickly as Landry found Katie Keller for an easy shot to the cage. Duke made it a four-point game seconds before the end of the quarter as Carner found Jenner cutting right in front of the goal.

Through one quarter of action, Duke held a 7-3 lead as all seven goals were from different Blue Devils.

Duke outscored William & Mary 7-1 in the second quarter. The Tribe's lone goal came with 1:22 remaining in the half off a free-position attempt. Barry led the way for Duke with three goals in the second, bringing her season total to 14.

Duke led 14-4 at half and outshot William & Mary 30-9.

The Blue Devils continued full throttle in the second half. DeSimone tacked on two more goals while junior Virginia Oursler recorded her first goal of 2022 off of Barry's feed. Through three frames, Duke led 20-4.

Caroline DeBellis, Katie Cronin and Ainsley Thurston rounded out Duke's scoring in the fourth quarter. With her two points today, Cronin is just two away from reaching the 100-point plateau.

Sophia LeRose got her third start between the pipes this afternoon and recorded three saves. Freshman Kennedy Everson and Chase Henriquez also saw time and posted one save each.

Duke won the ground ball game (21-15) and caused turnovers (12-3), led by Olivia Carner and Kay Conway with two ground balls and two caused turnovers each.

Duke was nearly perfect on clears (15-of-16) and tallied 18 draw controls, led by Jenner's 11.

The Tribe was led by Belle Martire with three goals and an assist for four points.

Duke will close out the weekend Sunday with a 1 p.m., contest at High Point.

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