DURHAM – Caroline DeBellis and Katie DeSimone mixed for 13 factors and helped lead a balanced assault to a 15-10 Duke victory over No.8 Virginia, Saturday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.
With the victory, the Blue Devils enhance to 8-5 general and 3-3 in convention play and hand the Cavaliers simply their third loss this season (9-3, 3-3 ACC). This marked Duke’s highest ranked win since April 16, 2022 when it knocked off No. 2 Boston School.
DeBellis strung collectively a career-high six objectives and an help whereas DeSimone collected 4 objectives and two dimes on the afternoon. Carly Bernstein dished a tied-for-career-high 4 assists as 13 of Duke’s 15 objectives have been assisted. Duke additionally shared the wealth as 10 completely different gamers registered some extent.
Defensively, goalie Kennedy Everson was stellar between the pipes with a .524 save proportion with a tied-for-career-high 11 saves. Virginia’s 10 objectives are tied for the second fewest by the staff this spring, a credit score to Duke’s locked-in protection. Margaret Anne Warner led the staff with three floor balls and a brought on turnover, whereas Kerry Nease and Reese Woodworth mixed for 12 draw controls.
The way it Occurred
- Virginia was first on the board with two scores from Kiki Shaw and Kate Miller earlier than Duke closed out the interval with two tallies from DeBellis and one from McCorkle.
- The Cavaliers added two extra to guide by one (4-3) earlier than Duke outscored Virginia 10-2, a run that spanned 25 minutes.
- DeSimone tallied three consecutive objectives in three minutes, giving Duke an 8-4 lead at halftime.
- Virginia minimize the deficit to 3 (8-5), however that might be as shut as it might get the remainder of the best way. Duke ended the third quarter on a 4-1 run with three objectives from DeBellis.
- The Blue Devils have been held scoreless for 11 minutes within the last body whereas Virginia added 4 objectives, however the deficit proved to be an excessive amount of to beat.
Notables
- It was head coach Kerstin Kimel‘s 348th-career victory and her 344th on the helm of the Blue Devils.
- The all-time collection strikes to 27-18 in favor of Virginia.
- Duke strikes to 5-3 in contests in Durham this season.
- DeSimone now owns 257 profession factors to rank fourth in program historical past. She is 30 factors shy of tying Duke nice Katie Chrest Erbe’s all-time factors document of 287.
- DeSimone now owns 185 profession objectives to rank third in program historical past. She is 31 objectives shy of tying Chrest Erbe’s all-time objectives document (216).
- DeSimone has registered a hat trick in 32 contests and 34 video games with four-or-more factors.
- Virginia was led by Katia Carnevale with a objective and two assists.
Trying Forward
- Duke may have a fast turnaround with a Monday evening contest towards Campbell at Koskinen Stadium.
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