Duke Women?s Lacrosse Defeats England, 15-11

Friday, February 6

Durham, N.C.

6:00 p.m.

Duke University

England

Duke Women?s Lacrosse Defeats England, 15-11

2/6/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

By: Duke Sports Information

DURHAM, N.C. ? The third-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team continued its preseason scrimmage slate tonight, coming away with a 15-11 victory over the England national team at Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils were paced by four goals from senior Carolyn Davis, who earlier today was named a Preseason All-America by Womenslax.com. Megan Del Monte added a hat trick for the Blue Devils, while Caroline Cryer and Sarah Bullard scored twice and Emma Hamm, Lindsay Gilbride, and Kat Thomas chipped in one goal apiece in the win. Hamm and Davis each added two assists, while Hamm fired six shots.

Cryer and Hamm joined Davis as Preseason All-Americas on the list.

The Blue Devils led England 10-6 at the half and held on for the victory. Senior Kim Imbesi came up with four saves in the cage for Duke. England's Laura Merrifield was the leading scorer with four goals, and a pair of other players added two.

Earlier today, England defeated North Carolina by a score of 14-11 on Duke's campus. Koskinen Stadium will then play host to tomorrow night's match-up between the U.S. team and England, taking place at 6:30 p.m. The U.S. squad features four Blue Devils ? current players Cryer and Bullard and 2006 graduates Katie Chrest and Megan Huether.

Sunday, Duke completes its preseason slate with friendly scrimmages as part of the 2009 South of the Border tournament at the University of North Carolina. Duke will face off against George Mason and Georgetown and take another crack at the U.S. squad. The Blue Devils were downed by the U.S. last weekend in Florida by a score of 16-3.

The Blue Devils open the regular season with a weekend road swing to Denver, Colo., where they face the University of Denver on Fri., Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. and California on Sun., Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., also played in Denver. The Cal game will mark the first-ever meeting between the programs.

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