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Duke Wraps Up Road Swing at Villanova Saturday
3/18/2016 11:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
| SATURDAY, MARCH 19: #13 DUKE at VILLANOVA |
| Time | Location | Links |
| 12:00 p.m. | Villanova Stadium l Villanova, Pa. | Live Video l Live Stats l Twitter |
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke rounds out a two-game road swing Saturday at 12 p.m. against Big East opponent Villanova. The 13th-ranked Blue Devils take the field for the second time during spring break after grinding out an 11-7 victory over Columbia Wednesday in New York.
Quick Hitters
- Duke and the Wildcats will meet for the first time since 1997.
- The Blue Devils are 0-1 this spring against Big East foes.
- Duke is 3-0 this season in road contests.
- The defensive unit has held five of the last six opponents to single-digit scoring.
By the Numbers
1 - Draw control needed by Olivia Jenner to match Emma Hamm's program record for most draws by a freshman Blue Devil
43 - Career wins recorded by senior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea, moving her into second on Duke's all-time chart
6 - Hat tricks tallied by sophomore Kyra Harney to lead all Duke players
3 - Duke's ACC rank in goals against average (7.40)
20 - Years of Duke women's lacrosse being celebrated this season, using the hashtag #DukeWLAX20th
Weekly Honors Roll In Following Louisville Win
Sophomore midfielder Maddie Crutchfield garnered Epoch/Lacrosse Magazine Player of the Week honors Monday following a career-best nine-point performance in Duke's 16-5 victory over No. 5 Louisville ... Crutchfield and senior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea swept the ACC weekly awards Tuesday ... Duryea received the ACC Defensive Player of the Week nod for her 13-save effort against the Cardinals ... Crutchfield was then tabbed Duke's Ronald McDonald House Charities Student-Athlete of the Week Wednesday.
On the Road Again
The Blue Devils will look to move to 4-0 in road contests Saturday ... The squad picked up its third road victory Wednesday in an 11-7 win at Columbia ... Senior Kelci Smesko and sophomore Kyra Harney both posted hat tricks as Duke overcame a two-goal halftime deficit ... The defense kept the Lions off the board for the final 20 minutes to secure the victory ... This spring, the Blue Devils have also notched road wins at Navy (2/12) and at Virginia Tech (3/5).
Duryea Moving Up Career Charts
Kelsey Duryea moved into second on Duke's all-time goalkeeper wins list with Wednesday's victory, the 43rd of her career ... She now trails only Megan Huether (60) in wins ... Duryea became only the third goalkeeper in program history to top the 500-save mark against Georgetown (3/9) ... The Beverly, Mass., native is third on Duke's career saves list (524) and ranks sixth in ground balls (160).
Duke Career Saves:
1. Megan Huether (2003-06), 646
2. Shannon Chaney (1997-00), 568
3. Kelsey Duryea (2013-Pres.), 524
Duke Goalkeeper Wins:
1. Megan Huether (2003-06), 60
2. Kelsey Duryea (2013-Pres.), 43
Duke When Winning the Draw
The Blue Devils are 4-1 this spring when winning the draw ... Freshman Olivia Jenner has spearheaded Duke's effort, leading the team in draws in all but two contests ... Jenner won a season-high 13 at Navy (2/12) ... The Blue Devils overwhelmed the Mids at the draw in that game, taking the category by a 23-6 margin ... The 23 draw controls were the program's most since winning 24 against Richmond Feb. 18, 2011 ... Jenner owns 50 draws for the spring, one shy of tying Emma Hamm's program record for the most draw controls by a freshman.
Duke Freshman Single Season Draw Controls:
1. Emma Hamm (2008), 51
2. Olivia Jenner (2016), 50
Blue Devils in the Conference Landscape
Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea entered the week leading the country in save percentage and has totaled 40 saves in her last four outings ... She currently paces the ACC in saves per game (9.20) and ground balls per game (3.40) and ranks second in save percentage (.561) ... Sophomore Kyra Harney (2.90) is third and senior Kelci Smesko (2.70) fourth in the league in goals per game ... As a team, Duke ranks third in the conference in goals against average (7.40).
Villanova Series History
Duke and the Wildcats will square off for just the second time in program history and the first since 1997 ... The Blue Devils won that inaugural meeting by an 8-5 score April 25 at Villanova.
Scouting the Wildcats
Villanova dropped its last contest, a 14-2 decision at Albany, to slip to 1-7 on the season ... The Wildcats and the Blue Devils have faced one mutual opponent this year in Navy ... Duke earned an 18-9 victory over the Mids (2/12) while Villanova fell by a 12-9 score (2/24) ... On the season, the Wildcats have been led offensively by Jackie Froccaro (16g, 6a) ...Froccaro and Chelsey Henderson have combined for 41 percent of the team's draw controls ... Defender Tierney Griff owns a team-high 12 caused turnovers while goalkeeper Jaclyn Fraum is averaging 4.13 saves per game.
Duke vs. the Big East
The Blue Devil program is 34-14 historically against teams from the Big East Conference ... Duke dropped a 10-9 contest to Big East member Georgetown earlier this month.
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