No. 5 Duke Rebounds Big Against Davidson
from press release
DAVIDSON, N.C. - Closing out the home portion
of their 2009 schedule, the Davidson women's lacrosse team suffered
a 17-5 setback to No. 5 Duke on Senior Day at Richardson Stadium on
Sunday afternoon.
Playing its second straight top-25 opponent, Davidson fell to 5-10
on the season with just one more game to go. No. 5 Duke rebounded
from a loss at UNC on Friday evening to improve to 11-4.
Duke had 10 players who filled the score sheet with at least one
goal, and four of them tallied two or more goals. Christie Kaestner
led the attack with four goals, getting three of them in the first
seven-and-half minutes when Duke raced out to 7-0 lead.
For Davidson, junior Haley Cook had her third three-goal game of
the season, while fellow junior Jen Crawford and senior Callie
Seymour each registered a goal apiece.
Freshman Anna Smith recorded her third assist of the season,
hooking up with Seymour at the 15:14 mark of the second half.
The contest started out with Lindsay Gilbride scoring back-to-back
goals at the 29:34 and 28:56 marks of the first period, and Duke
never looked back. Emma Hamm assisted on the second goal, one of
two assists on the afternoon for her. Five Blue Devils in all
tallied assists in the game.
The Wildcats broke through with a free-position goal by Cook at
the 13:01 mark of the first half to make it 8-1. The free-position
goal was one of four in the contest for the ‘Cats, who
finished 4-of-7 on their attempts.
Despite trailing 16-1, Davidson never backed down and proceeded to
go on a four-goal run just past the midway point of the second
period. Seymour started the rally with a shot to the corner of the
goal off a nice pass from Smith.
Shortly thereafter, Crawford connected at the 13:45 mark on one of
three straight free-position goals for Davidson, with Cook netting
the other two goals, to make the score 16-5. Duke then closed out
the scoring with a free-position goal of its own at the 4:29
mark.
Prior to the start of the contest, the ‘Cats honored their
five seniors for their four-years of dedication to the lacrosse
program. Four of the five seniors etched their names in the stat
sheet in the final home contest of their Wildcat careers.
Leading the way was Seymour, who scored her 36th career goal.
Defenders Jennifer Lindsey and Claire O'Shea each tallied one of
Davidson's 12 groundballs, while Heather Frohman had one of the
Wildcats' seven draw controls.
Becky Horton, who was lost earlier in the year to a season-ending
injury, is still third on the team with her 16 goals and 19 points.
She finished her career just outside the Wildcat record books in
goals (88) and points (121).
Davidson closes out the season with a 4 p.m. contest at
Presbyterian on Tuesday, Apr. 21.
