Duke Hammers Carolina Women
from press release
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The third seeded Duke Blue
Devils ran away with a 14-4 win over second seeded North Carolina
in the semifinals of the ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship on
Friday at Virginia Tech's Thompson Field. The Blue Devils will
advance to Sunday's Championship Game to face the top seeded and
second ranked Maryland Terrapins.
The fourth ranked Blue Devils improve to 13-4 with the win while
the fifth ranked Tar Heels drop to 13-4. The 10-goal margin of
victory was the largest for Duke in series history.
Duke didn't waste any time opening the scoring with a goal after
only 19 seconds. Carolyn Davis scored the unassisted goal and went
on to score two additional goals in the first nine minutes. Davis
finished the game with four tallies. Carolyn Cryer scored twice
more and Duke took a 5-0 lead after only 12 minutes.
"I'm really proud of our kids to play a tough game yesterday and
then come back to play our gameplan today was just fantastic," said
Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel. "We're looking forward to a good day
to recover tomorrow and then to Maryland in the Championship game
on Sunday."
The Tar Heels answered with three goals over the next six minutes
to cut the margin to 6-3. Corey Donohoe recorded the first two
while Becky Lynch scored at 12:50. Duke responded with three more
goals to close out the first period. At halftime, the scoreboard
read 9-3 to the Blue Devils.
The second period went in favor of Duke as Megan Del Monte scored
three goals and the Blue Devils outscored the Tar Heels 5-1 over
the final 30 minutes to take the 14-4 final score.
Kim Imbesi took the win between the pipes for Duke, making 12 saves
to improve to 12-4 on the season. North Carolina's Logan Ripley
took the loss in goal, making 11 saves and falling to 13-4.
The 2009 ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship continues on Sunday with
the Championship game. Maryland will face Duke on Sunday at 1:00
p.m
