No. 14/16 Duke Drops Women's Lacrosse, 21-13

Sunday, March 4

Durham, NC

1 PM

Boston University

1-2

Duke

4-2

Boston University

Duke

Photo by: Peyton Williams

March 4, 2018 | Women's Lacrosse

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Boston University women's lacrosse team trailed by two to No. 14/16 Duke at the half, but the Blue Devils pulled away in the second frame to hand the Terriers at 21-13 defeat Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.

How It Happened

Duke got on the board 37 seconds in and kept the early pressure on with two additional scores in the first four minutes.
Kelly Mathews found the back of the net with 15:26 left in the first half to put the Terriers on the board and make it a 4-1 game.
Duke responded 21 seconds later, though Kailey Conry cut the deficit back to three by following her shot and scoring off the reset.
Bridget McCarthy laced in an off-balanced shot for the third score in a five-minute span, while Lexi Lewis bounced in another score two minutes later.
Conry pushed BU's run to 6-3 with her second strike of the contest to make it a one-goal contest, 7-6, with 4:02 left in the half.
However, Duke had the final say of the frame as it scored with six seconds left to cushion its advantage to two heading into the break.
The Blue Devils kept the momentum on their side to start the second half, reeling off a 4-0 run before Emily Vervlied stopped the streak with her first career score with 25:28 to go.
Following a trio of Blue Devil scores, Mathews and Christine Carugati sparked the attack with back-to-back strikes within a 15-second span to cut the gap to 14-9.
Trailing by nine after a 5-1 run with nine minutes left, BU would not go down without a fight as Lewis, Kaitlin Belval and Avery Donahoe each beat the keeper within a two-minute span, putting the score at 19-13 with 6:16 remaining.
Duke kept BU in check as it snapped two goals in the final minutes to close out the game.

Game Notes

BU recorded its highest offensive output and scored in double figures for the first time in the three-game series against the Blue Devils.
Christine Liable finished with a career-high 13 saves over the final 52 minutes of action.
Conry led the team with three assists, all coming in the second half, and is the only Terrier who has recorded multi-goal efforts in all three games so far this season.
The Terriers assisted on two of their six first-half goals, where as they assisted on five of their seven scores in the second.
BU placed all its first 24 shots on goal. The first and only miss came with 4:34 left in the game, as BU landed 25 of its 26 shots for the game on frame.

Up Next

BU will take on its third ranked opponent in the last four games as it closes its spring break trip at No. 19/20 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 7 at 4 p.m.