Boston College led for nearly the entire game, expanding their lead with an aggressive offense and well-timed shots on goal en route to a dominant 19-10 victory. The Blue Devils, however, became the first team this season to score at least 10 goals against the Eagles, spearheaded by sophomore Bella Goodwin’s two goals and one assist.
In a nail-biting contest, No. 19 Duke lost to No. 10 Johns Hopkins in a 12-11 overtime defeat. Despite an eight-point performance from senior attacker Carly Bernstein, the Blue Devils were no match for the trio of Ashley Mackin, Ava Angello and Lacey Downey, who combined for 15 points on the day.
No. 25 Duke overcame a rocky first half to pull off a 17-6 victory against High Point Sunday, capping off a two-game homestand. Graduate student Callie Hem, sophomore Bella Goodwin and senior Carly Bernstein each had hat tricks on the day, while redshirt junior Kennedy Everson made five saves between the pipes.
Duke has had a rocky two-year stretch. Now, it has to deal with the losses. Head coach Kerstin Kimel and her crew are entering 2025 at No. 25, with expectations similar to last year’s production.
The story of Duke’s 10-9 season unfolded early: a team with plenty of talent and heart, but too inconsistent across 60 minutes of play to pull out crucial victories.
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In its return to the national tournament, Duke fell in a heartbreaking 16-11 defeat to the eighth-ranked Greyhounds after a back-and-forth contest for much of the game.
The Eagles took command early and kept their feet on the gas, spoiling Duke’s revenge tour and sending the Blue Devils packing out of Charlotte with a 19-5 loss.
Morgan’s Message is a nonprofit geared toward equalizing treatment of mental and physical health by reducing the surrounding stigma, named for former Duke women's lacrosse player Morgan Rodgers.
On the one hand, the defeat could be attributed to the absence of star senior attacker Katie DeSimone. The Blue Devils’ woes, however, were bigger than just one player. The issue wasn’t an absence of opportunity, but a lack of discipline.
Despite a career-high four goals from Carly Bernstein, the Blue Devils dropped their regular-season finale to the 15th-ranked Tar Heels 16-11 Thursday afternoon at Dorrance Field.
No. 25 Duke narrowly escaped the upset bid, closing out the 14-11 win against Louisville with a fourth-quarter hat trick from senior midfielder Maddie McCorkle.
Despite the opening score and numerous offensive opportunities, the 23rd-ranked Blue Devils were no match for No. 6 Notre Dame and its trio of star graduate attackers. Duke fell in South Bend, Ind., 19-7 after allowing six goals in the first quarter.
After jumping out to an 8-1 lead in the first quarter, the defense held Campbell scoreless in the second and third — the team’s fewest goals allowed all season —and earned its third win in a week after beating East Carolina last Tuesday and No. 8 Virginia Saturday.
Duke handed No. 8 Virginia a 15-10 upset Saturday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium, the team's second ranked win of the year.
No. 4 Boston College came to Durham Saturday afternoon and simply outplayed Duke. The Blue Devils fell 18-3 as four Eagles earned hat tricks. The defeat, on both Morgan’s Message and Alumni Day, was Duke’s worst of the season and ended its strong three-game win streak.
After a heartbreaking triple overtime loss to the Hokies in the 2023 campaign, the Blue Devils headed to Blacksburg, Va., determined not to let history repeat itself. They returned home with a hardfought 9-8 win and a three-game win streak.
Since April 2022, a top-25 win seemed elusive for the Blue Devils — until Tuesday. Duke took down No. 22 Harvard in a thrilling 15-13 contest that went down to the wire.
Duke headed north to Syracuse, N.Y., looking for its first conference win in Saturday’s match-up, but could not find an answer to the Orange onslaught. No. 4 Syracuse led the entire game and sent the Blue Devils home with an 15-8 loss to prolong their ACC slump.
Duke was squashed by No. 19 Clemson in a 20-11 defeat Saturday afternoon that left a sour note on the Blue Devils’ opening matchup of ACC play.
