Duke women's lacrosse faces tough test against Maryland
By Nick Martin | February 22, 2013Two of the top teams in the nation will collide in College Park as No. 7 Duke will look to remain undefeated against an also undefeated No. 4 Maryland.
Two of the top teams in the nation will collide in College Park as No. 7 Duke will look to remain undefeated against an also undefeated No. 4 Maryland.
With 13 goals already this season, MacKenzie Hommel has led Duke to a 4-0 start.
Despite twice building two-goal leads, Duke lost to Northwestern 12-7 in the NCAA quarterfinals Monday in Evanston, Ill., ending their season.
After trailing for most of the first half, Maryland exploded on offense to bury the Blue Devils and knock them out of the ACC tournament.
Duke will have the benefit of home-field advantage as it tries for its first ACC title since 2005.
Duke scored seven unanswered goals to open the second half in order to clinch the victory in its final game before the ACC tournament.
Duke will host High Point Wednesday night at Koskinen Stadium in the Blue Devils’ last regular season game before the ACC tournament.
Winning the draw control battle propelled the Blue Devils to victory in their final ACC game of the regular season.
The Blue Devils held North Carolina to just four goals, but they could not muster up enough.
In order to halt a rare two-game losing streak, the Blue Devils will need to upset the one-loss Tar Heels.
An uncharacteristically poor performance at controlling the draw in the second half doomed the Blue Devils to their fourth loss of the season.
Dartmouth snapped Duke’s five-game win streak Saturday in Hanover, N.H., notching the game-winning goal in double overtime to defeat the Blue Devils 9-8.