Women’s Lacrosse Falls at Duke, 21-6 Pioneer drop second consecutive game

WOMEN’S LACROSSE NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, February 20, 2005

Women’s Lacrosse Falls at Duke, 21-6 Pioneer drop second consecutive game

DURHAM, N.C. – Kristen Waagbo led fourth-ranked Duke University with four goals and two assists to propel the Blue Devils by visiting the University of Denver women’s lacrosse team 21-6 Sunday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium. With the loss, the Pioneers drop to 0-2, while the Blue Devils move to 2-0.

Junior midfielder Steph Greenlees (Lake Forest, Ill.) led Denver with two goals and assist. Senior goalkeeper Steph Schneider (Leesburg, Va.) recorded 17 saves as the Blue Devils outshot the Pioneers 48-16 over the span of 60 minutes.

Katie Chrest opened scoring for Duke four minutes into the game with back-to-back goals coming off a free position shot and an unassisted drive to the goal. Tallies from Kristy Dirks and Katie Laschinger and two from Waagbo followed before senior attacker Tara Bourdelaise (Grambrills, Md.) found the back of the net to make the score 6-1 with 9:48 to play in the first half.

Jess Adam scored her first career goal and Menser added another off an assist from Caline McHenry to close out the first half, giving the Blue Devils an 8-1 lead.

The Pioneers came out strong in the second stanza, as Greenlees scored two of the first five goals before Duke went on a 10-0 run to bring the score to 21-3 with 6:10 to play in the game. During that stretch, nine different Duke players scored, including Allie Johnson with her first career tally.

Tanya Fuchs (Bay Shore, N.Y.), Victoria Baines (Parker, Colo.) and Megan Carver (Baltimore, Md.) scored the final three goals of the game to bring the score to 21-6.

Duke goalie Meghan Huether had eight saves in 54-plus minutes of action before freshman keeper Regan Bosch came in at the 4:30 mark.

The Pioneers return to action on Friday, Feb. 25 when they host Oregon at Kent Denver at 3 p.m.