Second Half Surge Propels Duke Past JMU

Sunday, September 23

Durham, N.C.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

(2-5)

Duke

(7-3)

James Madison

Duke

Photo by: JMU Athletics Photography

9/23/2018 2:57:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DURHAM, N.C. – #4 ranked Duke used four goals in the second half to push past James Madison field hockey 5-2 on Sunday afternoon. This was the most saves in a game by a JMU goalkeeper since 2011.

The Blue Devils (7-2) held a 33-3 advantage in shots over the Dukes (2-5) allowing JMU to take just one shot in the first half. The Dukes took just two corners, both coming in the first half compared to Duke being awarded 10.

HOW THE SCORED
JMU
5:58 | Ashley Gippe scored her 21^st career goal following a penalty corner. There was a lot of action in front of the goal and Gippe was able to get her stick on the ball with a dish from Megan Guzzardi and knock it past the goalie
49:11 | A Duke corner deflected to JMU where Elfi de Rooij and Ongeziwe Mali went off on a fast break and had the goalie come out of the cage and were able to fight past defends as de Rooij knocked it in for her second goal
DUKE
18:20 | Caroline Andretta scored off a penalty corner where she knocked it in after being shot from the top of the circle
41: 26 | Margaux Paolino finished off a corner shot to put Duke up 2-1
44:26 | Andretta tallied her second goal of the game off a corner rebound
46:18 | Fast break by Libby Thompson with a backhand shot for a 4-1 Blue Devil advantage
58:41 | One-on-one with Kiki Rozemeijer and JMU goalie Nelson where she was forced out of the cage and Rozemeijer was able to backhand it into the goal

GAME NOTES

This was the first game for Duke against an unranked opponent
JMU played their 100^th game against a Top-5 opponent All-Time and was unable to secure their first true road victory against a top-5 opponent
Caitlin Nelson recorded a new career-high 12 saves in the game, making six stops in each half
Nelson's 12 saves was the most for a JMU goalkeeper in a game since Margo Savage tallied 15 at Northeastern on September 30, 2011.
Second game of the season for Duke scoring at least five goals
This was just the second game Sammi Stelle (Duke goalie) did not record a save. The other game was against Syracuse where they did not allow an Orange shot
This was the first game for the Dukes with under five shots since they took just two against Delaware on November 6, 2016
JMU's two corners are the least awarded penalty corners since against their one at Delaware on November 6, 2016. They have recorded two penalty corners on three other occasions since than with this being the second-straight game with 2 corners

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Morgan: "Today was a solid day of growth for our team! We battled all afternoon against the #4 team in the country and our grit is something we can build off of moving forward. We'll take away some great lessons and get ready for a great week of practice before Richmond and Penn State next weekend!"

UP NEXT
James Madison will return to the 'Burg and take on in-state rival Richmond on Friday, September 28 at 5 p.m.