Dukes Capture 500th All-Time Win in Rout of George Mason

Wednesday, March 3

Harrisonburg, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

2-0

George Mason

0-3

George Mason

James Madison

Dukes Capture 500th All-Time Win in Rout of George Mason

3/3/2021 6:15:00 PM | Lacrosse

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Behind an explosive offense and dominance in every category, #12 James Madison cruised to a 19-2 victory against George Mason for its 500th all-time win on Wednesday afternoon at Sentara Park.

The Dukes improved to 2-0 while the Patriots fell to 0-3. JMU also moved to 19-5 in the series, having won five in a row versus Mason. The 17-goal differential was also the largest win for JMU against the Patriots.

JMU became the fifth team in NCAA Division I history to record 500 wins as a program, as it joined Maryland, Penn State, Virginia and Loyola as the only teams to achieve the feat.

The Dukes opened the game scoring 10 straight goals and led 11-1 at the half. They added six more to open the second half and tallied the last two for the final margin. JMU had 12 total goal scorers and six with two or more, led by Kacey Knobloch, who registered a game-high three goals with an assist.

Tai Jankowski scored two goals with one helper, while the quartet of Charlotte Haggerty, Daria Lucchesi, Taylor Marchetti and Ava Frantz had two goals apiece. Isabella Peterson also dished out a career-high four assists while adding one goal to finish with a game-high five points.

Defensively, Mairead Durkin piled up 10 hustle stats, with a career-high four caused turnovers, three ground balls and three draw controls. Emma Johnson had a pair of caused turnovers and three ground balls. She moved up to third place at JMU with 103 caused turnovers and eighth with 143 ground balls. Additionally, Knobloch added two caused turnovers and two ground balls, both career highs.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

JMU out-shot George Mason 28-7, including a 24-4 in shots on goal.
JMU won the draw-control battle by a 13-9 margin, including 9-3 in the first half. Three players won three draws, as joining Durkin were Peterson and Marchetti.
The Dukes had just nine turnovers, including one in the second half.
The defense caused 14 of Mason's 19 turnovers and also forced the visitors into five turnovers on 12 clear attempts.
The Dukes also led in ground balls by a 17-8 count.
JMU took advantage of Mason's six yellow cards, scoring five player-up goals.
It was also strong from the 8-meter, scoring on 6-of-8 free-position opportunities. Mason was 0-for-4 for the game.

QUOTING SHELLEY KLAES
"First five to 500 [wins], that's an incredible feat when you look at the programs that play this game. Not only have we been one of the longest-standing programs to support women's lacrosse and the game historically, but we've been one of the winningest teams in NCAA history. That's a huge honor. It's not just about what's happening right now, it's about all the women who've come before us and led this program to such high standards. We're following in their footsteps and we can't be prouder today."

UP NEXT
JMU hits the road to open Colonial Athletic Association play this Sunday, March 7 when it travels to Elon. The opening draw is set for 2 p.m. at Rudd Field and will be streamed on Lax Sports Network as part of the CAA Game of the Week.