No. 5 Duke Falls at No. 1 North Carolina – Duke University

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 5 Duke dropped an 18-4 determination to top-ranked North Carolina on Thursday night in ACC ladies’s lacrosse motion at Dorrance Subject.
 
The Tar Heels (15-0, 8-0 ACC) handed the Blue Devils simply their second lack of the season, shifting their file to 15-2 (6-2 ACC).
 
North Carolina’s protection stymied Duke’s high-scoring offense Thursday night permitting simply 4 targets from Catriona Barry, Katie DeSimone, Veronica Hineman and Katie Keller. Senior assault Eva Greco tallied Duke’s lone dime.
 
The Tar Heels have been led by Scottie Rose Growney’s 5 targets in addition to 4 targets every by Jamie Ortega and Ally Mastroianni. Goalkeeper Taylor Moreno made eight saves in objective for a .667 save proportion.
 
The house facet tallied the primary two scores of the competition earlier than the Blue Devils notched consecutive targets in below 40 seconds to tie the sport up at 2-2. The one-two punch arrived as Barry and Keller each linked on body with 10:55 and 10:16 remaining, respectively, within the opening quarter. Each offenses struggled with a 10-minute scoring drought earlier than Growney scored her second tally off a free place with 48 seconds remaining within the body.
 
Duke’s offensive struggles continued all through the subsequent three quarters because the Blue Devils have been held scoreless for just a little below 42 minutes. Sadly, the Tar Heels broke the sport open with 15 unanswered targets to create an 18-3 hole between the staff with 3:38 remaining within the contest. Hineman ended the drought as Greco discovered her charging towards objective. Regardless of one remaining tally from DeSimone with 25 seconds remaining, the deficit proved to be an excessive amount of for the Blue Devils.
 
Duke was outshot 31-18 and it registered 15 turnovers to only 5 for North Carolina.
 
Freshman Kennedy Everson bought the beginning in objective for Duke and picked up three saves. Katie Cosgrove tallied two floor balls and two brought about turnovers on the defensive finish, whereas Maddie Jenner had 11 draw controls.
 
Duke turns its consideration to the postseason, beginning with the ACC Championship which is about to run April 27 – Might 7 in South Bend, Ind.
 
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