May 4, 2003

The Duke University women's lacrosse team fell 13-4 on the season with a 9-7 loss to eighth-ranked Dartmouth on Sunday at Koskinen Stadium. Freshman Katie Chrest led the fourth-ranked Blue Devils with four goals, establishing a new Duke freshman scoring record with 38 goals this season.

Dartmouth jumped out to an early 1-0 lead just over a minute into the contest when Elizabeth Right collected a free position goal. Chrest answered with 2:56 gone by in the contest for a 1-1 tie.

The Big Green tallied the next three goals as Whitney Jamison collected assists on all three. Casey Hazel delivered the first at 4:03 and Lana Smith added goals at 8:39 and 11:05 for a 4-1 Dartmouth advantage.

Chrest split through a pair Dartmouth defenders to register her second goal of the day at the 13:06 mark, narrowing the deficit to 4-2. The Big Green added goals by Molly Jenkins and Hazel over the remaining 17 minutes, while withstanding a Duke offense that had several shots sail wide of goal and a couple of more bounce off the goal post, to take a 6-2 halftime lead.

Just over two minutes into the second half, Smith extended the lead to 7-2 off a free position shot. A free position goal by Katieanne Christian at 38:16 pushed the advantage to 8-2 in favor of the Big Green.

Duke responded with three goals in a two minutes and 16 second span. Senior Jessica Bennett starting the run at 40:43 with a free position goal. Kate Kaiser collected her first goal of the day 33 seconds later to narrow the gap to 8-4.

Chrest scored off a pass from Lauren Gallagher at 42:57 for her third goal of the day, becoming the top goal scoring freshman in Duke history on the play. Kelly Dirks established the previous freshman record of 36 goals during the 1999 season.

Jamison's free position goal at 47:27 extended the Dartmouth lead to four goals at 9-5. Duke closed the gap to 9-7 the final eight minutes with Chrest's fourth goal of the day and a free position goal from Kaiser in the final minute.

For the game, Duke out shot the visitors, 37-28, while converting on just 2 of 13 free position shots. The Blue Devils also collected 36 ground balls.

Dartmouth goalie Devon Wills had an outstanding day in goal stopping 12 shots while watching several others sail just wide of goal. Wills also benefited from four Blue Devil shots that bounced off the cage posts.

Duke finishes the regular season with a 13-4 mark, including a 7-1 mark at home. Dartmouth concludes its regular season 10-4 overall. Both teams find out their NCAA Championship fate this evening, with the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship selection show beginning at 8:00 p.m.

Score by Half				1	2	F
#8 Dartmouth Big Green		                6	3	9
#4 Duke Blue Devils			        2	5	7
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Tm	Time	Goal (Assist)	Penalty Cards	DAR	DUKE
FIRST HALF
DAR	1:10	Elizabeth Right (FPS)		1	0
DUKE	2:56	Katie Chrest		        1	1
DAR	4:03	Casey Hazel (Whitney Jamison)	2	1
DAR	8:39	Lana Smith (Whitney Jamison)	3	1
DAR	11:05	Lana Smith (Whitney Jamison)	4	1
DUKE	13:06	Katie Chrest		        4	2
DAR	14:40	Molly Jenkins (Lana Smith)	5	2
DUKE	19:46		Meghan Walters (Yellow)
DAR	27:42	Casey Hazel		        6	2


First Half Stats: Shots - Duke 14, Dartmouth 15; Ground balls - Duke 13, Dartmouth 17;
Caused turnovers - Duke 3, Dartmouth 5; Turnovers - Duke 5, Dartmouth 4;
Saves - Duke 5, Dartmouth 5; Draw controls - Duke 4, Dartmouth 5;
Fouls - Duke 9, Dartmouth 2


SECOND HALF
DAR	32:05	Lana Smith (FPS)		7	2
DUKE	38:15		Meghan Walter (Yellow/Red)
DAR	38:16	Katieanne Christian (FPS)	8	2
DUKE	40:43	Jessica Bennett (FPS)		8	3
DUKE	41:16	Kate Kaiser		        8	4
DAR	41:59		Kate Killen (Yellow)
DUKE	42:57	Katie Chrest (Lauren Gallagher)	8	5
DAR	47:27	Whitney Jamison (FPS)		9	5
DUKE	52:45	Katie Chrest		        9	6
DUKE	59:32	Kate Kaiser (FPS)		9	7


Dartmouth Scoring

Goals: L. Smith 3, Hazel 2,  Right, Jamison, Jenkins, Christian


Assists: Jamison 3, L. Smith


Duke Scoring

Goals: Chrest 4, Kaiser 2, Bennett


Assists: Gallagher


SHOTS
Duke 37, Dartmouth 28


FREE POSITION SHOTS
Duke 13, Dartmouth 5


TURNOVERS
Duke 10, Dartmouth 12


CAUSED TURNOVERS
Duke 11, Dartmouth 9


SAVES
Duke 8, Dartmouth 12


GROUND BALLS
Duke 36, Dartmouth 31


Draw Controls
Duke 10, Dartmouth 8


FOULS
Duke 16, Dartmouth 8


ATTENDANCE
165