March 2, 2003

Box Score

Baltimore, MD - Duke freshman Katie Chrest scored a game-high four goals to lead the No. 2 Duke women's lacrosse team to an 11-8 comeback win over No. 18 Johns Hopkins Sunday afternoon at Homewood Field.

The Blue Jays, who lost their season opener for the fourth straight year and fell to 0-5 all-time against the Blue Devils, jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first 20:36, but Duke scored the final three goals of the first half and out-scored Hopkins 6-2 in the second period to post the three-goal win.

JHU senior midfielder Erinn Dennis (Wilton, NY/Saratoga Springs) opened the scoring at the 25:55 mark off an assist from senior attacker Meghan Burnett (Auburn, NY/Auburn), but Lauren Gallagher quickly answered for Duke, tying the game off a Cheryl Lynn Horton feed with 24:14 remaining.

After both teams went scoreless over the next 10 minutes, Burnett put Hopkins back on top with 13:56 remaining on a feed from freshman attacker Sarah Walsh (Port Washington, NY/P.D. Schreiber), and 45 seconds later junior attacker Heidi Pearce (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's) gave JHU a 3-1 lead when she scored off a pass from sophomore attacker Erin Riordan (Brightwaters, NY/Bay Shore).

Duke attacker Erin O'Shaughnessy scored an unassisted goal at the 11:12 mark to cut the Hopkins lead to one, but Burnett answered 59 seconds later by scoring off a feed from sophomore midfielder Anne Crisafulli (Garden City, NY/Garden City). Riordan then scored off a Pearce assist only 18 seconds later, and junior midfielder Kate Barcomb (Middlebury, VT/Middlebury) found the back of the net 21 seconds after that to give JHU a 6-2 lead with 9:34 left in the half.

Barcomb's goal prompted a Duke timeout, and the Blue Devils responded by scoring three straight goals to trail just 6-5 at the break. Chrest scored her first goal with 7:20 to play, and after Gallagher scored a free position goal two minutes later, Chrest scored an unassisted goal with 59 seconds remaining in the half.

O'Shaughnessy tied the game just 3:20 into the second period with an unassisted goal, and Kate Kaiser gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the game only 28 seconds later with an unassisted tally.

Hopkins would respond, as Pearce found sophomore midfielder Kristen Miller (Towson, MD/Notre Dame Prep) for a goal to tie the game at 7-7 with 20:18 to play, but the Blue Devils would take control by scoring the next three goals. Chrest gave Duke the lead for good with an unassisted goal at the 16:04 mark, Kaiser found the back of the net with 14:08 remaining, and Meghan Miller scored an unassisted goal with 11:21 left to give the Blue Devils a 10-7 advantage.

Barcomb cut the Hopkins deficit to two with a free position goal at the 6:11 mark, but Chrest put the game away with a free position goal with 4:43 remaining.

JHU senior goalkeeper Jen McDonald (Garden City, NY/Garden City) made eight saves in 58 minutes of action for the Blue Jays, who won 12 of 21 draw controls. Megan Huether stopped three shots for Duke, which held a 32-13 shot advantage and 34-22 edge in ground balls.

The Blue Jays return to action Saturday when Hopkins hosts William & Mary at 11 a.m.

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