No. 12 James Madison and Old Dominion enjoyed their best performances of the young season as the Dukes scored an 8-7 win against No. 5 Maryland and the Monarchs raced past Longwood Wednesday.
NO. 12 JAMES MADISON 8, NO. 5 MARYLAND 7
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Marking its 14th all-time victory against a top-five opponent, No. 12 James Madison lacrosse held on late behind a stout defensive effort, winning an 8-7 battle against No. 5 Maryland at Sentara Park on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Kat Buchanan put up a career effort in net with 10 saves on a .588 save percentage, adding a team-high three ground balls to lift the Dukes to victory. She had four saves in the fourth quarter. Away from goal, JMU caused eight turnovers, with two each from Mairead Durkin and Nicholle Marshall.
Offensively, Isabella Peterson and Lilly Boswell each led the way with two goals while four others scored once.
The program's fifth all-time win against the Terrapins improved the Dukes to 4-1 while Maryland dropped to 3-2.
For Maryland, attackers Eloise Clevinger, Libby May and Hannah Leubecker scored twice. Goalkeeper Emily Sterling made four saves and Brianna Lamoureux picked up four ground balls.
Katelyn Morgan opened the scoring with a highlight-reel goal before Boswell extended the lead. JMU out-shot Maryland 6-3 and marked the third time this season holding an opponent scoreless in a quarter.
Maryland cut the lead to one on a free position shot before Tai Jankowski and Peterson extended the margin to 4-1. A last-second goal for the Terps cut things to 4-2.
Brianna Mennella restored the three goal advantage before a pair of Maryland strikes cut the lead to one. Lizzy Fox scored her first goal of the season with 36 seconds to play to give JMU a two-goal cushion.
The Dukes scored on their only two shots of the quarter to gain an 8-4 lead, before Maryland scored three times in 2:51, cutting the lead to one with 4:22 to play. However, the Terps got just one more shot off, a Buchanan save with just 1:27 to play.
OLD DOMINION 18, LONGWOOD 10
NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion Women’s Lacrosse team improved to 3-3 on the year after an 18-10 win over Longwood Wednesday night. Sydney Taylor led the Monarchs offensively scoring four goals.
Longwood got the scoring going in the first quarter when Riley McDonald found the back of the net. Moira Olexa tied the game with her loan goal of the day before Longwood took the lead back. Danielle Dundas scored her first of three goals on the day to even the game up before Taylor gave the Monarchs the lead. Dundas followed Taylor’s goal with another goal giving ODU a 4-2 advantage. The Lancers got a goal back and the first quarter ended 4-3.
ODU extended its lead to start the second quarter when Taylor scored her second goal. Longwood went on to score two goals and tie the game at five. Molly May gave the Monarchs the lead right back with her first goal of the season and Callie Culhane would extend the lead with eight seconds left in the half as ODU took a 7-5 lead into the second half.
The Monarchs started the third quarter with a Taylor goal and Olivia Tanneberger followed it up with her first of two goals in the third quarter. Longwood cut into the lead with a goal before Dundas answered giving ODU a 10-6 lead. The Lancers ended up cutting the Monarch lead to three with a goal before May and Tanneberger each scored their second goals of the game.
Entering the fourth quarter Longwood trailed 12-7, the Lancers would score first in the quarter before May would find Payton Kisling cutting for a goal. Dundas extended the lead when she found Jessica Pisani for her first goal of the year giving the Monarchs a 14-8 lead. Longwood scored their final two goals making it a 14-10 game but it proved to be too much to overcome. The Monarchs scored four more goals from Caroline Shaefer, Kate Stigsell scored her first career goal and Taylor and Jeslyn Krebs followed up with two more goals giving ODU the 18-10 win.