Women's Lacrosse Takes Yale After Strong Start

The Lady Dukes dominated the first half of play against Yale in this early Saturday afternoon game, going on to win 10-7. Sidenote: the Lady Dukes decided to just wear their regular shorts with no leggings underneath, unlike Yale (which is over 300 miles north of Harrisonburg), who had only a couple players not wearing some sort of long pants. It was in the 20's and there were strong winds. I had a couple layers on and I was still cold. Not sure if they were moving faster to stay warm or if the Bulldogs were intimidated, but it certainly worked out for the Dukes in the first half. They scored twice in the first 2:27 and would score four more times before Yale would get on the board. JMU was in control of the ball for most of the first half and was able to attack for a majority of the time. Redshirt junior Kim Griffin was the first to score, followed by freshman Monica Zable. Sophomore Mary Kate Lomady then scored two consecutive shots, followed by freshman Casey Ancarrow (who won CAA ROW honors after her performance against VT) making two straight putting the Dukes up 6-0. With 3:21 left in the first half, Yale was finally able to get their first goal. JMU senior Jaime Dardine answered back though with only 3.5 seconds left in the half taking the lead back up to six. The amount of time attacking and strong defense can be seen just looking at the stats with the Dukes leading shots on goal 12 to 4.

The second half started off with Griffin scoring again a little over 5 minutes in, but the rest of the game wouldn't go as well for the Dukes. In the final 18:24 of the game, the Bulldogs would outscore the Dukes 6-2. Yale was very accurate in the second half, making 6 of their 11 shots on the goal, while JMU was only able to score on 2 of their 8 shots in the second half. Freshman Ashley Kimener and Griffin would score the final two goals for the Dukes.

After beating Virginia Tech 14-9, this win takes JMU's record to 2-0 and dropped Yale to 0-2. The Dukes are now ranked #14 by LaxPower just behind UNC. JMU will travel to Longwood on Wednesday to take on the Lancers.

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