April 13, 2000

DURHAM, N.C. — The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team lost to fourth-ranked Duke 15-3 on Thursday in Durham, N.C. Junior Lael O’Shaughnessy and freshmen Angela Dixon and Kelly McCardell scored for the Irish, who fall to 4-7 with the loss. The Blue Devils led scored the first 11 goals of the game and held Notre Dame to just six shots. The Irish return to action when they play 14th-ranked Yale on Sat., April 15 at Duke.

Duke led just 3-0 after the first 18 minutes of the game but then scored seven goals in the final 11:20 of the first half to lead 10-0 at halftime. After Duke scored nearly 12 minutes into the second half, Dixon finally got the Irish on the board at 17:00. After two more Duke goals, O’Shaughnessy scored her team-leading 22 goal of the season at 10:36 on an assist from sophomore Natalie Loftus. McCardell closed out the scoring at 1:30 left in the game on a goal assisted by freshman Anne Riley.

Team Scoring

Notre Dame 0-3 3

Duke 10-5 15

Individual Scoring (goal-assist):

ND: Lael O’Shaughnessy 1-0, Angela Dixon 1-0, Kelly McCardell 1-0, Natalie Loftus 0-1, Anne Riley 1-0.

D: Kate Kaiser 3-0, Lauren Gallagher 2-0, Tricia Martin 2-0, Meghan Walters 2-0, Meg Barnet 1-0, Claire Sullivan 1-0, Francoise Gordon 1-0, Courtney Rogers 1-0, Claire Finn 1-0, Erin O’Shaughnessy 1-0, Keri Dunn 0-1, Kristen McElduff 0-1, Kate Soulier 0-1

Team Stats:

ND: total shots – 6, free position shots – 3, shots on goal – 3, groundballs – 19, caused turnovers – 9, turnovers – 24, draw controls 11.

D: total shots – 34, free position shots – 6, shots on goal – 28, groundballs – 29, caused turnovers – 16, turnovers – 12, draw controls 8.