Kerstin Kimel entered 2020 needing just one win to reach the exclusive 300-win club and wasted no time getting it out of the way.
Her Duke team rolled through Gardner-Webb, 22-7, Friday night in Durham. A list of the 10 winningest coaches in Division I women’s lacrosse history is below. Kimel is the seventh to reach 300 victories.
Top 10 Winningest Division I Women's Coaches
Includes coaches who spent at least 10 years as a head coach at a Division I school.
Coach |
Team(s) |
Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Cindy Timchal | Northwestern, Maryland, Navy | 525 |
| Chris Sailer | Princeton | 415 |
| Jenny Levy | North Carolina | 346 |
| Julie Myers | Virginia | 324 |
| Amanda O'Leary | Yale, Florida | 324 |
| Cathy Reese | Denver, Maryland | 301 |
| Kerstin Kimel | Davidson, Duke | 300 |
| Kelly Amonte Hiller | Northwestern | 296 |
| Janine Tucker | Johns Hopkins | 291 |
| Tracy Coyne | Denison, Roanoke, Notre Dame, George Washington, St. Francis | 287 |
Kimel earned four wins in 1994 with Davidson and then joined Duke ahead of its inaugural season in 1996. On Friday, she earned her milestone win easily. Freshman attacker Caroline DeBellis led the way with three goals and four assists as the Blue Devils sprinted to a 15-2 halftime lead.
Duke continues its opening weekend against Northwestern on Sunday.
Wildcats Drop 30
It seems like Northwestern is ready for 2020.
The Wildcats netted 20 goals in the first half and finished with 30, throttling Detroit Mercy, 30-3. Izzy Scane led with four goals and one assist, and three others — Lauren Gilbert, Dylan Amonte and Jill Girardi — netted hat tricks. Northwestern outshot Detroit Mercy, 45-11.
The 'Cats are ready for 2020.
— Northwestern Lax (@NULax) February 8, 2020
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Thirty goals is tied for the sixth-most in a single game in NCAA history. It’s also the most goals scored by a Northwestern team since April 18, 1987.
The post-Selena Lasota era seems to have started without a hitch, albeit against a lesser opponent. Northwestern gets a better indicator of its offensive punch on Sunday against Duke.
Notable
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Due to inclement weather, Cincinnati and Kent State were postponed until March 8.
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Lehigh downed Iona, 16-5, with Sondra Dickey’s four goals leading the way.
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Sarah Marshall scored six goals as Presbyterian defeated Howard, 19-5. Kara DiClemente had four goals and one assist.
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Five goals from Grace Pollak paced Furman to a 14-11 win over East Carolina. Furman led 8-5 at halftime before ECU rallied, tying the score at 8 apiece. Furman scored the next six tallies for a 14-8 lead.
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High Point, the No. 20 team in the Nike/US Lacrosse Divion I Women’s Preseason Top 20, defeated Mercer, 18-11. Mercer, the defending Southern Conference champion, trailed 8-6 just before halftime. But that’s the closest it'd get to High Point, which went ahead 17-8 on the last of Nicole Pugh’s three goals.
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Liza Hernandez’s goal with 11:15 remaining gave Ohio State an 11-6 lead, but Duquesne stormed back and cut the deficit to 11-9 with 3:42 remaining on Rilee Bradshaw’s free position. That would prove to be the final, though.
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Syracuse, the No. 2 team in the Nike/USL rankings, dominated Canisius to the tune of a 21-6 victory. Emily Hawryschuk scored seven goals, tied for second-most in a game in program history. She added an assist for eight points. Megan Carney had three goals and five assists.