Katie Cronin scored a career-high five goals as Duke upset No. 13 Virginia, 16-11, its first win over its Atlantic Coast Conference rival since 2016.

It was Duke’s first win over a ranked team since upsetting Notre Dame in the ACC quarterfinals a year ago as the Blue Devils (5-3, 1-1 ACC) had lost all three games against ranked opponents this season.

Duke dominated two key areas of the game – the draw and goaltending.

Duke had a 22-6 advantage on draws, led by Maddie Jenner with nine draw controls, and Blue Devil goalie Chase Henriquez made a season-high 13 saves.

Virginia, which has now lost three of its last four and trailed in the second half against George Mason on Wednesday, jumped out to an early 3-1 lead, but trailed for good after Cronin’s goal with 39 seconds left in the first half gave Duke a 6-5 halftime lead.

Cronin also played a key role in the second half for Duke. Sammy Mueller scored for Virginia to cut a Duke lead to 8-7 with 21:50 remaining, but Duke then scored the next four goals — two of them by Cronin — to take control.

Mueller and Taylor Regan each scored three goals for Virginia (5-3, 0-2 ACC).

Notre Dame Passes Another Test, Beats BC

No. 2 Notre Dame is 6-0 for the second straight year, but things seem a little different in South Bend this year.

The Irish actually opened last season 9-0, but only one of those nine games was against a ranked opponent — Virginia — and Notre Dame’s season ended quietly with three losses in its final four games.

This year’s 7-0 start includes a win over Midwest rival Northwestern and now a pair of ACC wins after the Irish put together a sterling defensive effort in an 11-7 victory over No. 17 Boston College on the heels of a win over Duke.

Notre Dame junior goalie Bridget Deehan, a first-year starter out of Georgia high school power Milton, made 11 saves and the Irish defense helped harass Boston College into 19 turnovers. BC scored just four goals through the game’s first 57 minutes.

Savannah Buchannan was a factor all over the field for Notre Dame, finishing with five ground balls, five draw controls and three caused turnovers.

Andie Aldave scored three of Notre Dame’s first four goals and her goal with 1:03 left in the first half gave the Irish a 4-3 lead that they never relinquished.

BC trailed just 5-4 with 20:23 to play following a Cara Urbank goal, but Notre Dame freshman Madison Ahern scored less than two minutes later. It was the first of five straight Notre Dame goals over the next 16 minutes.

Enrietto  Dorney to beat the shot clock!

An #SCtop10 worthy effort in crunch time.#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/b0P1KYkB7N

— Notre Dame Women’s Lacrosse (@NDWomensLax) March 7, 2020

Aldave’s three goals led Notre Dame. Ahern scored twice and Maddie Howe had a goal and three assists.

Urbank scored twice for the Eagles (3-3, 0-1 ACC) and Rachel Hall made 10 saves.
 

Maryland Completes Bounce-back Week

No. 15 Maryland evened its record for the season at 3-3 by beating No. 20 Hofstra 16-11. The Terps beat Navy earlier in the week, helping to put a rare three-game losing streak in the rearview mirror.

Brindi Griffin (five goals) and Libby May (four goals) led the offensive effort and sophomore goalie Maddie McSally made a career-high 16 saves for the Terps.

Brindi Griffin had herself a DAY!

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— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) March 7, 2020

Alexa Mattera led the Pride with four goals, but the Maryland defense held Hofstra without an assist in the game.

Notable

• Sam Fiedler scored five times as No. 3 Loyola kept its early-season offensive onslaught going in a 19-15 win over No. 7 Penn. (Read more)

• Brianna Harris matched her career-high with five goals as No. 4 Florida bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to Dartmouth, beating High Point 17-10.

• Katie Bourque matched her career-high with six goals — giving her 16 goals in the last three games — as No. 11 Dartmouth improved to 5-0 with a dominating 18-5 win over New Hampshire.

• No. 12 Richmond trailed by a goal late in the first half, but dominated play in the final 30 minutes, outscoring Old Dominion 14-2 in the second half of a 22-9 victory. Sam Geiersbach had five goals and five assists.

• Caitlyn Petro had a season-high 17 draw controls and Kelly Marra scored five times as No. 16 Massachusetts pulled away for an 18-14 win over Connecticut.

• Logan Brennan and Maddie McDaniel each scored four goals as No. 19 James Madison won its fifth straight, beating Rutgers 16-5.

• Army is 7-0 for the second straight season after knocking off East Carolina 11-8.

• Yale scored the final three goals of the game, including Anna Vetsch’s goal with 1:35 left as the Bulldogs rallied past Brown 11-10.

• Casey Harkins scored 39 seconds into overtime as American escaped Wofford 20-19 to extend its school-record best start to 6-0.

• Claire D'Antonio's overtime goal gave Delaware its second straight win, a 12-11 win in its CAA opener.

Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 2 Notre Dame 11, No. 17 Boston College 7
No. 3 Loyola 19, No. 7 Penn 15
No. 4 Florida 17, High Point 10
No. 11 Dartmouth 18, New Hampshire 5
No. 12 Richmond 22, Old Dominion 9
Duke 16, No. 13 Virginia 11
No. 15 Maryland 16, No. 20 Hofstra 11
No. 16 Massachusetts 18, Connecticut 14
No. 19 James Madison 16, Rutgers 5

Other scores

Albany 19, Canisius 8
American 20, Wofford 19 (OT)
Army 11, East Carolina 8
Binghamton 10, Quinnipiac 8
Bucknell 13, Campbell 10
Butler 14, Presbyterian 9
Cornell 20, Columbia 2
Delaware 12, Elon 11 (OT)
Drexel 18, Colgate 13
Johns Hopkins 13, Saint Joseph’s 10
Harvard 16, Villanova 5
Kennesaw State 13, Winthrop 9
LaSalle 18, Long Island University 12
Lehigh 10, Furman 6
Monmouth 17, Holy Cross 13
Mount St. Mary's 12, Lafayette 9
Ohio State 16, Marquette 14
Radford 18, Hartford 12
Siena 11, Wagner 8
St. Bonaventure 14, Akron 10
Temple 10, UMBC 7
UMass-Lowell 12, Iona 5
VCU 15, Longwood 13
Yale 11, Brown 10