Still hanging in there at the half - 6-5 Syracuse.
Surprisingly, Duke is tied with Syracuse after 1, 3-3.
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Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Still hanging in there at the half - 6-5 Syracuse.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Duke tied it up at 6 but its headed south now, 10-6 Syracuse.
14-7 now. This puppy is over.
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16-10 is your final.
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Dr. Pangloss - Candide
Interesting day on Sunday: Cheaterettes and BC lose. Will be interesting to see whether Cuse or Northwestern is number one when the polls update later today.
Duke women will look to snap a four-game losing streak when the travel to Greenville for a happy-hour game against East Carolina.
Hard to say how good the Pirates really are. They are 8-1 and have put up gaudy offensive numbers, but with the exception of Navy (their only loss), they haven’t played anybody. Their best win is over RPI number 69 Furman. They are number 28 in the RPI (vs. 22 for Duke), but number 46 in LR’s ranking system (vs. 21 for Duke).
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Duke gets three goals in 1:13 to start Q2, and leads 9-3.
Pirates go on a 5-2 run to end the half down by only three, 11-8. Kimel with a four-point half, making Mom’s life difficult.
ECU’s running a lot of clear-outs taking the potential help defenders far away in the event the one-on-one dodge succeeds—and they have some dodgers.
No goals in Q3. Defenses dominating.
13-10 is your final. Duke player-down unit shines in Q4, killing two cards and getting a short-handed goal.
Losing streak over. Pitt up next.
Duke women travel to Pitt in search of their first ACC win today. Panthers are 4-7, 0-4 in conference. They don’t score much, averaging just under 10 goals per game. Per LR, they are nunber 81 in adjusted offensive efficiency (vs. number 20 for Duke). And they give up around 13 per game, good fo4 number 55 in ADE (Duke is number 28).
Noon eastern, ACCN.
After falling behind 2-0 Duke has scored 6 in a row. Pitt scores to make it 6-3 in the 2nd.
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Dr. Pangloss - Candide
7-5 at the half. Pitt’s zone defense is giving Duke problems. Pitt’s last two goals came when Duke defenders gambled and lost.
Strong quarter for Duke. It’s 11-6 after three.
Fouls and turnovers are killing Pitt. Duke has five FP goals and the man-up unit is three-for-three. Duke also has nine CTs.
16-8 is your final. Five goals for Schmalz, four each for DeSimone and Greco. Eleven CTs and 18-28 on draws. LeRose, who missed eight games due to injury, played the last 4:10 in goal, with one save and zero GA; getting her back is potentially huge as Duke heads down the stretch.
Duke women lead VaTech, 3-1, after Q1.Keller with a buzzer-beater. LeRose gets the start in goal; welcome back, Sophia
VaTech dominating now. Up 9-6 early in Q3.
Duke coming back, now tied 10-10 after 3Q.
Duke dials up the defense, and gets two goals in the last 15 seconds of Q3 to tie the game at 10.