March 26, 2010

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - Meghan Frederick's free position shot at 23:10 of the second half found the back of the net and broke a 7-7 tie to put the Duquesne lacrosse team up for good in its 13-10 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference season opener against Saint Joseph's on Friday afternoon.

With the win, the Dukes have won four straight and five-of-six to improve to 5-5, 1-0 on the season.

Katie Rekart scored three times for DU and Casey Denk, Frederick and Sara Cates added two goals each. Kat McNish, Elise Caldwell, Cailin Colegrove and Meredith Dunn also scored for Duquesne .

The match was played tight in the first half with three ties and two lead changes. SJU's Julie Mineweaser closed out the scoring at the 5:05 mark to put the Hawks up 5-4 heading into halftime.

McNish opened up the second half scoring 41 seconds in to tie the match at 5-5. Saint Joseph's Grace Dinn and Jenna Martino scored back-to-back goals 49 seconds apart to up the Hawks up 7-5 with 27:46 remaining in regulation.

Rekart responded with a pair of goals over the next three minutes to tie the match at 7-7 and start a 7-0 DU run.

Duquesne would allow only a three goals the rest of the way, with Sara Beckstead making seven saves and Liz Walker two in the victory.

The Dukes stay in Philadelphia to play La Salle on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m.