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The Virginia women’s lacrosse team spotted the George Mason Patriots two early goals but rallied to take a 4-3 lead at halftime, and then pulled away with four goals in the first ten minutes of the second half to break open the game. The No. 7 Cavaliers (12-3) won the first five draws of the second half, with Duff controlling three of them, to take charge of the game and hold on for the win over the Patriots (5-8). Duff led all players with five draw controls and added two ground balls and three caused turnovers; Kendall McBrearty had ten saves to keep down the Patriots’ attack. At the other end of the field Blair Weymouth had two goals and added three assists; Brittany Kalkstein and Kate Breslin both had a hat trick for the Cavaliers.

Mason won the opening draw, but the two teams failed to get off a shot in the opening five minutes as the teams traded possessions in their respective offensive zones a couple times. Virginia was able to get a couple breakaway chances on clears, but Longobucco made a pair of saves and frustrated the Cavalier offense. Mason was able to get on the board first as Melissa Venturi drove to the cage at 20:22 for the opening strike. Again Melissa Curry won the draw for Mason, and the Patriots attacked, scoring as Curry converted a Brittany Berger feed two minutes later. Longobucco made another pair of saves at the other end of the field, and the Patriots cleared the ball again.
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Via UVa Sports Information

The Virginia women’s lacrosse team will face George Mason in a key in-state game up in Fairfax on Tuesday, April 17. Opening draw is slated for 7:05 pm at George Mason Stadium. The Cavaliers (11-3) have gone 5-0 against teams from the Commonwealth in 2007 and the contest against the Patriots (5-7) will be the final non-conference game of the regular season for Virginia. The game will be televised on Verizon FiOS1. FiOS is Verizon’s Fiber Optic television service currently available in 10 states, including Virginia.

Virginia has an 8-0 lead in the series against the Patriots, one that started in 1999 and has continued each year since. In 2001 the Cavaliers’ game against Mason was the 400th in Virginia history; in 2003 Lauren Aumiller tied the Virginia record with seven assists in the 15-8 win over the Patriots.
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Virginia Men (10-2)
Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll: #4 (16 April 2007 - last week, #2, 1 vote)
USLIA Coaches Poll: #4 (16 April 2007 - last week, #3)
LaxPower Computer Ranking: #7 (16 April 2007 - last week, #7)

Season High: #1 (Preseason Coaches & Media polls)
Season Low: #18 (Computer Ranking: 5 March 2007)

Virginia Women (10-3)
Inside Lacrosse Media Poll: #7 (16 April 2007 - last week, #5)
IWLCA Coaches Poll: #7 (17 April 2007 - last week, #5)
LaxPower Computer Ranking: #6 (16 April 2007 - last week, #5)

Season High: #3 (Computer Ranking & Coaches poll)
Season Low: #18 (Preseason Coaches poll)

Via UVa Sports Information; additional reporting: cville-lax.com

One of the most highly-anticipated lacrosse games of the season had a storybook ending. Unfortunately for the Virginia Cavaliers, the storybook was all about the team from Durham.

A national television audience and 6,588 fans at Koskinen Stadium saw Duke, despite trailing for virtually the entire game, claw their way back with a 3-1 run beginning just a minute before the end of the third quarter. The run, capped by Blue Devil Matt Danowski’s goal with six minutes left, pushed the game into overtime tied at 6. Once in OT, the Cavaliers gained then lost possession, putting Duke’s destiny into their own hands.

After the Blue Devils missed their first shot in OT, Virginia junior Jack Riley overplayed Duke’s Brad Ross at the top of the crease, hanging goalie Kip Turner out to dry. As Riley sailed out of the play, Danowski fed Ross from the right pipe. In one fluid move, Ross moved left and flipped the ball over his shoulder, behind his back, past Turner, for the 7-6 win.
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Via UVa Sports Information

The Virginia women’s lacrosse team dropped a tough 12 - 9 decision to No.15 Johns Hopkins today (April 14) in Baltimore. No.5 Virginia (11-3) was led offensively by Brittany Kalkstein (3g,1a) and Jess Wasilewski (3g). Jen Holden led the Hoos defensively with five ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Claire Bordley won the opening draw control and Virginia set up its attack. Megan Havrilla cut across the mouth of the cage and scored 50 seconds into the game for a 1-0 lead. Kadie Stamper won the draw for JHU and scored 39 seconds after Havrilla to tie the game. Wasilewski controlled the ensuing draw and the Cavaliers got the ball to Kalkstein, who drew a shooting space foul. The first-year converted the shot to put UVa up 2-1 three minutes into the game.
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Via UVa Sports Information

The No. 5/6 Cavaliers, ranked in the top six of all four major polls, take on the No. 15/16 Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins in a key south regional matchup at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, April 14 at noon. Virginia enters the game with an 11-2 record (2-2, ACC) against the nation’s fourth-toughest schedule as ranked by lacrossedraw.com. The Blue Jays (7-5, 0-1 ALC) have played the nation’s seventh-toughest schedule.

Virginia and Johns Hopkins have played just once in school history, in the 2005 NCAA first round in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers escaped with a 10-8 come-from-behind victory. In 2007, Virginia and Johns Hopkins have both faced Princeton, Georgetown and Maryland; the Cavaliers have won all three games (PU: 9-7, GU: 14-7; MD: 15-4) while the Blue Jays have lost all three games (PU: 10-11 ot; GU: 13-16; MD 15-22)

The Cavaliers rank 15th nationally in scoring offense (13 goals per game). Virginia is led by Kate Breslin, who has already hit career highs of 39 goals and 20 assists in her fourth-year. She ranks 14th nationally in points per game (4.53). In addition, she ranks 10th all-time in points and goals as a fourth-year and seventh in assists. Blair Weymouth, the 2006 National Rookie of the Year, ranks second on Virginia’s team with 33 goals and 16 assists for 49 points. She ranks seventh all-time at Virginia for scoring as a second-year, passing Breslin’s total of 48. Ashley McCulloch’s 17 assists is more than her total points from 2006; she ranks second on the team and seventh all-time in school history as a second-year.
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