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March 23, 2002 Quick Start Sends Dukes Past Blue Hens in Women's Lacrosse
NEWARK, DE -- Sophomore Gail Decker scored a game-high five goals, junior Lisa Staedt scored four times, and senior McNevin Molloy added three goals and three assists as No. 13 ranked James Madison University ran away with a 14-5 Colonial Athletic Association women's lacrosse victory over host University of Delaware Saturday afternoon at Rullo Stadium. James Madison (4-4, 3-2), the defending CAA champion and winner of the league title three of the last five years, snapped a two-game losing streak and downed the Blue Hens for the sixth time in the last seven meetings. Delaware (2-3, 1-3 CAA) lost its second straight game despite a career-high three goals from junior Nikki Kucharski (Cherry Creek/Englewood, CO) and two goals from leading scorer, senior Ashley Moderacki (Haverford/Havertown, PA). Delaware takes to the road for the next four games beginning with two games at South Bend, IN. Delaware will take on Ohio State Monday followed by a meeting with host Notre Dame on Tuesday. James Madison, which outshot Delaware 29-17, scored the first five goals of the game in the first 13 minutes, two each by Decker and Molloy, to take control early. Delaware did not get a shot on goal until the 18 minute mark and did not score until the 12:38 mark on a goal by Kucharski. But James Madison reeled off four straight goals, two each by Decker and Staedt, to go up 9-1 with 3:44 left before halftime. The Blue Hens rallied as Kucharski and Moderacki each scored in the final minutes of the opening half to cut the JMU halftime margin to 9-3. When Moderacki scored the first goal of the second stanza three minutes in, the Hens had narrowed the lead to 9-4. But the Dukes put the game away with three straight goals by Staedt, Decker, and Jess Brownridge over the next 10 minutes to go up 12-4. The Hens managed just one more goal in the half when Kucharski scored with 10:12 remaining to cut the lead to 12-5. Moderacki, coming off a career-high six goals in Wednesday's CAA loss to Towson, upped her career point total to 92, leaving her just eight shy of becoming the 23rd player in UD history to reach 100 points. Delaware senior Corinne Shuck was held without a goal, snapping her streak of five straight games with at least two goals. Scoring Summary: James
Madison...........9..........5..........14 Scoring: Goals: James Madison - Gail Decker - 5, Lisa Staedt - 4, McNevin Molloy- 3; Kristen Dinisio, Jess Brownridge; Delaware - Nikki Kucharski-3, Ashley Moderacki - 2 Assists: James Madison - McNevin Molloy-3, Lisa Staedt, Ashlee Dardine; Delaware - None Saves: JMU - 10 (Amy Altig, 60 min., 5 goals, 10 saves); Delaware - 10 (Laurie Tortorelli, 60 min., 14 goals, 10 saves); Shots: JMU - 29, Delaware - 17; Groundballs: JMU - 16, Delaware - 14; Draw Controls: JMU - 11, Delaware - 4; Caused Turnovers: JMU - 11, Delaware - 11; Attendance: 500 Scoring Summary
1st Half
29:21 - JMU - Kristen Dinisio (Ashlee Dardine)
27:23 - JMU - Gail Decker (McNevin Molloy)
21:39 - JMU - McNevin Molloy
20:43 - JMU - McNevin Molloy
17:20 - JMU - Gail Decker (Free Position)
12:38 - Delaware - Nikki Kucharski
10:13 - JMU - Gail Decker (Lisa Staedt)
6:48 - JMU - Gail Decker (FP)
6:36 - JMU - Lisa Staedt
3:44 - JMU - Lisa Staedt (McNevin Molloy)
2:22 - Delaware - Nikki Kucharski
:29 - Delaware - Ashley Moderacki(FP)
2nd Half
26:39 - Delaware - Ashley Moderacki
22:27 - JMU - Lisa Staedt
16:37 - JMU - Gail Decker (Lisa Staedt)
12:07 - JMU - Jess Brownridge (McNevin Molloy)
10:12 - Delaware - Nikki Kucharski
7:17 - JMU - Lisa Staedt
1:02 - JMU - McNevin Molloy
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