How did Duke women’s lacrosse perform in the 2023 season. What factors contributed to their disappointing results. What challenges does the team face moving forward. How can Duke rebuild and return to national prominence in women’s lacrosse.
The 2023 Season: A Fall from Grace for Duke Women’s Lacrosse
The 2023 season was a stark contrast to Duke women’s lacrosse team’s stellar 2022 performance. Despite starting the season ranked 11th nationally and harboring high hopes for conference and national titles, the Blue Devils struggled mightily, particularly in ACC play.
Duke’s 2023 campaign began promisingly with three solid non-conference wins, including a dominant 24-1 victory over Gardner-Webb. However, the team’s fortunes quickly turned as they entered conference play. The Blue Devils suffered a string of losses, ultimately finishing with a dismal 1-8 record in the ACC – their worst conference performance in years.
Key Statistics Highlighting Duke’s Struggles
- Shot differential decreased significantly from 2022
- Turnover margin flipped from positive to negative
- Offensive efficiency declined
- Draw control dominance lessened
Analyzing the Factors Behind Duke’s Disappointing Season
Several factors contributed to Duke’s underwhelming performance in 2023. Understanding these issues is crucial for the program’s future success.
Turnover Troubles
Turnovers were a significant problem for the Blue Devils in 2023. While they committed 272 turnovers, their opponents only had 258. This marked a stark contrast from the previous season when Duke had a positive turnover differential.
Offensive Power Outage
Duke’s offense lacked the firepower it displayed in 2022. The departure of fifth-year player Catriona Barry left a void in scoring production. While Katie DeSimone remained a key contributor, her individual numbers dipped from 85 points in 2022 to 66 in 2023.
Emerging Talent Not Enough
Despite improved performances from players like Caroline DeBellis and Carly Bernstein, who both had 20-goal seasons, their contributions were not enough to offset the team’s overall offensive decline.
The End of an Era: Departing Veterans and Uncertain Future
The 2023 season marked the end of an era for Duke women’s lacrosse. The program is losing several key veterans, most notably Maddie Jenner, the NCAA all-time draw control leader and face of the program for the past four years.
Duke has relied heavily on experienced players in recent years, particularly since the pandemic disrupted college athletics. However, with the departure of these veterans, the team must now look to its younger players to step into leadership roles.
Rising Stars and Future Leaders
- Kennedy Everson
- Kerry Nease
- Reilly Traynor
- Carly Bernstein
These players, part of a highly touted recruiting class, will be upperclassmen in the upcoming season. The success of Duke’s rebuilding efforts will largely depend on their ability to step up and fill the void left by departing seniors.
Challenges and Opportunities in Duke’s Rebuilding Process
As Duke women’s lacrosse enters a new chapter, the program faces both challenges and opportunities. How can the Blue Devils navigate this transition and return to national prominence?
Developing New Leadership
With only three rising seniors (Katie DeSimone, Katie Keller, and Maddie McCorkle), Duke must quickly develop new on-field leaders. This process will be crucial for maintaining team cohesion and performance during the rebuilding phase.
Integrating Young Talent
The Blue Devils’ success will heavily depend on how well they can integrate their younger players into larger roles. This includes both the rising upperclassmen and incoming freshmen who will need to contribute immediately.
Tactical Adjustments
Head coach Kerstin Kimel may need to adjust her tactical approach to suit the strengths of her new-look team. This could involve changes in offensive strategy, defensive schemes, or overall playing style.
Learning from the Past: Keys to Duke’s Future Success
To return to national prominence, Duke women’s lacrosse must learn from both its recent struggles and past successes. What lessons can the program take forward?
Emphasizing Ball Security
Reducing turnovers should be a primary focus for the Blue Devils. Improved ball security will lead to more possessions and scoring opportunities.
Developing Offensive Depth
Duke needs to cultivate a more balanced attack to replace the production lost from departing seniors. This may involve giving younger players more opportunities to contribute offensively.
Maintaining Draw Control Dominance
While Maddie Jenner’s departure leaves big shoes to fill, maintaining superiority in draw controls should remain a priority for Duke. This aspect of the game has been a strength for the program and can provide a significant advantage.
The Role of Coaching in Duke’s Rebuild
Head coach Kerstin Kimel will play a crucial role in guiding Duke through this transition period. How can her experience and leadership help shape the program’s future?
Adapting to New Personnel
Kimel must adapt her coaching style and strategies to suit the strengths of her new-look team. This may involve reimagining offensive and defensive systems to maximize the potential of younger players.
Fostering Player Development
With a younger roster, emphasis on individual skill development becomes even more critical. Kimel and her staff will need to focus on nurturing talent and helping players reach their full potential.
Managing Expectations
While Duke has a proud lacrosse tradition, it’s important for Kimel to manage expectations during this rebuilding phase. Setting realistic goals and celebrating incremental progress will be key to maintaining team morale and fan support.
The Impact of Duke’s Rebuild on ACC Women’s Lacrosse
Duke’s struggles and subsequent rebuilding efforts have implications not just for the program, but for the competitive landscape of ACC women’s lacrosse as a whole.
Shifting Power Dynamics
Duke’s temporary step back from the upper echelon of ACC lacrosse could create opportunities for other programs to assert themselves. How will this impact the conference’s competitive balance?
Recruiting Implications
Duke’s rebuilding process could affect its ability to attract top recruits in the short term. Conversely, the opportunity for immediate playing time might appeal to certain prospects.
Long-term Conference Outlook
As Duke works to regain its footing, how will this impact the ACC’s standing as one of the premier conferences in women’s lacrosse? Will other programs step up to maintain the conference’s national prominence?
Looking Ahead: Prospects for Duke Women’s Lacrosse in 2024 and Beyond
As Duke embarks on its rebuilding journey, what can fans and observers expect from the program in the coming years?
Short-term Challenges
The 2024 season is likely to present continued challenges as younger players adjust to larger roles and the team finds its new identity. Patience will be key for both the coaching staff and fans.
Emergence of New Stars
The rebuilding process offers opportunities for new players to step into the spotlight. Who will emerge as the new faces of Duke women’s lacrosse?
Return to Prominence
While the path may be challenging, Duke has the resources, coaching, and talent pipeline to return to national prominence. The question is not if, but when and how quickly the Blue Devils can reclaim their position among the elite programs in women’s lacrosse.
As Duke women’s lacrosse navigates this period of transition, the program’s ability to adapt, develop young talent, and maintain its competitive spirit will be crucial. While the 2023 season was undoubtedly disappointing, it also presents an opportunity for renewal and growth. The Blue Devils’ journey back to the top of ACC and national women’s lacrosse will be one of the most intriguing storylines to follow in the coming seasons.
Column: After disappointing 2023 season, it’s time for Duke women’s lacrosse to begin its next chapter
NCAA all-time draw control leader Maddie Jenner is one of many Blue Devils head coach Kirsten Kimel returned for the 2023 season.
Photo by Seth Kessler |
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After a fairytale regular-season run in 2022, Duke began the 2023 season with a No. 11 ranking and conference — and national — title hopes. With Tewaaraton Award nominee and First Team All-American Maddie Jenner, the draw control queen, star goalkeeper Sophia LeRose and attackers Anna Callahan and Eva Greco all returning for fifth years, the Blue Devils’ losses seemed minimal. They were poised for greatness, teetering on the brink of ACC success.
The expectations ignored Duke’s collapse in Chapel Hill to end the regular season, its conference tournament destruction at the hands of Notre Dame and its quick second-round exit from the NCAA tournament.
After three solid nonconference wins to open its season, including a 24-1 victory against Gardner-Webb in which Jenner became the NCAA all-time draw leader, the Blue Devils headed up to Chestnut Hill, Mass. They had beaten Boston College the season prior in epic fashion, seemingly proving their validity as a contender. Less than a year later, they were primed to do the exact same thing.
Duke trailed just 38 seconds in and was never able to catch back up, losing 17-8.
It beat Liberty at home days later, but fell again March 4 to Notre Dame. From there, the dominos just kept on falling. The Blue Devils lost four straight, three of which were ACC contests, before beating East Carolina and finally tallying their first conference win against Pittsburgh.
They would lose the remainder of their regular-season conference matches, their 1-8 ACC record putting them second-to-last in the rankings and marking the worst finish in years.
So, what happened?
Last season, Duke took 9.9 more shots per game than its opponents. It didn’t allow woman-down goals, caused nearly as many turnovers as it gave up and utterly dominated in the draw circle. This season, while it still won the majority of possessions, every other margin was tightened or flipped. The biggest difference is in its turnover numbers. In 2022, while playing two more games, the Blue Devils committed 285 turnovers to their opponents’ 300, 231 of which were caused. In 2023 they still gave the ball away 272 times to their opponents’ 258, only causing 191 of those.
All in all, Duke played messier. It was losing precious possessions while its offensive efficiency was decreasing.
More than efficiency, the Blue Devils lacked offensive power. In 2022 the one-two punch of Catriona Barry and Katie DeSimone combined for 116 goals and 178 points.
DeSimone’s own numbers dipped from 85 points last season to 66 this season. Barry’s production was simply lost after the fifth-year’s departure.
That is not to say new pieces didn’t emerge in her place. Senior Caroline DeBellis and sophomore Carly Bernstein both saw their stats skyrocket as each put up 20-goal seasons. However, their improvement alone wasn’t enough to keep Duke in the national spotlight.
The Blue Devils are losing some big names this offseason. Jenner has been the face of the program for four years — since her sister graduated — and without a finalized list of returning seniors, next season is ripe with uncertainty. The program has been relying on its veterans since the pandemic, preaching experience as the be-all-end-all, the final key to Duke’s success. But those veterans are gone now, and it must turn to its new generation of leaders.
The star-studded class of Kennedy Everson, Kerry Nease, Reilly Traynor and Bernstein will be upperclassmen. The freshmen will be looking to step up.
With only three rising seniors, DeSimone, Katie Keller and Maddie McCorkle, the Blue Devils have to change their narrative.
Before the 2022 season, head coach Kerstin Kimel said of her incoming freshman class: “They’re working their tails off right now to put themselves in position to contribute this year.” Traynor and Everson were the only two to play meaningful minutes that season.
Those young guns are no longer the young ones. They are the class that needs to step up and fill the legacy-sized shoes that their former leaders are leaving behind. They need to be those veterans, those experienced players for the new freshman class to learn from. Duke is in for a changing of the guard, and the success of that transition lies firmly on those middle two years. Their talent is undeniable, but for the Blue Devils to return to national prominence, they need to become the players that the women before them were.
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Rachael Kaplan is a Trinity junior and sports managing editor of The Chronicle’s 119th volume.
Georgetown University Athletics Women’s Lacrosse History vs Duke University
Women’s Lacrosse History vs Duke University from Mar 19, 2005 -
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51KBSt Mary’s School, Calne – admission and study at St Mary’s School, Calne
Address: St Mary’s School, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0DF
Director: Dr Felicia Kirk has been in office since 2013.
She was educated at the University of Maryland (French and Latin) and Brown University, Rhode Island (Romance Languages and Literature). Prior to that, she worked in the administration of Ipswich High School and as Director of Higher Education at Wycombe Abbey School.
Founded: 1873.
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Organization Affiliations: Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA)
Number of students: 335 girls – 75 day students, 260 live in the school.
Location St Mary’s School, Calne
St Mary’s is located in Wiltshire, about an hour and a half from London by car and an hour from Bath, Bristol and Oxford.
St Mary’s School, Calne
Saint Mary’s School, Calne, was founded in 1873 by Canon John Duncan, Vicar of the City of Calne. John Duncan conceived the school for girls as an educational institution that provides excellent fundamental knowledge and a comfortable atmosphere in which students can develop their individuality and realize their full potential.
These principles still form the basis of the school approach to learning.
Every girl in the school has a mentor who supports and guides her in all aspects of school life – from organizational skills to the choice of subjects of study.
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St Margaret’s Preparatory School is located near St. Mary’s School.
Education at St Mary’s School, Calne
Enrollment in school: basic age of entry is 11, 12, 13 and 16 years old. For admission to the school, Common Entrance and the school’s own entrance examination are used, and a report on academic performance from the previous place of study is also required. For admission to high school, 8 GCSE grades are required not lower than C (A grades in Sixth Form subjects).
Apprentices are accepted on the basis of general ability, no special skills or religious preferences are required. Many female students come from St Margaret’s own preparatory school.
Curriculum: offers GCSE (secondary education), AS and A-level (advanced level) programs. AS/A-levels offer a choice of over 20 subjects plus an extended project. In the senior classes (Sixth Form), most students choose 4 subjects for AS-level and 3 for A-level. Everyone is studying critical thinking and personal development, and everyone has PE. Other options for high school students include astronomy, GCSE Italian, ECDL computer literacy certificate, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts course in English.
Professional area: there is an opportunity for work experience.
Special conditions: if necessary, teachers provide assistance in learning, the subject of EFL – English as a foreign language is also available.
Languages: offers French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Italian.
Each student takes the GCSE exam in at least one language.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT): is taught as a separate subject and also included in the curriculum of other subjects. The school has computers that students can use. They are united in a local network and have access to the Internet and e-mail. All students receive an ECDL computer literacy certificate.
Exam results: GCSE – Approximately 49 female students take their Year 11 exams with at least C grades in an average of 10 subjects (all take English, Science and Humanities, and a Foreign Language). Approximately 50 people take exams in three A-level subjects in the senior class with a final score of 383.
After leaving school: as a rule, all high school students continue their education (20% in a year). 20% go to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 15% go to medical faculties, dentists and veterinarians, 25% study natural sciences and engineering, 57% humanities and social sciences, 3% go to art and design.
Arts at St Mary’s School, Calne
Music: 80% of female students learn to play musical instruments and can pass one instrumental exam. The school has many musical groups: a choir for all age groups, a chamber choir, an orchestra, string groups, brass and wind orchestras and a jazz group. The chamber choir takes part in various festivals and performs in cathedrals (for example, the premiere performance of David Bedneil’s Requiem was held in London and the USA).
Drama and Dance: Drama and theater studies can be taken at AS and A-levels, and LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) exams can also be taken. Many school productions subsequently participate in the Edinburgh Arts Festival.
Art and Design: The A-level course is a popular art and art history course. Students are also offered: design, ceramics, textiles, photography, screen printing, etching, sculpture and life, drawing. Close ties are maintained with local professional artists and craftsmen.
Sports at St Mary’s School, Calne
Compulsory Sports: Lacrosse, Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Swimming, Athletics, Gym, Dance.
Extras offered: 15 different sports including sailing, archery, horseback riding, skiing, rugby, aerobics.
You can take the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) exam
Girls compete in international riding competitions, take part in athletics and lacrosse at the national level and at the county level in netball and cross-country running. Also for children of 7 and 8 years of study, the program “Tests and Adventures for All” is conducted.
In addition to sports, students are invited to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh award program (community work, sports, expeditions).
There are more than 30 circles and clubs at the school: athletics club, computer club, culinary, debate, drama, ceramics, politics, etc.
School life at St Mary’s School, Calne
School uniform: school uniform is required.
High school students (Sixth Formers) have a business dress code.
Hostels and prefects: various competitions are held between the hostels. Wardens and prefects are appointed by the school staff and the school board.
Religion: Church of England. Services are held daily in the chapel.
Social Life: afternoon and evening community activities and weekend programs run in conjunction with boys’ and coeducational schools.
Trips to Sinai, Florida, Iceland, Florence and China are organized.
Self service meals.
Accommodation at St Mary’s School, Calne
School accommodation is possible from the age of 11. The younger girls live in small dormitories for 3-6 people. Starting from the 10th year of study (Year 10), each girl lives in a separate room, and in the senior classes (Sixth Form) in a room with private facilities. Dormitories can accommodate about 50 people and are divided by age.
