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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Senior All-American Jenny Hauser’s career-high six-goal effort was erased in the final seconds of the No. 10 Virginia women’s lacrosse teams contest against No. 5 Duke in Klckner Stadium on Saturday, as Sarah Bullard fired the game-winning goal into the back of the net with 11.3 seconds remaining on the clock to secure the Blue Devils’ a 13-12 victory.
The Cavaliers (7-4, 1-3 ACC) were led by Hauser’s six goals, while senior All-American Blair Weymouth notched two goals. Fellow senior All-American Ashley McCulloch and junior Brittany Kalkstein tallied a goal and an assist each, while redshirt junior Whitaker Hagerman and freshman Julie Gardner rounded out the scoring with a goal each.
Kalkstein also won five draw controls, while senior All-American Jen Holden scooped up three ground balls.
For Duke (9-2, 2-1), Carolyn Davis and Lindsay Gilbride paced the attack with four goals each.
The Cavaliers jumped out to a quick and confident 3-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes of the game rattling off goals from McCulloch, Hauser and Hagerman by the 21:49 mark. But Duke responded with back-to-back goals to nip Virginia’s lead to one, at 3-2, with 20:38 on the clock.
Hauser converted a free position shot at 19:30 to push the Cavaliers back ahead two, but it would turn into all Duke for the next 10 minutes, as the Blue Devils tallied six-unanswered scores for an 8-4 lead with 3:02 remaining in the opening half.
Kalkstein found Gardner at 2:24 to snap the visitor’s streak and Hauser notched two more scores to cut Duke’s lead to one, at 8-7, heading into the intermission.
The Blue Devils tallied the first score of the second half, an unassisted goal at 28:21, before Kalkstein and Weymouth scored back-to-back goals for the Cavaliers to knot the score at nine all.
Duke responded with two-straight scores, but Hauser fired her fifth goal of the game into the net with 12:03 on the clock.
With rain beginning to fall, the Blue Devils tallied another goal before Hauser converted a free position shot and Weymouth fired an unassisted goal into the net to tie the score at 12-12, with 8:25 to play.
The game would remain scoreless for the next eight minutes, until Bullard fired the game winner into the cage.
The Cavaliers will return to action on Wednesday, heading to Norfolk, Va., to face Old Dominion in the first of four-straight road contests for Virginia.