2008 DUKE WOMEN S LACROSSE

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1 2008 DUKE WOMEN S LACROSSE Table of Contents Quick Facts/Program Information Season Outlook 2-3 Duke Coaching Staff 4- Head Coach Kerstin Kimel 4-5 Assistant Coach Josh Hexter Assistant Coach Alex Kahoe Support Staff Roster and Team Picture Player Profiles 9-15 The Duke Lacrosse Experience 1-17 Opponents Review Career and Season Records 21 Game and Team Records 22 Year-by-Year Results 23 Awards and Honors 24 Duke and U.S. Lacrosse 25 Blue Devil Alumni 2 Durham and Duke University Schedule Back Cover The 2008 Duke women s lacrosse media guide is a production of the Duke Sports Information Office. Editor/Designer: John Crisafulli Cover Design: Grant Hawkins Designs, Dallas, Texas Photography: Jon Gardiner (Duke Photography), Jeff Davis, Drew Hallowell and John Crisafulli Printing: McCain Printing, Danville, Va. On The Cover: Seniors Caroline Cryer, Abigail Meyer, Allie Johnson and Aiyana Newton 2008 Media Guide Covers Front Inside Front Back General Information Location: Durham, N.C. Founded: 1838 as Trinity College Enrollment:,197 Colors: Royal Blue & White Nickname: Blue Devils Conference: Atlantic Coast President: Dr. Richard Brodhead Athletic Director: Joe Alleva SWA: Jacki Silar Stadium: Koskinen Stadium (Grass/7,000) Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kerstin Kimel (Maryland 93) Years at Duke/Overall: 12/13 Kimel s Duke Record: Kimel s Career Record: Assistant Coaches: Josh Hexter (Assumption 95) Alex Kahoe (Maryland, 00) Lacrosse Office Phone: (919) Team Information 2007 Record: ACC Record: 4-1/T-1st 200 NCAA Tournament Finish: Semifinals 200 NCAA Semifinal Result: Virginia, L (2 OT) Starters Returning/Lost: 7/5 Letterwinners Returners/Lost: 23/8 Newcomers: 10 Sports Information Assoc. A.D. - Communications: Jon Jackson Sports Information Director: Art Chase Women s Lacrosse Contact: John Crisafulli Office Phone: (919) Cell Phone: (919) Address: jcrisafulli@duaa.duke.edu SID Fax: (919) Associate SID: Lindy Brown Associate SID: Matt Plizga Staff Assistant: Maegan Azpiazu Staff Assistant: Chris Cook Athletics Web site: GoDuke.com SID Mailing Address: Duke Sports Information 115 Cameron Indoor Stadium Box Durham, N.C Interviews: All student-athlete interviews must be arranged through the Duke Sports Information Office. Contact John Crisafulli with any interview request for the women s lacrosse team. All interview requests must be made at least one day in advance. The World Wide Web Up-to-date game stories, statistics, releases, bios and pictures of Blue Devil lacrosse, and the rest of Duke athletics, can be found on the World Wide Web at GoDuke.com. If you would like to be added to the women s lacrosse mailing list, please send an to jcrisafulli@duaa.duke.edu with Women s Lacrosse List in the subject line. Duke Women s Lacrosse Duke s first year of competition in women s lacrosse came in 199 when head coach Kerstin Kimel led the Blue Devils to a 3-12 record. The program came back in 1997 during its second campaign to secure an 8-8 mark, a solid improvement for Duke s newest sport. Then, the 1998 squad jumped to a new level, recording a 10-7 overall record and advancing to the NCAA Tournament. In 1999, the Blue Devils advanced to the national semifinals while turning in a 13-5 record. Duke posted an 11- record and advanced to the quarterfinals in The 2001 season was another stellar one, as the Blue Devils registered a 15-4 record on the season, advanced to the finals of the ACC Tournament and made the school s third consecutive trip to the national quarterfinals. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, Duke put together three more winning seasons with 10, 13 and 13 wins, respectively, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. The 2005 season was one of the most successful in school history as Duke compiled a 17-4 record, advanced to the seminfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the second time and claimed its first ACC Tournament Championship. Katie Chrest was awarded the Tewaaraton Trophy as National Player of the Year and Megan Huether received US Lacrosse Goalie of the Year. In 200 the Blue Devils compiled an 18-3 record and made their second straight trip to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Duke also reached the ACC Tournament final for the third year in a row. The 2007 squad earned a trip to the national semifinals, marking the third consecutive season and fourth time overall that the Blue Devils reached that plateau. The team finished with an 1-4 record and Caroline Cryer set the school record for goals in a season with 71. Women s lacrosse became the 12th women s varsity sport at Duke University. Other women s sports include basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis and volleyball. 11

2 2008 SEASON OUTLOOK Duke enters the 2008 season with high expectations and is ranked No. 3 in the Lacrosse Magazine preseason poll. The Blue Devils are coming off a 1-4 record in 2007 that included their third consecutive trip to the NCAA semifinals and fourth overall in school history. The trip to the NCAA tournament was the 10th straight appearance for the Blue Devils. The team returns 23 letterwinners and seven of 12 starters while bringing in 10 new freshmen. The freshmen class was ranked second nationally as a group by Inside Lacrosse. The last three seasons have been the best in the history of Duke Women s Lacrosse, says Kimel. And while we graduated incredible talent and experience from our roster, we will work for and expect nothing less of ourselves in We have incredible young talent, depth, leadership in the senior class and a warrior mentality that is prevalent amongst our team leaders. These qualities will be essential and will serve us well in our fight for both the ACC and National Championship in Attack The Blue Devils graduated three of their top four and four of their top eight scorers from 2007, including starting attackers Kristen Waagbo and Leigh Jester. That team was ranked second in NCAA Division I in goals per game with However, Duke will return one starter and a significant contributor off the bench at attack, as well as add three top notch freshmen up top. Senior captain Caroline Cryer will look to lead at attack for the Blue Devils in Cryer was one of five finalists for the 2007 Tewaaraton Trophy as national player of the year as she scored a Duke record 71 goals and led the team on draw controls with. She was second on the team in points with 89 and a consensus first team All-America. Cryer is already eighth on the career goals list with 122 and in seventh place on the career assists and points lists with 40 and 12, respectively. Lindsay Gilbride sense and can finish in tough situations. Christie Kaestner has tremendous vision, stick skills and is a quick read. We are counting on her to be an integral part of facilitating our fast and secondary break. Morgan is an incredibly dynamic athlete. She is a great ball handler and has an exceptional ability to finish. Caroline has become the special player that we thought she could be, says Kimel. Her passion for the game and her work ethic has fueled her development in the last few years. These qualities combined with the support of outstanding teammates have made her into one of the nation s best players. Our freshmen offensive trio carries quite a punch and I expect all three to have an impact on our offensive unit this season. As a junior, Caroline did a tremendous job facilitating our transition game, winning the draw and being a major threat with and without the ball on offense. As a senior, she will continue to build on her success and assume more leadership responsibility on the field. In what looks to be the deepest midfield the team has ever had, senior Allie Johnson and junior Carolyn Davis will lead the way. The squad will definitely miss departed starters Michelle Menser and Rachel Sanford, who combined for 51 goals, 13 assists, 55 ground balls, draw controls and 49 caused turnovers in 2007, but looks to four returning players to step up and brings in a strong freshmen class. Three starters return from a unit led NCAA Division I in draw controls at per game, and 9.1 percent of those 304 total draws are by players who return this season. Hoping to move into a starting role and become a leader on attack will be junior Megan Del Monte. The native of Lutherville, Md., has played a key role as a reserve the last two seasons, amassing 18 goals and 1 assists in 38 games. Last season she was sixth in assists and ninth in points on the team, making her the Blue Devils highest scoring player off the bench. Del Monte showed what she is capable of in Duke s Jan. 27 exhibition against the U.S. Elite team when she went off for four goals and one assist. The experience that Megan gained in the last two seasons has prepared her to step in and assume a much greater leadership and scoring role for us, says Kimel. We will be counting on her steady play, field sense and vision to help pace our offense throughout the season. The three incoming freshmen who show a great deal of promise are Virginia Crotty, Christie Kaestner and Morgan Miller. Crotty was a member of the U.S. under-19 team that won the world championship in August of Kaestner and Miller are both two-time All-America team members. Virginia is quick and savvy, says Kimel. She has tremendous game Megan Del Monte Midfield Johnson played in all 20 games last season and started in 10 of them. She contributed 13 goals and five assists, which ranked sixth and seventh on the team. Johnson also picked up the third-most draw controls on the team with 40. Davis returns after suffering an ACL tear in the final game of the 2007 season. The Skaneateles, N.Y., native has been a force to be reckoned with since the day she stepped on campus, playing in all 41 games and starting in 38 the past two seasons. Davis was a third team All-America choice in 2007 and was in the top five on the team in goals, assists, points and draw controls. Showing why she is the consummate midfielder with strong defensive play, she led the team in ground balls with 33 and was second in caused turnovers with 27. Allie broke into the starting line up mid-season and never left, says Kimel. Her ability to win the draw, battle between the 30 s for loose balls and be a strong connection in our midfield was integral to our success in After successful reconstruction of her left ankle I am looking forward seeing Allie build on her successful junior year and become an even bigger force in the midfield for us. Carolyn developed into our all-around most valuable midfielder in her sophomore season, says Kimel. She was a major scoring threat on offense and was able to handle the toughest defensive match ups as well. This season, we expect her to bounce back from knee surgery in the off-season and pick up where she left off last season. Juniors Jess Adam and sophomores Christie Barnes, Lindsay Gilbride and Danielle Kachulis all had solid years in 2007 and hope to step up their game this season. Adam saw action in all 20 games while Barnes played in 17. Kachulis made appearances in each game and started two matches while Gilbride was a consistent starter before an injury hampered her late in the season. The quartet combined for 33 goals, 10 assists, 4 ground balls, 28 draw controls and 32 caused turnovers. Junior Jessica McBride and sophomore Jillian Heinz will seek more playing time in 2008 after strong offseasons. Jess Adam continues to grow and impress our coaching staff all over the field, says Kimel. Her game sense and ability to communicate are essential to the success of our team. Jess will also be counted on to be a vocal leader for us on the field. 22 four Final Fours - 10 Straight NCAA tournament Appearances

3 2008 SEASON OUTLOOK for eight starts last season when Ferguson and Pastrana were injured and filled their roles well. The trio cumulatively had 18 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and six draw controls. Sarah [Kirchhofer] had a breakthrough season in 2007, says Kimel. She balances tremendous athleticism and defensive instinct she is one of our most valuable assets at this end of the field. Abigail and Sara [Giedgowd] both were steady contributors in They both bring a great defensive game sense and an ability to communicate and direct the unit. I expect both of them to play and make significant contributions this season. Goalie Danielle Kachulis The Blue Devils will have junior Kim Imbesi and senior Regan Bosch minding the net for the second consecutive season. Imbesi started all 20 games in 2007 and earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament team after making 1 saves in the national semifinals. Her 109:29 minutes was the fifth-most ever in a season for a Blue Devil and her 154 saves ranked sixth. Imbesi posted a goals against average and a.449 save percentage on the season. Bosch played in seven contests, logged 112:18 and registered an 8.55 goals against average. Her.543 save percentage was the fifth-best in Duke history and her.487 career save percentage ranks fourth all-time. Danielle had a great freshman season in As the fastest player on our team, Danielle was a major force in our transition game both bringing the ball up field and slowing the ball down on defense. She has worked tirelessly in the off-season to improve her overall game and become a complete player. I could not have been more pleased with the development of both Kim and Regan last season, says Kimel. They improved tremendously over the course of 2007 and made big contributions in big games. While Kim was our starter for most of the season, I expect Regan to continue pushing her and earning potential opportunities to compete along the way. Lindsay Gilbride and Christie Barnes both saw significant time last season in the midfield. We look forward to them taking big steps forward in their sophomore years. Schedule Three players who will look to make contributions early in their collegiate careers are the talented trio of freshmen Sarah Bullard, Emma Hamm and Caroline Spearman. Bullard and Hamm were members of the world champion U.S. under-19 team this past summer and all three were high school All-America selections. Sarah and Emma s experience with the U.S. U-19 World Cup team was an incredible one that really helped make their transition to the college game seamless, says Kimel. They are both gifted athletes and have the ability to make big plays between the 30 s and at the offensive and defensive ends of the field. I am very excited about the prospect of our midfield group this season, says Kimel. We return starters in Allie, Carolyn and Lindsay and we expect Jess Adam, Christie Barnes, Danielle Kachulis to play more significant roles in Add in Jessica McBride, Jillian Heinz, Sarah Bullard, Emma Hamm and Caroline Spearman and we expect to be the deepest and most athletic midfield group in the history of Duke women s lacrosse. Defense This will mark the first year in recent memory that the defense returns mostly intact, with only Meghan Ferguson having graduated. Filling the leadership role voided by Ferguson will be senior Aiyana Newton and senior captain Abigail Meyer, with Newton and juniors Christina Germinario and Kimberly Pastrana as the returning starters. The unit started out the season with a new goalie behind them for the first time in four years and improved steadily throughout its 20 games. It is now arguably the most experienced position for the Blue Devils, with four seniors and two juniors. Newton will be starting in the back for the third straight year, and has made 41 straight starts in the Duke uniform. She had 1 draw controls, 15 ground balls and five caused turnovers last season. Newton was usually the Duke defender matched up with the opposition s top scorer, which included a dominating performance over NCAA points-scoring leader Mary Key of Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. Germinario should continue to make a big impact after starting all 20 games last year. She tied for second on the team with 30 ground balls and was third with 18 caused turnovers. Pastrana was a big factor and starter on the defense and as a defensive midfielder until a torn ACL sidelined her late in the season. Duke will once again face one of the toughest schedules in women s lacrosse this season. The Blue Devils will play five of the other nine teams ranked in the preseason top 10 and 11 ranked teams in all.* The season begins with a home game against No. 1 Denver on Feb. 15. The team then travels to Dallas, Texas for a neutral site match at Southern Methodist University against Stanford on Feb. 17. On Feb. 22 and 24, Duke makes a swing through Virginia to play No. 20 Richmond and William & Mary. The Blue Devils ACC opener is versus No. 4 Maryland on March 1. Duke hits the road to face No. 7 Princeton on March 8. Following that game the Blue Devils play seven straight games in the state of North Carolina, including six at home. Vermont and No. 11 Georgetown visit on March 11 and 15 before Duke heads to Chapel Hill to take on archrival and No. 8 North Carolina on March 22. No. 2 Virginia, No. 12 Notre Dame and No. 1 Northwestern all come calling to Koskinen Stadium in a span of nine days beginning on March 29. That will complete a stretch of five straight games against teams ranked in the top 12 for Duke. ACC foe Boston College is the Blue Devils final regular season home opponent on April 12. Duke plays at Virginia Tech on April 14 and at No. 13 Vanderbilt on April 20. The ACC Tournament will be held from April at Virginia s Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. The final regular season game of the year will be on May 4 at No. 18 Dartmouth. If Duke makes the NCAA Tournament for the 11th year in a row, it will be played from May 11-25, with the first two rounds being held at the higher seed s home field and the Final Four taking place at Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md. We have always taken enormous pride in the quality and competitiveness of our schedule, and 2008 is no different, says Kimel. My staff, the team and I look forward to preparing for the challenges we will face both in conference play and against our traditional rivals. *Official rankings taken from the Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Poll Sara Giedgowd Yani [Aiyana Newton] is now the senior leader of our defensive unit and is well-seasoned and ready to serve that role, says Kimel. In 2007, she saw every top match up we faced and now is even more primed to step into the role of being our leader and top match-up defender. Christina was a steady presence in our defensive unit last season and she is ready to step in and have a breakthrough year. Her work ethic coupled with her innate defensive abilities makes her one of our best pure defenders. Looking to step up into even more of a significant role will be Meyer, senior Sarah Kirchhofer and sophomore Sara Giedgowd. The trio combined 3 3

4 Head Coach Kerstin Kimel Head Coach Kerstin Manning Kimel came to Duke in 199 with the dream of creating a national championship caliber team with a reputation for winning and a commitment to excellence. After 12 seasons and a record, she has done just that. In just three years, Kimel took the Blue Devils to the NCAA Tournament and now has been to 10 straight with four national semifinal appearances. Duke is widely considered as one of the top women s lacrosse programs in the nation. The 2007 season was another in a string of successful campaigns throughout Kimel s career. Duke 10 of their first 11 contests and finished the regular season They finished with a 4-1 mark in the ACC, good for a tie for first place. It would mark the fourth straight year that Duke would earn at least a share of the ACC regular season title. Duke earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils defeated LeMoyne, 23-8, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and then took down No. 8 Johns Hopkins, 12-7, in the quarterfinals. Duke advanced to the national semifinals for the third straight year and fourth time in school history. The team also set school records for goals per game and assists and points in a season. Last season was also highlighted by all of the awards and records the program received. Junior attacker Caroline Cryer was named a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, which is the award given to the national player of the year. Cryer and senior Kristen Waagbo were IWLCA first team All-America selections. Sophomore Carolyn Davis and seniors Leigh Jester and Rachel Sanford also picked up All-America honors. Since the 2000 season, Kimel s teams have posted a 8-39 ledger versus nationally ranked opponents. The team s 10 wins over ranked opponents in 2007 was the most ever for a Blue Devil squad. Kimel earned ACC Coach of the Year honors in 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 200. She was also named the IWLCA South Region Coach of the Year in 2005 and 200. Kimel has been at the helm of the Blue Devils program since the beginning, taking the reigns in the inaugural 199 season. The first year was a struggle as Duke finished the season with a record of The 1997 unit improved significantly, compiling an 8-8 record. Duke University - Head Coach Then, the 1998 squad started the streak of winning seasons after collecting a 10-7 overall record and its first berth in the NCAA Tournament. In 1999, the Blue Devils got one step closer to their goal of a NCAA title with its first national semifinals appearance, while finishing with a 13-5 overall record. In 2000 Duke advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament and finished with an record In 2001, Kimel guided Overall the Blue Devils to the school s first ever 15-win season with a Davidson College - Head Coach 15-4 record and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the third consecutive year. For the Career Record first time in school history, Duke advanced to the ACC ChampionUniversity of Maryland ship game and finished with a Graduated in league record. Speech Communications Duke reached the NCAA Four-Year Letterwinner in Lacrosse Tournament for the fifth straight Haverford High School year in 2002, advancing to Graduated in 1989 the national quarterfinals for Hometown the fourth time in school history. The 2003 season brought Havertown, Pa. greater successes with a sixth Birthdate consecutive trip to the NCAA June 7, 1971 Kimel File 4 4 Tournament where the Blue Devils hosted for the fifth year in a row. Duke went on to finish the year 13-5 with eight wins over nationally ranked opponents. The upward trend continued in 2004 as the Blue Devils went undefeated in the ACC regular season, tallying big wins over Maryland, North Carolina and eventual national champion Virginia. Duke finished the year with a 13- record overall and placed three players on AllAmerica squads. The 2005 season saw Duke go 17-4 and win the ACC regular season with a 3-1 record. The Blue Devils also won their first ever ACC Tournament by defeating Virginia in the final, 9-. The season included eight wins over ranked opponents and the program s second ever trip to the national semifinals. Katie Chrest also won the Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation s top female lacrosse player. The 200 Blue Devils were one of the most successful teams in Kimel s career. They reached the ACC Tournament final for the third straight year and advanced to the NCAA Tournament semifinals for the third time in the program s history. Duke finished 4-1 in the ACC regular season, which earned them a tie for first place. The 18 overall wins set the school record for most victories in a season. Kimel is no stranger to NCAA Women s Lacrosse Championships as she played four years at the University of Maryland from The Havertown, Pa., native, was a two-time All-America selection at Maryland and led the Terrapins to four consecutive NCAA Tournament semifinal appearances and the 1992 National Championship. A 1992 NCAA All-Tournament Team selection, she was named the 1993 NCAA National Defensive Player of the Year and appeared in Sports Illustrated s Faces in the Crowd. Maryland won the 1992 championship by defeating Harvard, 11-10, in double overtime after knocking off Virginia, 8-7, behind two goals from Kimel. After graduating from Maryland in 1993 with a bachelor s degree in speech communications, Kimel became one of the youngest Division I head coaches in the country as the leader of the newly-created program at Davidson College. She compiled a 4-8 record in her first and only season as the Wildcats head coach. Kimel has also been prominent on the international levels and was a member of the USA Elite Women s Lacrosse Team from In 1993, she was an alternate for the USA World Cup Team that captured the Gold Medal. In July of 1997, she was a member of the US Squad that toured Great Britain. In 1997, she was inducted into the first class of the Haverford High School Hall of Fame. Kimel was the chair of the IWLCA Growth Committee in 1999 and 2000 and in 2002 served as the Chair of the NCAA South Region Selection Committee. She served on the selection committee for the U.S. Elite/Developmental squads from and served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Developmental squad from Kimel was Chair of the IWLCA/USL Division I All-America committee from and completed a four-year term as a member of the NCAA Division I Women s Lacrosse Committee in In 200, she became co-chair of the IWLCA External Relations Committee and will be serving on the Tewaaraton Award selection committee again in Kimel comes from a very athletic family as her husband Jack played baseball for Western Carolina University and went on to play for the Texas Rangers organization. Her father, Mike Manning, played basketball at West Chester University and mother, Sallie, played field hockey and tennis at West Chester University. Kimel s brother, Mike, played baseball at Western Carolina University and went on to play for the Texas Rangers organization and sister, Lindsay, played lacrosse at James Madison and was an assistant coach for the 2003 and 2007 World Champion United States Under-19 teams. Two of her uncles, Ed (Villanova) and Chris Manning (Philadelphia College of Textile), each played college basketball. Another uncle, John Manning, was a four-year letterwinner in swimming at Villanova. Her cousin, Brian Manning, played baseball at Villanova and another cousin, Pat Manning, played in the Atlanta Braves minor league system. Kimel s brother-in-law, Matt Mulhern, was a captain, four-year letterwinner and member of two NCAA Frozen Four teams in ice hockey at Boston College. Kimel s family also includes Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, married to cousin Laurie Fraser, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Kimel, a member of the ACC 50th Anniversary team, and her husband, Jack, reside in Durham. They are the proud parents of Frances Caroline (7) and Russell McKinley Mac (5). four Final Fours - 10 Straight NCAA tournament Appearances

5 Head Coach Kerstin Kimel Kimel vs. the Opponents Opponent Boston College Colgate Dartmouth Davidson Denver Duquesne George Mason Georgetown Hofstra Holy Cross James Madison Johns Hopkins Lehigh LeMoyne Longwood Loyola Maryland Maryland- Baltimore County North Carolina Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Pennsylvania Princeton Richmond Saint Joseph s Stanford Temple Towson Vanderbilt Villanova Virginia Virginia Tech William & Mary Yale Record Streak W-8 W-7 L-2 W-7 W-5 W-9 W-8 Last Meeting W, 1-8, Apr. 14, 2007 L, 12-7, Mar. 7, 199 W, 18-14, May, 2007 W, 21-, Apr. 2, 2003 W, 19-, Feb. 1, 2007 W, 19-8, Mar. 4, 200 W, 9-8, Mar. 19, 1998 W, 12-11, Mar. 18, 2007 W, 7-, May 8, 2004 W, 18-2, May 14, 200 W, 1-, May 20, 200 W, 12-7, May 19, 2007 W, 14-5, Apr. 27, 1997 W, 23-8, May 13, 2007 W, 22-, Apr. 22, 2007 W, 14-10, Apr. 1, 2005 L, 18-19, Mar. 3, 2007 W, 17-4, Feb. 20, 2004 L, 12-11, Apr. 27, 2007 L, 17-5, Apr. 7, 2007 W, 20-10, Apr. 5, 2007 L, 10-7, May 8, 2003 W, 15-5, Mar. 8, 2003 W, 1-14, Mar. 11, 2007 W, 10-7, Feb. 23, 2007 W, 24-2, Apr. 23, 200 W, 14-8, Feb. 18, 2007 W, 17-3, May 10, 2001 W, 10-9, Mar. 21, 1999 W, 18-, Mar. 14, 2007 W, 8-5, April 25, 1997 L, 14-13, May 25, 2007 W, 1-7, Mar. 23, 2007 W, 15-3, Feb. 25, 2007 L, 13-12, Apr. 13, 2002 Kimel s Coaching Tree College Katie Chrest, Asst. Coach, Maryland (2008-Present) Kristen Foster, Asst. Coach, Dartmouth (2004) Amy Noble Fowler, Asst. Coach, Columbia (2004) Christine Halfpenny, Asst... Head Coach, William & Mary (2007- Present) Katie Soulier Hicks, Head Coach, Pepperdine (200-Present) Megan Huether, Asst. Coach, William & Mary (2007- Present) Caline McHenry, Head Coach, Bucknell (2007-present) Meghan Miller, Asst. Coach, Brown (2005-present) Stefanie Sparks, Asst. Coach, Georgetown (2007-Present) Michele Uhlfelder, Asst... Head Coach, Stanford (2001-Present) Allison Valentino, Asst...Asst. Coach, Navy (2007-Present) Lauren Gallagher Wray, Asst. Coach, Lafayette (2007-Present) High School Keri Dunn, New Canaan Academy (New Canaan, Conn.) Amy Noble Fowler, Severna Park (Severna Park, Md.) Erin O Shaughnessy, St. Margaret s (Orange County, Calif.) Club Laura Anderson, SPLax Club (Md.) Meg McLaughlin, Skywalkers (Md.) Jack, Kerstin, Mac and Caroline Kimel 2008 Duke Lacrosse Staff 5 5

6 Coaching Staff/Trainer Josh Hexter begins his fourth season with the Duke women s lacrosse program. He works primarily with the team s offense and helped lead the Blue Devils to goals per game in 2007, the second-best in the nation. Hexter served as the head women s lacrosse coach at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Mass., prior to coming to Duke. While at Bridgewater State, the program amassed a record and made a trip to the New England Women s Lacrosse Alliance (NEWLA) title game in six consecutive seasons. He led the team to two conference championships during this time and in 2003, Bridgewater made the program s first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Before coaching at Bridgewater, Hexter coached the New England III Team in the National Tournament and in the Bay State Games. He also served as an assistant women s lacrosse coach at The College of the Holy Cross from A 1995 graduate of Assumption College, he was a four-year standout defenseman on the lacrosse team, earning team captain and NECLA All-Star honors during his senior campaign. In 1995, Hexter became the first player in Assumption history to earn a spot in the East-West New England All-Star Game. Hexter and his wife, Courtney, reside in Durham with their sons, Evan (4) and Christopher (1) and dog, Rosie. Alex Kahoe will enter her second season as a Duke women s lacrosse assistant in She will work primarily with goalkeepers Regan Bosch, Cassi Carley and Kim Imbesi. Kahoe was previously at the University of Delaware, where she served as an Associate Head Coach in 2005 and assistant coach the previous two seasons. In 2005, Kahoe helped Delaware go 8-8 for their first.500 or better season since 2000 and advance to the league tournament for the first time since The Hens defeated three Top 20 teams during the season and returned to the Top 20 for the first time since 2000, moving as high as No. 15 in March. While at Delaware, Kahoe also earned an MBA degree in 200. A 2000 graduate of the University of Maryland with a bachelor s degree in both criminal justice and sociology, Kahoe began her coaching career at her alma mater, serving as an assistant for head coach Cindy Timchal from The Terrapins won their seventh straight national title in 2001 and advanced to the national quarterfinals in Kahoe moved on to the University of Pennsylvania where she served as an assistant coach under Karen Brower for the 2003 season. The Quakers posted a record of -10. Kahoe enjoyed an outstanding career at Maryland as a goalkeeper, leading the Terrapins to five straight NCAA Division I national titles in 199, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, three Atlantic Coast Conference titles, and a combined record of She was a two-time team captain, earned All-America honors in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and was the NCAA Goalie of the Year her final two seasons. In addition, she was the 1997 ACC Rookie of the Year and was the ACC Goalie of the Year three times. She was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary team in In the spring of 200, she was selected to the NCAA 25th Anniversary All-Time Women s Lacrosse team. Still an active player, she has been a member of the USA National Lacrosse Team since 1997 and has played with the Toyota Lacrosse Team since She was selected for and played on the 2005 U.S. World Cup training team. Kahoe is the daughter of former University of Delaware football standout Gardy Kahoe, an All-America halfback who led the Blue Hens to national championships in 1970 and Christopher, Josh, Courtney and Evan Hexter Josh Hexter Alex Kahoe Jennifer McCollum is in her 13th year as an assistant athletic trainer at Duke. Her main focus is the women s lacrosse team. McCollum earned her bachelor s degree from the University o f H a w a i i M a n o a a n d h e r m a s t e r s d e g r e e f r o m N o r t h Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has been a member of the National Athletic Trainer s Association since McCollum is from Hilo, Hawai i, currently resides in Durham and enjoys racquetball, movies, reading and home projects. She is also a part of Duke s AIA Campus Ministry and helps out with Habitat for Humanity. four Final Fours - 10 Straight NCAA tournament Appearances

7 Support Staff Greg Dale Sports Psychology Gregory A. Dale, Ph.D. is a Professor of Sport Psychology and Sport Ethics at Duke University. He is also Director of the Mental Training and Leadership Programs for Duke Athletics. In addition to his work with Duke athletes and coaches, Greg consults with numerous college and professional athletes and teams. He also consults with corporations around the world including The World Bank, Habitat for Humanity International, Pfizer and SKANSKA International. Greg has written three books related to leadership and performance. In addition, he has written scripts and served as the expert on a series of eleven videos for coaches and athletes. Greg has been featured on Good Morning America, MSNBC, Court TV and numerous national radio programs. He is also a member of the Sport Psychology Staff for USA Track and Field. Jeff Howser Speed & Agility Coach Former ACC champion and All-America Jeff Howser returned to his alma mater in 2000 and is in his seventh season as Duke s speed and conditioning coach. A 1971 graduate of Duke, Howser was a six-time ACC champion. Howser was named as one of the ACC s Top-50 track athletes of all-time in He went on to earn a bronze medal at the 199 World Championships in the 110-meter high hurdles and was an alternate on the 198 U.S. Olympic Team. Howser ran track on the international level from , was a four-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials finalist. Howser served previous track and field assistant coaching stints at Florida ( ), N.C. State ( ), Duke ( & ) and North Carolina ( ). Howser, along with Athens 2004 Head Olympic Coach George Williams, also coaches the Nike GW Elite Club which includes top world-ranked professional track athletes such as Bershawn Jackson ( m hurdles), Anwar Moore ( m hurdles), Jason Smoots ( m), Leonard Byrd ( m) and Ian Weakley ( m hurdles). Howser also works with former USOC President and Head Olympic Coach Dr. Leroy Walker as lecturer and consultant for speed development at the L.T. Walker Human Performance Center at East Carolina University, and serves as an advisor in a similar capacity with USATF. Dave McClain Equipment Manager Dave McClain enters his 14th year with the Duke Athletic Department. He works with the men s basketball program, Olympic sports, intramurals, club sports and physical education classes as the equipment manager. He is responsible for organizing and upkeeping the team s uniforms and equipment for both practices and games. McClain, a native of Mooresville, N.C., is a 1988 graduate of Clemson University with a B.S. degree in industrial education. McClain and his wife, Lisa, have two children Ashley (14) and Kristin (12). The McClain family resides in Mebane. Greg McElveen Sports Performance Program Coordinator Greg McElveen leads Duke Sports Performance, whose mission is to close the gap between athletic potential and performance. Greg and his staff conduct performance testing and data analysis for Duke teams. Greg earned academic degrees from Duke University, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University and certifications from the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the International Sports Medicine Association. Greg s athletes have included a world champion racquetball player, a national champion swimmer, an All-America field hockey player, state champions in lacrosse, bowling and racquetball, and a state high school soccer player of the year in addition to athletes in numerous other sports. Greg has written for several journals and corporations. Kerry Mullenix Director of Athletic Rehabilitation Kerry Mullenix serves as the Director of Athletic Rehabilitation at Duke University, as well as assistant athletic trainer. In this role, he provides and directs physical therapy and rehab services for all Duke University student-athletes. He has held this position since When first arriving at Duke in 1998, he served as the athletic trainer for baseball and wrestling, while assisting with football. He has a bachelor s degree in athletic training from the University of Nebraska and a master s degree in physical therapy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Prior to arriving at Duke, the Woodbine, Iowa, native worked in sports medicine high school outreach services in Iowa and at Healthworks Rehabilitation Center in Franklin, N.C. He and his wife Amy have two children, Michael and Rachel. Nick Potter Asst. Director of Athletic Rehabilitation Nick Potter is in his second year as the assistant director of athletic rehabilitation at Duke University. In addition to providing rehabilitation for Duke athletes, he is an instructor in the doctor of physical therapy program in Duke s School of Medicine. Potter entered his current position after completing the sports physical therapy fellowship at Duke Sports Medicine. Prior to his fellowship, he completed a combined orthopedic residency/manual therapy fellowship at Sports Medicine of Atlanta. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Potter earned his B.S. in sports medicine with emphases in athletic training and pre-physical therapy at Mercyhurst College in He was a four-year letterman on the men s soccer team, helping the Lakers to four GLIAC Championships and an NCAA national semifinal appearance in Potter earned his doctorate in physical therapy from Duke in Anne Tamporello Strength & Conditioning Anne Tamporello came to Duke in January of 2005 after becoming the Associate Coordinator of Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports. Tamporello, a 2001 graduate of Texas A&M University, lettered four seasons on the soccer team, was captain her senior year, and made one appearance in the Elite Eight and two in the Sweet Sixteen. Following her graduation, Tamporello returned to her alma mater in 2001 and began strength and conditioning. She worked with a variety of sports including football, volleyball, softball, soccer, tennis, track and archery. She wrote and implemented strength and conditioning programs for women s tennis which resulted in a Top-10 national finish and Big XII tournament and conference championships. Tamporello has trained numerous football players that entered the NFL combine and were drafted into the league. She has also trained male and female tennis players who went on to have successful professional ITA careers. Tamporello is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Coaches Association (CSCCA) and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Dean Taylor Team Physician Dr. Taylor recently joined Duke University as Professor of Surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is Director of the Duke Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, and Head Team Physician of the Duke Basketball Team. Dr. Taylor was Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He previously held the position of Chief of Orthopaedics at West Point, and then became the Head Team Physician and Director of the John Feagin Sports Medicine Fellowship Program at West Point. Dr. Taylor graduated from Duke University s School of Medicine in Dr. Taylor previously served as team physician for the University of Minnesota s athletic program, the NFL s Minnesota Vikings, and the NHL s Minnesota Wild. He retired from the U.S. Army at the rank of Colonel in 2005 after 24 years of service. 77