Terps Beat Duke, Remain Undefeated in ACC Play

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By Brian Kapur

The Maryland Terrapins held a pregame ceremony to honor coach Missy Meharg for her 400th career win. After 70 minutes of hockey, the Terps collected win 401 for the coach.

The Terps were the faster and more dominant team on the field and sent an early message as Katie O'Donnell scored an unassisted goal just seven minutes into the game.

Duke's goal keeper Samantha Nelson kept the Blue Devils int the game by notching nine saves, including four in the first half on eight shots, and six on 12 shots in the second half.

But the Terps relentless offense was able to find another hole before halftime when Ali McEvoy fired in a goal off a penalty corner to make it a 2-0 Terp lead.

In the second half, Duke was able to hang around, thanks to Nelson's play in goal, and cut the Terps lead to 2-1 with just over six minutes to go.

After a timeout, the Terps slammed the door shut on any hopes of a Blue Devil comeback when Janessa Pope led a transition counter attack and dished out an assist to Jill Witmer who knocked in a game icing goal to give the Terps a 3-1 win.

Terps goal keeper Melissa Vassalotti finished the game with three saves on five shots.