James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse
College lacrosse team
James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse Founded 1974 University James Madison University Head coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe (since 2007 season)Stadium Sentara Park (capacity: 1500)Location Harrisonburg, Virginia Conference American Athletic Conference Nickname Dukes Colors Purple and gold[ 1] 2018 2000, 2018 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
The James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse team is an NCAA Division I college lacrosse team representing James Madison University as part of the American Athletic Conference . They play their home games at Sentara Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia . The Dukes have been led by Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe since 2007. In 2018, the Dukes won the National Championship , beating Boston College 16-15.
The Dukes had been conference members of the Colonial Athletic Association since the conference began sponsoring the sport in 1992. With JMU having moved most of its other sports to the Sun Belt Conference , which does not sponsor women's lacrosse, in July 2022, the Dukes joined the American Athletic Conference as an affiliate member at that time.[ 2]
Individual career records
Reference:[ 3]
Record
Amount
Player
Years
Goals
214
Isabella Peterson
2020-24
Assists
121
Monica Zabel
2009-12
Points
267
Gail Decker
2001-04
Ground balls
187
Lisa Staedt
2000-03
Draw controls
254
Rachel Matey
2019-23
Caused turnovers
133
Mairead Durkin
2019-23
Saves
648
Joy Jones
1985-88
Save %
.607
Chris Bauer
1982-84
GAA
7.31
Meg Cortezi
1993-96
Individual single-season records
Record
Amount
Player
Year
Goals
82
Isabella Peterson
2023
Assists
60
Katie Kerrigan
2018
Points
112
Gail Decker
2004
Ground balls
76
Lisa Staedt
2003
Draw controls
108
Haley Warden
2018
Caused turnovers
52
Mairead Durkin
2022
Saves
203
Jennifer Corradini
2001
Save %
.646
Joy Jones
1987
GAA
5.31
Joy Jones
1988
Seasons
Reference:[ 4]
Statistics overview
Season
Coach
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
USWLA (1974–1977)
1974
Gay Hall
6-3
1975
Becky Burch
6-7
1976
Janet Luce
5-6-1
1977
7-5-1
USWLA (Virginia Women's Lacrosse Association) (1978–1980)
1978
8-6-1
1st
1979
8-9
3rd
1980
Dee McDonough
7-6
3rd
AIAW (Virginia Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) (1981–1981)
1981
13-5
1st
NCAA Division I (Virginia Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) (1982–1982)
1982
9-7
3rd
NCAA Division I (Virginia Intercollegiate League) (1983–1984)
1983
10-7
2nd
1984
7-7
1st
NCAA Division I (South Atlantic Conference) (1985–1991)
1985
8-10
1st
1986
8-7
1st
1987
4-9
3rd
1988
11-5
2nd
1989
6-7
3rd
1990
5-9
3rd
1991
7-7
2nd
NCAA Division I (CAA ) (1992–present)
1992
9-8
3-2
3rd
1993
6-10
3-3
4th
1994
8-9
3-4
5th
1995
Jennifer Ulehla
12-4
6-1
T-1st
NCAA Quarterfinal
1996
9-8
3-3
4th
1997
13-5
4-2
3rd
NCAA Quarterfinal
1998
11-8
5-1
2nd
NCAA Quarterfinal
1999
13-5
6-0
1st
NCAA Quarterfinal
2000
13-5
6-0
1st
NCAA Semifinal
2001
11-9
3-3
T-3rd
NCAA Quarterfinal
2002
8-10
5-3
3rd
2003
Kellie Young
13-6
6-1
2nd
NCAA First Round
2004
16-4
7-0
1st
NCAA Quarterfinal
2005
7-9
2-5
T-6th
2006
15-5
6-1
1st
NCAA Quarterfinal
2007
Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe
13-5
5-2
T-2nd
2008
7-9
3-4
6th
2009
5-11
1-6
7th
2010
17-3
7-0
1st
NCAA Quarterfinal
2011
15-4
6-1
T-1st
NCAA First Round
2012
11-7
6-1
2nd
2013
11-6
6-1
T-1st
2014
11-7
4-1
T-1st
2015
15-5
5-1
2nd
NCAA First Round
2016
10-10
5-1
T-1st
NCAA First Round
2017
14-7
5-1
1st
NCAA Second Round
2018
22-1
6-0
1st
NCAA Champions
2019
16-4
6-0
1st
NCAA First Round
2020
5-1
0-0
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
12-5
3-1
1st
NCAA Second Round
Total:
466-306 (.604)
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
Postseason Results
The Dukes have appeared in 19 NCAA tournaments. Their postseason record is 16-18.[ 5] They were National Champions in 2018.
Year
Seed
Round
Opponent
Score
1995
--
Quarterfinal
Penn State
L, 7-11
1997
--
Quarterfinal
Temple
L, 10-17
1998
--
First Round Quarterfinal
William & Mary #3 Maryland
W, 15-9 L, 8-13
1999
--
First Round Quarterfinal
Rutgers #3 Duke
W, 11-6 L, 10-11
2000
#3
Quarterfinal Semifinal
Virginia #2 Princeton
W, 12-5 L, 9-15
2001
#9
First Round Quarterfinal
#8 Virginia #1 Maryland
W, 11-8 L, 9-11
2003
--
First Round
Georgetown
L, 5-9
2004
--
First Round
Johns Hopkins Vanderbilt
W, 14-9 L, 4-10
2006
#8
First Round Quarterfinal
Richmond #1 Duke
W, 9-8 L, 6-16
2010
--
First Round Quarterfinal
Stanford Syracuse
W, 9-8 L, 3-7
2011
#8
First Round
Princeton
L, 10-11
2015
--
First Round
USC
L, 10-13
2016
--
First Round
Stanford
L, 8-9
2017
--
First Round Second Round
Louisville #4 Penn State
W, 12-6 L, 14-19
2018
#3
Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Virginia #6 Florida #2 North Carolina #4 Boston College
W, 15-12 W, 11-8 W, 15-12 W, 16-15
2019
--
First Round
Stony Brook
L, 9-10
2021
--
First Round Second Round
Johns Hopkins #1 North Carolina
W, 9-6 L, 9-14
2022
--
First Round Second Round
UConn #6 Loyola (MD)
W, 17-5 L, 8-18
2023
#7
First Round Second Round Quarterfinal
Army Maryland #2 Syracuse
W, 12-8 W, 15-14 L, 7-13
References
Full members Football associates Women's lacrosse associates Women's rowing associates Men's soccer associates Women's swimming & diving associates Championships and awards Media See also