James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse

James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse
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 Conference
Nickname	Dukes
Colors	Purple and gold;
NCAA Tournament championships
	2018
NCAA Tournament Final Fours
	2000, 2018
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference Tournament championships
	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Conference regular season championships
	1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023

Founded1974

UniversityJames Madison University

Head coachShelley Klaes-Bawcombe (since 2007 season)

StadiumSentara Park (capacity: 1500)

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 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, now known as the Coastal 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, now known as the American Conference, as an affiliate member at that time.^[2]

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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	485	Maddie Epke	2023-25
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

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	235	Maddie Epke	2025
Caused turnovers	52	Mairead Durkin	2022
Saves	203	Jennifer Corradini	2001
Save %	.646	Joy Jones	1987
GAA	5.31	Joy Jones	1988

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

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

v t e American Conference
Full members	Charlotte 49ers East Carolina Pirates Florida Atlantic Owls Memphis Tigers North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UAB Blazers UTSA Roadrunners Wichita State Shockers⁵
Associate members	Army Black Knights¹ Navy Midshipmen¹ James Madison Dukes² ⁴ Old Dominion Monarchs² Vanderbilt Commodores² FIU Panthers³ ⁴ Missouri State Bears³ Liberty Lady Flames⁴ Marshall Thundering Herd⁴
Championships	Conference champions
History	2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment 2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment
Media	Broadcasting and media rights
¹football ²women's lacrosse ³men's soccer ⁴women's swimming ⁵non-football member

James Madison Dukes women's lacrosse

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