June 2017 Stories
Photograph by Cathy Kushner (’87)
JMU Nation

Record-setting season

Jim Heffernan (’96)
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The James Madison women's lacrosse team captured its 10th Colonial Athletic Association championship in 2017 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the third consecutive year, winning a first-round game for the first time in seven years. The Dukes finished with a 14-7 overall record and a No. 15 national ranking. Along the way, the team broke its own conference marks for goals (271) and points (382) in a season. Congratulations, Dukes!

Junior midfielder Haley Warden, the 2017 CAA Player of the Year, earned Third Team All-America honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association and was named a Second Team All-American by Inside Lacrosse Media.
(Photo: Cathy Kushner (’87))
"Fab five" seniors (L to R) Cristina McCarthy, Margaret Tucker Fogarty, Leah Monticello, Hannah Jablonski and Emily Poelma
ended their JMU careers with a 50-29 record.
(Photo: Cathy Kushner (’87))
Morgan Hardt (#21) scores in the Dukes' 12-6 win over Louisville
in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
(Photo: Ken Reabe Jr.)
Katie Kerrigan (#19) fires a shot on goal in a season-ending
loss to No. 4 Penn State.
(Photo: JD Cavrich)

For more on the women's lacrosse team's success this season, visit jmusports.com

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Record-setting season

The women’s lacrosse team broke its own conference marks for goals and points in a season en route to another CAA crown and a first-round win in the NCAA tournament.