HARRISONBURG, Va. – No. 4 James Madison lacrosse put up its highest-scoring offensive performance of the season, as three players including two midfielders recorded hat tricks in a 20-10 victory over No. 23 Richmond at Sentara Park on Wednesday.

The Dukes won their 12th straight game to improve to 12-1, their longest winning streak since winning 14 straight to close the 2018 national championship season. Richmond fell to 10-3 with the defeat.

Senior Lilly Boswell marked her first career hat trick on Wednesday, tying for the game high with redshirt junior Isabella Peterson, who put up her 10th hat trick of the year. Redshirt junior Taylor Marchetti also scored her first hat trick of the season. The Dukes’ offense had a 20-goal performance for the first time since April 16, 2022 against William & Mary.

Redshirt senior Rachel Matey filled the stat sheet with four ground balls and a caused turnover to go with five draw controls on the day. Her second draw control marked 246 for Matey’s career, breaking Haley Warden’s all-time JMU record. Eight players registered caused turnovers on the day, with a pair from redshirt senior Mairead Durkin.

For Richmond, Sophia DiCenso, Colleen Quinn and Alexis Morton scored twice while midfielder Hannah Custer registered three caused turnovers and picked up five ground balls.

HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter – James Madison 6, Richmond 4
Two goals each from Peterson and Maddie Epke helped JMU build a lead as big as three. The Dukes’ offense had 10 shots in the quarter and was jolted with seven draw controls as a team.

Second Quarter – James Madison 11, Richmond 6
Four different Dukes combined to score the final four goals as JMU entered halftime with its biggest lead of the evening. Goalkeeper Kat Buchanan made four saves in the period.

Third Quarter – James Madison 17, Richmond 6
The Dukes continued their second-quarter run, scoring all six in the period. The defense held its seventh straight opponent without a goal in at least one quarter as Richmond caused six turnovers.

Fourth Quarter – James Madison 20, Richmond 10
Marchetti scored JMU’s final two goals of the game to complete the Dukes’ third hat trick, as JMU added five more draw controls to its total.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• Barring postseason matchups, JMU is undefeated against opponents from Virginia for the first time since 2018 and has won nine straight overall against Commonwealth competition dating back to March 16, 2022.
• The win was JMU’s fifth against a ranked opponent this season, all at home. JMU has 10 victories over ranked competition dating back to last season.
• JMU had 20 draw controls for the first time since reaching 21 at High Point on Feb. 25.
• The 11 goals in the first half marked the fifth time this season JMU has scored double-digits in a half.
• JMU’s 10-goal run to put the game away occurred in a span of 23:14 across the second and third quarters.
• The defense held its ninth opponent without a hat trick this season.
• Boswell and Marchetti became the sixth and seventh Dukes to score hat tricks this season.

RECORDS AND MILESTONES
• Matey is up to 249 draw controls for her career.
• Durkin’s two caused turnovers ties Haley Warden for second all-time in JMU history and puts her within eight of breaking Emma Johnson’s all-time record.

UP NEXT
JMU (12-1, 3-0) returns to American Athletic Conference play with a matchup at Vanderbilt on Saturday, April 8 at noon ET/11 a.m. CT.

— JMU Athletics —