DURHAM, N.C. – William & Mary field hockey suffered a 5-0 setback at No. 5-ranked Duke in the season opener on Friday evening. 
 
The contest was originally scheduled for a 2 p.m. start time but was delayed for three hours and 50 minutes due to lightning in the area.
 
The Tribe (0-1) nearly shutout the Blue Devils in the opening 15 minutes with graduate student goalkeeper Maddie George making four first-quarter saves. Duke (1-0) finally broke through with just over a minute remaining in the period on an Alaina McVeigh goal off a penalty corner.  
 
Just over five minutes into the second frame, the Tribe had a golden chance to pull even. W&M generated back-to-back penalty corners but could not get off a shot on the chances. 
 
The Blue Devils tacked on goals from Brynn Crouse and Kyle Massey in the 24th and 29th minutes to open up a 3-0 advantage at the half. 
 
Duke added goals in the third and fourth quarter with McVeigh scoring her second of the contest to push the lead to 4-0. Logan Clouse provided the final marker off a deflection in the 50th minute. 
 
George finished the night with 10 saves. It marked her fifth career game with double-digits saves. 
 
Scoring Summary 
14' | Duke – Alaina McVeigh (Barb Civtella/Kira Curland) 
24' | Duke – Brynn Crouse (unassisted) 
29' | Duke – Kyle Massey (unassisted) 
41' | Duke – McVeigh (unassisted) 
50' | Duke - Logan Clouse (unassisted) 
 
Starters 
Duke - #28 Wollaert (GK), #3 Bird, #5 Sukics, #8 Oirschot, #14 McVeigh, #15 Veen, #19 Maransky, #21 Bitting, #23 Curland, #26 Civitella, #34 Crouse 
W&M - #1 George (GK), #2 Schuma, #4 Brown, #7 Richbourg, #8 Friedman, #9 McGaughey, #16 Stocks, #18 Bartzen, #21 DeGour, #27 Schwartz, #28 Griffin 
 
Up Next
The Tribe welcomes in-state rival Richmond to Williamsburg for its home opener on Sunday, Sept. 1, at Busch Field. The match carries a noon start time and will be broadcast on FloLive.