No. 18 Duke Tops East Carolina, 16-6

DURHAM, N.C. – Junior Katie Cronin had her second-consecutive five-point performance to lead the 18th-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team over East Carolina, 16-6, Tuesday afternoon at Koskinen Stadium.

"Spring break games are always interesting," head coach Kerstin Kimel said. "Our kids did a good job of kind of resetting at halftime. We weren't playing our smoothest or best lacrosse for about half of the game and I thought the second half was a big improvement.

After gathering ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors for her five-goal performance versus No. 12 Virginia, the Darien, Conn., native led Duke (6-3, 1-1 ACC) in points for the third consecutive game, this time on four goals and an…