The whole game turned on one sequence early in the second half.

With the score knotted at 1-1, the Crimson took the opening kick all the way down to the James Madison goal box, where Johnston knocked in the apparent go-ahead goal on a cross from sophomore Martha Schneider, who was alone on the wing.

But the referees ruled that Schneider had been offsides before she had the ball, and negated the score.

From there, James Madison took almost complete control of the game, and scored the eventual game-winning goal 15 minutes later.

Minkus scored the only goal for the Crimson on a heads-up play 23:02 into the first half. Minkus alertly stole a back pass intended for Carr and flipped the ball past her into the net.

James Madison tied the score with 9:23 remaining on a four-man fast break. The Crimson defense was caught napping and left forward Lisa Strottman wide open on the wing. Her shot arced over sophomore goalie Brooke Donahoe and into the net for the tying goal.

"They took advantage of the chances we gave them," Donahoe said. "They worked hard for their goals, and they got them."

James Madison's game-winning goal came on an ordinary throw-in play. A Dukes player hurled a line-drive from the sidelines to the goal box, where it was tipped past an unprepared Donahoe for the score.

"It was essentially a corner kick," said Donahoe. "It was amazing."

But despite all the speed and energy displayed by the Dukes, this is one the Crimson could have taken. They had several chances to score (most notably the two opportunites by Minkus), but something always happened to prevent the Crimson from tallying.

"They were a little faster, but they were a little luckier, too," Johnston said.