No. 3 Duke Hosts No. 2 UNC Thursday at Koskinen

Match 7

#2 North Carolina (5-1) at #3 Duke (5-1)

Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022  – 8:00 PM (ET)  – ACC Network

Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)

ACC Network Talent:  Jenn Hildreth (PXP), Lori Lindsey (Color)

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NEED TO KNOW

•    No. 3 Duke (5-1) will host No. 2 North Carolina (5-1) on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m., live on ACC Network from Koskinen Stadium.  

•    Thursday’s match will be aired on ACC Network with Jenn Hildreth (PXP) and Lori Lindsey (Color) calling the action.  

•    The first 100 Blue Devil fans in attendance for Thursday’s match will receive a free Duke shirt.  

•    Duke is in the final leg of one of the most difficult stretches in regular season history for the Blue Devils.  On Sept. 1, Duke faced No. 3 UCLA followed by a road contest on  Sept. 4 at No. 6 TCU, before hosting second-ranked North Carolina (5-1) on Sept. 8.

•    In the lone match without Michelle Cooper, the Blue Devils won, 1-0, at ECU, but since her return, Duke has scored 14 goals over its last five matches.

•    The Blue Devils boast a 50-8-7 record at home at Koskinen Stadium since the start of the 2017 campaign.

•    Seven different Blue Devils have combined to score 15 goals over the first six matches for Duke.  Michelle Cooper and Kat Rader have scored six out of the last seven Blue Devil goals.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

•    Thursday’s contest with North Carolina will be a non-conference match as Duke is a facing 10 other league schools in ACC action.  

•    Michelle Cooper has scored goals in four straight contests, which marks the first time a Duke player has accomplished this since Marykate McGuire in 2019.  

•    Duke has been ranked in a school-record 34 straight weeks in the top 10.  That streak, which dates back to Oct. 6, 2020, surpassed the 25 straight polls that listed Duke in the top 10 from 1992-95.

•    Blue Devil assistant coach Carla Overbeck will face her alma mater as she is a 1990 graduate of North Carolina. She collected an 89-0-6 record at UNC and won four NCAA Championships under Anson Dorrance.

•    Kat Rader ranks tied for 10th nationally among freshmen with three goals.  

•    After allowing only five…