No. 10 Duke Finishes with 0-0 Draw at Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. – On Thursday evening in Clemson, S.C, the Duke women’s soccer team held an 11-8 advantage in shots, but the No. 10 Blue Devils and Clemson Tigers finished with a 0-0 draw at Historic Riggs Field.  

With the tie, Duke moves to 10-4-1, 5-2-1 in ACC action, while Clemson is 7-4-4, 3-3-2.  

   

How It Happened

•    Both teams did a good job of holding possession over the first 15 minutes and didn’t feature a shot until the 15:11 mark off the foot of Duke’s Michelle Cooper, which went wide right.

•    With one minute remaining in the first half, Cooper sent a long feed to a streaking Delaney Graham, but a Tiger defender made a good sliding tackle to avoid a shot attempt.    

•    Duke held a 3-1 advantage in shots after the first 45 minutes.

•    Clemson came out in the second half and featured the first two corner kicks of the match.  

•    After a Duke turnover in the box, the Tigers had their best scoring chance of the night as Maliah Morris fired a shot from 12 yards, but Blue Devil goalkeeper Ruthie Jones made a save with her left hand to keep Clemson off the board.  

•    At the 70:16 mark, Duke graduate student Mackenzie Pluck used some fancy footwork outside the box to get space and fired…