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Top-10 Battle on Tap Thursday as No. 1 Duke Faces No. 7 Stanford

Top-10 Battle on Tap Thursday as No. 1 Duke Faces No. 7 Stanford


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Match 11
#1 Duke (9-1-0, 4-0-0 ACC) at #7 Stanford (11-1-1, 3-1-1 ACC)
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 – 10 PM (ET) – ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Sara Ach (PXP), Greg Mescall (Analyst)
 
NEED TO KNOW

  • The top-ranked Duke women’s soccer team (9-1-0, 4-0-0 ACC) embarks on a two-game trip to California starting with a contest on Thursday, Oct. 10 at seventh-ranked Stanford (11-1-1, 3-1-1 ACC) at Cagan Stadium.   Match time is slated for 10 p.m. (ET).
  • Thursday’s match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Sara Ach (PXP) and Greg Mescall (Analyst) on the call.
  • Duke will then close the trip at 17th-ranked California Sunday, Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. (ET) on ACCNX.
  • The Blue Devils have totaled a school record by scoring three or more goals in six straight matches. 
  • Duke has scored a goal in the first half in nine straight matches, which is the second-longest streak in Blue Devil history (14).
  • On the season, Duke has scored 32 goals by 12 different players.
  • Robbie Church announced on July 22, 2024 he will be retiring at the end of the season and Duke will be promoting associate head coach Kieran Hall to head coach in 2025.  Current assistant coach Carla Overbeck will move to associate head coach in 2025 as well. 

 
STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

  • For the third time in program lore, Duke has opened ACC play with a 4-0 record (2024, 2017, 1997). 
  • On Tuesday, Duke moved to No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll for the first time in Blue Devil history.
  • Duke holds a +146 advantage in shots and Stanford is +121 on the season.
  • Duke leads the ACC with a 2.8 goal margin (scored 32 and allowed 4). 
  • Fifth year Ella Hase owns six assists, all of which have come over the last seven matches.  She tallied two against Missouri and SMU.  Her six assists ranks tied for third in the ACC. 
  • Devin Lynch has scored or assisted in six straight matches, which are also Lynch’s first six starts of the year.  She owns three goals and six assists during that stretch.  Lynch ranks tied for third in the ACC with her six assists.
  • Duke finished the month of September with a 5-0 ledger, which marked only the second undefeated month of September in…

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