DURHAM, N.C. – After moving to No. 8 nationally in the polls this week, the Duke women’s soccer team erupted for a season-high seven goals in a 7-0 shutout win against Missouri on Thursday evening at Koskinen Stadium. Five different Blue Devils scored on the night with sophomore Mia Minestrella coming off the bench to tally a career-high two goals.
The Blue Devils (5-1-0) won their fifth straight contest and moved their shutout streak to 485:48 minutes, which is the sixth-longest streak in school history (since 2002).
How It Happened
- After Missouri took the opening shot of the match that went off the crossbar, the Blue Devils came back to take the next three shots before getting on the board at the 19:04 mark.
- Graduate student Hannah Bebar served a great ball across the box, where junior Devin Lynch was there to send a header in front of the goal to graduate student Maggie Graham.A native of Atlanta, Ga., Graham settled the ball and pushed it past the line for her team-best third goal of the season.
- The Blue Devils added another couple of shots, before Bebar was taken down just outside the box.Fifth year Katie Groff stepped up and used her left foot to place the free kick into the top left corner for her first goal of the season to give Duke a 2-0 advantage in the 25th minute.
- At the 40:32 mark, sophomore Mia Minestrella and Julia Saunicheva performed a perfect give and go…
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