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11/9/2010 3:49:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Game 18
ACC Tournament Quarterfinal
No. 4 Duke (9-4-4) vs. No. 5 Boston College (9-3-5)
Nov. 10, 2010 l 8 p.m. l WakeMed Soccer Park
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DURHAM, N.C.-The Duke University men's soccer team kicks off postseason play on Nov. 10 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinal game versus Boston College. The 19th-ranked Blue Devils earned the No. 4 seed overall and will take on the fifth-seeded Eagles on Wednesday at 8 p.m., at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Setting the Scene
Duke tallied a pair of goals within two minutes to capture a 2-1 victory over rival Wake Forest and wrap up the No. 4 seed in the ACC Tournament ... The Blue Devils have won three straight and four of their past five ... Boston College defeated Clemson 2-0 to capture the No. 5 seed with a 2-2-4 ACC record.
The Series History
Duke and Boston College are meeting for the eighth time overall and for the second straight year in the ACC Quarterfinal ... The Blue Devils are 4-3-0 against the Eagles, including a 1-0 victory this season in Durham ... Boston College defeated Duke in the 2009 ACC Tournament quarterfinal 1-0 in overtime.
Duke in the ACC Tournament
Duke enters the 24th ACC Tournament with an 18-18-3 overall record in conference postseason play ... The Blue Devils are 2-2-0 as the No. 4 seed and 0-1 all-time against Boston College ... Duke earned the No. 4 seed for the third time overall and is the highest seed since 2007.
Duke in the National Rankings
The Blue Devils remain in the top 25 in all of the national polls after their win over Wake Forest ... Duke is 19th in both the NSCAA and Soccer Times polls and 22nd in this week's College Soccer News list.
Scouting the Blue Devils
Duke enters postseason play with a 9-4-4 record after defeating Wake Forest 2-1 in the regular season finale ... The Blue Devils have won three straight and four of their previous five contests ... Duke is averaging three goals per game in its past five outings and allowing one goal per game in that stretch ... Sophomore Ryan Finley paces the offense with a program-record 17 goals and 37 points overall ... Senior Cole Grossman has eight goals and eight assists for 24 points, while junior Christopher Tweed-Kent has contributed a team-best 11 assists and 15 points overall ... Defensively, Duke is allowing 0.83 goals per game and owns six shutouts ... In goal, sophomore James Belshaw has a 0.76 goals against average, a .835 save percentage and has made a career-best 66 saves ... This will be Duke's first neutral site contest of the season.
Scouting Boston College
Boston College enters the ACC Tournament with a 9-3-5 overall record after defeating Virginia Tech 3-1 on Friday night ... The Eagles finished the ACC schedule with a 2-2-4 record ... Their two conference losses came at the hands of Wake Forest and Duke ... Charlie Rugg leads the offense with eight goals and 18 points overall ... Edvin Worley has contributed six goals and two assists, while Amit Aburmad leads the team with seven assists to go with his three goals ... Justin Luthy anchors the defense in goal with a 1.07 goals against average, a .762 save percentage and a 9-3-5 overall record ... Boston College has posted consecutive wins just twice this season and hasn't done so since Sept. 17 and Sept. 21.
Tough Schedule
Duke has played a tough schedule through the first 12 games ... The Blue Devils have faced off against four top-10 opponents and five top-20 foes at the time the games were played... UNC Wilmington and UC Santa Barbara also have been ranked among the top 25 at points during the season.
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Opponent |
Game-Time Rank |
Current Rank |
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Louisville |
20 |
1 |
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North Carolina |
4 |
4 |
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Virginia |
2 |
20 |
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Maryland |
8 |
3 |
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Boston College |
10 |
21 |
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UNC Wilmington |
RV |
NR |
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UC Santa Barbara |
NR |
22 |
Duke in the ACC and NCAA Stats
Through games on Nov. 7, the Blue Devils were peppered throughout the NCAA statistical rankings ... Goaltender James Belshaw is 19th in save percentage (0.835) and 27th in goals against average
(.760) ... Ryan Finley is tops in the country in overall goals (17), goals per game (1.00), points per game (2.18) and overall points (37) ... Christopher Tweed-Kent is fifth in total assists (11) and sixth in assists per game (.650), while Cole Grossman is 19th in total assists (8) and 24th in assists per game (.470)
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Team Category |
ACC |
NCAA |
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Scoring Offense (1.88) |
4 |
34 |
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Total Goals (32) |
4 |
32 |
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Team GAA (0.830) |
4 |
33 |
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Shutout Percentage (0.350) |
4 |
63 |
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Win Percentage (0.647) |
5 |
34 |
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Individual |
ACC |
NCAA |
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Goals Per Game (1.00) |
1 |
1 |
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Total Goals (17) |
1 |
1 |
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Points Per Game (2.17) |
1 |
1 |
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Total Points (37) |
1 |
1 |
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Assists Per Game (.470) |
3 |
24 |
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Total Assists (8) |
3 |
19 |
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Chris Tweed-Kent |
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Assists Per Game (.650) |
1 |
6 |
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Total Assists (11) |
1 |
5 |
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Save Percentage (0.835) |
2 |
19 |
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GAA (0.760) |
4 |
27 |
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Saves Per Game (3.88) |
3 |
94 |
Playing With A Lead
Duke sports a 7-0-2 record overall this season when it scores first ... The Blue Devils earned ties with Virginia and Elon after registering the first tally of the game ... Duke is 6-0-1 when leading at the half.
Coming from Behind
Duke captured its first come-from-behind victory last week, defeating Wake Forest 2-1 ... Prior to the win over the Demon Deacons, the Blue Devils were 1-4-0 when their opponent scores first ... Duke remains 0-2-0 when trailing at halftime.
Home Sweet Home
Duke is 19-2-2 at home in the last 23 matches ... Duke's two losses came against North Carolina this season and NC State in 2009 ... The Blue Devils went 12-1 at home last season and are 7-1-2 this year.
Overtime Games
Duke has played in six overtime games this season, tying the 1999 team for the record ... The Blue Devils are 1-1-4 in games that go into overtime, suffering their first extra session setback at Clemson on Oct. 22 ... Duke's four ties also ties the single season program record ... The 1989 squad finished 10-5-4.
John Kerr Garners 25th Win as A Blue Devil
With a 4-1 victory over Sacramento State on Sept. 5, head coach John Kerr captured his 25th career win at Duke ... He currently sports a 33-19-6 record since joining the program in 2008 ... For his career, Kerr is 114-78-19.
Fabulous Finley
Sophomore Ryan Finley added three more goals to his total at Virginia Tech to put him at 17 for the year ... He currently leads the nation in both goals and points (37) ... He owns at least one point in 10 of the Blue Devils' 17 contests and has five multiple goal games ... He has either scored or assisted on 19 of Duke's 32 goals this season and has three hat tricks on the year.
Finley Climbing Charts
With 17 goals through 16 games, Ryan Finley tied both Ali Curtis and Pato Gutierrez for the Duke single-season goals chart ... The 17 goals are the most since Curtis netted that many in 1999 ... Finley's 37 points are tied for ninth on the Duke single-season points list.
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Goals |
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1 |
Ryan Finley (2010) |
17 |
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Ali Curtis (1999) |
17 |
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Pato Gutierrez (1971) |
17 |
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4 |
Brian Kelly (1995) |
16 |
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Tom Stone (1986) |
16 |
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Bob Jenkins (1982) |
16 |
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7 |
Ali Curtis (2000) |
15 |
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Jay Heaps (1995) |
15 |
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John Kerr (1986) |
15 |
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10 |
Mike Grella (2008) |
14 |
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Jason Kreis (1994) |
14 |
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Tom Kain (1985) |
14 |
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Points |
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1 |
Tom Kain (1982) |
46 |
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2 |
Jason Kreis (1994) |
44 |
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John Kerr (1986) |
44 |
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4 |
Brian Kelly (1995) |
43 |
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5 |
Ali Curtis (1999) |
40 |
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6 |
Ali Curtis (2000) |
39 |
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Jay Heaps (1995) |
39 |
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8 |
Tom Kain (1983) |
38 |
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9 |
Ryan Finley (2010) |
37 |
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Jason Kreis (1993) |
37 |
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10 |
Mike Grella (2008) |
36 |
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Chris Yankee (1992) |
36 |
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Tom Stone (1986) |
36 |
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John Kerr (1985) |
36 |
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Dynamic Duo of Grossman and Finley
The tandem of senior Cole Grossman and sophomore Ryan Finley has packed a powerful punch for the Blue Devils this season ... Twenty-seven of Duke's 32 goals have either been scored or assisted by either Finley or Grossman ... The pair has connected eight different times for goals this season.
Finley Earns Weekly Recognition
Posting a nine-point week with four goals and an assist, Ryan Finley was named to the College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer.com Teams of the Week ... Finley had a goal against Furman and added three goals and an assist at Virginia Tech four days later.
James Belshaw Standing out in Goal
Sophomore James Belshaw has been outstanding in goal for the Blue Devils ... He owns a career-best 66 saves on the year to rank third in the ACC ... His 15 saves against Louisville is tops in a single game this year by an ACC goaltender ... He has made more saves this season than he did as a rookie in 19 games.
Hat Tricks For Finley
Sophomore Ryan Finley has three hat tricks this season as he tallied three goals against Sacramento State, George Washington and Virginia Tech ... He is the first Blue Devil in program history to record three hat tricks in a season.
Wenger Named to Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week
Sophomore defender Andrew Wenger was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for the week ending Sept. 26 after helping the Blue Devils post consecutive shutouts in a 2-0 week ... In a midweek contest at UNC Wilmington, Wenger and the Duke backline helped keep the Seahawks off the board for the first time this season ... Three days later against 10th-ranked Boston College, Wenger again helped guide Duke to a 1-0 win over a previously unbeaten Eagles squad.
Finley and Belshaw Collect First Two ACC Player of the Week Awards
Duke dominated the ACC Player of the Week awards in the first two weeks as sophomores James Belshaw and Ryan Finley garnered the honor in consecutive weeks ... Belshaw captured the first award after winning MVP honors in the Duke/Nike Classic ... Finley was named the ACC Player of the Week the next week after he tallied the game-tying goal in a 2-2 draw with No. 2 Virginia.
Duke Lands Three in Top Drawer Soccer National Top 100 List
Top Drawer Soccer is ranking the top upperclassmen in Division I men's soccer ... Duke senior Cole Grossman leads the way in the No. 10 spot and the second-highest ranked ACC player ... Sophomore Andrew Wenger is 27th, while Ryan Finley is 36th overall.
Next Up
A win would put Duke in the ACC Tournament semifinals against the winner of the North Carolina vs. NC State/Virginia Tech contest on Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.
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