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Tuesday, October 19
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No. 9 Blue Devils End Non-Conference Slate at Furman
10/18/2021 4:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM – The No. 9 Duke men's soccer program (9-3-0, 4-2-0 ACC) is set to conclude its 2021 non-conference schedule, traveling to face Furman (3-7-1, 2-2-0 SoCon) for a game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The matchup will be aired live on ESPN+.
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The Blue Devils sit in a statistical tie for second place with Pittsburgh in the ACC Coastal Division at 12 points, just one point behind Notre Dame.
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Last Time Out
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The Blue Devils sit in a statistical tie for second place with Pittsburgh in the ACC Coastal Division at 12 points, just one point behind Notre Dame.
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Last Time Out
- The Blue Devils dropped a tight 3-2 decision in overtime to No. 23 Clemson on Friday night.
- Sophomore Peter Stroud scored his first collegiate penalty kick and tallied a career-high with three points in the loss.
- Junior Scotty Taylor scored the game tying goal to force overtime with just under a minute to play, set up by sophomores Nick Pariano and Stroud. Taylor has now scored both of his goals this season against ranked opponents.
- Senior Eliot Hamill made four saves in net for the Blue Devils, increasing his single-season career high in saves to 41.
- Furman hosts Duke with a record of 3-7-1, but 2-2-0 in the Southern Conference.
- The Paladins most recently earned a key in-conference win, defeating Wofford 3-1 on Saturday night.
- The offense runs through sophomore Jake Raine, who has been critical to the Paladins attack. Raine has six goals and one assist for 13 points to lead the team.
- Head Coach Doug Allison is in his 26th season at Furman, winning over 300 games and winning eight Southern Conference Coach of the Year awards.
- The Blue Devils and Paladins will meet for the 12th time, with the Blue Devils holding a 10-1-0 advantage in the all-time series.
- Duke has not allowed a goal to Furman since a 3-1 win over the Paladins in 1993. The Blue Devils have won the last seven games in the series, last beating the Paladins, 1-0, on August 30, 2019.
- Head Coach John Kerr faced the Paladins on two occasions prior to becoming coach at Duke, winning one meeting and drawing in the other. He is now 4-0-1 all-time against Furman.
- The Blue Devils will look to reach 10 or more wins for the first time since 2018.
- Duke has had at least one All-ACC honoree in every season since 1976, including every year of head coach John Kerr's tenure.
- Thorleifur Ulfarsson stands alone as the ACC points per game leader, averaging 2.38 per game over eight games.
- Ulfarsson ranks second in the ACC in total goals (9) and total points (19). The Kopavogur, Iceland, native ranks in a tie for 10th in the country in goals.
- Hamill ranks near the top of several major statistical categories in the country, ranking 11th in the nation in save percentage (0.820) and 20th in shutouts (five). The Scarsdale, N.Y., native also leads the ACC in save percentage and saves per game (4.10).
- With five shutouts this season, Hamill is two away from entering a tie for 11th in the single season shutout rankings.
- The Blue Devils rank 12th in the nation in goal differential, outscoring opponents 27-9 over 12 games.
- The Blue Devils have gotten plenty of production from the freshman class, with 21 of the team's 76 points (27.6%) coming from them. Shakur Mohammed leads the way with eight points, while Felix Barajas has seven, Ruben Mesalles five and Jai Bean one. Mesalles and Mohammed were recently named to TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top-100 Freshman List for their efforts.
- Senior Ian Murphy played in his 60th game as a Blue Devil on Friday against Clemson. The most senior player on the roster, the Redlands, Calif., native also crossed another milestone, reaching 5,000 minutes played (5,049).
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