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Cooper Named ACC Freshman of the Year, Four Earn All-ACC Honors
11/4/2021 2:16:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM – Duke's Michelle Cooper has been named the ACC Freshman of the Year and four Blue Devils were selected to the All-ACC Teams as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its women's soccer postseason awards Thursday.
Cooper, graduate student Tess Boade and junior Ruthie Jones were each voted to the All-ACC First Team, while junior Sophie Jones earned second-team honors.
Cooper becomes the fourth student-athlete in program history to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year, joining Isis Dallis (1997), Casey McCluskey (2001) and Cassie Pecht (2012). A native of Clarkson, Mich., she has quickly established herself as one of the nation's premier offensive talents in just 14 appearances at Duke. The forward is currently fifth in goals (10) and points (24) in the ACC, despite playing fewer matches than any player ranking in the top 10 of each category. She scored six goals over her first six matches with the Blue Devils, becoming the first player in program history to do so, and is recently coming off a three-game goal streak that included the overtime winner against No. 15 Notre Dame on Oct. 21.
She enters the NCAA Tournament just one goal shy of the Duke freshman record set by Kelly Cobb in 2011. Cooper was also tapped to the ACC All-Freshman Team, marking the 20th time in the last 21 seasons that the Blue Devils had an All-Freshman honoree.
Boade collects her first All-ACC selection after recording career highs in goals (seven), assists (five) and points (19) in 16 starts this season. The team captain from Highlands Ranch, Colo., has provided clutch scoring throughout her graduate campaign, netting the game-winner at No. 2 North Carolina on Sept. 17 and versus No. 1 Florida State on Oct. 24. She was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season and heads into the NCAA Tournament with four goals in her last six matches.
In conference-only matches during the regular season, Boade's five goals were tied for third in the ACC while her 13 points were tied for fourth.
Ruthie Jones becomes Duke's first All-ACC goalkeeper since EJ Proctor in 2017 and is the backbone for a defensive unit that has allowed the fewest goals in the conference this season (nine). The Charlotte, N.C., native's .833 save percentage and 0.54 goals against average both lead the league, while her seven complete-game shutouts rank tied for second. She earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week status after a six-save shutout at No. 2 North Carolina on Sept. 17, holding the Tar Heels scoreless for the first time in 30 matches.
Her recent span of 478 minutes and 53 seconds without allowing a goal that lasted from Oct. 10-31 is the fifth-longest shutout streak in program history.
Sophie Jones was voted to an All-ACC squad for the second consecutive season after earning first-team recognition in 2020-21. Although not recording a point this year coming off a sophomore campaign that saw her score three goals with three assists, Jones has remained an integral piece in the midfield for Duke. The Menlo Park, Calif., product has started all 17 matches and ranks sixth on the team with 1,260 minutes played, contributing as a defensive midfielder while sparking many of Duke's attacking builds. She logged 90+ minutes in five consecutive matches from Sept. 17-Oct. 7 and helped the team collect five straight shutout wins from Oct. 10-28.
Duke now owns 103 all-time All-ACC selections and has boasted multiple all-conference picks each year since 1992.
The Blue Devils, currently ranked No. 1 in the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) with a 13-3-1 record, look to earn their 27th all-time bid to the NCAA Tournament. After each team, region and campus host site is revealed in a selection show on Nov. 8, the opening round of the tournament will begin Friday, Nov. 12.
For more information on Duke women's soccer, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching 'DukeWSOC.'
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Cooper, graduate student Tess Boade and junior Ruthie Jones were each voted to the All-ACC First Team, while junior Sophie Jones earned second-team honors.
Cooper becomes the fourth student-athlete in program history to be named the ACC Freshman of the Year, joining Isis Dallis (1997), Casey McCluskey (2001) and Cassie Pecht (2012). A native of Clarkson, Mich., she has quickly established herself as one of the nation's premier offensive talents in just 14 appearances at Duke. The forward is currently fifth in goals (10) and points (24) in the ACC, despite playing fewer matches than any player ranking in the top 10 of each category. She scored six goals over her first six matches with the Blue Devils, becoming the first player in program history to do so, and is recently coming off a three-game goal streak that included the overtime winner against No. 15 Notre Dame on Oct. 21.
She enters the NCAA Tournament just one goal shy of the Duke freshman record set by Kelly Cobb in 2011. Cooper was also tapped to the ACC All-Freshman Team, marking the 20th time in the last 21 seasons that the Blue Devils had an All-Freshman honoree.
Boade collects her first All-ACC selection after recording career highs in goals (seven), assists (five) and points (19) in 16 starts this season. The team captain from Highlands Ranch, Colo., has provided clutch scoring throughout her graduate campaign, netting the game-winner at No. 2 North Carolina on Sept. 17 and versus No. 1 Florida State on Oct. 24. She was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week twice this season and heads into the NCAA Tournament with four goals in her last six matches.
In conference-only matches during the regular season, Boade's five goals were tied for third in the ACC while her 13 points were tied for fourth.
Ruthie Jones becomes Duke's first All-ACC goalkeeper since EJ Proctor in 2017 and is the backbone for a defensive unit that has allowed the fewest goals in the conference this season (nine). The Charlotte, N.C., native's .833 save percentage and 0.54 goals against average both lead the league, while her seven complete-game shutouts rank tied for second. She earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week status after a six-save shutout at No. 2 North Carolina on Sept. 17, holding the Tar Heels scoreless for the first time in 30 matches.
Her recent span of 478 minutes and 53 seconds without allowing a goal that lasted from Oct. 10-31 is the fifth-longest shutout streak in program history.
Sophie Jones was voted to an All-ACC squad for the second consecutive season after earning first-team recognition in 2020-21. Although not recording a point this year coming off a sophomore campaign that saw her score three goals with three assists, Jones has remained an integral piece in the midfield for Duke. The Menlo Park, Calif., product has started all 17 matches and ranks sixth on the team with 1,260 minutes played, contributing as a defensive midfielder while sparking many of Duke's attacking builds. She logged 90+ minutes in five consecutive matches from Sept. 17-Oct. 7 and helped the team collect five straight shutout wins from Oct. 10-28.
Duke now owns 103 all-time All-ACC selections and has boasted multiple all-conference picks each year since 1992.
The Blue Devils, currently ranked No. 1 in the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) with a 13-3-1 record, look to earn their 27th all-time bid to the NCAA Tournament. After each team, region and campus host site is revealed in a selection show on Nov. 8, the opening round of the tournament will begin Friday, Nov. 12.
For more information on Duke women's soccer, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching 'DukeWSOC.'
#GoDuke
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