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No. 11 Duke Travels for ACC Semifinal at No. 9 Clemson
11/9/2021 2:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM – The No. 13 Duke men's soccer program (12-3-1, 5-2-1 ACC) continues its ACC Tournament run, traveling to Clemson, S.C., for a battle with No. 9 Clemson (13-4-0, 5-3-0 ACC) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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The third-seeded Blue Devils are competing for the program's first ACC Tournament title since 2006. The match will be broadcast on ACC Network.
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The third-seeded Blue Devils are competing for the program's first ACC Tournament title since 2006. The match will be broadcast on ACC Network.
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Last Time Out
- The Blue Devils advanced the ACC Tournament semifinal for the first time since 2018, defeating sixth-seeded Wake Forest, 3-2 on Sunday afternoon.Â
- Sophomore Thorleifur Ulfarsson tied a Duke ACC Tournament record with two goals, becoming the fifth Blue Devil in Duke history to register a brace, joining Brian Kelly, Troy Garner, Donald McIntosh and Blake Camp.
- The Blue Devils matched a Duke ACC Tournament record with four assists in the game, for the most since 2006 and fifth all-time. Three of the five games have been against Wake Forest.
- Junior Cameron Kerr registered two assists in the win, while also drawing the free kick that Ulfarsson buried in the 30th minute.
- Freshman Jai Bean scored the winning goal in the 77th minute, finishing a cross from Kerr for his first collegiate goal.
- Sophomore Antino Lopez and freshman Shakur Mohammed each added an assist. Lopez now has points in three straight contests.
- Senior goalkeeper Eliot Hamill made four saves and won his 10th game of the season.
- Clemson will play host to the Blue Devils as the No. 2 seed, with a record of 13-4-0 and 5-3-0 in the ACC.
- The Tigers are the defending ACC Tournament champions, who advanced to the semifinal after a 2-1 win over seventh-seeded North Carolina on Sunday.
- Isaiah Reed and Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador lead a diverse scoring attack, with both players at 17 points this season. Fernandez-Salvador had three points in this season's first meeting.
- Head Coach Mike Noonan is attempting to lead the Tigers to another national championship game, like he did in 2015.
- Duke and Clemson are set to meet for the 61st time and second time this season, with the Tigers holding an all-time series lead of 29-26-5.
- The two teams played a highly competitive regular season game last month, with Clemson coming away with a 3-2 win in overtime on Oct. 15.
- The Blue Devils are 1-3-1 in the ACC Tournament against the Tigers, with two teams set to meet in the tournament for the first time since 2017.
- Should the Blue Devils beat Clemson, they would advance to the final and face either top-seeded Pittsburgh or fifth-seeded Notre Dame, on Sunday, Nov. 14.
- The Blue Devils are looking to advance to the ACC Tournament championship for the first time since 2006.
- Following Mohammed's goal at Furman, the Blue Devils now have two players with 10 or more points. Sophomores Nick Pariano and Peter Stroud (9) and freshman Felix Barajas (8) are closing in on giving the Blue Devils three 10-point scorers for the first time since 2016.
- Duke has had at least one All-ACC honoree in every season since 1976, including every year of head coach John Kerr's tenure.
- Ulfarsson leads the nation outright in both goals per game (1.08) and points per game (2.25).
- In addition to goals per game and points per game, Ulfarsson is the ACC's leader in game winning goals (4), total goals (13) and shots on goal per game (1.92). The Kopavogur, Iceland, native ranks in a tie for fifth in the country in goals.
- After his two goals against Wake Forest, Ulfarsson was named top TopDrawerSoccer's Team of the Week.
- Ulfarsson's next goal would tie him with Mike Grella (2008), Jason Kreis (1994) and Tom Kain (1985) for 11th on the single season goals list with 14. He needs four more to tie a school record.
- Hamill ranks near the top of several major statistical categories in the ACC, ranking second in save percentage (0.775) and saves per game (3.93).
- With five shutouts this season, Hamill is two away from entering in a tie for 11th in the single season shutout rankings.
- The Blue Devils rank 15th in the nation in goal differential, outscoring opponents 37-16 over 16 games.
- The Blue Devils have gotten plenty of production from the freshman class, with 31 of the team's 110 points (28.2%) coming from them. Mohammed leads the way with 12 points, while Barajas has eight, Ruben Mesalles seven and Bean four. Mesalles and Mohammed were recently named to TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top-100 Freshman List for their efforts.
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