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Duke University
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Coastal Carolina
No. 5 Duke Hosts Coastal Carolina Wednesday
3/16/2021 2:35:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Match 15
Coastal Carolina (7-6-0) at No. 5 Duke (8-4-2)
Sunday, March 17, 2021 | 6 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. – Koskinen Stadium
NEED TO KNOW
DUKE VS. COASTAL CAROLINA
Duke faces Coastal Carolina for the third time in program history and the first time since Aug. 28, 2016.
Each of the previous two matches took place at Koskinen Stadium, with the Blue Devils winning by scores of 9-0 and 2-0, respectively. Â
Duke's nine goals scored against the Chanticleers on Aug. 24, 2008 tied a program single-game record. The Blue Devils have netted nine goals five times, with four such performances coming under Robbie Church.
SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
Coastal Carolina went 6-5-0 in the fall season and has started the spring with a 1-1-0 mark for a total record of 7-6-0 in 2020-21.
The Chanticleers went 6-4-0 in the Sun Belt Conference before falling to Louisiana in the quarterfinals of the league tournament in November. They began the spring slate on Feb. 28, losing 5-0 at UNCW, before earning a 1-0 win over College of Charleston on March 4.
Junior forward Loranna Austin leads the team with five goals and 11 points. Goalkeeper Ky Hudson has started each match, collecting 68 saves on 87 shots faced for a .782 save percentage. Hudson and the Coastal Carolina defense have posted five shutouts this season.
BACK AT KOSKINEN
Wednesday's match marks a return to Koskinen Stadium for the Blue Devils, after not playing at home since Oct. 9 vs. Virginia Tech. Duke finished the fall season with five consecutive road matches followed by two games in the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C.
The 160 days between home games for Duke is the longest such gap within a season in program history. The Blue Devils will host another match this spring when they take on Vanderbilt on Sunday, April 11.
Duke is 2-1-2 at home this season and is set to play its first match on a Wednesday.
"It's been a long time returning back to Koskinen Stadium," said head coach Robbie Church. "We're obviously excited about that, knowing we only have two in the spring. For our seniors to be able to come back and play, and for the rest of our team, we look forward to it. I give really big kudos to our grounds crew. They're having to juggle four sports on that field here, and it still looks really good."
LAST TIME OUT: DUKE 3, UNCW 0
The Blue Devils opened the spring season with a 3-0 victory at UNCW on Saturday, March 6.
Duke wasted little time getting on the board, as senior Tess Boade opened the scoring 6:31 into the match with her fourth goal of the season. At the 26-minute mark, Boade sent in a high-arching corner kick that senior Caitlin Cosme headed in to double the Blue Devils' lead.
Three minutes into the second half, Cosme jumped into the play from the back end once again and fed a pass to freshman Grace Watkins, who one-timed it into the bottom left corner of the net for her first career goal, making it 3-0 in favor of the road team.
Sophomore goalkeeper Ruthie Jones stopped UNCW's only shot of the match to pick up her sixth shutout win of the season.
COSME NAMED ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After recording a goal and her first career assist in the spring opener at UNCW, senior Caitlin Cosme was tapped the ACC Defensive Player of the Week.
Cosme's header goal off a corner kick that made it 2-0 Duke was her fourth of the season, tying her for the team lead. The senior team captain from New Hyde Park, N.Y., played 79 minutes in the win and helped Duke earn its sixth shutout win of the 2020-21 campaign.
She has now garnered two ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors this season, with the other recognition coming after she scored on a penalty kick in a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech on Oct. 9.
COMING OUT HOT IN SECOND HALF
Duke has scored nine goals in the second half of games this season, with six coming within the first 20 minutes out of halftime and four scored in the opening six minutes of the period.
Freshman Grace Watkins increased the Blue Devil lead to 3-0 at UNCW when she scored her first career goal at the 48:31 mark of the match. Tess Boade scored 1:20 into the second half in the season opener at Wake Forest (9/10), while Olivia Migli made it a 3-1 game at Miami (11/1) 2:58 into the frame.
NOTING DUKE
CHURCH LOOKS AHEAD TO COASTAL CAROLINA MATCHUP
"We're excited about the game at UNCWÂ and continuing to build on that," said Church. "I thought we did some really good things, we were very organized both offensively and defensively, but we want to build on that and there were some areas we want to work on. We need to show some growth this week. We've done some video work on it and some training on it, so we're looking to have growth in some areas."
#GoDuke
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Coastal Carolina (7-6-0) at No. 5 Duke (8-4-2)
Sunday, March 17, 2021 | 6 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. – Koskinen Stadium
NEED TO KNOW
- Duke returns to Koskinen Stadium for the first time since Oct. 9 when it hosts Coastal Carolina on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
- The match will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra and the WatchESPN app with Ryan Craig on the call.
- The Blue Devils opened the spring season with a 3-0 victory at UNCW on Saturday, March 6 to improve to 8-4-2.
- Senior team captain Caitlin Cosme earned her second ACC Defensive Player of the Week honor this season, after recording a goal and an assist while helping Duke shut out UNCW.
- Cosme, senior Tess Boade and freshman Olivia Migli are tied for the team lead with four goals each. Migli ranks fourth in scoring among ACC freshmen and tied for 11th among NCAA freshmen.
DUKE VS. COASTAL CAROLINA
Duke faces Coastal Carolina for the third time in program history and the first time since Aug. 28, 2016.
Each of the previous two matches took place at Koskinen Stadium, with the Blue Devils winning by scores of 9-0 and 2-0, respectively. Â
Duke's nine goals scored against the Chanticleers on Aug. 24, 2008 tied a program single-game record. The Blue Devils have netted nine goals five times, with four such performances coming under Robbie Church.
SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
Coastal Carolina went 6-5-0 in the fall season and has started the spring with a 1-1-0 mark for a total record of 7-6-0 in 2020-21.
The Chanticleers went 6-4-0 in the Sun Belt Conference before falling to Louisiana in the quarterfinals of the league tournament in November. They began the spring slate on Feb. 28, losing 5-0 at UNCW, before earning a 1-0 win over College of Charleston on March 4.
Junior forward Loranna Austin leads the team with five goals and 11 points. Goalkeeper Ky Hudson has started each match, collecting 68 saves on 87 shots faced for a .782 save percentage. Hudson and the Coastal Carolina defense have posted five shutouts this season.
BACK AT KOSKINEN
Wednesday's match marks a return to Koskinen Stadium for the Blue Devils, after not playing at home since Oct. 9 vs. Virginia Tech. Duke finished the fall season with five consecutive road matches followed by two games in the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C.
The 160 days between home games for Duke is the longest such gap within a season in program history. The Blue Devils will host another match this spring when they take on Vanderbilt on Sunday, April 11.
Duke is 2-1-2 at home this season and is set to play its first match on a Wednesday.
"It's been a long time returning back to Koskinen Stadium," said head coach Robbie Church. "We're obviously excited about that, knowing we only have two in the spring. For our seniors to be able to come back and play, and for the rest of our team, we look forward to it. I give really big kudos to our grounds crew. They're having to juggle four sports on that field here, and it still looks really good."
LAST TIME OUT: DUKE 3, UNCW 0
The Blue Devils opened the spring season with a 3-0 victory at UNCW on Saturday, March 6.
Duke wasted little time getting on the board, as senior Tess Boade opened the scoring 6:31 into the match with her fourth goal of the season. At the 26-minute mark, Boade sent in a high-arching corner kick that senior Caitlin Cosme headed in to double the Blue Devils' lead.
Three minutes into the second half, Cosme jumped into the play from the back end once again and fed a pass to freshman Grace Watkins, who one-timed it into the bottom left corner of the net for her first career goal, making it 3-0 in favor of the road team.
Sophomore goalkeeper Ruthie Jones stopped UNCW's only shot of the match to pick up her sixth shutout win of the season.
COSME NAMED ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After recording a goal and her first career assist in the spring opener at UNCW, senior Caitlin Cosme was tapped the ACC Defensive Player of the Week.
Cosme's header goal off a corner kick that made it 2-0 Duke was her fourth of the season, tying her for the team lead. The senior team captain from New Hyde Park, N.Y., played 79 minutes in the win and helped Duke earn its sixth shutout win of the 2020-21 campaign.
She has now garnered two ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors this season, with the other recognition coming after she scored on a penalty kick in a 2-0 win over Virginia Tech on Oct. 9.
COMING OUT HOT IN SECOND HALF
Duke has scored nine goals in the second half of games this season, with six coming within the first 20 minutes out of halftime and four scored in the opening six minutes of the period.
Freshman Grace Watkins increased the Blue Devil lead to 3-0 at UNCW when she scored her first career goal at the 48:31 mark of the match. Tess Boade scored 1:20 into the second half in the season opener at Wake Forest (9/10), while Olivia Migli made it a 3-1 game at Miami (11/1) 2:58 into the frame.
NOTING DUKE
- The Blue Devils are 8-0-0 on the season when scoring first and 0-4-1 when the opponent scores first.
- Duke is 5-0 when leading at the half.
- Duke's four losses on the season have come to No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 North Carolina, dropping a pair of matches against each opponent.
- After scoring a combined 17 goals in 2019, Duke juniors Marykate McGuire and Mackenzie Pluck have been limited to only two goals between them so far in 2020-21.Â
- With her 12th career goal and ninth career assist at UNCW, senior Tess Boade now owns 33 career points in four years at Duke.Â
- Senior Taylor Mitchell has played 7,133 minutes over four years and ranks ninth in all-time minutes played at Duke.
- Fellow senior defender Caitlin Cosme played 300 minutes in eight matches her first two seasons at Duke, but has played 34 matches and 3,082 minutes over the last two years.Â
- In a fall season that was shortened due to COVID-19, sophomore goalkeeper Ruthie Jones still logged five shutouts, which ranked third in the ACC at the end of the calendar year.Â
- On Oct. 13, Duke climbed to No. 5 in the national rankings for the first time since week 10 of the 2018 season. The Blue Devils' No. 4 national ranking a week later was the highest in a regular season poll since 2017.
- Duke finished the fall portion of the regular season with five consecutive road games, notching a 3-2 record over the contests. The Blue Devils are 5-2 on the season when playing away from home.
- Duke had to come from behind in its first two matches to open the season. The Blue Devils scored the tying goal with two minutes left at Wake Forest in the season opener before winning in overtime, and tied Virginia one week later with a goal in the 60th minute.
CHURCH LOOKS AHEAD TO COASTAL CAROLINA MATCHUP
"We're excited about the game at UNCWÂ and continuing to build on that," said Church. "I thought we did some really good things, we were very organized both offensively and defensively, but we want to build on that and there were some areas we want to work on. We need to show some growth this week. We've done some video work on it and some training on it, so we're looking to have growth in some areas."
#GoDuke
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