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No. 7 Duke Hosts No. 14 Vanderbilt Sunday on Senior Day
4/10/2021 11:42:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Match 18
No. 7 Duke (10-5-2) vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (9-5-0)
Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. – Koskinen Stadium
NEED TO KNOW
DUKE VS. VANDERBILT
Sunday's battle will be the ninth all-time match between Duke and Vanderbilt, and the first since Nov. 3, 2001.
The series featured eight matchups from 1991-2001, with the Blue Devils holding a 5-3-0 advantage, and zero since then. Nineteen years, five months and nine days will have passed when the two teams meet on Sunday, marking the third-longest gap between matches in a series in Duke history.
Longest Gap Between Matches in a Series | Program History
Wisconsin - 22y, 2m, 11d (Sept. 12, 1997 - Nov. 22, 2019)
Santa Clara - 19y, 11m, 5d (Sept. 27, 1999 - Aug. 31, 2019)
Vanderbilt - 19y, 5m, 9d (Nov. 3, 2001 - April 11, 2021)
Duke owned a four-match winning streak from 1992-96, before the Commodores collected back-to-back wins in 1996 and 2000. The last meeting came on Nov. 3, 2001 -- a 2-0 Duke victory in Durham.
SCOUTING THE COMMODORES
Vanderbilt opened the spring with a 3-1 win over Kennesaw State on March 11, collecting its fifth consecutive victory, but dropped a home contest in overtime to Memphis on March 28.
The Commodores entered the SEC Tournament in November as the No. 7 seed with a 4-4-0 fall record, but rattled off four consecutive wins -- including three straight over ranked opponents -- en route to their first conference title since 1994.
Senior Haley Hopkins leads the Vanderbilt offense with seven goals and one assist for 15 points this season. Fellow senior Sarah Fuller has appeared in 11 games in net, collecting 35 saves and an 8-3-0 record with three shutouts.
DUKE AT KOSKINEN
The Blue Devils own a 3-1-2 record at Koskinen Stadium this season and are looking to record at least four home wins for the 22nd straight year.
Duke has outscored its opponents 10-3 in home matches this season and has collected a shutout win in each of its last three outings at Koskinen.
The Blue Devils earned a dominant 6-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in their last home match on March 17. Duke scored five goals in the first half, including three in the opening 12 minutes.Â
Duke carries a streak of 316 minutes and 39 seconds since its last goal allowed at home.
DUKE-VANDERBILT CONNECTIONS
The Blue Devils and Commodores feature several connections among players and coaches.
Duke junior Delaney Graham played with Vanderbilt juniors Raegan Kelley and Ella Shamburger at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Ga., as well as Tophat Soccer Club.
Duke freshman Maggie Graham also competed at Westminster alongside Vanderbilt freshman Alex Wagner. Graham additionally played with Vanderbilt freshman Amber Nguyen at Tophat.
Duke sophomore Emmy Duerr and Vanderbilt sophomore Alex Kerr played for the NC Courage Academy team together during the 2018-19 season. Kerr is the daughter of Duke men's soccer coach John Kerr.
Blue Devils head coach Robbie Church held the same role at Vanderbilt for two seasons (1999-2000), compiling a 21-19-1 record before coming to Duke.
LAST TIME OUT: DUKE 1, NC STATE 0
No. 7 Duke rebounded from its first loss of the spring season by putting together a dominant defensive effort at NC State on Friday, April 2.
The Blue Devils outshot the Wolfpack 15-2 while allowing no shots on goal to pick up their eighth shutout win of the season.
Redshirt senior Mia Gyau broke the scoreless tie in the 61st minute, when she knocked down a clearing attempt by the NC State goalkeeper and calmly buried her first goal of the season. The starting defensive unit of Gyau, senior Caitlin Cosme, senior Taylor Mitchell and junior Delaney Graham each played 90 minutes in the victory, keeping a talented NC State offense in check.
GYAU NAMED ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After scoring the game-winning goal and logging 90 minutes on the back end in Duke's 1-0 win at NC State, redshirt senior Mia Gyau was tapped the ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
Gyau's winning tally in the 61st minute marked her first goal since September 26, 2019. She has scored three goals in 55 career games at Duke.
Combined with junior Marykate McGuire's Offensive Player of the Week (9/15) and senior Caitlin Cosme's two Defensive Player of the Week (10/13, 3/9) recognitions, Duke's four weekly awards are tied with Clemson and Pittsburgh for the most in the conference this season.
NOTING DUKE
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No. 7 Duke (10-5-2) vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (9-5-0)
Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 1 p.m. | ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. – Koskinen Stadium
NEED TO KNOW
- No. 7 Duke closes out the 2020-21 regular season when it hosts No. 14 Vanderbilt on Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.
- Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra, with Ryan Craig on the call.
- Seniors Tess Boade, Caitlin Cosme, Taylor Mitchell, Lily Nabet, Remi Swartz and Natasha Turner will be recognized in a pregame ceremony as part of Senior Day.
- The Blue Devils responded from their first loss of the spring season by earning a 1-0 victory at NC State on Friday, April 2.
- Redshirt senior Mia Gyau scored the game-winning goal in the 61st minute and was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
- Boade (5 goals, 2 assists), freshman Olivia Migli (6 goals) and junior Marykate McGuire (3 goals, 6 assists) are tied for the team lead with 12 points each.
DUKE VS. VANDERBILT
Sunday's battle will be the ninth all-time match between Duke and Vanderbilt, and the first since Nov. 3, 2001.
The series featured eight matchups from 1991-2001, with the Blue Devils holding a 5-3-0 advantage, and zero since then. Nineteen years, five months and nine days will have passed when the two teams meet on Sunday, marking the third-longest gap between matches in a series in Duke history.
Longest Gap Between Matches in a Series | Program History
Wisconsin - 22y, 2m, 11d (Sept. 12, 1997 - Nov. 22, 2019)
Santa Clara - 19y, 11m, 5d (Sept. 27, 1999 - Aug. 31, 2019)
Vanderbilt - 19y, 5m, 9d (Nov. 3, 2001 - April 11, 2021)
Duke owned a four-match winning streak from 1992-96, before the Commodores collected back-to-back wins in 1996 and 2000. The last meeting came on Nov. 3, 2001 -- a 2-0 Duke victory in Durham.
SCOUTING THE COMMODORES
Vanderbilt opened the spring with a 3-1 win over Kennesaw State on March 11, collecting its fifth consecutive victory, but dropped a home contest in overtime to Memphis on March 28.
The Commodores entered the SEC Tournament in November as the No. 7 seed with a 4-4-0 fall record, but rattled off four consecutive wins -- including three straight over ranked opponents -- en route to their first conference title since 1994.
Senior Haley Hopkins leads the Vanderbilt offense with seven goals and one assist for 15 points this season. Fellow senior Sarah Fuller has appeared in 11 games in net, collecting 35 saves and an 8-3-0 record with three shutouts.
DUKE AT KOSKINEN
The Blue Devils own a 3-1-2 record at Koskinen Stadium this season and are looking to record at least four home wins for the 22nd straight year.
Duke has outscored its opponents 10-3 in home matches this season and has collected a shutout win in each of its last three outings at Koskinen.
The Blue Devils earned a dominant 6-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in their last home match on March 17. Duke scored five goals in the first half, including three in the opening 12 minutes.Â
Duke carries a streak of 316 minutes and 39 seconds since its last goal allowed at home.
DUKE-VANDERBILT CONNECTIONS
The Blue Devils and Commodores feature several connections among players and coaches.
Duke junior Delaney Graham played with Vanderbilt juniors Raegan Kelley and Ella Shamburger at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Ga., as well as Tophat Soccer Club.
Duke freshman Maggie Graham also competed at Westminster alongside Vanderbilt freshman Alex Wagner. Graham additionally played with Vanderbilt freshman Amber Nguyen at Tophat.
Duke sophomore Emmy Duerr and Vanderbilt sophomore Alex Kerr played for the NC Courage Academy team together during the 2018-19 season. Kerr is the daughter of Duke men's soccer coach John Kerr.
Blue Devils head coach Robbie Church held the same role at Vanderbilt for two seasons (1999-2000), compiling a 21-19-1 record before coming to Duke.
LAST TIME OUT: DUKE 1, NC STATE 0
No. 7 Duke rebounded from its first loss of the spring season by putting together a dominant defensive effort at NC State on Friday, April 2.
The Blue Devils outshot the Wolfpack 15-2 while allowing no shots on goal to pick up their eighth shutout win of the season.
Redshirt senior Mia Gyau broke the scoreless tie in the 61st minute, when she knocked down a clearing attempt by the NC State goalkeeper and calmly buried her first goal of the season. The starting defensive unit of Gyau, senior Caitlin Cosme, senior Taylor Mitchell and junior Delaney Graham each played 90 minutes in the victory, keeping a talented NC State offense in check.
GYAU NAMED ACC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
After scoring the game-winning goal and logging 90 minutes on the back end in Duke's 1-0 win at NC State, redshirt senior Mia Gyau was tapped the ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career.
Gyau's winning tally in the 61st minute marked her first goal since September 26, 2019. She has scored three goals in 55 career games at Duke.
Combined with junior Marykate McGuire's Offensive Player of the Week (9/15) and senior Caitlin Cosme's two Defensive Player of the Week (10/13, 3/9) recognitions, Duke's four weekly awards are tied with Clemson and Pittsburgh for the most in the conference this season.
NOTING DUKE
- The Blue Devils are 10-0-0 on the season when scoring first and 0-5-1 when the opponent scores first.
- Duke is 6-0 when leading at the half.
- Four of Duke's five 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 being limited to just three goals between them in the first 14 matches this season, the junior tandem of Marykate McGuire and Mackenzie Pluck each had a tally in the win over Coastal Carolina on March 17. The pair combined for 17 goals in 2019.
- With two goals and an assist in the opening two games of the spring campaign, senior Tess Boade now owns 35 points in four years at Duke.
- Senior Taylor Mitchell has played 7,358 minutes over four years and ranks fifth 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 37 matches and 3,307 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 on the swing. The Blue Devils are 5-3-0 on the season when playing away from home.
- Duke had to come from behind in its first two matches to open theÂ
- 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.
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