No. 4 Duke Welcomes No. 2 UVA Sunday at 1 PM

Sunday, October 2

Durham, N.C.

1 P.M.

Duke University

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No. 4 Duke Welcomes No. 2 UVA Sunday at 1 PM

10/1/2022 9:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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Match 11
#2 Virginia (9-1-1, 2-1-0) at #4 Duke (8-2-0, 3-0-0)
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 - 1:00 PM (ET) - ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Kyle Schassburger

NEED TO KNOW
•   No. 4 Duke (8-2-0, 3-0-0 ACC) will host No. 2 Virginia (9-1-1, 2-1-0) on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m., at Koskinen Stadium.
•   Sunday's match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Kyle Schassburger calling the action.
•   Duke enters Sunday's contest with an eight-match winning streak in ACC regular season action. It is the longest streak since 2017 (10).
•   Duke has a streak of 410 minutes without allowing a goal at home in ACC regular season action dating back to last season.
•   Over the first nine matches, Duke featured a different starting lineup in each of those contests. The Blue Devils had the same lineup against Boston College and NC State.
•   In 27 matches played at Duke, Michelle Cooper has tallied at least a goal or assist in 20 of those contests.
•   In the lone match without Michelle Cooper, the Blue Devils won, 1-0, at ECU, but since her return, Duke has scored 23 goals over its last nine matches.
•   The Blue Devils are one of only three undefeated teams in ACC action through three matches -- Pittsburgh and Florida State.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES
•   In the latest NCAA RPI, Duke is third behind UCLA (1) and North Carolina (2). Virginia is sixth.
•   Duke will face a team ranked No. 2 nationally for the third time this season (UCLA, North Carolina).
•   The Blue Devils boast a 51-9-7 record at home at Koskinen Stadium since the start of the 2017 campaign.
•   With her next start, senior Delaney Graham will tie Tara Campbell for the school record with 91 starts.
•   In five home matches in 2022, Duke has scored eight of 11 goals in the first half.
•   Michelle Cooper has scored 14 of her 21 career goals at home in Koskinen Stadium. Five of the other seven goals have come on the road this season (TCU/Tennessee/NCSU).
•   Freshman Kat Rader's five goals are tied for second in the ACC among freshmen -- Taylor Price of Virginia Tech (6) and Tori Dellaperuta of UNC (4). Nationally, Rader ranks tied for 10th among freshmen.
•   The Blue Devils' schedule is currently ranked the eighth-toughest nationally.
•   Duke will play the next three matches at home, before closing the regular season with three out of four matches on the road.
•   Duke has been ranked in a school-record 37 straight weeks in the top 10. That streak, which dates back to Oct. 6, 2020, surpassed the 25 straight polls that listed Duke in the top 10 from 1992-95.
•   Duke has seven different players that have scored through 10 matches.
•   After allowing only five goals in the first 10 matches a year ago, the Blue Devils have allowed nine goals in 10 matches.
•   Ruthie Jones has started 51 straight matches in goal for the Blue Devils and has 21 shutouts, which ranks fifth all-time at Duke.
•   Sophie Jones owns a streak of 62 straight starts since arriving at Duke.
•   Sophie Jones, Ruthie Jones and Emmy Duerr were voted captains for the 2022 squad.

DUKE VS. VIRGINIA
•   Duke and Virginia will meet for the 46th time on Sunday with the Cavaliers leading the series 20-16-9.
•   The Blue Devils last win against the Cavaliers was a 1-0 shutout in November 2017 in Charleston, S.C., during the semifinals of the ACC Tournament; Duke's last win at home was a 1-0 win in 2016.
•   In the last meeting a year ago, Virginia defeated Duke in Charlottesville, Va., 1-0.
•   Duke is 6-8-5 against Virginia at Koskinen.

SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
•   Virginia enters the contest with a 9-1-1 overall and 2-1-0 ACC mark.
•   The Cavaliers have allowed only four goals, while scoring 32 on the year.
•   On the road, Virginia owns a 2-1-0 record on the season.
•   So far this season, Haley Hopkins (8) and Lia Godfrey (4) have paced the Cavaliers in scoring. A total of 12 different players have scored this season.

IN THE ACC/NCAA STATISTICS
•   In the latest ACC stats, Michelle Cooper ranks first in points per game (2.56), first in points (23), first in goals per game (1.00), first in shots per game (4.67), first in goals (9) and tied for third in assists per game (.56). Mackenzie Pluck ranks second in assists (6) and tied for second in assists per game (.60).
•   In the NCAA stats, Cooper ranks tied for fifth in goals per game (1.00), fifth in points per game (2.56), fourth in shots per game (4.67), tied for sixth in goals (9) and tied for third in points (23). Pluck ranks tied for 12th in assists (6) and tied for 18th in assists per game (.60)
•   The top five points per game averages nationally are Rebecca Cooke of Quinnipiac (2.88), Imani Jenkins (Hartford), Nicole Douglas (2.86), Maddie Turlington of Gardner-Webb (2.58) and Cooper (2.56).