No. 6 Duke Falls on the Road at No. 4 Florida State

Thursday, October 13

Tallahassee, Fla.

6 P.M.

Duke University

10-4-0, 5-2-0

Florida State

10-1-2, 6-1-0

Duke

Florida St.

Photo by: Florida State Athletics

No. 6 Duke Falls on the Road at No. 4 Florida State

10/13/2022 8:33:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score BOX SCORE (PDF)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In a matchup of the top two teams in the ACC on Thursday evening in Tallahassee, Fla., fourth-ranked Florida State scored four second-half goals on its way to defeating the Duke women's soccer team, 5-1, at the Seminole Soccer Complex.

The Blue Devils dropped to 10-4-0 overall and 5-2 in ACC action, while the Seminoles improved to 10-1-2, 6-1-0.

How It Happened
•   The Blue Devils had a few chances early as Duke sent balls across the box where Maggie Graham and Mackenzie Pluck attempted shots, but were not able to get them across the line.
•   Freshman Kat Rader also blasted a right-footed attempt at the 11:10 mark, but was saved by FSU keeper Cristina Roque.
•   Florida State was able to get on the board at the 22:18 mark of the first half as Jody Brown beat the Duke defense off a feed from Jenna Nighswonger and finished in the bottom left corner to take a 1-0 lead.
•   Less than four minutes later, Michelle Cooper was taken down at approximately the 42-yard mark and Duke was awarded a free kick. Sophie Jones stepped up and fired a shot towards the goal that was headed up and towards the FSU net by a Seminole player. Graham used her body to pass the ball to Grace Watkins and she finished her fist goal of the season to even the score, 1-1.
•   Duke held a 6-3 advantage in shots, with three being on goal in the first half.
•   Florida State went ahead again, 2-1, at the 50:14 mark as Brown fired a shot into the top left corner of the net past a diving Duke goalkeeper, Ruthie Jones.
•   The Seminoles added a third goal off a free kick at the 54:23 mark as Nighswonger found Beata Olsson for a header.
•   Florida State scored its fourth and fifth goals in the 63rd and 80th minutes to go ahead, 5-1.

Notes
•   Mackenzie Pluck played in her 98th career match, which passed Laura Weinberg and Natasha Anasi for first all-time in the Duke record charts.
•   Grace Watkins collected her fourth career goal in the first half.
•   The five goals allowed was a season high for Duke and the most allowed since Oct. 28, 2010 against North Carolina (3-5).
•   The Blue Devils dropped only their fifth road match over the last 21 contests (15-5-1).
•   Duke entered the match with a 5-0 ledger on the road this season and snapped a seven-match winning streak in true road contests.
•   The Blue Devils fell to 4-4 in road matches this season.

Quotes
"First of all, congratulations to Florida State. They were very, very impressive tonight. They responded from their loss against Notre Dame very well. They bossed us around in all areas and all lines of the field. They were quicker and they got to every first, second balls. There was a hunger and there was a fight in them. I am disappointed a little bit that we didn't fight back as much. But, it's all about how we respond. You know, this game's over, we have to respond. I know this character of this team, heart of this team and we will respond from this."   – Duke head coach Robbie Church on getting the win on Sunday

Next Match
Duke will have the weekend off and then travel to Clemson, S.C., to face Clemson on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. The match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra.

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