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Women's Soccer
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Thursday, October 6
Durham, N.C.
7 P.M.
Duke University
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Wake Forest
Photo by: Duke Athletics
Blue Devils & Demon Deacons Tangle at Koskinen Thursday
10/5/2022 3:27:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Match 12
Wake Forest (8-2-2, 2-2-0 ACC) at #7 Duke (8-3-0, 3-1-0)
Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 - 7:00 PM (ET) - ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Chris Edwards (PXP), Dean Linke (Color)
NEED TO KNOW
• No. 7 Duke (8-3-0, 3-1-0 ACC) will continue its three-match homestand on Thursday, Oct. 6 as the Blue Devils host Wake Forest (8-2-2, 2-2-0) at 7 p.m., at Koskinen Stadium.
• Blue Devil graduate student Delaney Graham will sing the national anthem pregame.
• Thursday's match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Chris Edwards (PXP) and Dean Linke (Color).
• It will mark Duke's annual "Pink Game" on Thursday as the Blue Devils will wear pink jerseys that will be auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer research at the Duke Cancer Institute.
• The Blue Devils have won eight out of their last nine ACC regular season contests with the lone loss coming against Virginia in the last game.
• In the latest NCAA RPI, Duke is eighth with its three losses coming to No. 1 UCLA, No. 4 Virginia and No. 5 North Carolina. The Blue Devils' schedule is currently ranked the eighth-toughest nationally.
• Over the first nine matches, Duke featured a different starting lineup in each of those contests. The Blue Devils had the same lineup over the last three matches.
• In 28 matches played at Duke, Michelle Cooper has tallied at least a goal or assist in 20 of those contests.
STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES
• Duke junior Olivia Migli and Wake Forest's Carrie Mcintire are both from Haymarket, Va., and attended Battlefield H.S.
• Blue Devil junior Katie Groff and WFU's Lyndon Wood, Baylor Goldthwaite and Laurel Ansbrow played on the NC Courage Girls Development Academy.
• With her next start, senior Delaney Graham will pass Tara Campbell for the school record with 92 career starts.
• In six home matches in 2022, Duke has scored eight of 11 goals in the first half.
• The Blue Devils boast a 51-10-7 record at home at Koskinen Stadium since the start of the 2017 campaign.
• 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 second in the ACC among freshmen -- Taylor Price of Virginia Tech (6) and Tori Dellaperuta of UNC (4). Nationally, Rader ranks tied for 13th among freshmen.
• Duke is in the middle of a three-match homestand, before closing the regular season with three out of four matches on the road.
• Duke has been ranked in a school-record 38 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 11 matches.
• After allowing only five goals in the first 10 matches a year ago, the Blue Devils have allowed nine goals in first 10 matches in 2022.
• Ruthie Jones has started 52 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 63 straight starts since arriving at Duke.
• Sophie Jones, Ruthie Jones and Emmy Duerr were voted captains for the 2022 squad.
DUKE VS. WAKE FOREST
• Thursday's matchup between the Blue Devils and the Demon Deacons will be their 36th meeting all-time since their first match in 1994.
• During the 2021 season, Duke faced Wake Forest twice with a 2-0 win during the regular season and a 1-2 loss during the ACC Tournament.
• Duke has outscored Wake Forest 61-39 all-time.
• The Blue Devils are 10-2-3 when facing the Demon Deacons at home.
SCOUTING THE DEMON DEACONS
• Wake Forest enters the contest with an 8-2-2 overall and 2-2-0 ACC mark. The Demon Deacons are 3-1-1 on the road.
• WFU owns 12 different players that have scored a goal with Olivia Stowell, Alex Wood and Emily Morris leading the way with four each.
• Kaitlyn Parks owns seven shutouts in goal and allowed only six goals in 12 matches.
IN THE ACC/NCAA STATISTICS
• In the latest ACC stats, Michelle Cooper ranks first in points per game (2.30), first in points (23), first in goals per game (0.90), first in shots per game (4.40), first in goals (9) and tied for fourth in assists per game (.50). Mackenzie Pluck ranks tied for third in assists (6) and third in assists per game (.60).
• In the NCAA stats, Cooper ranks 10th in goals per game (0.90), fifth in points per game (2.30), ninth in shots per game (4.40), tied for 11th in goals (9) and eighth in points (23). Pluck ranks tied for 17th in assists (6) and tied for 20th in assists per game (.60)
• The top five points per game averages nationally are Rebecca Cooke of Quinnipiac (3.50), Imani Jenkins of Hartford (3.10), Maddie Turlington of Gardner-Webb (2.69), Trinity Byars of Texas (2.36) and Cooper (2.30).
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