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Cooper, Jones Selected CollegeSoccerNews Preseason All-Americans
8/22/2022 4:08:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM – Duke women's soccer standouts Michelle Cooper and Ruthie Jones have been selected preseason First Team All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews. Â
The Blue Devil duo were two of 11 first team selections on the list that was released over the weekend. Â
Cooper, the 2021 TopDrawerSoccer National and ACC Freshman of the Year, is coming off a season where she led Duke with 12 goals and 29 points, while tying for second on the team with five assists. Her 12 goals set a Blue Devil freshman record. She became the first Duke player to score six goals over her first six career matches and went on to be a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. Cooper, who is from Clarkston, Mich., made her 2022 Duke debut on Sunday against UNC Greensboro and tallied an assist on the game-winning goal as the Blue Devils defeated the Spartans, 3-1. Â
A product of Charlotte, N.C., Jones enters her third season as the starting goalkeeper, after registering a stellar junior campaign where she was an All-ACC First Team selection. She recorded 46 saves with a .793 save percentage, while allowing just 12 goals for an ACC-best 0.59 goals against average. Jones has collected 20 shutouts over four seasons, which ranks fifth on Duke's all-time charts. She opened the season with a clean sheet on the road at East Carolina and has only allowed one goal in 180 minutes so far this season. Â
No. 2 Duke will next travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to face 11th-ranked Tennessee at 7 p.m., at Regal Soccer Stadium. The match will be aired live on the SEC Network. Â
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWSOC".
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The Blue Devil duo were two of 11 first team selections on the list that was released over the weekend. Â
Cooper, the 2021 TopDrawerSoccer National and ACC Freshman of the Year, is coming off a season where she led Duke with 12 goals and 29 points, while tying for second on the team with five assists. Her 12 goals set a Blue Devil freshman record. She became the first Duke player to score six goals over her first six career matches and went on to be a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. Cooper, who is from Clarkston, Mich., made her 2022 Duke debut on Sunday against UNC Greensboro and tallied an assist on the game-winning goal as the Blue Devils defeated the Spartans, 3-1. Â
A product of Charlotte, N.C., Jones enters her third season as the starting goalkeeper, after registering a stellar junior campaign where she was an All-ACC First Team selection. She recorded 46 saves with a .793 save percentage, while allowing just 12 goals for an ACC-best 0.59 goals against average. Jones has collected 20 shutouts over four seasons, which ranks fifth on Duke's all-time charts. She opened the season with a clean sheet on the road at East Carolina and has only allowed one goal in 180 minutes so far this season. Â
No. 2 Duke will next travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to face 11th-ranked Tennessee at 7 p.m., at Regal Soccer Stadium. The match will be aired live on the SEC Network. Â
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWSOC".
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