No. 7 Duke Surges in Second Half Against No. 10 Louisville

Saturday, September 10

Louisville, Ky.

7:30 P.M.

Duke University

4-0-0, 1-0-0

Louisville

3-2-0, 0-1-0

Duke

Louisville

No. 7 Duke Surges in Second Half Against No. 10 Louisville

9/10/2022 10:41:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Duke men's soccer, ranked seventh in the country, used two second-half goals on Saturday night to storm back and defeat 10th-ranked Louisville on the road, 2-1. Jai Bean scored a goal in his first game of the season, and Shakur Mohammed netted his third in 2022 to lead Duke's offensive efforts. Eliot Hamill allowed his first goal of the year, but responded with a season-high seven saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first half was an end-to-end affair, with both offenses testing the opposing defensive lines early and often.
Duke nearly broke through in the 28th minute when Shakur Mohammed was able to dribble around the goalkeeper but was denied by a quick-responding Louisville defender standing in the net.
Peter Stroud kept the pressure on shortly after, forcing the Cardinals' defense to respond to yet another threat from the Blue Devils.
Louisville broke the deadlock with the first goal of the game in the 34th minute.
Mohammed created immediate pressure in the second half, firing a shot off the crossbar from 18 yards out less than five minutes into the frame.
Nick Pariano sustained the pressure by forcing a Louisville save less than two minutes later.
Jai Bean scored his first goal of the season in his first appearance of the 2022 campaign in the 54th minute, leveling the scoring at one goal apiece.
Eliot Hamill made two sprawling saves in quick succession in the 72nd minute to keep the contest knotted at one.
Mohammed put the Blue Devils ahead in the 82nd minute, slotting a shot into the right corner from just outside the 18-yard box to give Duke its first lead of the evening.
Hamill was immediately put to the test after the restart and proved up to the task, making several saves to preserve the victory.

NOTES

Jai Bean made his first appearance of the season, playing 58 total minutes and securing his first two points of the year with his goal.
Shakur Mohammed has matched his goal total from 2021 after his third goal of the season on Saturday night.
Duke won its first ACC game of the season for the third year in a row.
Nick Pariano finished with two assists, matching a career-high for assists in a single game.
Mohammed also recorded an assist against the Cardinals and now has eight points on the year.
Four Blue Devils played all 90 minutes on Saturday night: Eliot Hamill, Amir Daley, Kamran Acito and Antino Lopez.

UP NEXT

The seventh-ranked Blue Devils will return to Koskinen Stadium for a matchup against North Carolina Friday, Sept. 16. First touch is scheduled for 7 p.m., with the game also streaming live on ACC Network Extra.

QUOTES

"Our team had to overcome the adversity of getting scored on for the first time this season and we handled it well. We bounced back and pressured their defense higher up the field which created several chances to score. We're very proud of this performance but it's very early in the season!" – Head coach John Kerr on the road victory.

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