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Match 15
#1 Florida State (12-0-1, 7-0-1 ACC) at Duke (6-5-3, 2-3-3 ACC)
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 - 1 PM (ET) - ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Chris Edwards (PXP), Matt Stradley (Analyst)
NEED TO KNOW
• For the second time in three weeks, Koskinen Stadium will be the host of a No. 1 ranked team as Duke women's soccer (6-5-3, 2-3-3 ACC) hosts top-ranked Florida State on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m.
• On Sunday, it will mark senior day for six Blue Devils -- Nicky Chico, Maggie Graham, Katie Groff, Olivia Migli and Grace Watkins. The seniors will be honored prior to the match. The group has helped Duke to 49 wins and led the Blue Devils to three straight NCAA Elite Eight appearances.
• Sunday's match versus the Seminoles will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Chris Edwards (PXP) and Matt Stradley (Analyst) calling the action.
• Over the last six matches, the Blue Devils have been without six different starters at one point due to injuries /illness-- Emily Royson, Olivia Migli, Baleigh Bruster, Carina Lageyre, Nicky Chico and Grace Watkins. Royson has missed six straight games.
• Duke is looking for its first win this season against a ranked opponent (0-5-1). The Blue Devils have been outscored 13-4 in those matches. Kat Rader has scored four of her seven goals against ranked foes.
• Over the last two seasons, Duke has lost six student-athletes that have gone on to play in the NWSL.
• Duke welcomed 11 newcomers to the 2023 roster as head coach Robbie Church is in his 23rd season in Durham.
STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES
• Duke is looking for its 250th all-time win at home at Koskinen Stadium.
• The Blue Devils had only four corner kicks over the previous four matches, before totaling a season-high 13 at Virginia Tech. Duke entered the Hokies match with only 10 shots on goal in the previous four matches and the Blue Devils tallied six at Virginia Tech.
• Duke's defense has been impressive in the first half the last six matches. The Blue Devils have allowed only one goal (a penalty kick) and held opponents to 27 shots. Leah Freeman has totaled nine saves in the first half in those matches.
• Kat Rader leads Duke with seven goals on the season and she owns 19 over her short career. Since scoring goals in each of the first three matches, Rader has been limited to four goals over the last 11 contests. She recently registered goals in back-to-back games vs. Pitt and UNC.
• Rader has tallied 11 of her 19 goals against ACC opponents over her short career.
• Since the late loss to Notre Dame, the Duke offense has struggled. The Blue Devils have attempted only 20 shots on goal and scored four goals in six games. One of those goals was a penalty kick. In the last six matches, three of Duke's four goals have come in the second half and four of the five opponents' goals have also come in the second.
THE SERIES WITH FLORIDA STATE
• The Blue Devils and Seminoles will meet for the 36th time in school history with FSU leading the series 17-11-7.
• The Blue Devils are 7-3-6 at home against the Seminoles.
• Florida State has outscored Duke, 49-36, all-time.
• Head coach Robbie Church holds a 6-17-6 series record against the Seminoles.
• The last time the two teams met in Durham was Oct. 24, 2021 as the Blue Devils defeated the top-ranked Seminoles, 1-0, at Koskinen Stadium.
SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES
• Florida State enters the contest with a 12-0-1 overall and 7-0-1 mark in ACC action.
• The Seminoles are 6-0-1 on the season on the road.
• Jordynn Dudley and Onyi Echegini have led FSU with nine goals each.
• Florida State has scored 41 goals, while allowing only 12.
IN THE LAST MEETING
• Duke traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., last season and dropped a 5-1 decision. Grace Watkins netted Duke's lone goal in the contest.
• The last time Duke and FSU met in Durham was on Oct. 24, 2021, which also marked senior day. The Blue Devils received a goal from Tess Boade in the 27th minute to defeat the No. 1 ranked Seminoles.
• FSU held a 9-8 shot advantage in the match.
A WIN WOULD...
• Move the all-time series with FSU to 17-12-7 in favor of the Seminoles.
• Be the third all-time against a No. 1 ranked team.
• Mark the 250th all-time win at Koskinen Stadium.
DUKE VERSUS NO. 1 RANKED TEAMS
• The Blue Devils have totaled a 2-19-3 record against No. 1 ranked teams over the history of the program, but is coming off a 1-1 draw against North Carolina and a 1-0 win in the last two meetings.
• Duke is 1-1-1 versus the Seminoles when they are ranked No. 1.
Versus No. 1 Ranked Opponents
vs. North Carolina (T, 1-1, 10/8/23 in Durham)
vs. Florida St. (W, 1-0; 10/24/21 in Durham)
vs. Florida St. (T, 0-0 2OT, 3-5 on PKs; 5/9/21 in Cary, N.C.)
at North Carolina (L, 0-1; 10/23/20 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 0-2; 9/27/20 in Durham)
at Virginia (L, 0-1; 11/3/19 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at Virginia (T, 0-0 2OT; 9/29/19 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at West Virginia (L, 0-1; 11/26/16 in Morgantown, W.Va.)
at Virginia (L, 0-1; 9/27/15 in Charlottesville, Va.)
vs. Virginia (L, 2-3; 9/26/13 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at Florida State (L, 0-1; 9/13/12 in Tallahassee, Fla.)
vs. Stanford (L, 0-1; 12/4/11 in Kennesaw, Ga.)
at North Carolina (L, 1-2 OT; 9/24/09 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
at North Carolina (W, 2-1; 10/9/05 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 2-4; 11/5/04 in Cary, N.C.)
at North Carolina (L, 1-2; 10/28/04 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-6; 11/7/03 in Cary, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 0-4; 10/1/03 in Durham)
at North Carolina (L, 0-2; 11/18/01 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-3; 10/2/01 in Durham)
vs. Santa Clara (L, 2-7; 9/27/99 in Durham)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-5 2OT; 11/5/98 in Orlando, Fla.)
at North Carolina (L, 0-4; 10/8/98 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 2-3; 10/30/97 in Durham)
IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
• Duke snapped a six-match winless streak on Thursday at Virginia Tech with a 1-0 victory. The six-match was tied for the longest such streak for the Blue Devils in school history. In 2013 and 1996, Duke also had a six-match stretch.
BIG CONTRAST IN OFFENSES
• Florida State enters the match with a 41-12 advantage in goals. The Seminoles 27 goals in ACC play are more than the Blue Devils have scored the entire season (15).
• Duke has seven different players who have scored goals in 2023, while FSU has 13.
APPROACHING RECORD NUMBERS, UNFORTUNATELY
• Due to Duke's struggle to get its offense going this season, the Blue Devils are approaching some numbers they never want to.
• Duke's 15 goals is approaching a school record for fewest goals scored in a season for the Blue Devils, which is 22 in 2015 and 1998.
• In the Blue Devils' first 35 years as a program, Duke has tallied fewer than 30 goals only four times -- 22 in 2015 & 1998, 26 in 2001 and 29 in 2006.
• Duke has registered only 54 corner kicks, which is nearing the school record for fewest in a season as well. The previous low was 77 in 1999. The Blue Devils have totaled fewer than 100 corner kicks in a season only four times -- 77 in 1999, 85 in 2015, and 92 in 1997 & 2019.
• The Blue Devils have totaled 17 assists on the year, which is the second-fewest in school history if the season ended today. The top-five lowest season assists have been -- 11 in 2001, 18 in 1998, 22 in 2015 & 1991 and 23 in 1996.
GOLDTHWAITE NETS FIRST
• Needing someone to step up on the road at Virginia Tech, freshman Phoebe Goldthwaite did that on Thursday netting her first collegiate goal off the bench.
• Goldthwaite also registered a key defensive stop late in the match as the Hokies were trying to even the match.
• She came off the bench and played a career-high 76 minutes.
5K MINUTES
• Duke features three Blue Devils that have been on the pitch for over 5,000 minutes in their career.
• Emily Royson (5,520), Katie Groff (5,083) and Leah Freeman (5,661) have hit the 5K mark. Groff accomplished this at Virginia Tech.
RANKINGS
• The Blue Devils fell out of the United Soccer Coaches poll this week for the first time this season.
FREEMAN MAKING STOPS
• Since ACC play has started, Leah Freeman has registered 29 of her 39 saves over the eight matches. She has come up big keeping the Blue Devils in games and totaled five shutouts on the year.
• Freeman collected a huge penalty kick stop late in the match against North Carolina to keep it a one-goal contest.
• She owns 18 saves over the last four matches, including a season-high six at Pittsburgh and versus No. 7 Clemson.
THE INJURY BUG
• Duke has featured different starting lineups in six out of the last seven matches due to injuries.
• In the Notre Dame match on Sept. 21, the Blue Devils lost their starting center backs -- Emily Royson and Baleigh Bruster -- to injuries. Both were not on the pitch when the Irish rallied for a pair of goals to win the match.
• Senior Olivia Migli was also lost late in the Notre Dame match with an injury as well and missed four matches. She returned against Clemson and started, but had to leave after 18 minutes.
• Bruster missed only one match, but Royson has missed the last six contests.
• Senior Grace Watkins also missed the Virginia match due to an injury suffered in practice, but came off the bench at Pittsburgh and returned to the lineup against UNC.
• Sophomore Carina Lageyre missed the Clemson match due to an injury suffered against UNC.
• Senior Nicky Chico was sidelined for the Virginia Tech match due to an illness.
AT HOME IN KOSKINEN STADIUM
• Duke is 3-3-2 at home with Kat Rader scoring six of the Blue Devils' nine goals in those matches.
• The Blue Devils are looking to avoid suffering their fourth loss at home in 2023, which would match the most losses inside Koskinen Stadium since 1991 and 1990.
• Over the last seven seasons, the Blue Devils have totaled a 60-13-9 ledger at home.
• In 23 years under the direction of head coach Robbie Church, Duke owns a 168-45-31 record at home.
Match 15
#1 Florida State (12-0-1, 7-0-1 ACC) at Duke (6-5-3, 2-3-3 ACC)
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 - 1 PM (ET) - ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Chris Edwards (PXP), Matt Stradley (Analyst)
NEED TO KNOW
• For the second time in three weeks, Koskinen Stadium will be the host of a No. 1 ranked team as Duke women's soccer (6-5-3, 2-3-3 ACC) hosts top-ranked Florida State on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m.
• On Sunday, it will mark senior day for six Blue Devils -- Nicky Chico, Maggie Graham, Katie Groff, Olivia Migli and Grace Watkins. The seniors will be honored prior to the match. The group has helped Duke to 49 wins and led the Blue Devils to three straight NCAA Elite Eight appearances.
• Sunday's match versus the Seminoles will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Chris Edwards (PXP) and Matt Stradley (Analyst) calling the action.
• Over the last six matches, the Blue Devils have been without six different starters at one point due to injuries /illness-- Emily Royson, Olivia Migli, Baleigh Bruster, Carina Lageyre, Nicky Chico and Grace Watkins. Royson has missed six straight games.
• Duke is looking for its first win this season against a ranked opponent (0-5-1). The Blue Devils have been outscored 13-4 in those matches. Kat Rader has scored four of her seven goals against ranked foes.
• Over the last two seasons, Duke has lost six student-athletes that have gone on to play in the NWSL.
• Duke welcomed 11 newcomers to the 2023 roster as head coach Robbie Church is in his 23rd season in Durham.
STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES
• Duke is looking for its 250th all-time win at home at Koskinen Stadium.
• The Blue Devils had only four corner kicks over the previous four matches, before totaling a season-high 13 at Virginia Tech. Duke entered the Hokies match with only 10 shots on goal in the previous four matches and the Blue Devils tallied six at Virginia Tech.
• Duke's defense has been impressive in the first half the last six matches. The Blue Devils have allowed only one goal (a penalty kick) and held opponents to 27 shots. Leah Freeman has totaled nine saves in the first half in those matches.
• Kat Rader leads Duke with seven goals on the season and she owns 19 over her short career. Since scoring goals in each of the first three matches, Rader has been limited to four goals over the last 11 contests. She recently registered goals in back-to-back games vs. Pitt and UNC.
• Rader has tallied 11 of her 19 goals against ACC opponents over her short career.
• Since the late loss to Notre Dame, the Duke offense has struggled. The Blue Devils have attempted only 20 shots on goal and scored four goals in six games. One of those goals was a penalty kick. In the last six matches, three of Duke's four goals have come in the second half and four of the five opponents' goals have also come in the second.
THE SERIES WITH FLORIDA STATE
• The Blue Devils and Seminoles will meet for the 36th time in school history with FSU leading the series 17-11-7.
• The Blue Devils are 7-3-6 at home against the Seminoles.
• Florida State has outscored Duke, 49-36, all-time.
• Head coach Robbie Church holds a 6-17-6 series record against the Seminoles.
• The last time the two teams met in Durham was Oct. 24, 2021 as the Blue Devils defeated the top-ranked Seminoles, 1-0, at Koskinen Stadium.
SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES
• Florida State enters the contest with a 12-0-1 overall and 7-0-1 mark in ACC action.
• The Seminoles are 6-0-1 on the season on the road.
• Jordynn Dudley and Onyi Echegini have led FSU with nine goals each.
• Florida State has scored 41 goals, while allowing only 12.
IN THE LAST MEETING
• Duke traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., last season and dropped a 5-1 decision. Grace Watkins netted Duke's lone goal in the contest.
• The last time Duke and FSU met in Durham was on Oct. 24, 2021, which also marked senior day. The Blue Devils received a goal from Tess Boade in the 27th minute to defeat the No. 1 ranked Seminoles.
• FSU held a 9-8 shot advantage in the match.
A WIN WOULD...
• Move the all-time series with FSU to 17-12-7 in favor of the Seminoles.
• Be the third all-time against a No. 1 ranked team.
• Mark the 250th all-time win at Koskinen Stadium.
DUKE VERSUS NO. 1 RANKED TEAMS
• The Blue Devils have totaled a 2-19-3 record against No. 1 ranked teams over the history of the program, but is coming off a 1-1 draw against North Carolina and a 1-0 win in the last two meetings.
• Duke is 1-1-1 versus the Seminoles when they are ranked No. 1.
Versus No. 1 Ranked Opponents
vs. North Carolina (T, 1-1, 10/8/23 in Durham)
vs. Florida St. (W, 1-0; 10/24/21 in Durham)
vs. Florida St. (T, 0-0 2OT, 3-5 on PKs; 5/9/21 in Cary, N.C.)
at North Carolina (L, 0-1; 10/23/20 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 0-2; 9/27/20 in Durham)
at Virginia (L, 0-1; 11/3/19 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at Virginia (T, 0-0 2OT; 9/29/19 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at West Virginia (L, 0-1; 11/26/16 in Morgantown, W.Va.)
at Virginia (L, 0-1; 9/27/15 in Charlottesville, Va.)
vs. Virginia (L, 2-3; 9/26/13 in Charlottesville, Va.)
at Florida State (L, 0-1; 9/13/12 in Tallahassee, Fla.)
vs. Stanford (L, 0-1; 12/4/11 in Kennesaw, Ga.)
at North Carolina (L, 1-2 OT; 9/24/09 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
at North Carolina (W, 2-1; 10/9/05 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 2-4; 11/5/04 in Cary, N.C.)
at North Carolina (L, 1-2; 10/28/04 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-6; 11/7/03 in Cary, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 0-4; 10/1/03 in Durham)
at North Carolina (L, 0-2; 11/18/01 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-3; 10/2/01 in Durham)
vs. Santa Clara (L, 2-7; 9/27/99 in Durham)
vs. North Carolina (L, 1-5 2OT; 11/5/98 in Orlando, Fla.)
at North Carolina (L, 0-4; 10/8/98 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
vs. North Carolina (L, 2-3; 10/30/97 in Durham)
IN UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
• Duke snapped a six-match winless streak on Thursday at Virginia Tech with a 1-0 victory. The six-match was tied for the longest such streak for the Blue Devils in school history. In 2013 and 1996, Duke also had a six-match stretch.
BIG CONTRAST IN OFFENSES
• Florida State enters the match with a 41-12 advantage in goals. The Seminoles 27 goals in ACC play are more than the Blue Devils have scored the entire season (15).
• Duke has seven different players who have scored goals in 2023, while FSU has 13.
APPROACHING RECORD NUMBERS, UNFORTUNATELY
• Due to Duke's struggle to get its offense going this season, the Blue Devils are approaching some numbers they never want to.
• Duke's 15 goals is approaching a school record for fewest goals scored in a season for the Blue Devils, which is 22 in 2015 and 1998.
• In the Blue Devils' first 35 years as a program, Duke has tallied fewer than 30 goals only four times -- 22 in 2015 & 1998, 26 in 2001 and 29 in 2006.
• Duke has registered only 54 corner kicks, which is nearing the school record for fewest in a season as well. The previous low was 77 in 1999. The Blue Devils have totaled fewer than 100 corner kicks in a season only four times -- 77 in 1999, 85 in 2015, and 92 in 1997 & 2019.
• The Blue Devils have totaled 17 assists on the year, which is the second-fewest in school history if the season ended today. The top-five lowest season assists have been -- 11 in 2001, 18 in 1998, 22 in 2015 & 1991 and 23 in 1996.
GOLDTHWAITE NETS FIRST
• Needing someone to step up on the road at Virginia Tech, freshman Phoebe Goldthwaite did that on Thursday netting her first collegiate goal off the bench.
• Goldthwaite also registered a key defensive stop late in the match as the Hokies were trying to even the match.
• She came off the bench and played a career-high 76 minutes.
5K MINUTES
• Duke features three Blue Devils that have been on the pitch for over 5,000 minutes in their career.
• Emily Royson (5,520), Katie Groff (5,083) and Leah Freeman (5,661) have hit the 5K mark. Groff accomplished this at Virginia Tech.
RANKINGS
• The Blue Devils fell out of the United Soccer Coaches poll this week for the first time this season.
FREEMAN MAKING STOPS
• Since ACC play has started, Leah Freeman has registered 29 of her 39 saves over the eight matches. She has come up big keeping the Blue Devils in games and totaled five shutouts on the year.
• Freeman collected a huge penalty kick stop late in the match against North Carolina to keep it a one-goal contest.
• She owns 18 saves over the last four matches, including a season-high six at Pittsburgh and versus No. 7 Clemson.
THE INJURY BUG
• Duke has featured different starting lineups in six out of the last seven matches due to injuries.
• In the Notre Dame match on Sept. 21, the Blue Devils lost their starting center backs -- Emily Royson and Baleigh Bruster -- to injuries. Both were not on the pitch when the Irish rallied for a pair of goals to win the match.
• Senior Olivia Migli was also lost late in the Notre Dame match with an injury as well and missed four matches. She returned against Clemson and started, but had to leave after 18 minutes.
• Bruster missed only one match, but Royson has missed the last six contests.
• Senior Grace Watkins also missed the Virginia match due to an injury suffered in practice, but came off the bench at Pittsburgh and returned to the lineup against UNC.
• Sophomore Carina Lageyre missed the Clemson match due to an injury suffered against UNC.
• Senior Nicky Chico was sidelined for the Virginia Tech match due to an illness.
AT HOME IN KOSKINEN STADIUM
• Duke is 3-3-2 at home with Kat Rader scoring six of the Blue Devils' nine goals in those matches.
• The Blue Devils are looking to avoid suffering their fourth loss at home in 2023, which would match the most losses inside Koskinen Stadium since 1991 and 1990.
• Over the last seven seasons, the Blue Devils have totaled a 60-13-9 ledger at home.
• In 23 years under the direction of head coach Robbie Church, Duke owns a 168-45-31 record at home.
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