Duke Opens ACC Tournament Action Tuesday against Wake Forest

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Duke opens ACC Tournament action Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., against Wake Forest. All six games of the tournament will be televised by ACC Network.
Admission to all games is free and parking is available at John Paul Jones Arena. For full spectator details click here.

The Opening Hit

Duke opens ACC Tournament action Tuesday against No. 7 seed Wake Forest. The Blue Devils earned the No. 2 seed, after sharing the regular season title with North Carolina. The Tar Heels earned the top spot based on the head-to-head tiebreaker.
The Blue Devils are 14-3 overall, which includes seven top-15 wins and five ACC victories. Duke garnered at least a share of the ACC regular season title for the second time in program history.
Wake Forest heads into the ACC postseason event with an 8-8 mark and 1-5 record against ACC foes. The Demon Deacons defeated Syracuse in a shootout Friday night.
The Blue Devils are 2-7 all-time in ACC Tournament action in Charlottesville and 3-3 overall as the No. 2 seed. Duke is in search of its first ACC Championship in program history. The Blue Devils have advanced to three ACC finals, going 0-3. Duke is 3-20 in semifinal games and 15-17 in opening games.

By the Numbers
15-17 - Duke's record in ACC Tournament opening-round games
16 - Goals for sophomore Alaina McVeigh in 2023, tying for 21st in the Duke single-season records book
9 - Assists for Hannah Miller to lead the ACC and rank tied for 18th nationally
266 - Career saves for Piper Hampsch, leaving her four shy of taking over the No. 5 spot on the Duke career chart
18-40 - Duke's all-time record in the ACC Tournament
3-3 - Duke's all-time record as the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament
16 - Times Duke and Wake Forest have played in ACC postseason action - the most of any conference foe
5 - Goals allowed in ACC play by the Blue Devils, tied for the fewest in conference action since moving to a six-game schedule
3 - Setbacks this season for Duke to nation's current No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 teams
8.2 - Shots allowed per game average for Duke in 2023
1.02 - Piper Hampsch's goals against average, second in the ACC and ranking eighth nationally
13.3 - Shots per game average for Duke this season

Series Histories

Duke and Wake Forest face each other for the 84th time. The Blue Devils hold a slight 45-38 edge in the series, but are just 3-4 since 2019.
The Blue Devils and Demon Deacons have squared off 16 other times in the ACC Tournament with Duke going 9-7. Duke defeated Wake Forest, 3-0, during the 2023 regular season and last met the Deacs in a 1-0 loss in the 2022 ACC Tournament.
Duke last faced the Demon Deacons as the No. 2 seed in the 2018 semifinals, falling to Wake Forest, 4-3 in Chapel Hill. The Blue Devils last defeated Wake Forest in ACC postseason action in 1997. Wake Forest has won the past seven matchups, including in 2018 and 2022.

A Win Tuesday Would

Be Duke's 19th win in ACC Tournament play and put the Blue Devils into the ACC Semifinals for the 24th time.
Make Duke 10-7 against Wake Forest in ACC Tournament action.
Give Duke 15 wins for 10th time in program history and the first time since 2018.
Give Duke 15 wins for the fifth time under head coach Pam Bustin.
Give Duke 15 wins for the 10th time in school history.

Last Time We Met

Alaina McVeigh registered a goal and an assist and Piper Hampsch made three saves to lead Duke to a 3-0 shutout of Wake Forest on Sept. 29.
Kira Curland and Charlie van Oirschot added tallies in the win in which Duke outshot Wake Forest, 14-8 and won the penalty corner battle 9-3.

Second Half Offensive Success

The Blue Devils' offense has come alive in the second half of games this season. Duke has 26 goals in the final two quarters, compared to 14 in the first two periods.
Duke has taken a lead into halftime six times and is 5-1 in those contests. The Blue Devils have been tied after the first 30 minutes eight times and are 7-1 in those contests.

Penalty Corner Productivity

Duke has been quite successful on penalty corners this season, scoring 22 goals on 93 penalty corners - a 24 percent success rate. At North Carolina, Charlie van Oirschot redirected a sweep from Macy Szukics to give Duke the 1-0 lead.
Last season, Duke scored just eight goals on 111 penalty corners, registering a goal on 7.2 percent of the corners.

Penalty Corner Defense

Duke is allowing 4.18 penalty corners per game and have fared well when stepping on the goal line for the corners. The Blue Devils have given up 10 goals on the 71 penalty corners allowed - an 86 percent success rate for Duke's defense.

Being Stingy

Duke is allowing just 1.01 goals per game this season, giving up 18 goals in 17 games. The Blue Devils have six shutouts this season and are allowing only 8.2 shots per game.
Duke's 1.01 goals against average is second in the ACC and seventh nationally and is one of the lowest by a Blue Devil squad in program history. The 1988 squad gave up 16 goals in 17 games, the fewest since the ACC began playing in 1983. Only three teams since 1983 have allowed fewer than 20 goals in a season (1983 - 19, 1988 - 16, 1990 - 18)
In comparison - in 2022 Duke allowed 20 goals in the first nine games. Duke's lowest final GAA in the past 10 seasons was 1.13 in 2019.

Next Game

The winner between Duke and Wake Forest advances to the ACC Semifinals to play either Boston College or Louisville.
The NCAA Tournament selection show will be streamed online at NCAA.com at 10 p.m., Nov. 5. The top four seeds host the first and second rounds with the NCAA semifinals and final to be played in Chapel Hill.

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