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No. 14 Duke Travels to No. 11 Notre Dame for Coastal Clash
10/6/2023 2:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - For the second straight week, the Duke men's soccer team, ranked 14th nationally, is gearing up for a top-25 matchup, traveling to take on No. 11 Notre Dame on Saturday night. Kickoff at Alumni Soccer Stadium is scheduled for 7 p.m., and fans can tune in to the broadcast on ACC Network Extra, with Tyler Reidy and John French on the call.
The matchup, featuring two top-15 teams, sets the stage for a pivotal ACC Coastal result. The Blue Devils (6-2-1, 2-2-0) are one of five teams in the Coastal division with at least six points and the Fighting Irish (6-1-3, 3-0-1) currently lead the league with 10 points through four conference matches.
MATCHUP NOTES
16 - Combined goals scored by Duke's Forster Ajago and Notre Dame's Matthew Roou. The duo are first and third in the league, respectively, for total goals.
5 - Goals scored by Duke against Syracuse, the most by Duke in an ACC match since scoring 6 vs. NC State in 2016.
4 - Goals for Forster Ajago over the last three matches, helping the striker remain near the top of the leaderboard nationally.
67 - Total points tallied by Duke so far in 2023, an average of 7.44 per game
BACK-TO-BACK TOP-25 MATCHUPS
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The matchup, featuring two top-15 teams, sets the stage for a pivotal ACC Coastal result. The Blue Devils (6-2-1, 2-2-0) are one of five teams in the Coastal division with at least six points and the Fighting Irish (6-1-3, 3-0-1) currently lead the league with 10 points through four conference matches.
MATCHUP NOTES
- Saturday night pits two top ACC squads against each other in a key Coastal clash.
- The Fighting Irish are atop the division table with 10 points through four matches, while Duke sits on six points and amongst a three-way tie for third place in the division.
- Notre Dame and Duke square off for the 18th time in program history.
- Duke claimed the full three points in the 2022 matchup and the two teams played to a 1-1 draw in the last matchup at Notre Dame.
16 - Combined goals scored by Duke's Forster Ajago and Notre Dame's Matthew Roou. The duo are first and third in the league, respectively, for total goals.
5 - Goals scored by Duke against Syracuse, the most by Duke in an ACC match since scoring 6 vs. NC State in 2016.
4 - Goals for Forster Ajago over the last three matches, helping the striker remain near the top of the leaderboard nationally.
67 - Total points tallied by Duke so far in 2023, an average of 7.44 per game
BACK-TO-BACK TOP-25 MATCHUPS
- Duke takes on a top-25 team for the second time in as many games, after defeating then-No. 7 Syracuse on 9/29.
- The Blue Devils last played two straight ranked conference opponents in 2021, which they did twice - at No. 13 Pitt (L, 2-3) & vs. No. 23 Clemson (L, 2-3) and vs. No. 6 Virginia Tech (W, 1-0) & at No. 16 North Carolina (W, 3-0).
- No. 14 Duke is one of seven ACC teams ranked in the most recent United Soccer Coaches poll.
- Senior midfielder Nick Pariano was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 3.
- The Philadelphia, Pa., native scored 3 goals across Duke's 2 games, scoring from the penalty spot against both the College of Charleston and Syracuse while also adding a free-kick goal against the Orange to secure Pariano's first career brace.
- So far this season, Duke is 4-1-0 when scoring first (Forster Ajago vs. Furman, Ulfur Bjornsson at Princeton and vs. Virginia, Nick Pariano vs. College of Charleston).
- The Blue Devils scored first in 13 of their 15 regular season goals in '22 and went 11-1-1 when scoring first.
- Duke returns home for a mid-week matchup against Elon, welcoming the Phoenix to Koskinen Stadium on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
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