No. 1 Duke Hosts NCAA Second Round Against No. 17 Texas Tech on Friday

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NCAA Tournament Second Round
#21 Texas (17-3-2, 6-3-1 SEC) vs. #16 Michigan State (13-2-5, 7-1-3 B10)
Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 – 4:00 PM (ET) – ESPN+
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ESPN+ Talent: Zach Berly (PXP)
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Match 19 – NCAA Tournament Second Round
#17 Texas Tech (15-4-2, 8-1-2 B12) at #1 Duke (15-2-1, 9-0-1 ACC)
Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 – 6:30 PM (ET) – ESPN+
Durham, N.C. (Koskinen Stadium)
ESPN+ Talent: Zach Berly (PXP), Cedric Burke (Color)

NEED TO KNOW

The No. 1 seeded Duke women's soccer team (15-2-1) is set to host NCAA Tournament second-round action Friday, Nov. 22 as the top-ranked Blue Devils welcome 17th-ranked Texas Tech (15-4-2) at 6:30 p.m., inside Koskinen Stadium.
No. 21 Texas will also play No. 16 Michigan State on Friday at 4 p.m., at Duke with the winners meeting Sunday, Nov. 24 at 6 p.m., in the round of 16 in Durham.
Friday's contests will be aired live on ESPN+ with Zach Berley and Cedric Burke on the call.
Duke is making its 29th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and enter as a top-16 national seed for the eighth time out of the last nine seasons. It marked the first time in Blue Devil history the squad was the No. 1 overall seed.
Robbie Church announced on July 22, 2024 he will be retiring at the end of the season. Duke will be promote associate head coach Kieran Hall to head coach in 2025. Current assistant coach Carla Overbeck will move to associate head coach in 2025 as well.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

In NCAA Tournament matches being played in Durham, N.C., the Blue Devils boast a 29-3-1 record. Duke has won 13 straight opening NCAA matches played in Durham, N.C. In the NCAA second round, Duke features an 11-match win streak.
Mia Minestrella tied an NCAA Tournament record with four goals against Howard. She became the 10th player in NCAA history to accomplish the feat, while Texas' Holly Ward became the 11th after Minestrella on Friday.
Duke, Florida State, North Carolina and Penn State led the field with eight goals scored in the first round. Mia Minestrella led the field with nine points and Ella Hase tied for the lead with two assists.
On the season, Duke has 62 goals by 13 different players. Eleven Blue Devils have totaled two or more goals. Duke has also scored two or more goals in 13 of the past 14 contests.
Duke currently features a nine-win turnaround from a season ago, which is the second-biggest win difference nationally this season and the tied for third-longest in Duke history. Stephen F. Austin owns the best in 2024 with a 12-win improvement.
Mia Oliaro has scored a goal or registered an assist in 10 of the past 11 matches.
Blue Devil sophomore Mia Oliaro (2, 12) fifth year Ella Hase (3, 11), and junior Devin Lynch (5, 10) all rank in the top five of the ACC in assists and top 15 nationally.
Duke has scored 62 goals in 18 matches this season, compared to the 15 goals in 16 contests a season ago.
The last time the Blue Devils dropped a season opener was in 2017. Duke went on to win 19 straight after the loss and made an appearance in the NCAA College Cup.
Duke was shut out in the season opener for the first time since 2014, which was also a loss to Ohio State (1-0).
The last time Duke head coach Robbie Church dealt with a losing season was in 2014 and the next year he led the Blue Devils to the 2015 NCAA College Cup.

THE SERIES WITH TEXAS TECH

Duke and Texas Tech will meet for the first time in program history.

SCOUTING THE RED RAIDERS

Texas Tech enters the contest with a 15-4-2 ledger and totaled an 8-1-2 record in Big 12 action this year under head coach Tom Stone.
Taylor Zdrojewski (10 goals, 4 assists) and Peyton Parsons (9 goals, 5 assists) have paced the Red Raiders so far this year. Macy Blackburn owns 10 assists to lead Texas Tech.

DUKE VERSUS THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE

Duke currently holds an 11-7-1 record against teams from the Big 12 Conference -- Baylor (1-1), Kansas (0-1), Oklahoma State (1-1), Texas (4-1), TCU (2-0) and West Virginia (3-3-1).
In the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Devils are 3-2 versus Big 12 teams -- Oklahoma State (0-1), West Virginia (0-1), Texas (2-0) and Baylor (1-0).

HEY, I KNOW YOU!

Duke sophomore Cameron Roller will face her home state team of Texas Tech on Friday. Roller lives approximately five hours from Lubbock, Texas.
Roller played club, national team or summer league with Clara Whitten, Taylor Zdrojewski, Lauren Woodruff, Jules Burrows, Macy Blackburn, Kylie Bahr, Peyton Annen, Cassie Taylor, Stroie Sexton, Madeline Mueller, Kaitlyn Giametta, Sam Courtwright and Elise Anderson.
Texas Tech head coach Tom Stone returns to Durham after a standout playing career with the Blue Devils from 1984-87. In his four-year career at Duke, Stone was an All-ACC selection three times, while also setting the Duke record for most NCAA Tournament goals in a career and game-winners in a single season. Stone was also a team captain on the 1987 squad and still remains among the top 10 on the school's career points chart.
Stone may be most remembered for his game-winning goal in the 1986 National Championship match that helped Duke win its only NCAA title with a 1-0 victory. Stone, just a junior at the time, scored the match's lone goal, finding the open net in the 46th minute for his 16th goal of the season. He was later named the Offensive Most Valuable Player for the match.

IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

The Blue Devils are competing in their 29th all-time NCAA Championship and hold a 49-24-11 overall record in 84 tournament matches.
The Blue Devils are 42-17-10 under Robbie Church in the NCAA Championship. He has led Duke to the big dance in 21 of his 24 seasons in Durham.
Duke has advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship nine times over the past 13 seasons (since 2011).

NCAA QUARTERFINAL APPEARANCES SINCE 2011
Rk           Team     Appearances (last)
1.            Florida State       11 (2023)
2.            Duke                     9 (2022)
3.            Stanford               8 (2023)
                North Carolina   8 (2023)
5.            UCLA                     7 (2022)
6.            Virginia                 6 (2022)
                Penn State           6 (2023)

PLAYING AT HOME IN THE NCAAS

Duke will look to capitalize on one of the best home-field advantages in the nation provided by Koskinen Stadium.
The Blue Devils boast a 69-14-10 record at the venue since the start of the 2017 campaign.
Duke has outscored its opponents 44-5 at home this season. The Blue Devils have totaled program-record 44 goals at home this season, passing the previous mark of 40 from 2017.
Duke is 29-3-1 in NCAA Championship matches played in Durham.
Mia Minestrella owns a team-high 10 goals at Koskinen, while Maggie Graham has seven. Mia Oliaro owns five and Devin Lynch has totaled four on the year.
Duke is averaging 4.4 goals per game at home this season and has scored three or more in nine of the 10 matches.

ROBBIE CHURCH IN FINAL NCAAS

Duke head coach Robbie Church is competing in his 21st NCAA Tournament with the Blue Devils and 22nd overall as a head coach.
He owns a 42-17-10 ledger for a 68.1 winning percentage in those games.
Church has collected an impressive 31-3-1 record in NCAA matches played in Durham. Duke has outscored opponents by a 100-18 ledger in those matches.
Church's 22 NCAA appearances rank tied for ninth nationally behind Anson Dorrance (42, North Carolina), Jerry Smith (34, Santa Clara), Len Tsantiris (31, UConn), Steve Swanson (29, Virginia), G Guerrieri (28, Texas A&M), Jennifer Rockwood (25, BYU), Tony da Luz (23, Wake Forest), Nikki Izzo-Brown (23, West Virginia), Robbie Church (22, Duke), Paul Ratcliffe (22, Stanford).
Church's 43 NCAA Tournament wins rank eighth among all-time coaches.

RECORD WATCH

Duke has now scored 44 goals at home this season, which snapped the Blue Devils' previous mark of 40 from the 2017 campaign.
The Blue Devils are approaching a few other Duke records as well --

                MOST POINTS IN A SEASON
                1.            2012 (65 goals, 77 assists)            207
                2.            2004 (65 goals, 73 assists)            203
                3.            2024 (62 goals, 71 assists)           195

                MOST GOALS IN A SEASON
                1.            1989     67
                2.            2012     65
                                2004     65
                4.            2024     62

                MOST ASSISTS IN A SEASON
                1.            2012     77
                2.            2004     73
                3.            2024     71

MULTIPLE DOUBLE-DIGIT ASSISTS

For only the second time in program history, Duke features three players with 10 or more assists on the season -- Mia Oliaro (12), Ella Hase (11) and Devin Lynch (10).
Other seasons with multiple players with 10-plus assists were 2017 (Imani Dorsey, Ella Stevens), 2012 (Laura Weinberg, Cassie Pecht, Gilda Doria) and 2004 (Rebecca Moros, Carolyn Ford).

SCORING TANDEMS

The Duke duo of Mia Minestrella and Maggie Graham currently rank as the seventh-highest scoring tandem in Blue Devil history with 24 goals combined.

TOP SCORING TANDEMS IN DUKE HISTORY
32           Laura Weinberg (16), Kim DeCesare (16), 2012
31           Michelle Cooper (19), Kat Rader (12), 2022
28           Imani Dorsey (14), Kayla McCoy (14), 2017
27           KayAnne Gummersall (15), Elisabeth Redmond (12), 2008
26           Kelly Walbert (18), Andi Melde (8), 1994
25           Casey McCluskey (16), Carolyn Riggs (9), 2004
24           Mia Minestrella (12), Maggie Graham (12), 2024

DUKE VERSUS THE FIELD

Duke features a 6-2-1 record against the NCAA field in 2024 -- North Carolina (2-1), Virginia (1-0), Ohio State (0-1), Wake Forest (1-0), California (1-0), Stanford (1-0) and Notre Dame (0-0-1).
The Blue Devils' 62 goals on the season rank third among teams remain in the NCAA Tournament -- Arkansas (69), Florida State (67) and Duke (62).
Former Duke standout Jane Alukonis led her Southern California squad to a No. 1 seed in 2024, which is her first as a head coach.

NCAA DEBUT & NCAA EXPERIENCE

After collecting an impressive career in goal at both Duke and Oregon, fifth year Leah Freeman made her NCAA Tournament debut last week. After playing 81 career contests in college, the 82nd was her first in NCAA action.
Hannah Bebar competed in five NCAA Tournament matches and notched one goal and two assists over that span at Harvard. Her squad wasn't able to get past the second round during her time with the Crimson.
Ella Hase helped lead Northwestern to the round of 16 in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Junior Farrah Walters and her Santa Clara squad advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two years.
Katie Groff (2020-21, 2021, 2022), Nicky Chico (2020-21, 2021, 2022), Maggie Graham (2020-21, 2021, 2022) and Devin Lynch (2022) were a part of Duke's NCAA runs earlier in their careers.
Carina Lageyre will also make her NCAA debut against Texas Tech as she was injured as a freshman in 2022 when Duke made its run to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Mia Oliaro appeared in the NCAA Tournament a season ago with North Carolina playing in all four contests and advancing to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Duke has 11 freshmen and sophomores that are taking part in their first NCAA Tournament.

LAST TIME OUT

Duke stormed out of the gate in the NCAA Tournament first round with an 8-0 victory over Howard on Nov. 15.
Mia Minestrella tied an NCAA record with four goals. The four tallies were also an ACC and Duke record. She is one of only 11 players in NCAA history to register four goals in a match.
Minestrella totaled a Duke record nine points.
Minestrella's seven shots were tied for the fourth-most in a NCAA Tournament match for Duke.
Duke's eight goals were the most by the Blue Devils in a NCAA Tournament match.
Mia Oliaro totaled her team-best 12th assist of the season and has scored a goal or registered an assist in 10 of the past 11 matches.
Hannah Bebar collected her 30th career assist and her second in NCAA play.
Ella Hase tied a Duke record with two assists in an NCAA Tournament match.
Maggie Graham totaled her fourth career multi-goal performance.

ACC & OVERALL WIN TURNAROUND

Duke currently features a nine-win turnaround from a season ago, which is the second-biggest win difference nationally this season and the tied for third best in Duke history. Stephen F. Austin owns the best in 2024 with a 12-win improvement.
The Blue Devils went from six wins in 2023 to 15 in 2024.
In Duke history, the biggest win turnaround was 11 from 2010 (11 wins) to 2011 (22 wins). The second largest was nine from 1991 (8) to 1992 (17) and third was eight in 2016 (15) to 2017 (23) along with 2024.
The ACC record is Duke's 11, while Clemson's 10-win change from 2022 to 2023 was second (8 to 18 wins).
In looking at ACC regular season turnarounds, Duke's seven-win (2 to 9 wins) movement in 2024 is tied for the best change from one season to another along with Virginia from 2013 (6 to 13 wins).

OLIARO HAVING SPECIAL SEASON

In her first season as a Blue Devil, Mia Oliaro is having a special year across the board.
Oliaro ranks third on the team in points with 26, seven goals and a team-best 12 assists, while adding three game-winning goals.
She tied a Duke-record nine straight matches with a goal or an assist, ranking as the longest streak in the ACC. The streak came to an end against UNC in the ACC Championship semifinal.
Her 12 assists rank second in the ACC and are tied for third on Duke's single-season chart.
Oliaro's 0.67 assists per game average ranks second in the league and second nationally.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A GOAL or assist
9 -           Casey McCluskey (2004)
                Mia Oliaro (2024)
8 -           Devin Lynch (2024)
7 -           Kayle McCoy (2018)

A WIN WOULD...

Mark the 12th-straight NCAA Tournament second round victory.
Be the 50th all-time NCAA Tournament win in Blue Devil history.
Advance the Blue Devils to the NCAA round of 16 for the 15th time under the direction of head coach Robbie Church and the 20th time in program history.
Move Duke on to the NCAA round of 16 for the 14th time in the past 16 NCAA appearances.

NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS

The Blue Devils concluded the season No. 1 in the NCAA RPI and faced four top-10 ranked opponents over the final four regular season contests.
Over 18 matches, Duke has allowed only 13 goals, ranking second in the ACC and tied for 13th nationally.
Duke holds a +220 advantage in shots and +49 in goals on the season.
The Blue Devils' 15 victories on the season mark the 16th time in Robbie Church's 24 years he has led Duke to double-digit wins. Duke registered nine ACC victories for only the second time in program lore (2017). The Blue Devils have registered 15 or more wins a total of 11 times under Church.
Devin Lynch scored or assisted in eight-straight matches prior to the Boston College match, which were also Lynch's first eight starts of the year. She totaled four goals and eight assists during that stretch.
Sophomore Sam Bodensteiner made her first collegiate start on the road at No. 2 Wake Forest on Oct. 27 as graduate student Nicky Chico was not available due to receiving a red card in the match before. Bodensteiner played the full 90 minutes, helping Duke shut out the No. 2 Demon Deacons.
After not scoring last season for the Blue Devils, Devin Lynch and Mia Minestrella have combined for 18 goals and 16 assists on the season for 52 points.
Robbie Church finished his Duke career with 121 ACC wins, which is the third most in league history behind Steve Swanson (151) and Anson Dorrance (244).
Katie Groff totaled her second goal of the season against Louisville and has registered two goals in each of the last four years.
Cameron Roller and Katie Groff have played the full 90 minutes in 10 of the past 12 contests.
Duke finished the month of September with a 5-0 ledger, marking only the second undefeated month of September in program history (2017 - 8-0).
Maggie Graham has started a team-best 40 straight matches at Duke.

MINESTRELLA HAS RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT

Forward Mia Minestrella continues to have a breakout sophomore campaign with a tied for team-best 12 goals and six assists for a team-best 30 points.
She ranks fourth in the ACC and 25th nationally with 12 goals.
Her four goals against Howard were the first four tallies this season when she starts. The first eight goals were off the bench.
Minestrella has started three of the past four matches.
The eight goals off the bench by Minestrella is a program record. The previous record was seven by Emily Bigelow and Sarah Friend in 1989.
After playing 16 matches a season ago as a freshman and not scoring on 23 shots, Minestrella has come alive this season.
She scored a goal in three straight contests (Notre Dame, Boston College and California).
Minestrella wasn't really herself as a freshman, after missing all of the preseason following surgery.

USING YOUR HEAD

Duke has scored 62 goals on the season and 12 have been off headers -- Mia Minestrella (3), Cameron Roller (2), Maggie Graham (2), Hannah Bebar, Ella Hase, Mia Oliaro, Devin Lynch and Mary Long.

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