Blue Devils Open Home Slate with 4-0 Shutout Versus UNCW

Thursday, August 29

Durham, N.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

2-1-0, 0-0-0

UNC Wilmington

2-2-1, 0-0-0

UNCW

Duke

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Blue Devils Open Home Slate with 4-0 Shutout Versus UNCW

8/29/2024 10:45:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's soccer team registered three goals in a span of three minutes and 24 seconds late in the first half en route to a 4-0 shutout win over UNC Wilmington on Thursday evening in the home opener at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C.

Four different goal scorers registered tallies on the night by Kat Rader, Cameron Roller, Devin Lynch and Maggie Graham, while the Blue Devils posted their second straight shutout and allowed only four shot attempts.

Duke improved to 2-1-0, while UNC Wilmington dropped to 2-2-1. The Blue Devils notched their 250th all-time victory at home on the night.

How It Happened

After taking 11 of the first 12 shots of the match, the Blue Devils were finally able to get on the board in the 30th minute.
Junior Julia Saunicheva was taken down in the corner of the box and fellow junior Kat Rader calmly finished the penalty kick to give Duke a 1-0 lead.
Less than two minutes later, graduate student Hannah Bebar placed a perfect corner kick to a leaping sophomore Cameron Roller.Roller, a native of Sherman, Texas, headed in her first collegiate goal to put Duke ahead, 2-0, at the 31:21 mark.
The Blue Devils added another goal a minute and 40 seconds later as Roller fed junior Devin Lynch and she blasted a 24-yard rocket just inside the right post for a 3-0 Duke lead at the 33:01 mark.
Duke featured a 16-1 shot advantage at the halftime break with Rader leading the way with five attempts.
The Blue Devils didn't waste much time in the second half getting on the board again as graduate student Nicky Chico found Bebar on the right side of the box.A product of Naperville, Ill., Bebar crossed in a beautiful ball to the head of fifth-year Maggie Graham, who finished to put Duke a 4-0 advantage in the 50th minute.

Notes

For the match, Duke held a 28-4 shot advantage.Eight different Blue Devils attempted at least two shots.
Kat Rader attempted a season-high six shots on the night. She notched her 20th career goal and first of the season in the first half.
Both Cameron Roller and Devin Lynch collected their first collegiate goals on the evening.Roller also picked up her second career assist.
Graduate student Hannah Bebar totaled her first two assists as a Blue Devil.
Fifth-year Maggie Graham collected her first goal of the season and ninth of her career.She has now scored at least one goal in each of her five seasons at Duke.Graham became just the third Blue Devil to register at least one goal in each of their five seasons joining Tess Boade and Mackenzie Pluck.
Duke has now featured seven different goal scorer's to open the 2024 campaign.
Freshman Caroline Dysart and sophomore Bianca Dominguez made their Duke debut in goal.
A total of 23 Blue Devils saw action on the night.

Quotes

"It was fantastic. I know we keep getting better and better, you see it. We see it in training and we see it in games. I think our coaches have done a fantastic job of breaking things down. What are we doing well, what are things we have to continue to get better at? And the players are just owning it right now and we're excited to really be part of this, because we feel us growing each match. Then, you come home to this field, fantastic. How can you not be excited at home? We had a nice little crowd out for the first game and nice to entertain them with some goals too. So, I am really happy with where we are. But you know, we've got to get better. We're looking forward to it now. We have a great opportunity with a really good team in Tennessee on Sunday, so we embrace that opportunity."-- Duke head coach Robbie Church on returning home and getting the win
"Cam's a target for us, there's no question about it. It's great to see [her score]. She moved the ball well and brought it back across the ball. We're a good team in the air. We can be dangerous on set pieces as the year goes on. Because we have Cam [Roller], Maggie [Graham], Mia [Oliaro], Katie Groff and others. We have a number of players that can be dangerous in the air. I think she's [Cam] is playing at a really, really high level of soccer, but we have to continue to keep working and get better."-- Duke head coach Robbie Church on Cam Roller scoring, playing good defense and adding an assist

Next Match

Duke continues its five-match homestand on Sunday, Sept. 1 as the Blue Devils host Tennessee at 5 p.m., live on ACC Network.

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