No. 3 Duke Opens ACC Action with 3-1 Win at Clemson

Thursday, September 19

Clemson, S.C.

7 p.m.

Duke University

6-1-0, 1-0-0

Clemson

4-3-2, 0-2-0

Duke

Clemson

Carina Lageyre, Devin Lynch, Ella Hase, Farrah Walters

Photo by: Alex Horton

No. 3 Duke Opens ACC Action with 3-1 Win at Clemson

9/19/2024 10:33:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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CLEMSON, S.C. – The third-ranked Duke women's soccer team collected a pair of second half goals Thursday on the road at Clemson in the ACC opener to push ahead and total a 3-1 victory at Historic Riggs Field in Clemson.

Duke's defense was solid once again limiting Clemson to only five shots, while the offense continued its goal-scoring barrage with the Blue Devils' 15th goal over the last three matches.

The Blue Devils collected their sixth straight victory to improve to 6-1 on the year and 1-0 in the ACC. It marked their fifth straight ACC opening win, all of which have come on the road. Clemson dropped to 4-3-2, 0-2-0.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils were on the attack early attempting six shots over the first 8:28 and nearly got on the board numerous times.
On the seventh Duke shot, the Blue Devils connected to take a 1-0 lead at the 17:28 mark.After a throw-in, junior Devin Lynch found graduate student Maggie Graham sprinting down the right side of the pitch.Graham served a perfect cross over the defender's to a leaping fifth year Ella Hase, who headed in her second goal of the season.
After the Tigers attempted a couple of shots, Jenna Tobia got loose and blasted in a goal at the 26:47 mark to even the match, 1-1.
Duke finished the half with only two more shots and held a 9-4 shot advantage at the break.Junior Farrah Walters led the way with three attempts.
The Blue Devils registered the go-ahead goal in the 51st-minute.Sophomore Mia Oliaro won the ball against a Clemson player and passed to Walters.A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Walters sent a great through-ball to the right foot of Lynch, who had a great first touch and finished inside the left post to give Duke a 2-1 advantage.
Duke added an insurance goal at the 60:15 mark as Clemson lost the ball in the midfield and junior Carina Lageyre swiped it.She placed a perfect ball to Graham, who kicked it in front, beat the Tiger goalkeeper to the ball and hit the back of the net to put the Blue Devils ahead, 3-1.
The Blue Devil defense held the Tigers to only one second half shot.
Duke concluded the match with an 18-5 shot advantage with Oliaro attempting a career-high four.Walters and Graham each added three attempts.

Notes

Ella Hase scored her 16th career goal on her 100th career shot.
Clemson's goal at the 26:47 mark of the first half snapped a 511:94 scoreless streak for the Duke defense.The streak was the fifth-longest in program history (since 2002).
Duke had posted five straight shutouts heading into the match.
The Blue Devils have now scored a goal in the first half in each of the last six matches.
Devin Lynch posted her third goal over the last five matches and three over her career.
Maggie Graham scored a goal for the second straight contest and the third time out of the last four matches. She owns a team-best four goals on the year and 12 over her five seasons.
Carina Lageyre posted her team-high fifth assist on the season.
The three goals at Clemson equaled the most by the Blue Devils on the Tigers home field in program history.
Duke goalkeeper Leah Freeman played the entire 90 minutes and had zero saves on the night.
Head coach Robbie Church is only one win away from reaching 300 victories at Duke.

Quotes

"It was great.I thought we started off just unbelievable.Started off on the front foot and created many, many opportunities.We didn't do a great job of finishing at the first part of it.We found the first goal, but like a good team Clemson was going to get back into the game a little bit.They started serving a little longer balls, started flicking and winning first, second balls. Then they scored the tying goal."-- Duke head coach Robbie Church
"I was really, really proud of us in the second half.I thought we dominated the whole second half.Found the first goal and then found the third goal, which is very, very important – something we haven't done as well as we need to.Once we score, we have to follow it up to break their spirits.I thought overall, it was a great, great performance by a lot of people.Even the people that didn't get into the game, they were great on the sideline.It was a big team performance."-- Duke head coach Robbie Church

Next Match

Duke will be off until Friday, Sept. 27 as the Blue Devils host SMU at 4 p.m., live on ACC Network Extra inside Koskinen Stadium.

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