No. 9 Duke Downs No. 15 Syracuse in a Shootout

Sunday, September 29

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

(5-4, 1-1)

Syracuse

(6-3, 2-1)

Syracuse

Duke University

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No. 9 Duke Downs No. 15 Syracuse in a Shootout

9/29/2024 3:50:00 PM | Field Hockey

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DURHAM, N.C. – The ninth-ranked Duke field hockey team outlasted No. 15 Syracuse in a 1-0 shootout victory over the Orange in ACC action Sunday afternoon. The Blue Devils defeated the Orange, 3-1, in the shootout with Josephine Palde scoring with the winning shot.

For the second time this season, Duke (5-4, 1-1) played through a scoreless 80 minutes forcing the decisive shootout. The Blue Devils outshot Syracuse (6-3, 1-1) 19-9 and won the penalty corner battle, 11-4, but was unable to produce a goal.
Kaiya Chepow came off the bench to play in goal for the shootout and made a kick save on Syracuse's final shot to clinch the victory. Starting keeper Frederique Wollaert was outstanding again with three saves for her fourth Blue Devil shutout.

How it Happened

The Blue Devils were outstanding in the shootout with Alaina McVeigh, Charlie van Oirschot and Josephine Palde making the first three shots for Duke. Chepow forced misses by the Orange on the first two and then kicked away the ball on the fourth to solidify the win.
Duke started on the front foot, earning an early penalty corner and firing three shots in the opening quarter. The Blue Devils' press gave the Orange problems throughout the opening 30 minutes as Duke held Syracuse to just four shots in the first half.
The best chance for Duke in the opening half came late in the second quarter as Alaina McVeigh's shot beat Syracuse keeper Louise Pert but was denied by the post. The Blue Devils had an 8-4 advantage in shots in the first half.
Duke continued to look for the back of the goal cage in the second half, but excellent goalkeeping from Pert kept the Blue Devils off the board. The Syracuse keeper finished with five saves in regulation, while Duke's Wollaert had one stop. The Blue Devils allowed just five ek shots in 60 minutes of action as the teams headed to overtime.
Both teams had opportunities in the extra sessions. Wollaert turned away Bo Kempen's sweep on an early penalty corner while the Syracuse defensive penalty corner unit denied the Blue Devils three straight times. Wollaert came up huge late in the first overtime, coming out sliding to knock the ball off Aiden Drabick's stick and keep the shutout alive.
Pert kept the Orange in the game with a save on the doorstep against Logan Clouser in the 74th minute. Duke had two more penalty corners late in the second overtime, but was unable to convert, setting up the thrilling shootout.
McVeigh was up first, calmly making Pert go to ground before lifting it into the cage. van Oirschot wasted no time, pulling Pert off the line and sliding her shot inside the left post. Palde took her time before sneaking her shot from a tough angle inside the far post. In goal for Duke, Chepow forced two Syracuse players to miss wide before kicking away a long touch from the Orange's fourth shooter.

Notes

Duke improves to 1-1 in overtime and shootouts this season. The Blue Devils are now 59-60-7 all-time in overtime and 7-5 in shootouts. Duke is 14-25-3 in home overtime contests.
Chepow earns her first career victory as a Blue Devil goalie, coming in for the shootout.
The Blue Devils are still looking for a goal in the run of play. Duke has not scored a goal in 288:12. The Blue Devils have outshot their opponents in six of the nine games.
Duke's 11 penalty corners against Syracuse are a season-high, while the 19 shots rank second for the year.
Josephine Palde's game-winning shootout goal give her six game winners in her career.
Frederique Wollaert registered her fourth shutout at Duke and the eighth of her career. She sports 0.47 goals against average, which would be a program record. The best single-season goals against average by a Duke goalie is 0.70 in 1986. Only three Duke keepers in program history have registered a goals against average below 1.00.

Quotes
Pam Bustin on the win
"I just feel so happy for the team. We have been just playing such great field hockey. We're still having trouble finding our way into the goal cage, but they never let their frustration for that get in the way. They finished strong. In overtime we had some great chances, they didn't get frustrated with that. And I thought Kaiya [Chepow] did great in the goal cage for the shootout and gave us opportunities to score."
On the message during the halftime and before overtime
"To keep believing and doing what we're doing because we're dominating. Syracuse is a very good team and a very dangerous team so if you get too frustrated and push too hard then you leave opportunities at the other and we didn't do that today. They kept it structured and they kept it sound endline to endline."

Up Next

Duke travels to the West Coast to take on California and Stanford, Oct. 4 and Oct. 6. Friday's contest at Cal is set for 7 p.m. (ET) and Sunday's match is at 5 p.m. (ET).

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