Five Blue Devils Score as Duke Defeats ETSU, 5-0

Sunday, September 8

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

4-1-0, 0-0-0

East Tennessee State

2-4-1, 0-0-0

ETSU

Duke

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Five Blue Devils Score as Duke Defeats ETSU, 5-0

9/8/2024 9:20:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off one of the biggest home victories in program history earlier in the week, the Duke women's soccer team had no let down Sunday as the Blue Devils defeated East Tennessee State, 5-0, at Koskinen Stadium.

Five different Blue Devils scored on the afternoon with tallies from Farrah Walters, Mary Long, Sophia Recupero, Cameron Roller and Devin Lynch. Duke improved to 4-1-0, while ETSU fell to 1-4-1 on the year.

Duke's defense continued to be stellar extending its scoreless streak to 395:48.

How It Happened

After taking the first seven shots of the match, the Blue Devils were finally able to get on the board at the 15:56 mark.Fifth Year Katie Groff sent a pass down the left side of the pitch to fellow fifth year Ella Hase.Hase, a product of Orland Park, Ill., drove into the box and somehow found junior Farrah Walters in-between two ETSU players, who punched in her second goal of the season just inside the left post to give Duke a 1-0 lead.
Less than 10 minutes later, the Blue Devils doubled their lead as junior Carina Lageyre sent a pass into the right side of the box to junior Devin Lynch.Lynch drove towards the right post and passed the ball back to freshman Mary Long, who blasted her first career goal into the back of the net for a 2-0 Duke lead.It was Long's first touch of the match and it went for a goal, as she had just entered the contest.
Duke finished with a total of 17 first half shots, while holding ETSU to only one.Walters registered a team-high four attempts, while Lynch, Mia Oliaro and Sophia Recupero added two each.
Recupero, a freshman from Hopkinton, Mass., put Duke's third goal on the board 1:59 into the second half.After Maggie Graham's shot was saved, Recupero was there to finish the rebound for her first collegiate goal.
The Blue Devils went ahead, 4-0, at the 59:33 mark as Lageyre sent in a corner kick to the head of sophomore Cameron Roller, who placed the ball into inside back corner for the second goal of the season.
After Duke junior Julia Saunicheva was taken down just outside the box and ETSU assessed a yellow card, Lynch stepped up and finished a free kick past the ETSU keeper to put the fifth goal on the board with just under 11 minutes remaining.

Notes

Mary Long and Sophia Recupero became the eighth different Blue Devil to score this season with her first half tally.
Duke attempted a season-high 32 shots on the evening.
Farrah Walters attempted a season-high six shots, while Devin Lynch took a career-high five shots. Long took a career-high four as well.
The Blue Devils limited ETSU to only one shot on the evening in the first half.
Duke defense extended its scoreless streak to 395:48 since the season opener.
The Blue Devils totaled their eighth straight win against a Southern Conference school.
Duke is now 3-0 at home this season and have outscored opponents by a 10-0 margin.
A total of 22 Blue Devils saw action on the evening.
Duke scored the most goals at home since Nov. 21, 2021 against St. John's in the NCAA Tournament (7).
Duke now features nine different players who have scored this season.

Quotes

"It was almost like a professional job today. I thought they came out and we were on the front foot from the beginning of the game. We moved the ball well, a couple times we took some touches, but overall, I thought we focused in on what we wanted to do, what we wanted to get accomplished today.Then it was nice to get an early goal.I think that set them back. East Tennessee came and did a good job. I thought they started to play, at the beginning of the game they just didn't bunker in and fall in. They are going to be a good team in the Southern Conference. So, we wish them well going forward."-- Duke head coach Robbie Church

Next Match

Duke closes its homestand Thursday, Sept. 12 as the Blue Devils welcome Missouri to Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m., live on ACC Network Extra.

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