To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching 'DukeWSOC'.Enjoy Christmas during your summer break! Total Mayhem Games released an extra cheerful puzzle for everyone to enjoy in the asymmetric puzzle coop: We Were Here Together! And if we say everyone, we mean EVERYONE, as the game just launched a demo today on Steam, PlayStation and Xbox including the extra Christmas puzzle. 16 when the Blue Devils travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to face Syracuse at 7 p.m. We have women of unbelievable character in this program and they will learn from this and we will be better.' – Duke head coach Robbie Churchĭuke will be off until Friday, Sept. We just have to get better and have to stay together. We planned that stretch and will be better because of the stretch. We have been in a really, really tough stretch and I think some of that caught us tonight. We have to get better and we understand that. It is September 8 and trophies are not given out now. I thought we had good effort, but we didn't have good quality. 'First of all, congratulations to North Carolina. The three goals allowed at home are the most for a Duke opponent at Koskinen Stadium since West Virginia scored three on Sept.Thursday's match was considered a non-conference contest and will not be counted in ACC action.Graduate student Delaney Graham moved into sixth place on Duke's all-time minutes played list with 7,414:13 minutes, moving past Libby Jandl (7,336).The Blue Devils dropped a home contest at Koskinen Stadium for only the ninth time out of the last 66 contests in Durham.It marked the first time the Blue Devils were shutout since Sept. Duke snapped a streak of 19 straight matches with at least one goal scored.Michelle Cooper had her streak of four straight games with a goal come to an end as she was held without a shot.Duke was held to a season-low two shots, while North Carolina had 15 attempts, including 10 in the second half.

The Tar Heels closed the scoring in the 84th minute as Isabel Cox redirected a pass from Emily Colton into the back of the net to move the score to 3-0.North Carolina added a second goal in the 75th minute as Emily Murphy redirected a pass from Sam Meza into the left corner past a diving Jones to give the Tar Heels a 2-0 lead.Duke picked up key defensive stops by junior Nicky Chico and junior Olivia Migli, along with a save from Blue Devil goalkeeper Ruthie Jones in a span of two minutes to start the second half.At the end of the first 45 minutes, North Carolina held a 5-1 shot advantage.North Carolina broke through at the 34:56 mark as Emily Moxley served a corner kick to the head of Tori Hansen, who finished into the left corner to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead.Junior Katie Groff turned in Duke's only shot attempt in the first half that was saved by Tar Heel goalkeeper Emmie Allen.

For the first 30 minutes, the match featured two shots, both by North Carolina.

North Carolina improved to 6-1 on the year. The 3,527 attendance marked the second-largest crowd for the Blue Devils since the Kennedy Tower was built in 2015.ĭuke (5-2) concluded a three-match stretch where the Blue Devils faced three top-six ranked opponents. DURHAM – In a top-five matchup at Koskinen Stadium on Thursday evening, second-ranked North Carolina registered a 3-0 victory over third-ranked Duke in front of a season-high 3,527 fans.

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