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Over spring and summer 2021, Duke welcomed six veteran transfers into the program. Though three are currently regular rotation players, one has established themself as the best player on a top-15 team: Celeste Taylor.
As an era ended for Duke, there was still one more chance to make history.
Duke combo forward Lee Volker is no longer listed on the program’s active roster. At time of publication, her name was still listed on last year’s roster, and her 2021-22 profile page was still active.
And just like that, all of Duke’s most veteran players are gone.
Okay, now you can call her the greatest Duke women’s soccer player of all time.
After strong nonconference results and three consecutive wins to open ACC play, including an upset over the No. 6 team in the country, Duke once again has a number next to its name.
FORT MYERS, Fla.—With four teams ranked in the top 10 and five more receiving votes, the ACC is the toughest conference in the country this year. It’s good news for Duke, then, that it is entering conference play in its best shape of the season.
All good things must come to an end, but in collegiate soccer, those things usually last four years. But when it comes to Michelle Cooper, that won’t be the case for Duke.
Last year’s loss to Santa Clara marked the end of the collegiate careers of six longtime Blue Devils; three are now in the NWSL. This year’s 3-2 overtime loss to No. 1-seed Alabama, Duke’s third-straight exit in the Elite Eight, ends up to nine Blue Devil careers, including as many as four future NWSL players, and marks the last time two pairs of sisters will play together.
The Blue Devils were the runners-up at the Phil Knight Legacy event, but questions still surround this team.
PORTLAND, Ore.—The PK85 tournaments have seen some excellent exhibitions of basketball, from the women’s thriller between UConn and Iowa to the Iowa State men’s big upset of North Carolina. But Sunday’s finales were filled with bizarre affairs—and on a day when one game went to quadruple overtime, Duke and Oregon State may have topped them all.
PORTLAND, Ore.—The phrase “it’s always darkest before the dawn” does not make much sense. But for Blue Devil freshman Tyrese Proctor, it seems that truer words have never been spoken.
PORTLAND, Ore.—No. 8 Duke fell behind early in its Phil Knight Legacy championship game, with No. 24 Purdue putting together a big run before the break. After one half at the Moda Center, the Blue Devils trail the Boilermakers 46-35.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: How far Duke will go depends on how far its freshmen will take it.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Shayeann Day-Wilson had season-highs of 17 points and seven rebounds, UConn’s top three scorers combined for 54 points on 58.8% shooting, and the Blue Devils lost to the Huskies behind a swell of UConn transition points.
PORTLAND, Ore.—No. 8 Duke took an early lead in its Phil Knight Legacy semifinal in Portland, Ore., with Xavier keeping things close before the break. After one half at the Moda Center, the Blue Devils lead the Musketeers 40-34.
Last year, Duke took 206 minutes to net its first four NCAA tournament goals. Saturday night, the Blue Devils reached that mark in less than a third as much time.
When Kara Lawson put together her assistant staff two years ago, she did so by deliberately bringing together recruiters from all over the country. And for the second year in a row, Duke has secured a top talent from an often-overlooked part of the country.
Though this year’s Blue Devils may have failed to match last year’s accomplishment of securing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, the selection committee has smiled upon Duke once again.
There are good wins and there are bad wins. But on the bright side for Duke, every win counts the same.
