Duke men's soccer hosts Virginia Tech for its ACC home opener
Duke will look to stay unbeaten at home and kick start its offense in its ACC home opener.
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Duke will look to stay unbeaten at home and kick start its offense in its ACC home opener.
After playing one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, Duke is hoping to start ACC play with a home win and snap a two-match winless streak.
Although they have had no shortage of scoring opportunities this fall, the Blue Devils will need to be more efficient.
With Doug Marrone leaving for the NFL, Syracuse enters the expanded ACC, primed for considerable change. Last season’s team went 8-5, placed in a four-way tie for the Big East championship and topped it off with an impressive bowl win against West Virginia. The Orange enter 2013 hoping for an encore.
Memphis will be optimistic as it opens 2013 in the new American Athletic Conference. Second-year coach Justin Fuente managed to lead the Tigers to a 4-8 record in 2012, which was no small feat, considering the program had managed to win just five games in the previous three seasons combined.
Duke will be looking to showcase its new offensive potential as the start to a new season looms.
Two teams coming off very close, heartbreaking losses will tip off against each other Thursday night.
After an emotional win against conference rival North Carolina, No. 2 Duke will tip off against Maryland Saturday against a Terrapin team that could be playing its final ACC games this season.
Despite rallying after being down two sets to none to bring the match to 2-2, Duke was not able to carry that momentum into the fifth set and lost in a five-set battle to ACC foe Miami Saturday.
Amid a three match winless streak, Duke will head to Dail Soccer Stadium to take on N.C. State Friday in Raleigh.
Fresh off a 2-0 win over Clemson last week, the Blue Devils (3-3-0, 1-1-0 in the ACC) will be looking to continue their recent success in an away game against Wake Forest (4-1-2, 0-0-2) at the Spry Stadium.
The Blue Devils showed great solidarity in fighting their way to a draw.