On the one hand, the defeat could be attributed to the absence of star senior attacker Katie DeSimone. The Blue Devils’ woes, however, were bigger than just one player. The issue wasn’t an absence of opportunity, but a lack of discipline.
Despite a career-high four goals from Carly Bernstein, the Blue Devils dropped their regular-season finale to the 15th-ranked Tar Heels 16-11 Thursday afternoon at Dorrance Field.
No. 4 Duke stamped its resume with an excellent victory for postseason seeding Sunday, bouncing back from its loss against Notre Dame a week earlier to take down No. 2 Virginia 18-12 on Senior Day in Koskinen Stadium in front of a sellout crowd.
No. 25 Duke narrowly escaped the upset bid, closing out the 14-11 win against Louisville with a fourth-quarter hat trick from senior midfielder Maddie McCorkle.
On a sunny Sunday at Koskinen Stadium, Duke dropped its second-straight conference matchup to Notre Dame in a crushing 15-12 finish, leaving those demons from last May alive and well.
Despite the opening score and numerous offensive opportunities, the 23rd-ranked Blue Devils were no match for No. 6 Notre Dame and its trio of star graduate attackers. Duke fell in South Bend, Ind., 19-7 after allowing six goals in the first quarter.
After jumping out to an 8-1 lead in the first quarter, the defense held Campbell scoreless in the second and third — the team’s fewest goals allowed all season —and earned its third win in a week after beating East Carolina last Tuesday and No. 8 Virginia Saturday.
Duke handed No. 8 Virginia a 15-10 upset Saturday afternoon in Koskinen Stadium, the team's second ranked win of the year.
Three-and-a-half weeks ago, Duke faced Penn under heavy rain, falling to the Quakers 14-12. As the clouds opened Wednesday afternoon and brought rain to Koskinen Stadium, it looked as if the fifth-ranked Blue Devils might fall again, this time with No. 17 Boston University in town.
No. 5 Duke continues to put on defensive clinics against the best teams in the nation, this time shutting down and defeating No. 10 Denver to win 11-7 at a neutral-site venue in Severn, Md.
No. 4 Boston College came to Durham Saturday afternoon and simply outplayed Duke. The Blue Devils fell 18-3 as four Eagles earned hat tricks. The defeat, on both Morgan’s Message and Alumni Day, was Duke’s worst of the season and ended its strong three-game win streak.
The fourth-ranked Blue Devils were ragdolled by the sixth-ranked Orange inside the JMA Wireless Dome Wednesday evening, getting spiked 10-4 in their ACC opener.
After a heartbreaking triple overtime loss to the Hokies in the 2023 campaign, the Blue Devils headed to Blacksburg, Va., determined not to let history repeat itself. They returned home with a hardfought 9-8 win and a three-game win streak.
In a matchup against the best scoring defense in the nation, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils escaped the web, beating No. 17 Richmond 12-3.
Since April 2022, a top-25 win seemed elusive for the Blue Devils — until Tuesday. Duke took down No. 22 Harvard in a thrilling 15-13 contest that went down to the wire.
On Sunday in Koskinen Stadium, the top-ranked Blue Devils’ southern shine proved to be too much for its Ivy League visitors, as Duke weeded No. 15 Princeton to the sound of a 17-8 beatdown.
Duke headed north to Syracuse, N.Y., looking for its first conference win in Saturday’s match-up, but could not find an answer to the Orange onslaught. No. 4 Syracuse led the entire game and sent the Blue Devils home with an 15-8 loss to prolong their ACC slump.
In a sloppy game, No. 17 Penn overcame the rain and field conditions and utilized strong defending and quick transition offense to get the best of the top-ranked Blue Devils 14-12.
Duke was squashed by No. 19 Clemson in a 20-11 defeat Saturday afternoon that left a sour note on the Blue Devils’ opening matchup of ACC play.
After Jacksonville defeated Duke in the last two seasons by a combined three goals, the second-ranked Blue Devils finally got their revenge Friday evening at Koskinen Stadium.
