Tess Boade, Caitlin Cosme and Lily Nabet to return to Duke women’s soccer for fifth seasons
By Jonathan Browning | June 9, 2021Fear not Duke fans—you don’t have to say goodbye to all the Blue Devil seniors just yet.
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In it for the long haul: 293 days of Duke women's soccer
By Jonathan Browning | June 8, 2021From the opening kickoff of the first game to the final penalty in the Blue Devils' NCAA tournament run, 242 days elapsed—a long time in itself. But their season truly began July 21, when the team arrived back on campus.
Column: Duke women’s soccer’s gameplan against Florida State in NCAA tournament was astounding
By Em Adler | May 14, 2021It was one of the boldest ideas in recent memory.
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Duke women's soccer drops hard-fought Elite Eight match to Florida State in penalty kicks
By Jonathan Browning | May 10, 2021For 110 minutes, No. 9-seed Duke held top-ranked Florida State without a goal—the only team in the country to accomplish that feat all season. But it wasn’t enough to give the Blue Devils the win.
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Duke women’s soccer cruises to Elite Eight with win against Ole Miss
By Em Adler | May 6, 2021The road to the College Cup is long and winding, but sometimes, if you can weave through traffic just right, you can set your cruise control and just ride for a few miles.
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Sophie Jones nets game-winner to push Duke women’s soccer to Round of 16 in NCAA tournament
By Em Adler | May 2, 2021If styles make fights, then one shared style makes for a long, slow, painful battle to the death. A battle where one Maggie Graham-Sophie Jones connection was enough to provide the deadly blow.
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Column: Duke women’s soccer faces tough-yet-winnable path in NCAA tournament
By Em Adler | April 21, 2021After Duke’s longest regular season ever and a nonconference schedule designed to prove the team's worth, the Blue Devils are in the NCAA tournament for the sixth straight year.
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The more you know: Taylor Mitchell is a Duke women’s soccer all-time great
By Jonathan Browning | April 14, 2021Taylor Mitchell's incredible career may have cemented her as the best Blue Devil out of Sierra Canyon School, the school that produced Marvin Bagley III and Cassius Stanley.
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Tensions flare in Duke men’s soccer’s season-ending loss to North Carolina
By Jonathan Jantz | April 13, 2021With Duke and North Carolina facing off on the Blue Devils’ Senior Night in the last regular season game of the season for both teams, it’s natural that tensions were running high.
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Offense stalls, defense shines as No. 7 Duke women’s soccer draws with Vanderbilt on Senior Day
By Jonathan Browning | April 12, 2021In a year that’s been anything but normal , a muted tie on Senior Day feels almost symbolic of the season.
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'We should have won the game': Duke men's soccer ties N.C. State despite impressive play
By Sasha Richie | April 5, 2021An even score doesn’t necessarily reflect an evenly matched game. Despite leaving Raleigh without a win, the Blue Devils controlled play for almost the entire night.
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Column: A return to normalcy in Duke women's soccer's win at N.C. State
By Em Adler | April 5, 2021It’s easy to forget how much you miss the feel of a crowd, and how little you pine for soccer fans’ yelling over offsides and fouls. Duke took the opportunity to remind me of both Friday.
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Thorleifur Ulfarsson hammers in hat trick to lead Duke men's soccer past Virginia
By Jonathan Jantz | March 29, 2021Freshman forward Thorleifur Ulfarsson took matters into his own hands Sunday afternoon.
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'Fun to be home': Duke women's soccer cruises past Coastal Carolina in first home match since Oct. 9
By Jonathan Levitan | March 18, 2021As the saying goes, there’s no place like home.
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'Has to change': Duke men's soccer continues to struggle converting opportunities in loss to Notre Dame
By Cameron DeChurch | March 15, 2021“Strikers are judged on their goal production, and apart from the Virginia Tech game, we've been struggling,” Kerr said. “And that has to change.”
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In win against UNC-Wilmington, No. 5 Duke women’s soccer ventures into the great unknown
By Em Adler | March 9, 2021A total of 113 days passed between Duke's fall finale and its spring opener, the longest gap between games in the same season in team history.
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'We made it happen': Duke men's soccer's offense finally breaks through in win against Virginia Tech
By Sasha Richie | March 8, 2021After failing to notch a goal in any of their first three games of the spring season, anticipation for when one would finally sneak past the goalie was high in Blacksburg, Va., this past Saturday.
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Eliot Hamill shines for Duke men's soccer in a defensive stalemate against UNC-Wilmington
By Jonathan Jantz | March 1, 2021Hamill was Duke mens’ soccer’s savior Friday night.
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Duke men's soccer unable to finish opportunities in overtime loss to Kentucky
By Sonali Harris | February 21, 2021Duke played energetically, swiftly retrieving the ball from Kentucky and getting plenty of shot opportunities. However, finishing those opportunities remains a recurring issue for the Blue Devils.
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Duke men's soccer ties Charlotte in gritty spring opener
By Sasha Richie | February 13, 2021Rarely are scoreless games entertaining. But what the Blue Devils couldn’t deliver on the scoreboard Friday evening they certainly delivered in excitement.
