ChronSports’ Top 10 of 2021 — No. 7: Duke women’s soccer has one of its best-ever seasons
By Em Adler | December 24, 2021Duke’s season was little short of landmark, a premier season for one of the country’s premier programs.
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Angel City draft Duke women’s soccer’s Lily Nabet
By Em Adler | December 18, 2021It took 11 months from the first pick to the last, but now all three of Duke’s super-senior captains are going pro.
Duke women’s soccer's Caitlin Cosme drafted by Orlando Pride
By Em Adler | December 18, 2021The super senior is the first Blue Devil to be drafted in the first round since 2018, and the highest-drafted Duke defender in NWSL history.
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Michelle Cooper named First-Team All-American for Duke women's soccer
By Em Adler | December 7, 2021It’d been a few years since the Blue Devils had a first-team All-American. For one last mark in her historic season, striker Michelle Cooper changed that.
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Duke women's soccer falls to Santa Clara in Elite Eight of NCAA tournament
By Em Adler | November 26, 2021Two years ago, at Koskinen Stadium, the beleaguered Blue Devils had a signature win against then-No. 19 Santa Clara. Friday night, the Broncos finally got their revenge.
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Sweet Sixteen brace, freshman goal-scoring record add to legend of Duke women's soccer's Michelle Cooper
By Em Adler | November 24, 2021"I don't think other teams have ever experienced an attacking player like this.”
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BLUE STORM: Duke women’s soccer heads back to Elite Eight with a dominant win against St. John’s
By Jonathan Browning | November 21, 2021It’s been a relatively quiet last few games for Cooper, with her last goal coming in Duke’s regular-season finale against Louisville. But against the Red Storm, it was all gas, no brakes from the ACC Freshman of the Year.
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Duke women’s soccer eliminates weaknesses in second-round win against Memphis
By Em Adler | November 20, 2021The blueprint to flustering Duke has been out for a month: Be physical. Dare the Blue Devils to go through you. Close up space—and if they still get by you, make them feel it. Friday night, Duke tore that blueprint to shreds.
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SISTER, SISTER: Duke women’s soccer takes down Memphis to advance to Sweet 16
By Jonathan Browning | November 19, 2021The Blue Devils struck early in this one, waiting until merely the waning minutes of the first half to notch their first score and No. 1 Duke made its way past Memphis 1-0 at Koskinen Stadium Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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COSME IN THE CLUTCH: Duke women’s soccer advances to second round of NCAA tournament
By Jonathan Browning | November 13, 2021It took until the last minute for Duke to break through, but when your opponent isn’t scoring, you only need a single goal to win.
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Duke women’s soccer named No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament
By Em Adler | November 8, 2021The NCAA tournament selection committee revealed the 2021 bracket on Monday, with Duke receiving a 1-seed.
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Duke women's soccer's Michelle Cooper tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year; four Blue Devils named to All-ACC teams
By Jonathan Browning | November 5, 2021The ACC announced its All-ACC teams Friday afternoon and, to little surprise to anyone, Duke freshman phenom Michelle Cooper led the way.
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Demons usurp Devils, as Duke women’s soccer gets upset in ACC tournament
By Em Adler | November 1, 2021A lot can change in 13 seconds.
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No. 2 Duke women’s soccer wraps up regular season with win at Louisville
By Jonathan Browning | October 28, 2021Even before the start of kickoff, the environment was muted—it was a dreary, rainy afternoon with more clouds in the sky than fans in the stands. And while the Blue Devils’ performance mirrored that environment, the talent gap was too much for the Cardinals to overcome, and Duke came out on top with a 1-0 victory Thursday at Lynn Stadium.
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FLORIDA STATE-MENT: No. 6 Duke women’s soccer comes up with historic win against No. 1 Florida State
By Jonathan Browning | October 24, 2021With a stunning amount of awareness for anyone, but especially a freshman, Michelle Cooper let the ball roll right past her, where it found a wide-open Tess Boade at the top of the box, who sent a rocket toward the center of the goal.
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A lesson in jazz, from the referees for Duke women’s soccer as the Blue Devils beat Notre Dame
By Em Adler | October 23, 2021No. 6 Duke overcame the stylistic choices of the umpires to notch a crucial 1-0 win over No. 15 Notre Dame on Thursday, effectively clinching an ACC tournament berth.
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Duke women’s soccer faces season-defining top-15 matchups
By Em Adler | October 20, 2021It all comes down to this. After 13 games of mostly elite soccer, the Blue Devils’ tournament prospects come down to just a pair of games.
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No. 8 Duke women’s soccer holds ground in tight ACC tournament race
By Em Adler | October 16, 2021Last Sunday, In the span of six hours of real time and almost eight of game time, Duke’s hopes went from dour to dire to blight, then rinsed and repeated. Friday, Duke’s visit to Winston-Salem, N.C. was little more than a tune-up.
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No. 8 Duke women’s soccer dominates Demon Deacons on the road
By Jonathan Browning | October 16, 2021This one marked Duke’s first victory away from home since their historic win against North Carolina and gave them the three points in the conference standings necessary to get them into the rapidly upcoming ACC Tournament.
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CENTURY MARK FOR CHURCH: Blue Devils hand Church 100th ACC victory after thrashing Pittsburgh 5-0
By Chinomnso Okechukwu | October 11, 2021It was definitely a game to remember for head coach Robbie Church who registered his 100th ACC win as the Duke women's soccer head coach.