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Former Blue Devils Michelle Cooper, Delaney Graham and Sophie Jones were each drafted in the 2023 NWSL Draft Thursday night in Philadelphia.
Though her career stats at Duke do not jump off the page, Sophie Jones has been one of the best players in the country over the past four years and joins the ranks of all-time Blue Devil greats.
Okay, now you can call her the greatest Duke women’s soccer player of all time.
Coming in at No. 6: Duke women's soccer made a strong postseason run to cap another season among the nation's best.
There’s a Sisyphean nature to Duke, if Sisyphus could get his boulder over the hill and immediately discover another, even larger hill staring him down.
Sophomore Michelle Cooper announced that she would be forgoing her last two years of eligibility—the first Blue Devil soccer star to do so—to pursue her professional career.
Superstar striker Michelle Cooper announced Monday evening that she will forgo her remaining college eligibility to enter the professional soccer ranks.
The Blue Devils’ dream of a national championship was cut short Friday night in overtime with a 3-2 loss to No. 1-seed Alabama in the Elite Eight.
Over the course of 90 minutes, one old adage seemed to ring true for Duke: Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.
In defeating South Carolina 2-1 in the third round of the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils advanced to the Elite Eight.
The Blue Devils adjusted their tactics to control possession in their attacking half and fire a barrage of shots in the win against the Longhorns.
It took 20 shots for Duke to get on the board against Texas. And now, it has still been more than 20 years since the Longhorns last emerged victorious against the Blue Devils.
In their first-round NCAA tournament contest against the No. 2-seed Blue Devils, the Highlanders tried to shut down Duke's best players, albeit with a more unconventional approach. Radford man-marked the Blue Devils' front five players, which includes the three forwards and two wingbacks, for the entire 90 minutes of Duke's 4-0 victory Saturday evening.
No. 2-seed Duke beat Radford 4-0 at Koskinen Stadium to open the 2022 NCAA tournament, its seventh NCAA win by at least four goals in its last 10 postseasons.
Now entering the NCAA tournament in her sophomore season, Cooper has only continued to shine for Duke and is consistently named among the nation’s top players.
To get back to the College Cup, Duke will have to prove that collegiate soccer still runs through the state of North Carolina.
Among the lively atmosphere Thursday were two high-energy teams displaying a cinematic performance on the field, both sides proving they were worthy of a ticket to the conference championship game.
Even a Blue Devil team that seemed to have been possessed by a higher power for two hours could not overcome the inevitability of North Carolina women’s soccer.
The ACC announced its end-of-season awards Wednesday, and for the second year in a row, Blue Devils have won the highest awards from the nation’s best conference.
By the end of Sunday's match in Charlottesville, Va., the scoreboard showed a 2-1 victory in the Blue Devils’ favor.
