KENNESAW, Ga. - The Duke women's soccer team had a full day of preparation at the Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium heading into Friday night's NCAA College Cup semifinal match. The No. 1 seeded and third-ranked Blue Devils (21-3-1) will face Wake Forest (18-3-4) on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN3.
Junior goalkeeper
Tara Campbell, sophomore midfielder
Kaitlyn Kerr and head coach
Robbie Church met with the media to kick off the day's events. The Blue Devils then held a team practice on one of the practice fields, followed by a walkthrough of the KSU Soccer Stadium and team photos on the field.
Later in the afternoon, Church and five Blue Devils sat down with ESPN's Julie Foudy, Beth Mowins and Monica Gonzalez, who will broadcast Friday's semifinals matches live on ESPNU (Semifinal 1 - 5 p.m.) and ESPN3 (Semifinal 2 - 7:30 p.m.). Campbell, Kerr, sophomores
Natasha Anasi and
Mollie Pathman and freshman
Kelly Cobb were excited to meet Foudy, who was a longtime member of the U.S. women's national team along with current Duke assistant coach
Carla Overbeck. After the interview, the Blue Devil players were also able to take photos with Foudy.
Duke is making its second trip to the NCAA College Cup and first appearance since 1992. In the other semifinal match, Stanford will square off with Florida State on Friday at 5 p.m. The winners of each semifinal will play for the national championship on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. at the KSU Soccer Stadium.
The Blue Devils will attend the NCAA College Cup banquet as well on Thursday evening so look for photos from the event later tonight.