Recapping 2012 Men's Soccer Season

DURHAM, N.C.-The Duke University men's soccer team finished the 2012 season with an 8-8-2 overall record. Lone senior James Belshaw led the way in the awards collection category, earning NSCAA All-America third team honors, while junior defender Sebastien Ibeagha was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

2012 Highlights and Notes

Duke finished the season with an 8-8-2 overall record and was the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament
Junior center back Sebastien Ibeagha was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year after anchoring Duke's backline to nine shutouts. Ibeagha is Duke's second ACC Defensive Player of the Year since the award began in 2004
Senior goalkeeper James Belshaw earned NSCAA All-America third team honors, while Ibeagha captured All-America third team recognition from College Soccer News
Ibeagha led all Duke scorers with five goals and two assists for 12 points
Ibeagha and Belshaw both garnered All-ACC first team accolades, while Sean Davis was a second team choice and Zach Mathers landed on the All-Freshman squad.
Belshaw, Ibeagha and Mathers also were selected to the NSCAA All-South Region squads, earning first, second and third team honors, respectively
For the second straight season Belshaw garnered Scholar All-America recognition, earning first team honors

Duke by the Numbers in 2012
0.70 - Duke's goals against average in 2012, the lowest GAA for the Blue Devils since the 1987 squad posted a 0.63 GAA
21 - Career shutouts by senior James Belshaw to rank third in Duke history
8 - Shutouts by James Belshaw in 2012 to rank eighth in Duke single season history
31 - Points by Duke freshmen and sophomores this season with eight goals and 15 assists
4 - Times Duke allowed more than one goal in a game this season
9 - Duke's rank among Division I programs in goals against average
11 - James Belshaw's rank among Division I goalkeepers in goals against average
12 - ACC goalkeepers, including Duke's James Belshaw in 2012, who have garnered NSCAA All-America recognition since 1973
54 - Seniors, one of which is Duke senior goalkeeper James Belshaw, invited to the 2013 adidas MLS combine
3 - First-half goals allowed by Duke in 2012

Tale of the Tape

Category	Duke	Opponent
Goals-Shot attempts	20-185	13-190
Goals scored per game	1.11	0.72
Shots on goal-Attempts	78-185	79-190
SOG Pct.	0.422	0.416
Shots/Game	10.3	10.6
GAA	0.7	1.08
Corner Kicks	81	74
Penalty Kicks	1-1	2-2
Yellow cards	27	24
Red cards	3	1

Shutout Streaks
The Blue Devils put together two impressive shutout streaks during the year ... In September, Duke posted three consecutive shutouts en route to prolonging a shutout streak to 403:22 ... Late in the year, behind a stellar defense and goalkeeper, Duke kept opponents off the scoreboard for 421:40.

First Half Scoring
Goals were hard to come by in the first half this season when Duke was involved ... The Blue Devils allowed just three first-half goals and netted seven scores in the opening 45 minutes.

Narrow Losses
All eight of Duke's losses were by just one goal ... The Blue Devils were shut out in four of those games ... In Duke's 18 games this season, it never allowed more than two goals and only allowed two in the four 2-1 setbacks on the year.

Belshaw Anchored Stalwart Defense
Senior James Belshaw anchors the Blue Devils' stalwart back line that finished ranked second in the ACC in goals against average (0.70) ... That GAA was the lowest for the Blue Devils since the 1987 squad posted a 0.63 goals against average ... Belshaw had eight shutouts for the year and 21 in his career ... His eight shutouts are tied for eighth in Duke single season history, while his 21 are tied for third in Duke career history.

Belshaw Ranks Among Best
Senior James Belshaw graduated as one of the best goalkeepers in Duke soccer history ... A four-year starter with 21 shutouts to his name, the Nottingham, England native owns a 1.04 goals against average and a .766 save percentage for his career.

Single Season Shutouts
	Goalkeeper	Year	SO
1	Pat Johnston	1985	13
	Pat Johnston	1983	13
3	Pat Johnston	1982	12
4	Atli Knutsson	1998	10
	Boris Ilicic	1980	10
6	Justin Trowbridge	2004	9
7	Mark Dodd	1986	9
8	Justin Papadakis	2006	8
	Garth Lagerway	1994	8
	James Belshaw	2012	8

Career Shutouts
	Goalkeeper	Years	SO
1	Pat Johnston	1982-85	47
2	Boris Ilicic	1979-81	24
3	James Belshaw	2009-P	21
4	Justin Papadakis	2005-07	20
5	Garth Lagerway	1991-94	19

Duke Defense Provided Scoring Punch
Duke center backs Sebastien Ibeagha and Zach Mathers combined for 20 points this season with six goals and six assists ... Ibeagha completed his junior campaign with five tallies and two assists, while Mathers had two goals and four assists.

Young Blue Devils Contributed Offensively
The Blue Devils received 38 of their 61 points this season from either freshmen or sophomores ... The talented group of underclassmen combined for eight goals and 15 assists, including four game-winning scores.

Sebastien Ibeagha Led All Duke Scorers
Junior center back Sebastien Ibeagha had a standout junior season, anchoring Duke's backline to nine shutouts and leading the offense with five goals and 12 points overall.

Mathers a Marathon Man
Prior to the 2-0 shutout against Davidson, freshman Zach Mathers had played all 1192 minutes for the Blue Devils, the lone player to do so ... With 30 minutes to go against the Wildcats, Mathers was substituted out of the game for nine minutes ... Overall he played in all but nine minutes this season, ranking tied for second among Duke field players in minutes played.

First Off the Bench
Duke generally played 14-15 players in a game ... A host of players were the first call to check in with sophomore Matt Slotnick leading the way.

Team	Clock*	Players
Notre Dame	26:11:00	Aguirre, Rendon, Slotnick
Santa Clara	21:14	Aguirre
Delaware	20:06	Donovan
Virginia	0:55	Donovan^
Virginia	23:44	Rendon
Georgia State	26:59:00	Coleman
Clemson	30:02:00	Coleman
Wake Forest	32:45:00	Eggleston, Donovan
UNCW	30:07:00	Palodichuk
North Carolina	31:43:00	Aguirre
NC State	31:23:00	Slotnick
Maryland	23:47	Donovan, Aguirre
Presbyterian	18:30	Slotnick
Boston College	31:44:00	Slotnick
Davidson	23:36	Slotnick
Virginia Tech	22:41	Slotnick
Elon	23:07	Slotnick
SIUE	33:12:00	Slotnick
UNC	21:42	Slotnick, Rendon
*denotes time elapsed in first half
^ substitution for injury

Blue Devils Get First Collegiate Points
A host of Blue Devils registered their first career points this season ... Overall eight different players scored either their first career goal or assist in a Duke uniform in 2012.

Player	Yr.	G-A-P	Opponent
Luis Rendon	Fr.	1-1-3	Delaware
Ryan Thompson	Fr.	0-1-1	Delaware
Zach Mathers	Fr.	0-2-2	Georgia State
Chase Keesling	So.	0-1-1	Georgia State
James Belshaw	Sr.	1-0-2	Clemson
Alex Sauciuc	Jr.	1-0-2	Presbyterian
Will Donovan	Jr.	2-0-2	Davidson
Jack Coleman	So.	0-1-1	Davidson

Duke Fields Young Squad in 2012
Ten Duke underclassmen started at least one game for the Blue Devils this season ... Three freshmen started at least one game, including rookie Zach Mathers starting all 18 contests ... Overall, seven of the 10 Duke underclassmen have played at least 1000 minutes in 2012.

2012 Honors and Awards

Captains

James Belshaw, Sebastien Ibeagha

NSCAA All-America

James Belshaw (3rd Team)

NSCAA All-South Region

James Belshaw (1st Team), Sebastien Ibeagha (1st Team), Zach Mathers (3rd Team)

College Soccer News All-America

Sebastien Ibeagha (3rd Team)

ACC Defensive Player of the Year

Sebastien Ibeagha

All-ACC