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Duke Falls to No. 1 Florida State on Senior Day
10/22/2023 4:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM – The Duke women's soccer team dropped a 4-0 decision to top-ranked Florida State on Sunday afternoon as the Blue Devils celebrated senior day at Koskinen Stadium.
Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Leah Freeman registered a season-high eight saves on the afternoon. Duke fell to 6-6-3, 2-4-3 in the ACC, while Florida State improved to 13-0-1, 8-0-1.
How It Happened
• Duke created opportunities in the first half, which were started by sophomore Kat Rader. She took a long pass down the left side and drove into the box. She was one-v-one with a FSU defender, but her shot went high over the cross bar.
• In the 25th minute, sophomore Devin Lynch stole a FSU pass in the box and drove in towards the 9-yard marker. She sent a perfect cross toward the far post where senior Grace Watkins was wide open, but couldn't quite get a good foot on the attempt.
• Rader then had a free kick from 21 yards in the 26th minute that went high.
• After peppering the Duke goal with seven shots through the first 23 minutes, the Seminoles were able to get on the board in the 30th minute. Jordynn Dudley stole the ball from a Duke defender and found an open Kaitlyn Zipay for the FSU goal to go ahead, 1-0.
• In the 35th minute, Leah Pais found herself open in front of the goal, but Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Leah Freeman made a diving stop on a shot.
• With just under four minutes remaining in the first half, senior Katie Groff crossed a perfect ball in front of the goal where the Seminoles missed clearing it. Rader grabbed the ball and tried to get a shot off that went high.
• For the first half, Florida State held a 12-8 shot advantage. Out of Duke's eight shots, only one was on goal.
• The Blue Devils had a couple of opportunities to open the second half by both Watkins and sophomore Carina Lageyre, but the chances were blocked and saved, respectively.
• FSU went ahead, 2-0, in the 54th minute as Onyi Echegini connected on a goal and then Echegini added a second in the 59th minute to go ahead 3-0.
• Duke nearly got on the board in the 64th minute as Lynch sent a corner kick into the box where freshman Mia Minestrella headed a ball towards the far post, but FSU's Sophia Nguyen was there at the post to get the team save off the line.
• Florida State added another goal in the 66th minute to go ahead, 4-0.
Notes
• For the match, FSU held a 21-14 shot advantage along with a 12-4 lead on shots on goal.
• The Blue Devils have had different starting lineups in seven out of the last eight matches due to injuries/sickness.
• Leah Freeman totaled a season-high eight saves in goal for the Blue Devils.
• Duke was without the services of seniors Emily Royson, Nicky Chico and Olivia Migli due to injuries/sickness.
• Freshman Phoebe Goldthwaite made her first collegiate start, while rookie Mia Minestrella made her second start.
• Freshman Sam Bodensteiner made her collegiate debut.
• Sunday was senior day for the Blue Devils as Duke honored Royson, Chico, Migli, Grace Watkins, Katie Groff and Maggie Graham.
Quotes
• "It is a strange feeling right now because there were a lot of really good things from us. We created a lot of really good opportunities. I am proud of how we fought. We moved people around. We had four starters out of the game, but we were toe-to-toe with them for a long time. The two things that were different were that we created opportunities in the first half and we didn't finish ours. If we would have finished one or two of ours early, it would have been a completely different game. Give them credit. They didn't have many more opportunities than us, but they finished everything." – Duke head coach Robbie Church
Next Match
Duke will close the 2023 regular season Thursday, Oct. 26 at Louisville. The match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 6 p.m.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWSOC".
#GoDuke
Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Leah Freeman registered a season-high eight saves on the afternoon. Duke fell to 6-6-3, 2-4-3 in the ACC, while Florida State improved to 13-0-1, 8-0-1.
How It Happened
• Duke created opportunities in the first half, which were started by sophomore Kat Rader. She took a long pass down the left side and drove into the box. She was one-v-one with a FSU defender, but her shot went high over the cross bar.
• In the 25th minute, sophomore Devin Lynch stole a FSU pass in the box and drove in towards the 9-yard marker. She sent a perfect cross toward the far post where senior Grace Watkins was wide open, but couldn't quite get a good foot on the attempt.
• Rader then had a free kick from 21 yards in the 26th minute that went high.
• After peppering the Duke goal with seven shots through the first 23 minutes, the Seminoles were able to get on the board in the 30th minute. Jordynn Dudley stole the ball from a Duke defender and found an open Kaitlyn Zipay for the FSU goal to go ahead, 1-0.
• In the 35th minute, Leah Pais found herself open in front of the goal, but Blue Devil senior goalkeeper Leah Freeman made a diving stop on a shot.
• With just under four minutes remaining in the first half, senior Katie Groff crossed a perfect ball in front of the goal where the Seminoles missed clearing it. Rader grabbed the ball and tried to get a shot off that went high.
• For the first half, Florida State held a 12-8 shot advantage. Out of Duke's eight shots, only one was on goal.
• The Blue Devils had a couple of opportunities to open the second half by both Watkins and sophomore Carina Lageyre, but the chances were blocked and saved, respectively.
• FSU went ahead, 2-0, in the 54th minute as Onyi Echegini connected on a goal and then Echegini added a second in the 59th minute to go ahead 3-0.
• Duke nearly got on the board in the 64th minute as Lynch sent a corner kick into the box where freshman Mia Minestrella headed a ball towards the far post, but FSU's Sophia Nguyen was there at the post to get the team save off the line.
• Florida State added another goal in the 66th minute to go ahead, 4-0.
Notes
• For the match, FSU held a 21-14 shot advantage along with a 12-4 lead on shots on goal.
• The Blue Devils have had different starting lineups in seven out of the last eight matches due to injuries/sickness.
• Leah Freeman totaled a season-high eight saves in goal for the Blue Devils.
• Duke was without the services of seniors Emily Royson, Nicky Chico and Olivia Migli due to injuries/sickness.
• Freshman Phoebe Goldthwaite made her first collegiate start, while rookie Mia Minestrella made her second start.
• Freshman Sam Bodensteiner made her collegiate debut.
• Sunday was senior day for the Blue Devils as Duke honored Royson, Chico, Migli, Grace Watkins, Katie Groff and Maggie Graham.
Quotes
• "It is a strange feeling right now because there were a lot of really good things from us. We created a lot of really good opportunities. I am proud of how we fought. We moved people around. We had four starters out of the game, but we were toe-to-toe with them for a long time. The two things that were different were that we created opportunities in the first half and we didn't finish ours. If we would have finished one or two of ours early, it would have been a completely different game. Give them credit. They didn't have many more opportunities than us, but they finished everything." – Duke head coach Robbie Church
Next Match
Duke will close the 2023 regular season Thursday, Oct. 26 at Louisville. The match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra beginning at 6 p.m.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women's soccer, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWSOC".
#GoDuke
Team Stats
FSU
Duke
Goals
4
0
Shots
21
14
Shots on Goal
12
4
Saves
3
7
Corners
4
2
Fouls
12
3
Scoring Plays
Kaitlyn Zipay (2)
Assisted By: Jordynn Dudley
Right footed tap in following a ball played across the goal after a a Duke give-away
29:45
Onyi Echegini (11)
Assisted By: Beata Olsson , Taylor Huff
Header to upper left corner from inside the 6 yard box following an in-swinging cross from the right side
53:11
Onyi Echegini (11)
Assisted By: Taylor Huff
Right footer shot from the top the penalty box to the upper right hand corner
58:16
Taylor Huff (5)
Assisted By: Sophia Nguyen , Leilanni Nesbeth
Left footed shot from top of the penalty box back across the face of goal to the bottom left hand corner
65:05
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
3
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
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