No. 10 Duke Hosts No. 25 Clemson Thursday for Senior Night

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Match 16
#25 Clemson (7-4-5, 4-3-2 ACC) at #10 Duke (11-3-1, 6-3-0 ACC)
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 - 7 PM (ET) - ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium)
ACC Network Extra Talent: Zach Berly (PXP), Matt Stradley (Color)

NEED TO KNOW

The Duke women's soccer team is set to close the regular season Thursday, Oct. 30 as the 10th-ranked Blue Devils (11-3-1) host 25th-ranked Clemson for senior night on Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium at 7 p.m.
Thursday's match will be aired live on ACC Network Extra with Zach Berly (PXP) and Matt Stradley (Color) calling the action.
On Thursday, it will also be Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development Awareness night. Members from the Duke Autism & Brain Development Center participate as anthem buddies and form a high five tunnel for the starting lineups. Duke is providing the Cohan Family Suite to serve as a cooldown area for the families to escape the loud noise if needed.
Prior to the match, Duke will recognize seven seniors on the field -- Taylor Evans, Carina Lageyre, Devin Lynch, Elle Piper, Kat Rader, Julia Saunicheva and Farrah Walters.
Duke ranks first nationally in assists with a 3.73 per game average and third in corner kicks per match (7.80).
The Blue Devils' last 22 goals scored have come in the 41st minute or later dating back to the Virginia match.
Duke remained in the top 10 of the United Soccer Coaches poll this week and have been in the top 10 in 10 of the 12 polls in 2025.
Duke's duo of Kat Rader and Mia Minestrella were named to the Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch. They were two of 35 players selected for the prestigious award.
First year head coach Kieran Hall has kicked off his career with the Blue Devils with a 11-3-1 ledger.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

With her next assist, Mia Oliaro would register back-to-back seasons with 10 or more assists and would become just the second Blue Devil to accomplish it.
Duke has won 19 out of its last 22 home contests.
The Blue Devils have scored two or more goals in seven matches in a row and averaged 2.9 goals a contest during that stretch.
Duke is averaging 3.22 goals and 22.7 shots a game in nine home contests in 2025.
Kat Rader has scored or assisted in 12 of the 14 matches played this year. Only Rader, Izzy Engle (Notre Dame) and Jordynn Dudley (Florida State) have either scored or assisted in all but two matches this season in the ACC.
Duke is 3-3 this season against ranked foes with Mia Minestrella totaling five goals and one assist for 11 points. Kat Rader has totaled two goals and four assists.
The Blue Devils are currently No. 14 in the latest NCAA RPI with Duke's three losses coming against No. 1 (Notre Dame), No. 2 (Virginia) and No. 21 (Wake Forest).
Mia Minestrella registered her 10th career goal against an ACC opponent versus NC State. She owns six goals in nine ACC matches in 2025.
Kat Rader ranks fourth in the ACC in points per game (1.86), fifth in assists per game (.57) and seventh in assists (8). She is 14th nationally in points per game (1.86) and 13th in assists per game (.57). Mia Oliaro is eighth nationally and second in the ACC in assists per game (.60), while eighth nationally and second in the ACC in assists (9).
Mia Minestrella and Kelly Walbert (1994-95) are the only Duke players in program history to score in three or more straight ACC games in back-to-back seasons. Walbert is a Duke Hall of Fame selection. These came 30 seasons apart.

THE SERIES WITH CLEMSON

Duke and Clemson will meet for the 33rd time in program history when the Tigers come to town on Thursday.
The Blue Devils are 16-14-2 all-time against Clemson, including a 9-6-0 record at home. Duke has won 10 of the last 15 matches with Clemson.
The Blue Devils hold a 44-31 goal advantage over the Tigers all-time and a 28-14 advantage in matches played in Durham.
The teams last faced each other on September 19, 2024, when Duke won 3-1 on the road. Devin Lynch scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Farrah Walters. Lynch and Carina Lageyre also recorded assists in the match.

SCOUTING CLEMSON

The Tigers enter the match with a record of 7-4-5 after their 1-0 victory at Boston College on Friday. The team is 4-3-2 in ACC play.
Clemson is 4-2-1 in road games this season. The Tigers hold a 8-9 goal disadvantage in matches away from home.
Freshman forward Juju Harris leads Clemson in scoring with seven goals on the season. Harris is also tied for first in the ACC with five game-winning goals.
The upcoming match will be Clemson's ninth against a ranked opponent this season. The Tigers are 1-3-4 against ranked foes and 6-1-1 against non-ranked opponents.
Clemson is in its 15th season under head coach Eddie Radwanski. The Tigers are coming off a 6-8-3 season in 2024 that saw them go 2-7-1 in ACC play.

HEY, I KNOW YOU

Duke will go up against a familiar face Thursday as Baleigh Bruster is a 2025 Blue Devil graduate and played four seasons from 2021-24. She was limited due to injuries and played 37 matches, while starting 18.

A WIN WOULD...

Improve Duke to 12-3-1 overall and 7-3-0 in the ACC.
Give Duke the No. 3 seed in the ACC Championship and would host a quarterfinal match Sunday.
Have the Blue Devils finish third or better in the ACC for only the seventh time over the last 28 years. Overall, Duke has finished in third or better in the ACC a total of 12 times in 38 seasons.
Head coach Kieran Hall would register the best finish in the ACC regular season out of Duke's two other women's soccer head coaches in their first season as the head coach -- Robbie Church (7th in 2001), Bill Hempen (4th in 1988).
Move Duke to 6-0 in the month of October.
Over the last 12 contests in the month of October, the Blue Devils have totaled an 11-0-1 ledger dating back to last year.

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP CHANCES

With one match remaining, if the Blue Devils were to defeat Clemson they would finish with 21 points and in third place in the ACC regular season standings.
The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the ACC Championship. The top two teams receive a bye and then the No. 3 and No. 4 squads will host a quarterfinal match on Nov. 2.

LAST TIME OUT

Duke outshot NC State, 25-7, and registered a 3-1 victory on the road in Raleigh.
The Wolfpack had a red card at 12:41 of the match and played a player down the rest of the contest.
Mia Minestrella, Farrah Walters and Devin Lynch scored goals.

ACC REGULAR SEASON NUMBERS

Duke has scored 22 goals and notched 31 assists, which rank tied for third and tied for second on the Blue Devil record charts for the ACC regular season.
The Blue Devils' 75 points ranks second.
In 2024, Duke totaled 107 points, 33 goals and 41 assists to set Blue Devil records.

LOVE BEING AT KOSKI

Over her three seasons at Duke, Kat Rader has enjoyed playing at home inside Koskinen Stadium as the redshirt junior has totaled 15 goals, five assists and 35 points in 19 matches.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

The Blue Devils boast a 79-15-11 record at Koskinen Stadium since the start of the 2017 campaign.
Prior to the Wake Forest match, the Blue Devils had allowed only seven first half shots and 24 total in five matches. Against the Demon Deacons, Duke allowed four shots and one goal in the opening 45 minutes. In the first half, the Blue Devils have allowed only 19 shots and three goals at home in 2025.
The Blue Devils are allowing only 6.0 shots per game against opponents at home in nine matches in 2025.
Duke has outscored its opponents 81-13 at home over the last two seasons. The Blue Devils totaled a program-record 50 goals at home last season, passing the previous mark of 40 from 2017.
So far in 2025, Duke has outscored opponents 29-8 at home with Kat Rader (8), Avery Oder (5), Mia Minestrella (4), Devin Lynch (2), Mia Oliaro (2) and Farrah Walters (2) leading the way.
Mia Oliaro has collected eight assists in nine home matches in 2025.

MORE HISTORY FOR MINESTRELLA

Mia Minestrella has made history again as the junior collected her 10th goal of the season at NC State on Oct. 26. She is now just the fourth Blue Devil to post 10 or more goals in back-to-back seasons.
She joined Kelly Walbert (1994 & 1995), Kayla McCoy (2017 & 2018) and Michelle Cooper (2021 & 2022).

APPROACHING IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE

Mia Oliaro is also approaching an impressive milestone.
Oliaro is one assist shy of reaching 10 assists and would become just the second Blue Devil to post 10 or more assists in consecutive seasons joining Ella Stevens (2017 & 2018).

RADER & OLIARO MOVING UP THE RECORD CHARTS

Duke redshirt junior Kat Rader has moved into a tie for eighth on Duke's all-time charts with 29 goals. She needs two more to move into a tie for seventh along with Michelle Cooper (31).

DUKE CAREER GOALS
1.            Kelly Walbert, 1992-95 47
2.            Casey McCluskey, 2001-04           40
3.            Laura Weinberg, 2010-13             39
4.            Kayla McCoy, 2015-18   38
5.            Sherrill Kester, 1996-99 35
6.            KayAnne Gummersall, 2006-09 34
7.            Michelle Cooper, 2021-22            31
8.            Imani Dorsey, 2014-17   29
                Kim DeCesare, 2010-13 29
                Kat Rader, 2022-present              29

Duke junior Mia Oliaro has moved into a tie for seventh on Duke's all-time charts with 22 assists. She needs one more to move into a tie for sixth along with Kelly Walbert (23).

DUKE CAREER ASSISTS
1.            Andi Melde, 1994-97     42
2.            Elisabeth Redmond, 2006-09      35
3.            Ella Stevens, 2016-19     34
4.            Mollie Pathman, 2010-13             29
                Mackenzie Pluck, 2018-22            29
6.            Kelly Walbert, 1992-95 23
7.            Imani Dorsey, 2014-17   22
                Carolyn Ford, 2002-05   22
                Laura Weinberg, 2010-13             22
                Mia Oliaro, 2024-present            22

TOP FRESHMEN SCORERS

Duke rookie Avery Oder now owns six goals on the season, which ranks tied for second in the ACC behind Juju Harris of Clemson and tied with Katie Ellemeyer of Pitt.
The most goals nationally by a freshman is nine by Sophia Henry (Army) and Ava McDonald (Texas).
Duke's record for most goals by a freshman is 12 by Kat Rader and Michelle Cooper.

ROAD WARRIOR

Duke's Mia Minestrella is the first Blue Devil in program history to score at least one goal in every away or neutral site match in a single season.
The 2025 squad is the second team in Duke history along with the 1988 team to score at least one goal in every away or neutral site match.
There are four teams in the ACC who have scored at least one goal in every away or neutral site game this season -- Duke, Florida State, Virginia and Notre Dame.
Minestrella is the only player in the ACC to score at least one goal in every away or neutral site match this season.

No. 10 Duke Hosts No. 25 Clemson Thursday for Senior Night

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Baleigh Bruster

Taylor Evans

Carina Lageyre

Devin Lynch

Mia Minestrella

Avery Oder

Mia Oliaro

Elle Piper

Kat Rader

Julia Saunicheva

Farrah Walters

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No. 10 Duke Hosts No. 25 Clemson Thursday for Senior Night

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Players Mentioned

Baleigh Bruster

Taylor Evans

Carina Lageyre

Devin Lynch

Mia Minestrella

Avery Oder

Mia Oliaro

Elle Piper

Kat Rader

Julia Saunicheva

Farrah Walters

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