Rader Nets Brace, No. 1 Duke Defeats Northwestern, 3-0

Thursday, August 21

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

2-0-0, 0-0-0

Northwestern

2-1-0, 0-0-0

Northwestern

Duke

Photo by: Peter Raider, Duke Athletics

Rader Nets Brace, No. 1 Duke Defeats Northwestern, 3-0

8/21/2025 9:17:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.C. – Redshirt junior Kat Rader registered a brace as top-ranked Duke women's soccer collected a 3-0 victory against Northwestern Thursday evening inside Koskinen Stadium.

The Blue Devils moved to 2-0 on the season, while Northwestern dropped to 2-1. Duke freshman Avery Oder continued her hot start to her career adding her second goal over the first two contests.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils opened the match taking the first four shots and then connected on a goal at the 14:48 mark to take a 1-0 lead.Senior Devin Lynch passed to junior Mia Oliaro, who found a streaking redshirt junior Kat Rader.A native of Stuart, Fla., Rader drove to the 25-yard mark and blasted a rocket that went off the goalkeeper's hands and into the back of the net.
Less than five minutes later Duke doubled its lead as Lynch launched a long pass from just past the midfield mark.A Wildcat defender tried to clear, but it bounced off another defender and rookie Avery Oder won a free ball against the Northwestern keeper and had a wide-open goal.Duke took a 2-0 lead as Oder scored her second goal in as many contests.
The Blue Devils had a couple of header attempts that just went over the crossbar by Cameron Roller and Mia Minestrella in the first half.
Duke held an 8-1 shot advantage with four shots being on goal.Minestrella led the way with three attempts, while Oder had two.
Duke increased its lead to 3-0 in the 57th minute as Oliaro passed to Minestrella along the right side of the box and then sent a perfect ball to a sliding Rader, who redirected the ball inside the near post for the goal.
In the 69th minute, Blue Devil goalkeeper Caroline Dysart made a great save on a Northwestern attempt inside the box by Alex Fallon.
Duke held a 14-4 advantage in shots for the night with six being on target.Minestrella posted a team-high five attempts, while Oder and Rader each had three.

Notes

The Blue Devils now feature a 15-match unbeaten streak at home and a 13-match winning streak against non-conference foes at home.
Avery Oder became just the eighth Blue Devil to score a goal in her first two contests with the last being Michelle Cooper (2021).
Kat Rader totaled her 22nd career goal and 54th point.
Mia Oliaro has now scored a goal or registered an assist in 13 out of the past 17 matches dating back to last season. In 44 contests in college, when she nets a point in a game her team is undefeated (17-0).
Oliaro tied a career high with two assists on the night.It marked her third career match with two assists.
Rader totaled her third career multi-goal performance of her career.
Carolina Dysart made her first collegiate start in goal and played the entire 90 minutes. She finished with one save. Duke opened the season with three goals in back-to-back games for the first time since the 2016 season.

Quotes

"Great to win.Of course, I don't want to overlook that.I don't think we were at our fully best.I think it was a little untidy at times.We showed a good mentality to get the win.I am pleased with that." – Duke head coach Kieran Hall
"It is really exciting.I got to play this position a little bit at the beginning of last year before I got hurt.I think it is a really fun position to play.I am finding myself in different areas and my teammates are recognizing that and picking it up.It is really cool to play in the midfield this year and create different chances.It is exciting." – Duke redshirt junior Kat Rader

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