Walters’ Goal Not Enough; Duke Draws with Alabama, 1-1

Sunday, September 7

Durham, N.C.

1:30 p.m.

Duke University

5-0-1, 0-0-0

Alabama

5-1-1, 0-0-0

Alabama

Duke

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Walters’ Goal Not Enough; Duke Draws with Alabama, 1-1

9/7/2025 4:56:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women's soccer senior Farrah Walters collected a goal late in the first half, but Alabama registered a tally with 45 seconds remaining in the match as the third-ranked Blue Devils finished with a 1-1 draw with the Crimson Tide Sunday afternoon inside Koskinen Stadium.

With the draw, Duke moved to 5-0-1, while Alabama is now 5-1-1.

How It Happened

The Blue Devils were on the attack for the entire first half, but couldn't get anything past the Crimson Tide defense for the first 44 minutes.
Duke had eight shots over the final nine minutes and the Blue Devils finally were able to get on the board at the 44:06 mark.
Off a free kick, junior Cameron Roller passed to senior Julia Saunicheva, who then found redshirt junior Kat Rader just inside the box.Rader, who hails from Stuart, Fla., crossed a perfect ball in front of the goal that got past Alabama's keeper and senior Farrah Walters finished the loose ball inside the near post to give Duke a 1-0 lead.
At the end of the first half, Duke held a 14-3 shot advantage with redshirt junior Elle Piper (4) and senior Carina Lageyre (3) leading the way.
Blue Devil rookie Avery Oder had a great chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but her attempt was saved by Alabama keeper Madi Munguia.
The Crimson Tide had their best opportunity of the day at the 62:14 mark as Gianna Paul got free on the right side of the box and fired a shot that went off the post and back across the goal.Duke was able to clear and keep Alabama off the board.
At the 89:15 mark, Alabama evened the score as Nadia Ramadan stretched out to get a foot on a ball from Paul to redirect it barely inside the far post.
The Blue Devils had a final chance off a free kick in the final seconds, but couldn't get a shot off.

Notes

Duke has scored a goal in the first half in five of the six matches this season.
Farrah Walters scored for the second game in a row and totaled her 21st career goal.
The Blue Devils finished with a 20-9 shot advantage, but both teams had six attempts in the second half.
Piper and Lageyre each attempted four shots in the match.
The goal allowed by Duke goalkeeper Caroline Dysart was the first of her collegiate career.It snapped a streak of 510.19 minutes to open her Duke career without allowing a goal, which was a school record.
Duke's consecutive minutes without allowing a goal streak concluded at 522.47, which was the fourth-longest streak in program history (since 2002).
Kat Rader posted her team-best sixth assist of the season and 14th of her career.
Senior Julia Saunicheva matched a career high with her second assist of the season.

Quotes

"I thought the first half was pretty good and I think it was a lot of good stuff that we could have built on and really capitalized on – certain situations, good opportunities and all of that.In the second half, I felt like we didn't have control and the transition of the game caused us problems.It is a great lesson for us.From just a mentality perspective – the fact that we had the opportunities to really control the game in the first half and score more goals than what we did was really positive.Moving forward, it is just a good reminder that we are not invincible as we get that monkey off our back with a perfect record and stop talking about that.Just take these different scenarios and learn from it."-- Duke head coach Kieran Hall

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