Blue Devils Net 2-1 Road Win at Boston College

Saturday, October 10

Newton, MA

7 p.m.

Duke University

7-1-4, 2-1-3

Boston College

9-3-1, 2-3-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Duke	2	0	2
Boston College	0	1	1

Photo by: Peter Raider, Duke Athletics

Blue Devils Net 2-1 Road Win at Boston College

10/10/2026 10:38:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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NEWTON, Mass. – The ninth-ranked Duke women's soccer team earned a key 2-1 ACC victory on the road Saturday evening against Boston College at Newton Campus Field in Newton.

The Blue Devils dominated the opening 45 minutes and led 2-0 at halftime behind goals from Mia Minestrella and Avery Oder. Duke outshot the Eagles 21-4 and improved to 7-1-4 and 2-1-3 in ACC play. Boston College dropped to 9-3-1 and 2-3-1 in the ACC.

How It Happened

Duke created an opportunity quickly to open the match as senior Mia Minestrella stole the ball and earned a corner kick. Sophomore Daya King attempted a pair of shots that were blocked and then Katie Shea Collins added a header that went high. Overall, Duke had four shots in the first 2:11 of the match, including an attempt by Minestrella that slipped just wide of the left post.
The Blue Devils scored the first goal of the match as King took the ball near midfield and drove all the way into the left corner of the box. A product of Moreno Valley, California, King passed to Minestrella, who took a touch with her left foot, turned and rocketed a shot into the top right corner of the net to give Duke a 1-0 lead at the 4:37 mark.
Duke redshirt junior Sam Courtwright had a pair of good looks, but her headers went high in the 15th and 22nd minutes.
The Blue Devils made a few substitutions at the 28:34 mark, and only 23 seconds later, Duke extended its lead to 2-0. Senior Cameron Roller sent a pass near the top of the box to redshirt sophomore Lauren Martinho, who tapped it to sophomore Avery Oder. A native of Calabasas, California, Oder drove along the top of the box and placed a left-footed shot inside the right post for her sixth goal of the season. She scored only 23 seconds after entering the match.
Duke recorded the match's first 14 shots before Boston College attempted its first shot in the 41st minute, which was saved by Blue Devil sophomore Molly Vapensky.
Duke held a 14-1 advantage in shots at halftime, with Minestrella, Collins and Courtwright leading the charge for the Blue Devils.
At the 47:11 mark, Boston College was awarded a penalty kick following a video review. Amalia Dray converted the kick to cut Duke's lead to 2-1.
Minestrella nearly extended Duke's lead with a header off a corner kick, but her attempt went high in the 52nd minute. She had another scoring opportunity in the 75th minute, but her shot was saved.
Collins then created a scoring chance as she took the ball into the box and crossed it in front of the goal, but an Eagles defender cleared the ball.
Duke finished the match with a 21-4 advantage in shots with Minestrella tallying a team-high six.

Notes

The Blue Devils scored their eighth goal in the opening 10 minutes of a match this season.
Duke had scored only two goals over its previous three matches before tallying two goals in the first 29 minutes Saturday.
The Blue Devils have outscored opponents 21-2 in the first half this year.
Mia Minestrella collected her 42nd career goal and a team-best 12th goal of the season.
Minestrella became the third Blue Devil in program history to reach 100 career points. She has scored a goal in consecutive matches, eight of her last 10 matches and 13 of her last 17.
In her last 12 true road matches, Minestrella has scored in 10.
Avery Oder notched her first goal since Sept. 13 against Stanford and has now scored or assisted in seven of 12 matches this year. Oder's six goals on the year match her total from 2025. She totaled her fourth career game-winning goal.
Lauren Martinho posted her first assist of the season and fourth of her career.
Duke senior Phoebe Goldthwaite competed against her sister, Baylor, a graduate student on the Boston College squad.
Sophomore Daya King registered her first assist of the season and third of her career.
Junior Katie Shea Collins returned to the lineup after missing the previous match and part of the match before it.
Duke is now 14-0-2 in October matches over the last three years.

Quotes

"We knew this was going to be a really difficult game. This program (Boston College) has real momentum about itself right now, and so we knew that coming here, we'd meet a Boston College team that is really motivated and has a clear identity, super fast in transition and direct. So, we were ready. We had a really good mindset going into the game, and I'm really pleased with obviously the outcome, but the performance and the grit that we showed, especially in the second half. I was really pleased." – Duke head coach Kieran Hall

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