Blue Devils Host Wolfpack Saturday for Senior Day

Saturday, October 24

Durham, N.C.

5 p.m.

Duke University

NC State

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Match 14
NC State (10-3-2, 3-3-1 ACC) at No. 6 Duke (8-1-3, 3-1-2 ACC)
Saturday, Oct. 24 – 5 PM (ET) – ACC Network Extra
Durham, N.C. (Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium)
ACCNX Talent: Dean Linke (PBP), Matt Stradley (Color)

NEED TO KNOW

Duke women's soccer returns home Saturday, Oct. 24, as the sixth-ranked Blue Devils host NC State at 5 p.m., inside Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium. Duke will honor eight Blue Devils as part of senior night.
Fans are encouraged to arrive early Saturday as eight seniors will be recognized at approximately 4:50 p.m.
The match will air live on ACCNX with Dean Linke (PXP) and Matt Stradley (color) calling the action.
Duke is 15-0-2 in October matches dating back the last three years.
Over the last three years, Duke owns a 29-1-4 record at Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils are undefeated in their last 15 home matches with a 13-0-2 ledger.
Seniors Cameron Roller and Mia Oliaro were named captains for 2026.
Head coach Kieran Hall is in his second season as head coach of the Blue Devils after leading Duke to a 17-5-1 record and an NCAA College Cup appearance in his debut season in 2025.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

Two of the top scorers nationally will hit the pitch Sunday in Duke's Mia Minestrella and NC State's Jade Bordeleau. Minestrella has 15 goals and Bordeleau has 13.
Mia Minestrella needs two goals to tie Kelly Walbert's Duke career goals record of 47. Walbert initially broke the Duke all-time goals record Oct. 19, 1994, by scoring her 29th goal. She scored her 47th on Oct. 29, 1995, against Alabama. The record has been in place for over 32 years.
The Blue Devils are tied for fourth in the ACC standings with three regular-season matches remaining. The top six teams advance to the ACC Championship.
Duke has outscored opponents, 23-3, in six home matches in 2026.
With its victory at SMU, Duke moved to No. 16 nationally in the latest NCAA RPI.
The Blue Devils have earned 36 corner kicks over the last three matches, while opponents have taken only six.
In 43 career home matches, Mia Minestrella has scored 30 goals.
Four Blue Devils were on the Hermann Trophy midseason watch list announced recently -- Sam Courtwright, Katie Shea Collins, Mia Minestrella and Cameron Roller. The four Blue Devils were the most of any team nationally.
Mia Minestrella became the first Blue Devil to notch three straight seasons with 10 or more goals. She has scored 44 goals over her last 53 matches. During that span, Minestrella has recorded 13 assists and 101 points.
In 11 matches against ranked opponents in 2025, Mia Minestrella totaled eight goals and two assists. Over the last two years, she has notched 12 goals and seven assists against 26 ranked opponents.
Cameron Roller has started 66 matches in a row at Duke.
Over the last two years, Duke has sent eight alumnae to the NWSL -- Hannah Bebar (Bay FC), Leah Freeman (San Diego Wave FC), Maggie Graham (Houston Dash), Ella Hase (Racing Louisville FC), Mary Long (Kansas City Current), Carina Lageyre (Angel City FC), Kat Rader (Houston Dash) and Devin Lynch (Denver Summit).

THE SERIES WITH NC STATE

Duke and NC State will meet for the 42nd time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series 26-11-4.
The Blue Devils own a 10-6-3 ledger against NC State in matches played in Durham.
Duke won the last meeting, 3-1, in Raleigh on Oct. 26, 2025. The Blue Devils are unbeaten in their last three meetings with the Wolfpack, posting a 2-0-1 record during that stretch.
Duke has not lost to NC State since a 2-1 setback in Durham on Oct. 7, 2021.

SCOUTING NC STATE

NC State enters the contest with a 10-3-2 overall and 3-3-1 ACC mark. The Wolfpack are 3-3-0 over their last six matches.
So far this season, Jade Bordeleau has led NC State with 13 goals, while Erica Roberts (5 goals) and Antonella Mazziotto (4 goals) are second and third on the team.
In games on the road, NC State is 4-1-2.

LAST MEETING AGAINST NC STATE

Duke collected a 3-1 victory at NC State last season on Oct. 26, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. The match was scoreless until the 41:17 mark, when Farrah Walters scored off assists from Kat Rader and Lauren Martinho.
After NC State tied the match to open the second half, Mia Minestrella scored in the 52nd minute and Devin Lynch added a goal in the 60th to give Duke a 3-1 lead.
Duke outshot NC State, 25-7, in the match.

HEY, I KNOW YOU!

Duke freshman Yuna Marui is good friends with NC State's Mana Nakata. They grew up playing soccer together in Japan, beginning at age 10.

SENIOR NIGHT SATURDAY

Duke will recognize eight seniors Saturday before its match against NC State.
Madison Foxhoven, Sam Bodensteiner, Kaeden Koons-Perdikis, Bianca Dominguez, Phoebe Goldthwaite, Mia Oliaro, Cameron Roller and Mia Minestrella will be honored.
Over the last four seasons, the group has contributed to 49 wins while helping the team advance to the NCAA Tournament on three occasions, including back-to-back NCAA College Cup appearances.

AGAINST ACC OPPONENTS

In ACC games only, Mia Minestrella currently ranks tied second in shots (28), third in shots per game (4.00), first in goals (7), tied for first in goals per game (1.00), first in points (15) and first in points per game (2.14).
Sam Courtwright is tied for ninth in points per game (1.00), tied for sixth in points (7) and tied for fourth in assists (3).
Avery Oder is tied for third in goals (3) and tied for ninth in goals per game (0.43).
Molly Vapensky ranks tied for first with three shutouts and tied for first in shutouts per game (0.43).

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

The Blue Devils boast an 89-15-13 record at Koskinen Stadium since the start of the 2017 campaign.
The Blue Devils allowed only four first-half goals at home in 2025 and have allowed just two through six home matches in 2026.
Duke has outscored its opponents 115-18 at home over the last three seasons. The Blue Devils totaled a program-record 50 goals at home in 2024, passing the previous mark of 40 from 2017. Duke notched 42 goals at home in 2025.
In 2025, Duke outscored opponents 42-10 at home with Mia Minestrella (12), Avery Oder (5) and Mia Oliaro (2) leading the way.
Mia Oliaro collected 11 assists in home matches in 2025.
Mia Minestrella has recorded 30 goals, 13 assists and 73 points in 43 career home matches. She had 12 goals, four assists and 28 points in 15 home matches a season ago. Minestrella has registered eight goals in six home matches so far in 2026.

SCORING AT HOME

In six home games in 2026, Mia Minestrella has eight goals, while Katie Shea Collins and Avery Oder each have four. Sam Courtwright has scored two, while Yuna Marui, Phoebe Goldthwaite, Jocelyn Travers and Natalie Chudowsky have one each.
Duke is averaging 23.5 shots at home, while outscoring opponents 14-1 in the first half and 9-2 in the second half.
The Blue Devils hold a 66-14 shot advantage in the first half.

CONSECUTIVE STARTS

Duke senior Cameron Roller has started 66 consecutive matches. Her streak is currently the longest in the ACC and ranks fifth nationally.

LONGEST STREAK NATIONALLY (Through 10/12)
81           Carolinae Castans (Kansas)
71           Jayden Sharpless (Duquesne)
70           Sydni Whitehead (Kennesaw State/Bellarmine)
70           Amaya Garrett (North Dakota State)
66           Cameron Roller (Duke)
65           Kennedy Brown (New Mexico)

SCORING AGAINST THE ACC

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored against 13 different ACC teams in regular-season and postseason play. The only other ACC opponents she has faced without scoring against are Syracuse (one meeting), Florida State (one meeting) and Wake Forest (two meetings).
In 2026, Minestrella has scored in five of Duke's seven ACC regular-season games, totaling seven goals in those matches.
In 2025, Minestrella scored in seven of her 10 ACC regular-season games, totaling eight goals.
In 2024 and 2025, Minestrella scored 13 goals across 20 ACC regular-season games, finding the net in 12 of those contests.
From From 2024 through 2026, Minestrella has scored 20 goals across 27 ACC regular-season games, finding the net in 17 of those contests.

MINESTRELLA NETS MORE HISTORY

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored 15 goals so far in 2026 to become the first Duke student-athlete to total three straight seasons with 10 or more goals.
Three other Blue Devils recorded consecutive seasons with at least 10 goals — Kelly Walbert (1994 and 1995), Kayla McCoy (2017 and 2018) and Michelle Cooper (2021 and 2022) — but none reached that mark in three straight seasons.

MINESTRELLA'S QUICK START

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored 15 goals through the first 13 contests, the most by a Blue Devil through 13 matches in program history.
Last season, Minestrella had nine goals through 13 contests and finished with 18.

MOST GOALS THROUGH 13 GAMES
1.            Mia Minestrella, 2026   15
2.            Laura Weinberg, 2012    13
3.            Casey McCluskey, 2004 12
4.            Kelly Walbert, 1995         11
                Kelly Walbert, 1994         11

FILLING THE STAT SHEET...

Mia Minestrella has scored or assisted on a goal in 10 of the Blue Devils' 13 matches.
Avery Oder and Sam Courtwright have each scored or assisted on a goal in seven of Duke's 13 contests.

CAREER SCORING MARKS AT HOME

Among Duke's career records for home matches, Mia Minestrella owns the Blue Devil records for goals (30) and points (73). Mia Oliaro ranks third in assists (20).
Oliaro needs six more assists to move into a tie for second with Elisabeth Redmond (26).

FIRST HALF GOALS

Duke has outscored its opponents 22-2 ledger in the first half this season. North Carolina became the first opponent to score in the first half against Duke this season on Sept. 17 and California scored the second first-half goal.
In the second half, the Blue Devils hold a 16-9 advantage.
Duke has scored nine goals in the opening 10 minutes of matches this season and 12 in the opening 15 minutes.

GOALS LAST THREE YEARS

According to the NCAA D-I stats, over the last three years (2024, 2025, 2026), Mia Minestrella leads the nation with 45 goals over the last three seasons (2024, 2025 and 2026). Izzy Engle of Notre Dame is second with 43.
Oklahoma's Kayla Keefer leads the nation with 19 goals in 2026. Minestrella, North Carolina's Bella Devey and Alcorn's Grace Ambrose are tied for second with 15 each. Amanda Schlueter of Ohio State, Jaiden Anderson of Purdue and Sydney Watts of Vanderbilt are tied for fifth with 14 each.

A WIN WOULD...

Give Duke its 499th all-time win, with one more needed to reach 500.

MOVING UP RECORD CHARTS

Duke senior Mia Minestrella currently ranks second on Duke's all-time goals scored list with 45 goals. She needs two more to move into a tie for first with Kelly Walbert (47).
Minestrella became just the third Blue Devil to reach 100 career points and ranks second on Duke's list, only 11 points behind Kelly Walbert (117).
With her hat trick against SMU, Minestrella owns eight multi-goal performances, tying her for third with Laura Weinberg.
Mia Oliaro totaled two assists at SMU to give her 28 over her career, which is sixth overall and only one away from fourth.

DUKE ALL-TIME GOALS SCORED
1.            Kelly Walbert, 1992-95                 47
2.            Mia Minestrella, 2023-present 45
3.            Casey McCluskey, 2001-04           40
4.            Laura Weinberg, 2010-13             39
5.            Kayla McCoy, 2015-18                   38
6.            Sherrill Kester, 1996-99                 35
7.            KayAnne Gummersall, 2006-09 34
8.            Kat Rader, 2022-25                         32
9.            Michelle Cooper, 2021-22            31

DUKE ALL-TIME POINTS
1.            Kelly Walbert, 1992-95                 117
2.            Mia Minestrella, 2023-present 106
3.            Laura Weinberg, 2010-13             100
4.            Casey McCluskey, 2001-04           95
5.            Kayla McCoy, 2015-18                    93
6.            Andi Melde, 1994-97                      88
7.            Elisabeth Redmond, 2006-09      87
8.            Kat Rader, 2022-25                          84
9.            Ella Stevens, 2016-19                     82
10.          Imani Dorsey, 2014-17                 80

DUKE ALL-TIME MULTI-GOAL GAMES
1.            Casey McCluskey, 2001-04           10
2.            Michelle Cooper, 2021-22            9
3.            Laura Weinberg, 2010-13             8
                Mia Minestrella, 2023-present 8
5.            Kelly Walbert, 1992-95                 7
6.            Kim DeCesare, 2009-13                 6
7.            Elisabeth Redmond, 2006-09      5
                Caitlin Connolly, 1989-92              5
                Kayla McCoy, 2015-18                   5

DUKE ALL-TIME 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.            Mia Oliaro, 2024-present            28