Oder’s Second-Half Goal Propels No. 6 Duke Past NC State, 1-0

Saturday, October 24

Durham, N.C.

5 p.m.

Duke University

9-1-4, 4-1-3

NC State

10-4-2, 3-4-1

Team	1	2	Final F
NC State	0	0	0
Duke	0	1	1

Photo by: Peter Raider, Duke Athletics

10/24/2026 8:43:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women's soccer sophomore Avery Oder scored at the 60:26 mark to lead the sixth-ranked Blue Devils to a 1-0 victory over NC State Saturday evening on senior day inside Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium.

Oder, who hails from Calabasas, California, made an outstanding move to beat an NC State defender and score her 13th career goal in the second half, with assists from Lauren Martinho and Jocelyn Travers. It marked Oder's fifth career game-winning goal.

The Blue Devils registered three more key points in the ACC standings as Duke improved to 9-1-4 overall and 4-1-3 in the ACC. NC State dropped to 10-4-2, 3-4-1. Duke is 14-0-2 over its last 16 home matches.

How It Happened

Duke collected its first shot at the 7:04 mark as redshirt sophomore Lauren Martinho chipped a ball into the box to sophomore Avery Oder, but her header dribbled just left of the post.
In the 12th minute, redshirt junior Sam Courtwright served a beautiful ball into the box and senior Mia Minestrella hit the crossbar on a header.
Minestrella had another good look in the 22nd minute, but the attempt was blocked.
Duke held a 5-4 advantage in shots in the first half, with Minestrella and Oder notching two each.
The Blue Devils were on the attack to open the second half and earned a corner kick within the first minute. Senior Phoebe Goldthwaite attempted a shot that was blocked, and then senior Cameron Roller crossed a ball to a leaping Minestrella, but her header went high.
Oder had another great chance in the 55th minute off a cross from senior Mia Oliaro, but her shot sailed high.
Courtwright fed Minestrella in the box at the 57:49 mark, but her right-footed shot went wide right as she lost her footing a little.
Duke was finally able to get on the board in the 61st minute as sophomore Jocelyn Travers headed a ball to Martinho. A product of Cary, Martinho fed Oder, who drove into the box, faked right, cut left and laced a left-footed shot that hit the side netting inside the far post to give Duke a 1-0 lead.
On the Blue Devils' seventh corner kick of the match, sophomore Daya King had a tremendous header off a kick from Travers, but it was blocked in the 73rd minute.
Minestrella had another header in the 74th minute, but once again it went high. Oder fed Courtwright shortly after, and her header attempt went wide.
Duke finished the match with a 14-10 shot advantage, with Minestrella recording a team-high six.

Notes

Avery Oder registered her career-best seventh goal of the season and 13th of her career. It marked her fourth of the season versus ACC opponents. Oder has scored or assisted in eight of 14 matches this year.
Redshirt sophomore Lauren Martinho made her first start of the season and sixth of her collegiate career. She has collected an assist in three consecutive games.
Jocelyn Travers notched her fourth assist of the season, which tied a career high.
Junior Katie Shea Collins missed the contest with an injury.
Duke failed to score in the first half for only the fifth time this season.
Sophomore Molly Vapensky played the full 90 minutes and finished with five saves. The five saves matched a career high.
The shutout was the sixth of the season for Duke and Vapensky notched her league-leading fourth clean sheet in ACC action.
The Blue Devils notched their 499th win in program history.
Prior to the game, Duke recognized eight seniors -- Madison Foxhoven, Sam Bodensteiner, Kaeden Koons-Perdikis, Bianca Dominguez, Phoebe Goldthwaite, Mia Oliaro, Cameron Roller and Mia Minestrella.

Quotes

"I think we played really well. I am happy obviously with the win. NC State is a very good team, as good as I can remember with the style of play. Really impressed with that team. We knew coming into [the game], it was going to be tricky for us. I thought we created some good chances. We got what we needed. I thought we missed a couple of other chances that would have made it a little easier towards the end of the game. I am really happy for the group and really happy for the seniors to make sure on senior day we get the win." – Duke head coach Kieran Hall
"I saw Tino (Lauren Martinho) get the ball back. I felt like Tino and I work very well off each other. She hit me with a slip ball and I had a one-on-one with the girl. So, I took it to my left and I knew the keeper was kind of shading to that near post so I hit it low and hard." – Duke sophomore Avery Oder

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