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Match 12
No. 9 Duke (6-1-4, 1-1-3 ACC) at Boston College (9-2-1, 2-2-1 ACC)
Saturday, Oct. 10 – 7 PM (ET) – ACC Network Extra
Newton, Mass. (Newton Campus Field)
ACCNX Talent: Eric Gallanty (PBP), Luis Sanchez (Color)

NEED TO KNOW

The Duke women's soccer team hits the road this weekend as the ninth-ranked Blue Devils travel to Newton, Mass., to face Boston College Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. The contest will be played at the Newton Campus Field.
The match will air live on the ACCNX with Eric Gallanty (PXP) and Luis Sanchez (color) calling the action.
Duke will hit the road for the first of two consecutive road contests at Boston College and at SMU over the next two Saturdays. Overall, the Blue Devils will have three out of their next four contests on the road.
Senior Phoebe Goldthwaite will face her sister Baylor, who is a graduate student on the Boston College squad.
Seniors Cameron Roller and Mia Oliaro were named captains for 2026.
Head coach Kieran Hall is in his second year as head coach of the Blue Devils, after leading Duke to the NCAA College Cup in his first season in 2025 with a 17-5-1 record.
The No. 3 preseason ranking for Duke marks the fourth time in the last five seasons the Blue Devils have been a preseason top-five team and the 10th time in school history.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

Duke is 13-0-2 in October matches dating back the last three years.
Over the last 11 true road matches, Mia Minestrella has scored in nine of them. The lone games in which she has not scored were at UCLA and Pittsburgh. She scored in all six true road games in 2025. Over the last three years, Minestrella has scored in 11-of-18 true road matches.
Four Blue Devils were on the Hermann Trophy midseason watch list announced this week -- Sam Courtwright, Katie Shea Collins, Mia Minestrella and Cameron Roller. The four Blue Devils were the most of any team nationally.
The Blue Devils have scored only two goals over the last three contests after scoring 29 in the first eight matches.
Duke currently features nine different players who have scored at least one goal this season.
Mia Minestrella became the first Blue Devil to notch three straight seasons with 10 or more goals. She has scored 40 goals over her last 51 matches. During that span, Minestrella has recorded 13 assists and 93 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 64 matches in a row as a Blue Devil.
Last year, Kieran Hall became just the third Division I women's soccer coach in NCAA history to take a team to the NCAA College Cup in his first year as a head coach -- Damon Nahas of UNC in 2024 and Marguerie Bates of UCLA in 2022.
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 BOSTON COLLEGE

Duke and Boston College will meet for the 23rd time in program history with the Blue Devils leading the series, 15-4-3.
Duke owns a 4-3-2 ledger in matches played at Boston College.
The Blue Devils have won eight straight meetings against the Eagles and are unbeaten over their last nine. Duke's last loss to Boston College came on Oct. 6, 2013 in Newton.
Duke won the most recent road meeting, 2-0, on Sept. 17, 2023.
The Blue Devils last faced the Eagles Oct. 19, 2024 with Duke totaling a 7-0 victory. Three current Blue Devils totaled goals in the match -- Mia Oliaro (2), Mia Minestrella and Sophia Recupero.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE

Boston College enters the weekend with a 9-2-1 overall and 2-2-1 ACC mark. After opening the season with eight straight wins, the Eagles have gone 1-2-1 over their last four matches, with losses to Notre Dame and California, a tie against Clemson and a 3-1 win over SMU.
In home matches, the Eagles are 6-1-0 with the lone loss coming to California.
Boston College features four players with four or more goals -- Sophie Reale (6 goals, 5 assists), Emily Mara (4 goals, 7 assists), Nicollette Klorpes (7 goals) and Addison Kalaw (6 goals).

LAST MEETING AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE

The Blue Devils last faced the Eagles Oct. 19, 2024 with Duke earning a 7-0 victory. Three current Blue Devils totaled goals in the match -- Mia Oliaro (2), Mia Minestrella and Sophia Recupero.
Oliaro scored in the 37th and 65th minutes, while Minestrella notched a goal in the 38th minute and added two assists. She scored or assisted on each of the first three goals.
Duke scored four goals between the 30:57 and the 38:21 marks of the first half to break the match open.

HEY, I KNOW YOU!

Duke senior Phoebe Goldthwaite will face her sister, Baylor, a graduate student on the Eagles' roster.
It will mark the first time since 2023 that the two have been on the field together. On Aug. 7, 2023, Wake Forest and Duke faced each other in an exhibition contest.
Baylor played at Wake Forest in 2023 and 2024, before transferring to Boston College.
Phoebe played against her other sister, Peyton, on Oct. 1, 2023 when Duke and Virginia faced off.

ON THE ROAD

Duke heads on the road for the sixth time this season. The Blue Devils feature a 2-1-2 mark on the year.
Mia Minestrella has scored three goals in road matches, tallying goals against Southern California, Old Dominion and North Carolina.
Five different Blue Devils have scored on the road this season -- Minestrella (3), Katie Shea Collins (2), Avery Oder, Sam Courtwright and Rylee McLanahan.

HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST

Duke featured four Blue Devils on the midseason Hermann Trophy Watch List, which was released Sept. 30 -- Sam Courtwright, Katie Shea Collins, Mia Minestrella and Cameron Roller.
The four Blue Devils are the most of any team in the nation.

TRAVERS NETS IMPRESSIVE GOAL, EARNS HONORS

Duke sophomore defender Jocelyn Travers netted her first goal of the season and second career tally in the second half against Notre Dame to tie the match, 1-1. She struck an impressive left-footed attempt from the top of the box.
She then helped the Duke defense record a shutout against Pittsburgh on the road in the next contest as Travers played the full 90 minutes.
Travers was named to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week for her efforts.

SCORING AGAINST THE ACC

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored a goal against 13 different ACC teams (regular season and postseason). The only teams she has not scored a goal against are – Syracuse (one meeting), Florida State (one meeting) and Wake Forest (two meetings)
In 2026, Minestrella has scored in three of Duke's five ACC regular-season games, totaling three goals in those matches.
In 2025, Minestrella scored in seven of her 10 ACC regular-season games and had a total of eight goals in those matches.
In 2024 and 2025, Minestrella played 20 ACC regular-season games and scored in 12 of those for a total of 13 goals.
In 2024, 2025 and 2026, Minestrella has played 25 ACC regular-season games and has scored in 15 of those for a total of 16 goals.

MINESTRELLA'S QUICK START

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored 11 goals over the first 11 contests, which is tied for the most in Duke history.

MOST GOALS THROUGH 11 GAMES
1.            Casey McCluskey, 2004 11
                Mia Minestrella, 2026   11
3.            Caitlin Connolly, 1990    10
                Kelly Walbert, 1994         10
                Laura Weinberg, 2012    10
                Kelly Walter, 1995            10

AT THE TOP OF THE ACC

Duke currently features Mia Minestrella near the top of the ACC in points per game (4th, 2.18) and goals per game (3rd, 1.00). Katie Shea Collins ranks eighth in points per game (1.60) and eighth in goals per game (0.60).
Sam Courtwright ranks second in the league with a 0.64 assists-per-game average and leads the ACC with seven assists.
Duke ranks second in the ACC in goals per game (2.82), first in assists per game (3.18) and second in points per game (8.82).
In the NCAA rankings, the Blue Devils are fifth in assists per game and eighth in points per game, while being 16th in total goals (31).
Minestrella ranks sixth in the nation with a 1.00 goals-per-game average and is ninth with a 2.18 points-per-game mark.

MCLANAHAN NETS FIRST GOAL

A highly regarded scorer coming out of high school, freshman Rylee McLanahan registered her first collegiate goal on the road at seventh-ranked North Carolina last week.
She tallied the goal at the 41:06 mark of the first half to even the score, 1-1.
McLanahan scored 107 goals in 45 matches in high school.

MINESTRELLA NETS MORE HISTORY

Duke senior Mia Minestrella currently owns 10 goals so far in 2026 to become the first Duke student-athlete to total three straight seasons with 10 or more goals.
Three different Blue Devils notched back-to-back seasons with 10+ goals, but none have done it three times -- Kelly Walbert (1994 & 1995), Kayla McCoy (2017 & 2018) and Michelle Cooper (2021 & 2022).

GAME WINNERS

Over the last three years, Duke's Katie Shea Collins owns 13 game-winning goals, which ranks second nationally.
Among the active career leaders in the NCAA, Collins is second behind Ginny Lackey of James Madison with 14 game-winners. Kayla Briggs of Michigan State, Larkin Thomason of Alabama, Summer Denigan of North Carolina and Reagan Kotschau of Colorado have totaled 12.

FILLING THE STAT SHEET...

Duke currently features Mia Minestrella, who has either scored or assisted in eight of the Blue Devils' 11 matches.
Avery Oder and Katie Shea Collins have scored or assisted in six of Duke's 11 contests.
Sam Courtwright has scored or assisted in six of the 11 matches as well.

FIRST HALF GOALS

Duke has outscored its opponents by a 19-2 ledger in the first half this season. North Carolina became the first opponent to score in the first half this season on Sept. 17 and California scored the other first half goal.
In the second half, the Blue Devils hold a 12-8 advantage.
Duke has totaled seven goals this year in the first 10 minutes of the match and 10 goals in the first 15 minutes of matches.

GOALS LAST THREE YEARS

According to the NCAA D-I stats, over the last three years (2024, 2025, 2026), Mia Minestrella has scored the most goals nationally, tied with Izzy Engle of Notre Dame at 41.
So far in 2026, Minestrella is tied for seventh nationally with 11 goals. Kayla Keefer of Oklahoma (15), Bella Devey of North Carolina (14), Jade Bordeleau of NC State (13) and Sydney Watts of Vanderbilt (13) currently lead the nation.

A WIN WOULD...

Give Duke 497 all-time wins as a program, with three more needed to reach 500.

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