No. 15 Duke Hosts No. 14 Virginia in Regular-Season Finale

Thursday, November 5

Durham, N.C.

6 p.m.

Duke University

Virginia

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11/4/2026 10:21:00 AM | Women's Soccer

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Match 16
No. 14 Virginia (9-3-3, 5-3-1) at No. 15 Duke (9-2-3, 4-2-2 ACC)
November 5 – 6 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 will conclude the regular season Thursday, Nov. 5, as the 15th-ranked Blue Devils host 14th-ranked Virginia at 6 p.m., inside Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium.
The match will air live on ACC Network Extra with Dean Linke (PXP) and Matt Stradley (Analyst) calling the action.
With its next victory, Duke would reach the 10-win mark for the 30th time in program history. It would also mark the 500th win in Blue Devil history.
Mia Minestrella needs one goal 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.
Over the last three years, Duke owns a 30-1-4 record at Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils are undefeated in their last 16 home matches with a 14-0-2 ledger.
Duke has outscored opponents, 24-3, in seven home matches in 2026.
Seniors Cameron Roller and Mia Oliaro were named captains for 2026.

STORYLINES/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES

The Blue Devils entered the week No. 15 in the latest NCAA RPI.
Duke is unbeaten at home this season with a 5-0-2 record and a 24-3 scoring advantage. The Blue Devils have allowed one goal or fewer in all seven home contests, including four shutouts.
Mia Minestrella is averaging 1.07 goals per game this season, up from 0.78 in 2025. She is just two goals shy of matching last season's career-high total of 18 despite playing eight fewer matches.
Duke has held opponents to single-digit shot totals in six consecutive matches. During that stretch, the Blue Devils own a 112-41 advantage in shots and a 54-11 edge in corner kicks.
In 44 career home matches, Mia Minestrella has scored 30 goals.
In 11 matches against ranked opponents in 2025, Mia Minestrella totaled eight goals and two assists. In her last 27 matches against ranked opponents, she has recorded 13 goals and seven assists. Minestrella has three goals and one assist this season against ranked foes.
Junior Katie Shea Collins has missed three full games and two second halves recently due to injury.
Cameron Roller has started 68 matches in a row at Duke.
Four Blue Devils were named to 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 record at least 10 goals in three consecutive seasons. She has scored 46 goals over her last 60 matches. During that span, Minestrella has recorded 14 assists and 106 points.
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 VIRGINIA

Duke and Virginia will meet for the 51st time in program history with the Cavaliers leading the series, 22-18-10.
The Blue Devils own a 7-9-5 ledger against Virginia in matches played in Durham.
Virginia won the last meeting, 3-1, in Charlottesville on Sept. 11, 2025. In the most recent meeting in Durham, Duke registered a 3-1 victory on Oct. 3, 2024.
The Blue Devils are 2-1-1 over their last four matchups with Virginia.

SCOUTING VIRGINIA

Virginia enters the contest with a 9-3-3 overall and 5-3-1 ACC ledger. The Cavaliers have won three of their last four matches and have not lost since their Oct. 8 match at Notre Dame.
Addison Halpern (11 goals, 4 assists), Jordyn Hardeman (5 goals, 4 assists) and Aniyah Collier (4 goals) have paced Virginia this season.
The Cavaliers own a 2-2-1 record this season on the road, but are coming off back-to-back wins at SMU and Virginia Tech.

LAST MEETING AGAINST VIRGINIA

Duke and Virginia last met on Sept. 11, 2025, in Charlottesville, Va., with the Cavaliers totaling a 3-1 victory.
The Blue Devils allowed two goals in the first 10:22 and couldn't overcome the early deficit.
Mia Minestrella scored in the 28th minute for Duke's lone goal.
The last time Duke and Virginia met in Durham was in 2024, when the Blue Devils collected a 3-1 victory. Farrah Walters, Mia Oliaro and Devin Lynch all scored for the Blue Devils.

HEY, I KNOW YOU!

Duke sophomore Kaylee Kim attended Carlmont H.S., along with Virginia's Kathryn Kelly. They played one year of high school soccer together.
Kim and Kelly, along with Duke's Elle Piper, played club soccer together with the San Francisco Glens.
Wicki Dunlap of Virginia played for NC Courage Academy along with Duke's Phoebe Goldthwaite, Lauren Martinho and Mia Oliaro.
Duke's Kaeden Koons-Perdikis went to Georgetown Visitation with Kira Waller, a redshirt sophomore on the Virginia team. They played high school soccer there together and won two ISL championships.
Blue Devil sophomore Kosette Koons-Perdikis played club soccer at Virginia Union FC with Virgina's Carrie Helfrich, Marin McCormack and Loretta Talbott. Koons-Perdikis and Virginia's Addison Halpern played in the High School All-America Game together.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE

The Blue Devils boast a 90-15-13 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 one through seven home matches in 2026.
Duke has outscored its opponents 116-18 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 and has scored 24 at home in 2026.
Mia Minestrella has recorded 30 goals, 13 assists and 73 points in 44 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 seven home matches so far in 2026.

SCORING AT HOME

In seven home games in 2026, Mia Minestrella has eight goals, while Avery Oder has five and Katie Shea Collins has four. Sam Courtwright has scored two, while Yuna Marui, Phoebe Goldthwaite, Jocelyn Travers and Natalie Chudowsky have one each.
Duke is averaging 22.1 shots at home, while outscoring opponents 14-1 in the first half and 10-2 in the second half.
The Blue Devils hold a 71-18 shot advantage in the first half.

DUKE VERSUS RANKED FOES

The Blue Devils have posted a 1-2-2 record against ranked opponents this season.
Mia Minestrella has scored three goals and Avery Oder has scored two goals against ranked opponents this season.

A WIN WOULD...

Give Duke its 500th all-time win in program history!
Give the Blue Devils at least 10 wins for the 30th time in the program's 39 seasons, including both seasons under head coach Kieran Hall.

AGAINST ACC OPPONENTS

In ACC games only, Mia Minestrella currently ranks third in shots (37), third in shots per game (4.11), first in goals (8), second in goals per game (0.889), first in points (17) and second in points per game (1.89).
Sam Courtwright, Mia Oliaro and Lauren Martinho are tied for sixth with three assists.
Avery Oder is tied for sixth in goals (4) and tied for seventh in goals per game (0.444).
Molly Vapensky is tied for first with four shutouts and tied for first in shutouts per game (0.444).

MARTINHO NETS START

Duke redshirt sophomore Lauren Martinho earned her first start of the 2026 season and the sixth of her collegiate career against NC State.
Martinho made her presence felt by assisting on the game-winning goal by Avery Oder in the second half.
Martinho played a career-best 78 minutes in the 1-0 victory against the Wolfpack.
It marked the third consecutive match in which Martinho recorded an assist.
Martinho missed the Florida State match with an injury.

ODER WITH WINNER AGAINST NC STATE

Sophomore Avery Oder collected her seventh goal of the 2026 season as she netted the game-winner against NC State.
Her seven goals are a career high for a season, surpassing the six she scored as a rookie in 2025.
Oder has scored four goals against ACC foes in 2026, and six of her 13 career goals have come against ACC teams.
Oder owns three game-winning goals in 2026 and five over her short career.
She has scored on seven of her 11 shots on goal this season. Her overall shooting percentage has climbed from 12.8 percent as a freshman to 21.9 percent this fall.

VAPENSKY LEADING ACC

Sophomore Molly Vapensky continues to settle in as Duke's goalkeeper in 2026. She has collected four shutouts on the year with all four coming against ACC opponents.
Her four shutouts in ACC play are tied for the league lead.
She has recorded shutouts in three of Duke's last six matches.
Vapensky matched her career high with five saves against NC State on Oct. 24.

VARIOUS NOTES

Mia Minestrella has matched her 2025 ACC regular-season total of eight goals with one conference match remaining. She has accounted for eight of Duke's 18 goals in league play this fall.
Duke has outscored opponents 23-4 in the first half this season while holding a 130-39 advantage in shots. The Blue Devils have scored 57.5 percent of their goals before halftime.
Phoebe Goldthwaite has produced more points and assists this season than in her first three collegiate seasons combined. Her seven points and five assists in 2026 surpass her previous combined totals of six points and four assists. Goldthwaite has also made nine starts this fall after totaling four across her first three seasons.
Daya King has started all 37 matches in which she has appeared during her Duke career, logging more than 3,000 minutes.
Cameron Roller surpassed 6,000 career minutes against Florida State and now has logged 6,057 minutes, 47 seconds.

SCORING AGAINST THE ACC

Duke senior Mia Minestrella has scored against 14 different ACC teams in regular-season and postseason play. The only other ACC opponents she has faced without scoring against are Syracuse (one meeting) and Wake Forest (two meetings).
The next closest current ACC players are Izzy Engle (Notre Dame) with 12 and Wrianna Hudson (Florida State) with 11.
In 2026, Minestrella has scored in six of Duke's nine ACC regular-season games, totaling eight 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 2024 through 2026, Minestrella has scored 21 goals across 29 ACC regular-season games, finding the net in 18 of those contests.

FILLING THE STAT SHEET...

Mia Minestrella has scored or assisted on a goal in 11 of the Blue Devils' 15 matches.
Avery Oder has scored or assisted on a goal in eight of Duke's 15 contests.
Lauren Martinho has totaled assists in her last three games played.