2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team

2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 3
Record	18–3–1 (9–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Robbie Church (24th season);
Assistant coaches	Kieran Hall (6th season); Carla Overbeck (31st season); Jason Lowe (1st season);
Captains	Nicky Chico; Maggie Graham; Kelly Wilson;
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Duke ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	18	–	3	–	1	.841
No. 2 Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	16	–	4	–	4	.750
No. 13 Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	15	–	2	–	4	.810
No. 1 North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0	.700	22	–	5	–	0	.815
No. 7 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	14	–	6	–	3	.674
No. 6 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	5	–	1	–	4	.700	14	–	4	–	4	.727
California ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	6	–	2	.667
No. 4 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	16	–	5	–	2	.739
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	13	–	5	–	1	.711
Boston College ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Louisville ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	7	–	6	–	5	.528
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Clemson ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	6	–	8	–	3	.441
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412
NC State ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	4	–	10	–	4	.333
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	6	–	10	–	2	.389


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represents Duke University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils are led by head coach Robbie Church, in his twenty-fourth season. They play their home games at Koskinen Stadium. This is the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 36th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Blue Devils finished 6–7–3 overall and 2–5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This marked the first time since 2014 Duke had not been invited to the NCAA Tournament and first time since 2015 they had not qualified for the ACC Tournament. Their six overall wins were the lowest in program history.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Caroline Duffy	1	GK	5'10"	Sophomore	Clarksville, Maryland	Transferred to Oklahoma^[2]
Dieynaba Ndaw	3	FW	5'6"	Junior	Dakar, Senegal	Transferred to Miami (FL)
Grace Watkins	9	FW	5'3"	Senior	Manhattan Beach, California	Graduated
Olivia Migli	10	DF	5'4"	Senior	Haymarket, Virginia	Graduated; transferred to North Carolina
Kati Druzina	14	MF/DF	5'6"	Graduate Student	Kirtland, Ohio	Graduated
Emily Royson	15	DF	5'6"	Senior	Toms River, New Jersey	Graduated
Kiera Clemens	23	MF	5'9"	Freshman	Raleigh, North Carolina	—

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Ella Hase	3	FW	5'5"	Graduate Student	Orland Park, Illinois	Northwestern
Mia Oliaro	15	FW/MF	5'9"	Sophomore	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	North Carolina
Hannah Bebar	18	MF	5'4"	Graduate Student	Naperville, Illinois	Harvard
Farrah Walters	27	FW	5'6"	Junior	Scottsdale, Arizona	Santa Clara

Recruiting class

Source:^[3]

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Caroline Dysart GK	San Diego, California	San Diego Surf	^[4]
Mary Long MF	Mission Hills, Kansas	Slammers FC HB Koge	^[5]
Lauren Martinho MF	Cary, North Carolina	NC Courage ECNL	^[6]
Sophia Recupero FW	Hopkinton, Massachusetts	FC Stars of Massachusetts	^[7]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Leah Freeman
2	FW	USA	Kat Rader
3	FW	USA	Ella Hase
4	DF	USA	Baleigh Bruster
5	DF	USA	Phoebe Goldthwaite
6	MF	USA	Devin Lynch
7	DF	USA	Cameron Roller
8	FW	USA	Elle Piper
9	MF	USA	Lauren Martinho
10	MF	USA	Mary Long
11	FW	USA	Julia Saunicheva
12	MF	USA	Taylor Evans
13	FW	USA	Mia Minestrella
14	FW	USA	Sophia Recupero


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Mia Oliaro
16	MF	USA	Carina Lageyre
17	DF	USA	Nicole Chico
18	MF	USA	Hannah Bebar
19	MF	USA	Maggie Graham
20	DF	USA	Kelly Wilson
21	DF	USA	Katie Groff
22	DF	USA	Sam Bodensteiner
24	DF	USA	Kaeden Koons-Perdikis
25	FW	USA	Madison Foxhoven
26	GK	USA	Bianca Dominguez
27	FW	USA	Farrah Walters
30	GK	USA	Caroline Dysart

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Robbie Church
Assistant coach	Kieran Hall
Assistant coach	Carla Overbeck
Assistant coach	Jason Lowe
Director of Operations	Erin Stephenson

Source:^[8]

Schedule

Source:^[9]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 5* 5:00 p.m.	No. 24	Furman	W 9–0	—	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
August 8* 5:00 p.m.	No. 24	DC Power FC	Canceled^[10]	—	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	at Ohio State	L 0–1	0–1–0	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (931) Columbus, OH
August 22* 8:00 p.m., BTN+		at Nebraska	W 3–0	1–1–0	Hibner Stadium (1,320) Lincoln, NE
August 29* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Wilimington	W 4–0	2–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (672) Durham, NC
September 1* 5:00 p.m., ACCN		Tennessee	Canceled^[11]	2–1–0	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 North Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	3–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (2,257) Durham, NC
September 8* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		ETSU	W 5–0	4–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (491) Durham, NC
September 12* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	Missouri	W 7–0	5–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (465) Durham, NC
ACC Regular season
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3т	at Clemson	W 3–1	6–1–0 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (804) Clemson, SC
September 27 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	SMU	W 3–0	7–1–0 (2–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (397) Durham, NC
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	No. 25 Virginia	W 3–1	8–1–0 (3–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (879) Durham, NC
October 6 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Louisville	W 3–1	9–1–0 (4–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (770) Durham, NC
October 10 10:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 7 Stanford	W 4–1	10–1–0 (5–0–0)	Cagan Stadium (2,348) Stanford, CA
October 13 4:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 17 California	W 2–1	11–1–0 (6–0–0)	Edwards Stadium (1,389) Berkley, CA
October 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	Boston College	W 7–0	12–1–0 (7–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,504) Durham, NC
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	No. 7 Notre Dame	T 3–3	12–1–1 (7–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium (1,049) Durham, NC
October 27 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 2 Wake Forest	W 2–0	13–1–1 (8–0–1)	Spry Stadium (3,761) Winston-Salem, NC
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 8 North Carolina Rivalry	W 3–2	14–1–1 (9–0–1)	Dorrance Field (3,127) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
November 7 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 1	vs. (4) No. 8 North Carolina Semifinals, Rivalry	L 1–2	14–2–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,492) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 1	Howard First Round	W 8–0	15–2–1	Koskinen Stadium (1,082) Durham, NC
November 22 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 1	(8) No. 17 Texas Tech Second Round	W 3–0	16–2–1	Koskinen Stadium (1,364) Durham, NC
November 24 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 1	(5) No. 16 Michigan State Round of 16	W 2–0	17–2–1	Koskinen Stadium (1,274) Durham, NC
November 30 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 1	(7) No. 12 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 1–0	18–2–1	Koskinen Stadium (1,581) Durham, NC
December 6 7:30 p.m., ESPNU	(1) No. 1	(2) No. 8 North Carolina Semifinals, Rivalry	L 0–3	18–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (10,333) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Kat Rader	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2024	^[12]
Cameron Roller	ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 4	September 10, 2024	^[13]
Leah Freeman	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 7	October 1, 2024	^[14]
Mia Oliaro	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 8	October 7, 2024	^[15]
Maggie Graham	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 9	October 15, 2024	^[16]
Robbie Church	ACC Coach of the Year	November 6, 2024	^[17]
Maggie Graham	ACC Midfielder of the Year
Cameron Roller	ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Leah Freeman	ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
Maggie Graham	All-ACC First Team
Cameron Roller
Leah Freeman
Hannah Bebar	All-ACC Second Team
Ella Hase
Mia Oliaro
Cameron Roller	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 10, 2024	^[18]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[19]	24	—	RV	—	8	3т	3	2	1 (6)	1 (8)	1 (8)	1 (8)	Not released					3
TopDrawer Soccer^[20]	—	—	—	—	21	21	8	5	3	1	1	2	2	5	5	3	3	3

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^ "Sophia Recupero". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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[2] "Soccer Adds Five Spring Transfers for 2024". soonersports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. January 4, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[3] "Church Adds Four in Early Signing Period". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. January 5, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[4] "Caroline Dysart". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[5] "Mary Long". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[6] "Lauren Martinho". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

[7] "Sophia Recupero". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.

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[10] "Women's Soccer Exhibition Canceled Thursday; Duke Ranked No. 24 in Preseason". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

[11] "Tennessee at Duke Women's Soccer Match Canceled". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.

[12] "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[13] "California's Lema, Duke's Roller Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.

[14] "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.

[15] "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

[16] "Duke's Graham, Louisville's Floyd Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[17] "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[18] "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". TheACC.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

[19] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

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