Love the Duke SID pregame factoids as Duke looks for their 5th College Cup appearance in Robbie Church's swan song in Koskinen Stadium
» Maggie Graham will play in her 100th career match Saturday in the quarterfinals.
» Katie Groff helped lead Duke to the 51st shutout over her last five years on defense against MSU last weekend.
Duke currently features an 11-win turnaround from a season ago, which is the second-biggest win difference nationally this season. Stephen F. Austin owns the best in 2024 with a 12-win improvement.
» Blue Devil sophomore Mia Oliaro (2, 13) fifth year Ella Hase (2, 13), and junior Devin Lynch (6, 10) all rank in the top six of the ACC in assists and top 16 nationally.
» Duke has scored 67 goals in 20 matches this season, compared to the 15 goals in 16 contests a season ago.
For the 10th time out of the last 14 years, Duke women's soccer will compete in the NCAA Quarterfinals
Duke is 31-3-1 in NCAA Championship matches played in Durham.
Duke has outscored its opponents 49-5 at home this season. The Blue Devils have totaled program-record 49 goals at home this season, passing the previous mark of 40 from 2017.
Duke is making its 29th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and enter as a top-16 national seed for the eighth time out of the last nine seasons.
Duke scored 11 goals over the first two NCAA Tournament contests, which was a new school record. The 13 goals in first three matches equals the most in Duke history (2012).
Duke has totaled three straight shutouts to open the NCAA Tournament for only the third time in program history (2017, 1992).
» Duke has allowed only 10 shots, including one on goal, in three NCAA Tournament matches in 2024. THINK ABOUT THIS......ONE SHOT ON GOAL....ONE.....INCLUDING 2 GAMES AGAINST TOP 20 TEAMS!!!
LOOKING AT THE 2024 NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS
» Duke's goal differential (13), points (41), assists (15) and goals (13) rank first in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
» Duke and North Carolina are the only two teams to not allow a goal so far in the three matches.
» Ella Hase's four assists rank first, while Mia Oliaro, Phoebe Goldthwaite and Mia Minestrella are tied for fifth with two assists.
» Maggie Graham and Minestrella rank second with four goals.
» Leah Freeman is tied for first with UNC's Clare Gagne with three shutouts.
» Minestrella leads the field with 10 points, while Graham is third with eight points.