2022 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team

2022 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 8
Record	15–5–3 (6–2–2 ACC)
Head coach	Robbie Church (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kieran Hall (4th season) Carla Overbeck (29th season) Lane Davis (7th season)
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			20	–	5	–	1		.788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			17	–	3	–	3		.804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	4	–	3		.761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			15	–	5	–	3		.717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			14	–	5	–	3		.705
Clemson  ‍‍‍y	4	–	3	–	3		.550			8	–	5	–	5		.583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			10	–	7	–	2		.579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	3	–	6	–	1		.350			9	–	7	–	3		.553
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			6	–	8	–	2		.438
NC State  ‍‍‍y	2	–	6	–	2		.300			7	–	7	–	6		.500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	8	–	3		.406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			8	–	7	–	3		.528
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			5	–	8	–	5		.417
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Source: The ACC As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2022 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Robbie Church, in his twenty-second season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The team finished 15–5–3 overall and 6–2–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth-seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated fourth-seed Virginia in the first round, but lost to North Carolina in the semifinal. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were the second seed in the Alabama Bracket. They defeated Radford in the first round, seventh-seed Texas in the second round, and third-seed South Carolina in the round of 16 before falling in overtime to first-seed Alabama in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team

The Blue Devils finished the season with a 16–4–1 record, 7–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. The lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were awarded one of the top four seeds. They defeated Old Dominion in the first round, Memphis in the second round, and St. John's in the round of 16 before losing to Santa Clara in the semifinals to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Maddie Nielsen	1	GK	6'2"	Senior	Shoreline, Washington	Graduated
Caitlin Cosme	6	DF	5'5"	Graduate Student	New Hyde Park, New York	Graduated; Drafted 10th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft
Tess Boade	8	MF	5'4"	Graduate Student	Highlands Ranch, Colorado	Graduated
Marykate McGuire	12	FW	5'4"	Senior	Portsmouth, Rhode Island	Graduated
Sydney Simmons	16	MF	5'7"	Senior	Van Alstyne, Texas	Graduated
Holland Stam	23	GK	6'0"	Senior	Ipswich, Massachusetts	Graduated
Bria Schrotenboer	27	DF	5'11"	Junior	Holland, Michigan	Transferred to Michigan State [1]
Lily Nabet	28	GK	6'0"	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated; Drafted 36th overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jenna Royson	25	DF	5'8"	Graduate Student	Toms River, New Jersey	Georgetown [2]

Recruiting Class

Source: ^[3]

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Caroline Duffy GK		Clarksville, Maryland	Maryland United FC	[4]
Taylor Evans MF		Highlands Ranch, Colorado	Real Colorado	[5]
Carina Lageyre MF		Cooper City, Florida	Florida United SC	[6]
Devin Lynch MF		Naperville, Illinois	Sockers FC	[7]
Elle Piper DF		San Jose, California	Bay Area Surf	[8]
Katherine Rader FW		Stuart, Florida	Florida United SC	[9]

Squad

Roster

As of December 21, 2022 ^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Caroline Duffy 2 FW   USA Kat Rader 3 DF   SEN Dieynaba Ndaw 4 DF   USA Baleigh Bruster 5 MF   USA Sarah Piper 6 MF   USA Devin Lynch 7 MF   USA Sophie Jones 8 FW   USA Elle Piper 9 FW   USA Grace Watkins 10 FW   USA Olivia Migli 11 MF   USA Julia Burnell 12 MF   USA Taylor Evans 13 FW   USA Emmy Duerr

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   USA Julia Hannon 15 DF   USA Emily Royson 16 MF   USA Carina Lageyre 17 DF   USA Nicole Chico 18 FW   USA Michelle Cooper 19 MF   USA Maggie Graham 20 DF   USA Kelly Wilson 21 DF   USA Katie Groff 22 DF   USA Delaney Graham 24 MF   USA Mackenzie Pluck 25 DF   USA Jenna Royson 26 GK   USA Ruthie Jones

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Robbie Church
Assistant coach	Kieran Hall
Assistant coach	Carla Overbeck
Assistant coach	Lane Davis

Source: ^[10]

Schedule

Source: ^[11]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 8* 6:00 p.m.	No. 2	Georgia	L  1–2	–	Turner Soccer Complex Athens, GA
August 12* 6:00 p.m.	No. 2	No. 12  South Carolina	W  2–1	–	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 18* 7:00 p.m.,  ESPN+	No. 2	at  East Carolina	W  1–0	1–0–0	Stewart Johnson Stadium (1,335) Greenville, SC
August 21* 6:00 p.m.,  ACCNX	No. 2	UNC Greensboro	W  3–1	2–0–0	Koskinen Stadium (707) Durham, NC
August 25* 7:00 p.m.,  SECN	No. 5	at No. 22  Tennessee	W  3–2	3–0–0	Regal Stadium (1,622) Knoxville, TN
August 28* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	Charlotte	W  4–0	4–0–0	Koskinen Stadium (661) Durham, NC
September 1* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	No. 3  UCLA	L  1–2	4–1–0	Koskinen Stadium (1,074) Durham, NC
September 4* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 2	at No. 6т  TCU	W  3–1	5–1–0	Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium (3,648) Fort Worth, TX
September 8* 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	No. 2  North Carolina Rivalry	L  3–0	5–2–0	Koskinen Stadium (3,527) Durham, NC
ACC Regular season
September 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	at  Syracuse	W  1–0	6–2–0 (1–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (637) Syracuse, NY
September 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	Boston College	W  3–0	7–2–0 (2–0–0)	Koskinen Stadium (615) Durham, NC
September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	at No. 22  NC State	W  6–0	8–2–0 (3–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,254) Raleigh, NC
October 2 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	No. 2  Virginia	L  0–1	8–3–0 (3–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (848) Durham, NC
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	Wake Forest	W  2–1	9–3–0 (4–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (682) Durham, NC
October 9 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	No. 13  Pittsburgh	W  1–0	10–3–0 (5–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (645) Durham, NC
October 13 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 12	at No. 4  Florida State	L  1–5	10–4–0 (5–2–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,310) Tallahassee, FL
October 20 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	at  Clemson	T  0–0	10–4–1 (5–2–1)	Riggs Field (852) Clemson, SC
October 23 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	Louisville	W  4–0	11–4–1 (6–2–1)	Koskinen Stadium (704) Durham, NC
October 27 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 11	at No. 4  Notre Dame	T  2–2	11–4–2 (6–2–2)	Alumni Stadium (817) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
October 30 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(5) No. 11	at (4) No. 8 Virginia First Round	W  2–1	12–4–2	Klöckner Stadium (691) Charlottesville, VA
November 3 5:30 p.m., ACCN	(5) No. 8	vs. (1) No. 2 North Carolina Semifinal, Rivalry	T  0–0 (6–7 PKs) 2OT	12–4–3	Sahlen's Stadium (2,686) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(2) No. 8	Radford First Round	W  4–0	13–4–3	Koskinen Stadium (785) Durham, NC
November 18 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 8	(7) No. 16  Texas Second Round	W  1–0	14–4–3	Koskinen Stadium (760) Durham, NC
November 20 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 8	(3) No. 13  South Carolina Round of 16	W  2–1	15–4–3	Koskinen Stadium (756) Durham, NC
November 25 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 8	at (1) No. 3  Alabama Quarterfinal	L  2–3  2OT	15–5–3	Alabama Soccer Stadium (1,790) Tuscaloosa, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Michelle Cooper	Preseason All-ACC Team	August 11	[12]
Sophie Jones
Michelle Cooper	Preseason Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 18	[13]
	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	September 6	[14]
	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 27	[15]
Kat Rader	ACC Freshman of the Year	November 2	[16]
Michelle Cooper	ACC Offensive Player of the Year
	All-ACC First Team
Sophie Jones	All-ACC Second Team
Kat Rader
Delaney Graham
Ruthie Jones
Kat Rader	ACC All-Freshman Team
Ruthie Jones	All-ACC Tournament team	November 6	[17]
Michelle Cooper
Kat Rader
Michelle Cooper	All-American	December 2	[18]
	Hermann Trophy	January 6, 2023	[19]

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [20]	2 (2)	5	2	3	3	5	4	7	12	10	11	8	Not released				6
TopDrawer Soccer [21]	5	3	2	4	5	5	5	6	6	10	9	9	9	9	6	8	8

2023 NWSL draft

Main article: 2023 NWSL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Michelle Cooper	Kansas City Current	1	2	FW
Delaney Graham	Washington Spirit	4	40	DF
Sophie Jones	Chicago Red Stars	4	43	MF

Source: ^[22]

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