2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team

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

2024 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record0–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Robbie Church (24th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kieran Hall (6th season)
  • Carla Overbeck (31st season)
  • Jason Lowe (1st season)
Home stadiumKoskinen Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
California  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Duke  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Florida State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
SMU  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Standford  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   0 0 0  
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

Previous season

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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

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Caroline Duffy 1 GK 5'10" Sophomore Clarksville, Maryland Transferred to Oklahoma[1]
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
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

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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

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Source:[2]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Caroline Dysart
GK
  San Diego, California San Diego Surf      [3]
Mary Long
MF
  Mission Hills, Kansas Slammers FC HB Koge      [4]
Lauren Martinho
MF
  Cary, North Carolina NC Courage ECNL      [5]
Sophia Recupero
FW
  Hopkinton, Massachusetts FC Stars of Massachusetts      [6]

Squad

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Roster

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As of July 10, 2024[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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

Source:[7]

Schedule

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Source:[8]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 5*
Furman   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
August 8*
5:00 p.m.
DC Power FC   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15*
7:00 p.m.
at Ohio State   
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Columbus, OH
August 22*
8:00 p.m.
at Nebraska   
Hibner Stadium
Lincoln, NE
August 29*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
UNC Wilimington   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
September 1*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Tennessee   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
September 5*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Carolina
Rivalry
  
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
September 8*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
ETSU   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
September 12*
TBA, ACCNX
Missouri   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
ACC Regular season
September 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson   
Riggs Field
Clemson, SC
September 27
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
SMU   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 3
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 6
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Louisville   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 10
10:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Stanford   
Cagan Stadium
Stanford, CA
October 13
TBA, ACCNX
at California   
Edwards Stadium
Berkley, CA
October 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Notre Dame   
Koskinen Stadium
Durham, NC
October 27
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Wake Forest   
Spry Stadium
Winston-Salem, NC
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at North Carolina
Rivalry
  
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Week
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United Soccer[9]Not released
TopDrawer Soccer[10]


References

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  1. ^ "Soccer Adds Five Spring Transfers for 2024". soonersports.com. University of Oklahoma Athletics. January 4, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Church Adds Four in Early Signing Period". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. January 5, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Caroline Dysart". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mary Long". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Lauren Martinho". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Sophia Recupero". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 Women's Soccer Schedule". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  10. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.