2019 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team

2019 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
2019 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 18
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 17
Record	9–4–7 (3–1–6 ACC)
Head coach	Robbie Church (19th season);
Assistant coaches	Kieran Hall (1st season); Carla Overbeck (26th season); Lane Davis (4th season);
Home stadium	Koskinen Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Robbie Church, in his nineteenth season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. This was the team's 32nd season playing organized women's college soccer and their 32nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	24	–	1	–	2	.926
No. 7 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	18	–	6	–	0	.750
No. 9 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3	.833	17	–	2	–	3	.841
No. 25 Louisville ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	13	–	5	–	2	.700
No. 17 NC State ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4	.600	12	–	7	–	4	.609
No. 18 Duke ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6	.600	9	–	4	–	7	.625
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	11	–	7	–	2	.600
Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	11	–	8	–	2	.571
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	5	–	10	–	3	.361
Miami ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	5	–	9	–	2	.375
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	6	–	8	–	4	.444
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1	.167	3	–	11	–	2	.250
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	8	–	8	–	2	.500


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The Blue Devils finished the season 9–4–7, 3–1–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament, lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Utah before losing to Wisconsin in the Second Round.

Squad

Roster

Updated July 6, 2020^[1]

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
1	GK	USA	Brooke Heinsohn
2	DF	USA	Natalie Maurer
3	DF	USA	Taylor Mitchell
4	DF	USA	Remi Swartz
5	MF	USA	Sarah Piper
6	DF	USA	Caitlin Cosme
7	MF	USA	Sophie Jones
8	FW	USA	Tess Boade
10	MF	USA	Olivia Erlbeck
11	MF	USA	Julia Burnell
12	FW	USA	Marykate McGuire
13	FW	USA	Emmy Duerr
14	MF	USA	Julia Hannon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	USA	Sydney Simmons
17	MF	USA	Ella Stevens
18	DF	USA	Karlie Paschall
20	MF	USA	Mia Gyau
21	MF	USA	Sarah Miller
22	DF	USA	Delaney Graham
23	GK	USA	Holly Stam
24	MF	USA	Mackenzie Pluck
25	GK	USA	Mackenzie Coles
26	GK	USA	Ruthie Jones
27	DF	USA	Natasha Turner
28	MF	USA	Lily Nabet

Team management

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

Source:^[1]

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	Campbell	W 3–0	–	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
August 16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 8	at Georgia	T 0–0	–	Turner Soccer Complex Athens, GA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22* 4:00 p.m.	No. 8	vs. La Salle Carolina Nike Tournament	W 2–0	1–0–0	Dorrance Field Chapel Hill, NC
August 25* 6:00 p.m.	No. 8	at No. 2 North Carolina Carolina Nike Tournament	L 0–2	1–1–0	Dorrance Field (4,215) Chapel Hill, NC
August 28* 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 13 Georgetown	T 0–0 ^2OT	1–1–1	Koskinen Stadium (633) Durham, NC
August 31* 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 19 Santa Clara	W 3–2 ^OT	2–1–1	Koskinen Stadium (903) Durham, NC
September 5* 6:00 p.m.	No. 12	UNLV Duke Nike Classic	W 3–0	3–1–1	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
September 8* 1:30 p.m.	No. 12	LSU Duke Nike Classic	W 6–0	4–1–1	Koskinen Stadium (621) Durham, NC
September 15* 6:00 p.m.	No. 11	James Madison	W 6–0	5–1–1	Koskinen Stadium (553) Durham, NC
ACC Regular season
September 22 1:00 p.m.	No. 8	NC State	T 1–1 ^2OT	5–1–2 (0–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium (622) Durham, NC
September 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	at Wake Forest	W 3–2	6–1–2 (1–0–1)	Spry Stadium (764) Winston-Salem, NC
September 29 2:00 p.m.	No. 10	at No. 1 Virginia	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–1–3 (1–0–2)	Klöckner Stadium (2,048) Charlottesville, VA
October 6 2:00 p.m.	No. 10	at No. 23 Virginia Tech	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–1–4 (1–0–3)	Thompson Field (618) Blacksburg, VA
October 10 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 3 North Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–1–5 (1–0–4)	Koskinen Stadium (3,176) Durham, NC
October 13 1:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 9 Clemson	W 4–1	7–1–5 (2–0–4)	Koskinen Stadium (313) Durham, NC
October 18 5:00 p.m.	No. 9	at No. 14 Louisville	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–1–6 (2–0–5)	Lynn Stadium (1,998) Louisville, KY
October 24 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	Notre Dame	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–1–7 (2–0–6)	Koskinen Stadium (541) Durham, NC
October 27 1:00 p.m.	No. 9	Syracuse	W 4–1	8–1–7 (3–0–6)	Koskinen Stadium (407) Durham, NC
October 31 8:00 p.m.	No. 9	at No. 5 Florida State	L 0–1	8–2–7 (3–1–6)	Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3 5:00 p.m.	(6) No. 9	at (3) No. 1 Virginia Quarterfinals	L 0–1	8–3–7	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 15 6:00 p.m.	No. 12	Utah First Round	W 4–0	9–3–7	Koskinen Stadium (190) Durham, NC
November 22 5:00 p.m.	No. 12	vs. (3) No. 10 Wisconsin Second Round	L 0–1	9–4–7	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (755) Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Ella Stevens	Chicago Red Stars	3	24	FW

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer^[4]	8	10	12	11	8	10	10	11	9	9	9	12	12	None Released				18
TopDrawer Soccer ^[5]	17	17	22	18	16	15	12	11	12	10	11	11	18	20	16	17	17	17

References

^ ^a ^b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "Women's Soccer - 2019 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "Duke women's soccer's Ella Stevens drafted by Chicago Red Stars of NWSL". dukechronicle.com. Duke Student Publishing Company. January 19, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

[auto-1] "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[2] "Women's Soccer - 2019 Schedule/Results". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[3] "Duke women's soccer's Ella Stevens drafted by Chicago Red Stars of NWSL". dukechronicle.com. Duke Student Publishing Company. January 19, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[4] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

[5] "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

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