In honor of Duke’s Centennial, the Blue Zone’s new Blast from the Past series highlights pivotal figures and events in Duke sports history. Next, we look at two Blue Devil victories, thirty years apart.
Duke's season-high five goals firmly secured its home victory over the Buccaneers.
In a game characterized by flaring tempers and mountains of fouls, the Blue Devils managed to scrape out a 1-0 win in Charlottesville and grab an ever-important first conference victory.
Fans adorned in both Blue Devil and Tar Heel blue packed Koskinen Stadium as graduate student Maggie Graham led her team to a historic 1-0 victory.
Duke found itself blown off course Friday as it fell 3-2 to Grand Canyon in its first non-conference regular-season loss since 2021. But in Koskinen Stadium Sunday, the Blue Devils trampled Division-III Averett, allowing just one goal from the Cougars while scoring 14 to tie their program record set in 1994 for most in a single game.
The Blue Devils took on San Diego Thursday and UC San Diego Sunday; they tied the first match 2-2 and won the second 3-2 thanks to sophomore Ulfur Bjornsson's hat trick.
The Blue Devils accomplished all of those things, besting Nebraska in a decisive 3-0 win on the road to ensure that they did not return to Durham empty-handed.
In the wake of several significant departures — senior captains Nick Pariano, Antino Lopez, Lewis McGarvey and Amir Daley included — finding those veterans seemed a tall task. Kerr, however, has taken full advantage of his ability to recruit graduate transfers, such that his roster may have more veteran leaders now than it ever has. Graduate students comprise 10 of Kerr’s 32 players, and only two of them — Cameron Kerr and Luke Thomas — are returners to Duke.
No. 24 Duke fell to the unranked Buckeyes in a narrow 1-0 defeat under the lights at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, despite outshooting its opponents 21-9.
With this upcoming season being head coach Robbie Church’s last with the Blue Devils, the pressure is on for Duke to return to the tournament as a positive send-off to the winningest coach in Blue Devil history.
The Duke women’s soccer head coach announced Monday night that 2024 will be his final year of coaching.
With Duke in the offseason, several former Blue Devils have been competing in the NWSL. The Blue Zone takes a look at some alumni in the midst of their 2024 campaigns.
In honor of Duke’s Centennial, the Blue Zone’s new Blast from the Past series highlights pivotal figures and events in Duke sports history. During this pride month, we look at a trailblazer for transgender athletes, at Duke and beyond.
While Duke soccer may be in the offseason, several former Blue Devils are kicking off their MLS campaigns. The Blue Zone is here to break down the performances of some key alumni.
Ten years ago, in the early days of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), few people were confident in the league’s longevity, even in the feasibility of women’s professional soccer. Now, teams like the Courage are proving those skeptics wrong.
All 32 names on Duke’s roster lived and breathed the beautiful game, such that an amalgam of different nationalities not only fit into the team but actively built its chemistry.
Days after the Philadelphia Union announced it had signed senior midfielder Nick Pariano and a professional career claimed freshman goalkeeper Julian Eyestone, many of the remaining Duke stars entered the world of Major League Soccer, too.
The senior midfielder and team captain signed a homegrown contract with MLS’s Philadelphia Union, which the team announced Thursday.
Freshman goalkeeper Julian Eyestone announced in December that he would leave Duke for a professional career. Friday, he signed with Brentford FC.
In an overtime thriller, No. 15-seed Duke fell to Western Michigan on its home turf, ending its NCAA tournament run in the second round.
