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Duke women’s soccer striker Michelle Cooper wins 2022 MAC Hermann Trophy
By Em Adler | January 6, 2023Okay, now you can call her the greatest Duke women’s soccer player of all time.
Okay, now you can call her the greatest Duke women’s soccer player of all time.
Coming in at No. 5: Duke men's soccer made history in the regular season before stringing together a deep NCAA tournament run.
Coming in at No. 6: Duke women's soccer made a strong postseason run to cap another season among the nation's best.
In the MLS SuperDraft Wednesday afternoon, Orlando City SC selected the sophomore forward with the second pick of the first round.
There’s a Sisyphean nature to Duke, if Sisyphus could get his boulder over the hill and immediately discover another, even larger hill staring him down.
Mohammed will forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility and declare for the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.
Sophomore Michelle Cooper announced that she would be forgoing her last two years of eligibility—the first Blue Devil soccer star to do so—to pursue her professional career.
Superstar striker Michelle Cooper announced Monday evening that she will forgo her remaining college eligibility to enter the professional soccer ranks.
It was a somber end to a stellar season, and if not for a few millimeters here and there, some slight swings of luck and the deathly kiss of the post, it could have been different.
The Blue Devils' season ends after its loss against the Bluejays with a spot as one of the tournament's final four teams on the line.
Though the Panthers brought their best, the Blue Devils, supported by their strong defensive performance and a goal from senior Scotty Taylor in the dying minutes of the first half, hung on to beat FIU with their fifth 1-0 win of the season.
The Blue Devils’ dream of a national championship was cut short Friday night in overtime with a 3-2 loss to No. 1-seed Alabama in the Elite Eight.
Over the course of 90 minutes, one old adage seemed to ring true for Duke: Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.
In defeating South Carolina 2-1 in the third round of the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils advanced to the Elite Eight.
Like the fans of Ecuador, the Blue Devil faithful celebrated as No. 7-seed Duke took down Denver in a second-round matchup that paired two of the top defenses in the country.
The Blue Devils adjusted their tactics to control possession in their attacking half and fire a barrage of shots in the win against the Longhorns.
It took 20 shots for Duke to get on the board against Texas. And now, it has still been more than 20 years since the Longhorns last emerged victorious against the Blue Devils.
In their first-round NCAA tournament contest against the No. 2-seed Blue Devils, the Highlanders tried to shut down Duke's best players, albeit with a more unconventional approach. Radford man-marked the Blue Devils' front five players, which includes the three forwards and two wingbacks, for the entire 90 minutes of Duke's 4-0 victory Saturday evening.
No. 2-seed Duke beat Radford 4-0 at Koskinen Stadium to open the 2022 NCAA tournament, its seventh NCAA win by at least four goals in its last 10 postseasons.
Now entering the NCAA tournament in her sophomore season, Cooper has only continued to shine for Duke and is consistently named among the nation’s top players.