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match 23
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
#8 Duke (15-4-3) #3 Alabama (22-2-1)
Friday, November 25, 2022 – 7:00 PM ET – ESPN+
Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Alabama Soccer Stadium)
ESPN+ talent: Gray Robertson (PXP), Haley Macdonald (color)
need to know
• In the ninth NCAA Tournament quarterfinals in the past 12 years, Duke saw the second-seeded Blue Devils (15-4-3) travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to face first-seeded Alabama (age 22). increase. -2-1) Friday, November 25, 7:00 PM ET at Alabama Soccer Stadium.
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Gray Robertson (PXP) and Hayley MacDonald (Color) calling the action.
• Duke’s nine NCAA quarterfinal appearances since 2011 rank second in the nation under the head coach. lobby church.
• Duke made his 28th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and his seventh appearance as a Top 16 National seed in the past eight seasons.
• Duke has a career record of 48-23-11 in 28 NCAA Tournament appearances.
• It is the first time in school history that Duke won the No. 2 seed after winning the No. 1 seed three times and the No. 3 seed five times.
• Duke will face his ninth Top 10 team of the season on Friday.
• In 39 games played at Duke, Michelle Cooper He has scored at least one goal or one assist in 28 of those games.
• The ACC will field 5 of the 8 teams in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Storyline/Other Blue Devil Notes
• Two of the nation’s top two scorers will face the Dukes in Friday’s quarterfinals. Michelle Cooper and Riley Mattingly Parker of Alabama. Both players have scored 17 goals this season.
• Duke and Alabama are the two highest-scoring duos in the nation. Michelle Cooper When cut raider Duke the Great is second with 29 goals, while Riley Mattingly Parker and Ashlynn Serepka are fifth with 26 goals.
• Michelle Cooper Alabama’s Duke and Brooke Steer played together for the Michigan Hawks club team.
• Delaney Graham It would take 26 minutes to become Duke’s all-time leader in minutes played in the NCAA Tournament. She owns her 1,337 minutes.
• Michelle Cooper He is the only player in the country to rank in the top 10 for goals (17), assists (11) and points (45).
• Blue Devils record 15 wins under head coach lobby church 9th time.
• Katie Groff Possessing four goals throughout her career, three of them are game winners after scoring the winner against Texas.
• Duke hasn’t lost a game since FSU on October 13th. In those eight games, the Blue Devils outscored his opponents by 5-0-3 and he 15-4.
• Michelle Cooper When cut raider 29 goals for the season.
• A total of three teams remaining in the 2022 NCAA Tournament feature sister tandems from Arkansas, Duke and North Carolina.Duke with Jenna Emily Lawison with Delaney Maggie Graham She has made the most starts of any sister this season (85).
• Also cut raider Also Michelle Cooper He has scored in 12 of Duke’s 22 games.
• when cut raider The Blue Devils have a 9-0-1 ledger this season. Duke is 9-1-1 this season and the last two years he’s been 19-1-1. Michelle Cooper Score.
• In the NCAA RPI, Duke is seventh, losing four to FSU (1), UCLA (3), UNC (5) and Virginia (10). The Blue Devils’ schedule is ranked among the toughest nationally by the NCAA.
Alabama series
• Duke and Alabama will face each other for the first time since October 4, 1997 and for the fourth time in school history. The Blue Devils are leading 3–0 in the series, with all three matchups being in Durham.
• In the last tournament in 1997, Duke won 3-0 on aggregate. The Blue Devils outscored Alabama 16-0 in three meetings.
• head coach lobby church He has owned 1-3 ledgers against Alabama throughout his career.
Crimson Tide Reconnaissance
• Alabama posted an impressive 22-2-1 total record this season, going 10-0 in the SEC.
• The Crimson Tide lost the SEC Championship 1-0 to South Carolina. This is his only loss since August.
Duke Vs. SEC
• The Blue Devils are 38-19-9 against SEC opponents. Duke is currently on a five-game winning streak against his SEC opponents.
• In the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Devils have an 8-1-5 record against SEC opponents and a 4-0 record in their last four matches.
Victory is…
• Sending Duke to the NCAA College Cup for the fifth time in school history and fourth under a head coach. lobby church (1992, 2011, 2015, 2017).
• Give Duke 16 wins of the season. This would be Church’s third-highest number of wins in a single year in his 22 years at Duke – 23 (2017), 22 (2011), 16 (2021), 16 (2018). It also ranks tied for #5 on Duke’s all-time list.
Tough Defense…
• The Blue Devils’ defense continues to shine in the postseason as Duke has allowed only two goals, including three shutouts, in his last five games.
• Texas ranked in the top 10 for goals scored, with the Blue Devils allowing only 7 of 2 on goals. Alabama ranks first in the nation with 73 goals.
• Overall, Duke has allowed only 4 goals in his last 8 games.
• Duke recorded 11 shutouts on the season, lucy jones Own 6 in goals.
in the NCAA Tournament
• The Blue Devils are in their 28th NCAA Championship and hold an overall record of 48-23-11 in 82 tournament matches.
• The Blue Devils are 41-16-10 under. lobby church at the NCAA Championship. He has led Duke to Big His Dance in 20 of his 22 seasons at Durham.
• Duke has reached the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship nine times in the last 12 seasons (since 2011).
First NCAA quarterfinal appearance since 2011
Appearance of Rk team (last)
1. Florida 10 (2022)
2. Duke 9 (2022)
3. Stanford 7 (2019)
UCLA 7 (2022)
5. North Carolina 6 (2022)
Virginia 6 (2022)
Academic performance season…
• Sophomore Michelle Cooper It’s her second season with the Blue Devils, so she continues to rewrite Duke’s record.
• She now owns a school record of 45 points, beating Laura Weinberg’s 2012 mark of 44 points. Cooper’s 45 points are the most in the ACC since the 2014 campaign (V.M. McKenzie’s Doniac’s 51 points).
• Cooper has scored multiple goals in six games this season, surpassing Kim DeCesare’s 2012 record of five.
• With 17 goals in the season, Cooper is one shy to match Kelly Wolbert’s record of 18 in 1994.
• As a team, Duke recorded 54 assists and ranked sixth on the Blue Devils single season chart.
NCAA experience
• Duke has a team of three graduate students and six seniors who have played in numerous NCAA tournament contests.
• The Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the third consecutive time in Round 2 in 2019 and Round 16 in 2018.
• Delaney Graham When Mackenzie Plack Both appeared in 15 NCAA Tournament games, playing a combined 2,135 minutes. Jenna Lawison Appearing in 10 games, she helped Georgetown collect four shutouts in the past four seasons of NCAA play.
• lucy jones Appearing in 11 NCAA Tournament games for the Blue Devils with a goal, he helped Duke achieve seven shutouts in the last four years. 48 goals against.
• The senior class has won more NCAA Tournaments during their tenure at Duke University. I won once in my freshman year, twice in my sophomore year, and three times in my junior year. What do you have in store for your team in 2022?
• Duke features 10 different players who have scored at least 1 point in the NCAA Tournament – Michelle Cooper (6), Olivia Migli (3), Emmy Duer (2), Mackenzie Plack (2), Delaney Graham (2), Elle Piper (1), cut raider (1), Sophie Jones (1), Katie Groff (1) and Grace Watkins (1).
last timeout
• Duke is Michelle Cooper The Blue Devils defeated No. 3 seed South Carolina 2-1.
• Cooper scored in the 12th and 84th minutes and the Gamecocks added a goal with 90 seconds remaining.
Impressive start to 2022 NCAAS…
• Duke is averaging 21.7 shots and 2.3 goals per game in his first three games.
• Michelle Cooper scored 4 goals and scored 9 points in these contests. Her nine points ranked her third in the 2022 tournament, and her four goals ranked her tied for third.
• Duke has allowed only 18 shots and 1 goal in the NCAA. The Blue Devils also allow only five shots on goal.
• Alabama have the most goals in the tournament with 14 goals, and Duke’s one goal is tied for second-lowest.
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