{"id":728513,"date":"2026-06-10T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728513\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:15:10","slug":"hall-announces-2026-womens-soccer-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728513\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall Announces 2026 Women\u2019s Soccer Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

DURHAM, N.C. \u2014 Coming off an NCAA College Cup appearance in his first season as Duke women’s soccer head coach, Kieran Hall<\/a> announced the 2026 schedule Wednesday.\u00a0
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\nThe 2026 schedule features six teams that received bids to the NCAA Tournament a year ago, including four squads that advanced to the Round of 16 of the tournament.\u00a0
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\nDuke will open the 2026 slate on the road with a West Coast trip as the Blue Devils face Southern California Wednesday, Aug. 12, and then take on UCLA Sunday, Aug. 16, in Los Angeles, California.\u00a0 The season-opening contest will feature Duke against 2010 Blue Devil graduate Jane Alukonis, who is the head coach of the Trojans.\u00a0
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\nThe Blue Devils will then return to Durham for their home opener Thursday, Aug. 20 versus FIU at Freeman Field at Koskinen Stadium.\u00a0 Duke hosts Rhode Island Sunday, Aug. 23 as well.\u00a0 Both matches will kick off at 6 p.m.
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\nOverall, Duke will play four home matches over a span of five contests from Aug. 20 through Sept. 12 with the lone road match at Old Dominion (Aug. 27).\u00a0
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\nThe Blue Devils welcome VCU to Durham Sunday, Aug. 30 to close non-conference action.\u00a0 The six non-conference opponents averaged 10 wins a year ago.\u00a0
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\nDuke will then open ACC action Saturday, Sept. 12 by hosting Stanford.\u00a0 Other home ACC matches include Notre Dame (Sept. 24), California (Oct. 3), NC State (Oct. 24) and Virginia (Nov. 5).\u00a0
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\nRoad league contests include North Carolina (Sept. 17), Pittsburgh (Sept. 27), Boston College (Oct. 10), SMU (Oct. 16) and Florida State (Oct. 29).\u00a0
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\nDuke’s 2026 schedule features 11 opponents that finished the previous season with 12 or more wins and 11 teams that closed the year in the top 71 of the final RPI.\u00a0 The Blue Devils will face programs that have won nine of the last 10 NCAA Championships \u2013 Florida State, North Carolina, UCLA, Stanford and Southern California.\u00a0
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\nAs a team, Hall welcomes back eight starters from last year’s 17-5-1 squad that advanced to the NCAA College Cup.\u00a0 Returning for the Blue Devils are All-America selection Mia Minestrella<\/a>, sophomore Avery Oder<\/a>, senior Mia Oliaro<\/a>, sophomore Jocelyn Travers<\/a>, graduate student Elle Piper<\/a>, senior Cameron Roller<\/a>, sophomore Daya King<\/a> and junior Caroline Dysart<\/a>.\u00a0
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\nHall added a pair of All-America selections to the 2026 roster with the addition of transfers Katie Shea Collins<\/a> of South Carolina and Sam Courtwright<\/a> of Texas Tech.\u00a0 TopDrawerSoccer ranked the duo as the No. 1 transfer portal class in March.\u00a0 The Blue Devils also brought in three freshmen in January ahead of their rookie campaigns \u2013 Rylee McLanahan<\/a>, Natalie Chudowsky<\/a> and Sofia Nu\u00f1ez.\u00a0
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\nDuke will feature five players who have combined to score 79 career goals over their careers \u2013 Collins (23), Courtwright (9), Minestrella (30), Oder (6) and Oliaro (11).\u00a0 The Blue Devils return five defenders \u2013 Travers, King, Piper, Roller and sophomore Lexi Coughlin<\/a> who started at least 13 matches a year ago.\u00a0
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\nTo stay up to date with Blue Devils women’s soccer, follow the team on X, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeWSOC.”
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\n#GoDuke
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\n2026 Duke Women’s Soccer Schedule
\nAug. 5 vs. Wake Forest^ at 7 p.m.
\nAug. 8 vs. Carolina Ascent^ TBA
\nAug. 12 at Southern California TBA
\nAug. 16 at UCLA TBA
\nAug. 20 vs. FIU at 6 pm
\nAug. 23 vs. Rhode Island at 6 pm
\nAug. 27 at Old Dominion at 6 pm
\nAug. 30 vs. VCU at 1 pm
\nSept. 12 vs. Stanford* at 6 pm
\nSept. 17 at North Carolina* at 7 pm
\nSept. 24 vs. Notre Dame* at 6 pm
\nSept. 27 at Pittsburgh* at 1 pm
\nOct. 3 vs. California* at 5 pm
\nOct. 10 at Boston College* at 7 pm
\nOct. 16 at SMU* at 8:30 pm
\nOct. 24 vs. NC State* at 5 pm
\nOct. 29 at Florida State* TBA
\nNov. 5 vs. Virginia* at 6 pm
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\n^ Denotes exhibition contest
\n* Denotes ACC match
\nBold is home match
\nMatches are in Eastern Time
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