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\nMatch 15 l\u00a0 Complete Release
\nNo. 5 Duke (9-1-3, 4-1-2 ACC) at No. 22 Florida State (7-2-3, 3-1-2 ACC)
\nThursday, Oct. 29 \u2013 8 PM (ET) \u2013 ACC Network
\nTallahassee, Fla. (Seminole Soccer Stadium)
\nACCNX Talent: Jenn Hildreth (PBP), Kacey White (Color)
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\nNEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke women’s soccer will travel to Tallahassee, Florida this week for its final regular-season road match as the fifth-ranked Blue Devils face 22nd-ranked Florida State Thursday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., at Seminole Soccer Stadium.
\n\tThe match will air live on ACC Network with Jenn Hildreth (PXP) and Kacey White (Analyst) calling the action.
\n\tThe Blue Devils have two regular-season matches remaining at No. 22 FSU and at home against No. 19 Virginia.\u00a0
\n\tWith its next victory, Duke would reach the 10-win mark for the 30th time in program history.
\n\tDuke’s two goals allowed in the first half are tied with Wake Forest for the fewest in the ACC. The Blue Devils’ 22 first-half goals are tied for third in the ACC.
\n\tThe Blue Devils are tied for fourth in the ACC standings with two regular-season matches remaining.\u00a0 The top six teams advance to the ACC Championship.
\n\tDuke is 16-0-2 in October matches dating back the last three years.\u00a0
\n\tDuke is No. 11 in the latest NCAA RPI, released Oct. 26.
\n\tSeniors Cameron Roller<\/a> and Mia Oliaro<\/a> were named captains for 2026.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nSTORYLINES\/OTHER BLUE DEVIL NOTES<\/p>\n


\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> has scored against 13 ACC teams over her career. Florida State is one of only three other current ACC teams she has not scored against.
\n\tThe Blue Devils will face a ranked opponent for the first time since Sept. 24 when they visit No. 22 Florida State.
\n\tDuke has allowed just two goals over its last five ACC matches, tied with Stanford for the fewest in the conference over each team’s last five league contests.
\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> needs two goals to tie Kelly Walbert’s Duke career goals record of 47.\u00a0 Walbert initially broke the Duke all-time goals record Oct. 19, 1994, by scoring her 29th goal.\u00a0 She scored her 47th on Oct. 29, 1995, against Alabama. Thursday marks the 31st anniversary of Walbert’s 47th career goal.
\n\tIn 11 matches against ranked opponents in 2025, Mia Minestrella<\/a> totaled eight goals and two assists. Over the last two years, she has notched 12 goals and seven assists in 26 matches against ranked opponents.\u00a0
\n\tJocelyn Travers<\/a> has matched her career high of four assists this season. She has notched an assist in back-to-back games against SMU and NC State.
\n\tJunior Katie Shea Collins<\/a> has missed two full games and two second halves recently due to injury.\u00a0
\n\tThe Blue Devils have earned 43 corner kicks over the last four matches, while opponents have taken only seven.
\n\tFour Blue Devils were on the Hermann Trophy midseason watch list announced recently — Sam Courtwright<\/a>, Katie Shea Collins<\/a>, Mia Minestrella<\/a> and Cameron Roller<\/a>. The four Blue Devils were the most of any team nationally.
\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> became the first Blue Devil to record at least 10 goals in three consecutive seasons. She has scored 44 goals over her last 53 matches. During that span, Minestrella has recorded 13 assists and 101 points
\n\tCameron Roller<\/a> has started 66 matches in a row at Duke.
\n\tOver the last two years, Duke has sent eight alumnae to the NWSL — Hannah Bebar (Bay FC), Leah Freeman (San Diego Wave FC), Maggie Graham (Houston Dash), Ella Hase (Racing Louisville FC), Mary Long (Kansas City Current), Carina Lageyre<\/a> (Angel City FC), Kat Rader<\/a> (Houston Dash) and Devin Lynch<\/a> (Denver Summit).\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nTHE SERIES WITH FLORIDA STATE<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke and Florida State will meet for the 37th time in program history with the Seminoles leading the series, 18-11-7.
\n\tThe Seminoles have posted a 1-1-2 record at home this season.
\n\tFlorida State won the last meeting, 4-0, in Durham on Oct. 22, 2023. In Duke’s most recent trip to Tallahassee, the Seminoles posted a 5-1 victory on Oct. 13, 2022.
\n\tDuke’s last road victory against Florida State came on Oct. 24, 1999, when the Blue Devils registered a 3-1 win in Tallahassee. <\/p>\n

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\nSCOUTING FLORIDA STATE<\/p>\n


\n\tFlorida State enters the contest with a 7-2-3 overall and 3-1-2 ACC mark.\u00a0
\n\tThe Seminoles have totaled a 1-1-2 mark at home this season.
\n\tFSU has been led by Sam Erbach (4 goals, 4 assists) and Wrianna Hudson (5 goals) on the year.\u00a0
\n\tA total of 10 players have scored for the Seminoles. <\/p>\n

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\nLAST MEETING AGAINST FSU<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke and Florida State will meet for the first time since 2023.\u00a0
\n\tFSU has won the last two meetings by a combined 9-1 margin.
\n\tThe last meeting came Oct. 22, 2023 with Florida State totaling a 4-0 victory.\u00a0 Phoebe Goldthwaite<\/a>, Cameron Roller<\/a>, Mia Minestrella<\/a> and Sam Bodensteiner<\/a> were all freshmen and saw action in that match.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nDUKE VERSUS RANKED FOES<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Blue Devils have posted a 1-1-2 record against ranked opponents this season. Florida State will be Duke’s first ranked opponent since its Sept. 24 match against Notre Dame.
\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> and Avery Oder<\/a> have scored two goals each against ranked opponents this season.
\n\tDuke has outscored ranked opponents 9-6, including a 4-1 advantage in the first half. <\/p>\n

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\nA WIN WOULD…<\/p>\n


\n\tGive Duke its 500th all-time win in program history!
\n\tGive the Blue Devils at least 10 wins for the 30th time in the program’s 39 seasons, including both seasons under head coach Kieran Hall<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\nON THE ROAD<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke will play its eighth road match of the season. The Blue Devils have a 4-1-2 mark in road matches this year.
\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> has scored seven goals in road matches this season, tallying goals against Southern California, Old Dominion, North Carolina, Boston College and SMU (3).
\n\tFive different Blue Devils have scored on the road this season — Minestrella (7), Katie Shea Collins<\/a> (2), Avery Oder<\/a> (2), Sam Courtwright<\/a> (3) and Rylee McLanahan<\/a> (1).
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\n\t\tDuke has outscored road opponents 15-8, including an 8-1 advantage in the first half.
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\n\tThe Blue Devils have outshot opponents 52-17 in the first half and 52-29 in the second half. <\/p>\n

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\nAGAINST ACC OPPONENTS<\/p>\n


\n\tIn ACC games only, Mia Minestrella<\/a> currently ranks second in shots (34), third in shots per game (4.25), tied for first in goals (7), second in goals per game (0.875), first in points (15) and second in points per game (1.88).
\n\tSam Courtwright<\/a>, Mia Oliaro<\/a> and Lauren Martinho<\/a> are tied for fifth with three assists.\u00a0
\n\tAvery Oder<\/a> is tied for fourth in goals (4) and tied for sixth in goals per game (0.500).\u00a0
\n\tMolly Vapensky<\/a> ranks first with four shutouts and tied for second in shutouts per game (0.500).\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nMARTINHO NETS START<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke redshirt sophomore Lauren Martinho<\/a> earned her first start of the 2026 season and the sixth of her collegiate career against NC State.
\n\tMartinho made her presence felt by assisting on the game-winning goal by Avery Oder<\/a> in the second half.\u00a0
\n\tMartinho played a career-best 78 minutes in the 1-0 victory against the Wolfpack.
\n\tIt marked the third consecutive match in which Martinho recorded an assist.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nODER WITH WINNER AGAINST NC STATE<\/p>\n


\n\tSophomore Avery Oder<\/a> collected her seventh goal of the 2026 season as she netted the game-winner against NC State.\u00a0
\n\tHer seven goals are a career high for a season, surpassing the six she scored as a rookie in 2025.
\n\tOder has scored four goals against ACC foes in 2026, and six of her 13 career goals have come against ACC teams.
\n\tOder owns three game-winning goals in 2026 and five over her short career.\u00a0
\n\tShe has scored on seven of her 10 shots on goal this season. Her overall shooting percentage has climbed from 12.8 percent as a freshman to 23.3 percent this fall. <\/p>\n

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\nVAPENSKY LEADING THE ACC<\/p>\n


\n\tSophomore Molly Vapensky<\/a> continues to settle in as Duke’s goalkeeper in 2026.\u00a0 She has collected four shutouts on the year with all four coming against ACC opponents.
\n\tHer four shutouts in ACC play lead the league.
\n\tShe has recorded shutouts in three of Duke’s last five matches, including each of the last two.\u00a0
\n\tVapensky matched her career high with five saves against NC State in Duke’s last match.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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\nVARIOUS NOTES<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke is unbeaten in its last six matches with a 3-0-3 record and a 10-3 scoring advantage. The Blue Devils have surrendered one goal or fewer in each contest, including three shutouts.
\n\tFollowing three consecutive draws, Duke has won three straight matches, outscoring Boston College, SMU and NC State by a combined 8-1.
\n\tPhoebe Goldthwaite’s<\/a> six points and four assists this season match her combined totals from her first three collegiate seasons. Her eight starts this fall are twice the four she made across those previous three years.
\n\tDaya King<\/a> has started all 36 matches in which she has appeared during her Duke career, logging more than 3,000 minutes.
\n\tCameron Roller<\/a> needs 32 minutes, 13 seconds to reach 6,000 career minute. <\/p>\n

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\nSCORING AGAINST THE ACC<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke senior Mia Minestrella<\/a> has scored against 13 different ACC teams in regular-season and postseason play. The only other ACC opponents she has faced without scoring against are Syracuse (one meeting), Florida State (one meeting) and Wake Forest (two meetings).
\n\tThe next closest current ACC players are Izzy Engle (Notre Dame) and Wrianna Hudson (Florida State), who have each scored against 11 ACC teams.
\n\tIn 2026, Minestrella has scored in five of Duke’s eight ACC regular-season games, totaling seven goals in those matches.
\n\tIn 2025, Minestrella scored in seven of her 10 ACC regular-season games, totaling eight goals.
\n\tIn 2024 and 2025, Minestrella scored 13 goals across 20 ACC regular-season games, finding the net in 12 of those contests.
\n\tFrom 2024 through 2026, Minestrella has scored 20 goals across 28 ACC regular-season games, finding the net in 17 of those contests. <\/p>\n

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\nFILLING THE STAT SHEET…<\/p>\n


\n\tMia Minestrella<\/a> has scored or assisted on a goal in 10 of the Blue Devils’ 14 matches.
\n\tAvery Oder<\/a> has scored or assisted on a goal in eight of Duke’s 14 contests.\u00a0
\n\tLauren Martinho<\/a> has totaled assists in three games in a row. <\/p>\n

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\nCONSECUTIVE STARTS<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke senior Cameron Roller<\/a> has started 67 consecutive matches. Her streak is currently the longest in the ACC and ranks fifth nationally. <\/p>\n

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\nLONGEST STREAK NATIONALLY (Through 10\/25)
\n83\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Caroline Castans (Kansas)
\n73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jayden Sharpless (Duquesne)
\n72\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sydni Whitehead (Kennesaw State\/Bellarmine)
\n71\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Amaya Garrett (North Dakota State)
\n67\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cameron Roller<\/a> (Duke)
\n66\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kennedy Brown (New Mexico)
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\nFIRST HALF GOALS<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke has outscored its opponents 22-2 in the first half this season.\u00a0 North Carolina became the first opponent to score in the first half against Duke this season on Sept. 17, and California scored the second first-half goal.
\n\tIn the second half, the Blue Devils hold a 17-9 advantage.\u00a0
\n\tDuke has scored nine goals in the opening 10 minutes of matches this season and 12 in the opening 15 minutes. <\/p>\n

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\nGOALS LAST THREE YEARS<\/p>\n


\n\tAccording to the NCAA D-I stats, over the last three years (2024, 2025, 2026), Mia Minestrella<\/a> is tied with Notre Dame’s Izzy Engle for the national lead with 45 goals over the last three seasons (2024-26).
\n\tOklahoma’s Kayla Keefer leads the nation with 20 goals in 2026. Jaiden Anderson of Purdue ranks second with 17, Bella Devey of North Carolina is third with 16, and Minestrella is tied for fourth with Grace Ambrose of Alcorn, Amanda Schlueter of Ohio State and Sydney Watts of Vanderbilt with 15 goals each. <\/p>\n

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\nMINESTRELLA NETS MORE HISTORY<\/p>\n


\n\tDuke senior Mia Minestrella<\/a> has scored 15 goals so far in 2026 to become the first Duke student-athlete to total three straight seasons with 10 or more goals.
\n\tThree other Blue Devils recorded consecutive seasons with at least 10 goals \u2014 Kelly Walbert (1994 and 1995), Kayla McCoy (2017 and 2018) and Michelle Cooper (2021 and 2022) \u2014 but none reached that mark in three straight seasons.
\n\tMinestrella is the first ACC women’s soccer player since 2021 to score at least 12 goals in three straight seasons.\u00a0 The most recent player was Diana Ordonez from Virginia (2019-21).\u00a0
\n\tMinestrella is the first Power Four women’s soccer player since 2023 to score at least 12 goals in three straight seasons.\u00a0 The last player was Trinity Byars from Texas (2021-23).\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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