Eagles Fall in Close Match to No. 4 Duke

NEWTON, Mass. – The Boston College women's soccer team dropped a 2-1 contest to fourth-ranked Duke on Thursday night at the Newton Campus Soccer Field. The Eagles (9-7-1, 3-4-1 ACC) fought until the end, getting an opportunity in the final seconds, but could not convert against the Blue Devils (14-1-0, 7-0-0 ACC).

Duke's Racioppi netted the first goal of the game just under five minutes into the contest but freshman Sam Coffey was able to score the equalizer before time ran out in the first half. Coffey leads the team with 16 points on the season.

Schuyler DeBree scored the lone goal of the second half on a free kick in the 62^nd minute.

The Eagles outshot the Blue Devils, 18-13, and took seven corner kicks to Duke's five. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Alexis Bryant made five saves in the game.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 4 Duke 2, Boston College 1
Records: Duke (14-1-0, 7-0-0 ACC) at Boston College (9-7-1, 3-4-1 ACC)
Location: Newton Soccer Field in Newton, Mass.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GOAL: Duke 1, BC 0; 3:35: The Blue Devils got on the board first as Imani Dorsey fed Racioppi on the right side of the box as she scored her third goal of the year in the fourth minute.
GOAL: BC 1, Duke 1; 32:14: Coffey evened the score before time ran out in the first half. On a free kick on the left side of the box, she nailed her fifth goal of the season past goalie EJ Proctor.
GOAL: Duke 2, BC 1; 61:27: Duke gained back the lead in the 62^nd minute on a free kick by DeBree. Her shot connected with the back of the net from a shot at the 45-yard line.

GAME NOTES

In the 16^th meeting between the two squads, Duke came out on top, improving to 9-4-3 in the all-time season.
BC is 4-4 in one-goal games this season.
The Eagles have only lost at home three times in 2017: Vanderbilt (Aug. 25), No. 3/5 North Carolina (Oct. 14) and to No. 4/4 Duke (Oct. 19).
Freshman Sam Coffey leads the team with 16 points.

COACH'S QUOTE
Head Coach Alison Foley
"I thought a lot of things went really well. We kept the ball really well; I thought we defended collectively really well. I thought we posed [Duke] tons of problems. They couldn't get out of the blue line…they couldn't find many options. I thought we created some good chances; we had a lot of corners. We needed to be a little sharper on our corners. We had seven corners – that is enough to score at least one [goal] in my mind and in our team's mind. At the end of the day, you have to take care of those chances. You outshoot and you out-corner a top team – or any team – you expect some of those to be converted."

UP NEXT
Boston College will host No. 12 Virginia on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. in the final home game of the 2017 season.

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Team Stats

Sam Coffey

Jenna Bike

Olivia Vaughn

Jillian Jennings

Players Mentioned

Alexis Bryant

Sam Coffey

Players Mentioned

Alexis Bryant

Sam Coffey