2025 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 1 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 3 |
| Record | 2–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Carla Overbeck (32nd season) |
| Assistant coach | Hanna Gardner (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Koskinen Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7т Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of August 21, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team will represent Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils will be led by head coach Kieran Hall, in his first season. They will play their home games at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. This will be the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 37th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Hall replaced twenty-four year head coach Robbie Church during the offseason.[1][2]
Previous season
The Blue Devils finished the regular season 14–1–1 and 9–0–1 in ACC play to finish as conference champions. This was Duke's fourth regular season ACC title in program history. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they earned a bye to the Semifinals where they faced North Carolina for a third time that season. Duke could not make it three wins in a row and lost 2–1. The Blue Devils received an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they were the first seed in the Duke Bracket. They were also the top overall seed in the tournament. They defeated Howard in the First Round, eighth seed and seventeenth ranked Texas Tech in the Second Round, and fifth-seed and sixteenth ranked Michigan State in the Round of 16. They defeated fellow ACC team Virginia Tech, who was the seventh seed and ranked twelfth, 1–0 in the Quarterfinals. Duke advanced to the College Cup and faced North Carolina for a fourth time this season. North Carolina won 3–0 to end Duke's season. [3] Duke won both regular season matches, and the Tar Heels won both postseason matches between the rivals. The Blue Devil's final record was 18–3–1. Their eighteen wins were the most since 2017, the last time they made the College Cup.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Leah Freeman | 0 | GK | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Berkeley, California | Graduated |
| Ella Hase | 3 | FW | 5'5" | Graduate Student | Orland Park, Illinois | Graduated; Signed professional contract with Racing Louisville FC[4] |
| Baleigh Bruster | 4 | DF | 5'7" | Senior | Atlanta, Georgia | Graduated; transferred to Clemson |
| Mary Long | 10 | MF/FW | 5'10" | Freshman | Mission Hills, Kansas | Signed professional contract with Kansas City Current[5] |
| Nicky Chico | 17 | DF | 5'4" | Graduate Student | Wyckoff, New Jersey | Graduated |
| Hannah Bebar | 18 | MF | 5'4" | Graduate Student | Naperville, Illinois | Graduated; Signed professional contract with Bay FC[6] |
| Maggie Graham | 19 | MF | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Atlanta, Georgia | Graduated |
| Kelly Wilson | 20 | DF | 5'10" | Senior | Manhattan Beach, California | Graduated |
| Katie Groff | 21 | DF | 5'7" | Graduate Student | Raleigh, North Carolina | Graduated |
Recruiting class
Source:[7]
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
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Alexis Coughlin DF |
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Corona, California | Legends FC |   [8]
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Kaylee Kim FW |
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Belmont, California | FC Bay Area | [9]
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Daya King DF |
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Moreno Valley, California | Legends FC | [10]
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Kosette Koons-Perdikis MF |
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Chevy Chase, Maryland | Virginia Union FC | [11]
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Avery Oder FW |
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Calabasas, California | Beach FC | [12]
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Jocelyn Travers DF |
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Santa Cruz, California | Bay Area Surf | [13]
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Molly Vapensky GK |
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Evanston, Illinois | FC United | [14]
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Squad
Roster
- As of August 6, 2025[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Kieran Hall |
| Associate head coach | Carla Overbeck |
| Assistant coach | Hanna Gardner |
| Director of Operations | Evan Gaffney |
Source:[15]
Schedule
Source:[16]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| August 4* 6:00 p.m. |
No. 4 | Carolina Ascent FC | T 0–0 | — |
Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
| August 8* 6:00 p.m. |
No. 4 | at No. 21 South Carolina | None Reported[17] | — |
Stone Stadium Columbia, SC | ||||||
| Non-Conference Regular season | |||||||||||
| August 14* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 4 | No. 11 Penn State | W 3–2 | 1–0–0 |
Koskinen Stadium (801) Durham, NC | ||||||
| August 21* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 1 | Northwestern | W 3–0 | 2–0–0 |
Koskinen Stadium (645) Durham, NC | ||||||
| August 28* 7:00 p.m. |
at Arkansas | Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR | |||||||||
| August 31* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Creighton | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| September 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
VMI | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| September 7* 1:30 p.m., ACCN |
Alabama | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Virginia | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
| September 14 12:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Miami | Cobb Stadium Coral Gables, FL | |||||||||
| September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||
| September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Wake Forest | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Pittsburgh | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| October 12 1:00 p.m., ESPNU |
North Carolina Rivalry |
Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| October 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Virginia Tech | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA | |||||||||
| October 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Syracuse | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| October 26 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
at NC State | Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
| October 30 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Clemson | Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC | |||||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors
| Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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| Mia Minestrella | Preseason All-ACC Team | August 7 | [18] |
| Mia Oliaro | |||
| Cameron Roller | |||
| Cameron Roller | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team | August 12 | [19] |
| Mia Olario | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team | ||
| Avery Oder | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Freshman Team | ||
| Cameron Roller | Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist | August 14 | [20] |
| Mia Olario | |||
| Mia Minestrella | ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 1 | August 19 | [21] |
Rankings
| Week | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| United Soccer[22] | 4 | 1 (3) | Not released | |||||||||||||||
| TopDrawer Soccer[23] | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Howell, Maria (November 16, 2024). "How Duke women's soccer delivered a comeback season in coach Robbie Church's last dance". ncaa.com. NCAA. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ "Duke Selects Kieran Hall As Next Head Women's Soccer Coach". collegiatesportsassociates.com. Collegiate Sports Associates. June 25, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
- ^ Tan, Jun (December 6, 2024). "No. 1 Duke women's soccer ends historic Robbie Church era with 3-0 College Cup loss to North Carolina". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ "Racing signs Duke playmaker Hase to first pro deal". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "Kansas City Current signs trio of collegiate stars Two U17 World Cup stars and a NCAA National Champion set to join Kansas City". Kansas City Current. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
- ^ "Bay FC Signs Three-Time All-American Hannah Bebar to First Professional Contract". Bay FC. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ "Hall Inks First Class; Brings in No. 1 Ranked Group". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. January 11, 2025. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Alexis Coughlin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Kaylee Kim". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Daya King". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Kosette Koons-Perdikis". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Avery Oder". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Jocelyn Travers". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Molly Vapensky". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 Women's Soccer Roster". goduke.com. Duke University Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's Soccer Schedule". goduke.com. Duke Blue Devils Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ @dukewsoc; (August 8, 2025). "Battled in Columbia tonight 🤟 Last test before it counts next week!" – via Instagram.
- ^ "North Carolina Selected 2025 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 7, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's Division I Preseason Awards". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. August 12, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Wilburn, Sarah (August 14, 2025). "2025 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.