Women's Soccer Returns to College Cup With Win at Top-Seeded Duke

Santa Clara

Duke

Final	1	2	T
Santa Clara (15-5-2, 8-1-0)	2	0	2
Duke (16-4-1, 7-2-1)	0	1	1

Scoring Summary

1st - 24:53 - D'Aquila, Izzy (Santa Clara)

1st - 28:15 - Turnbow, Kelsey (Santa Clara)

2nd - 61:52 - Migli, Olivia (Duke)

Game Leaders

Santa Clara

G: 2 Players (#9, #10) - 1

A: 3 Players (#4, #10, #14) - 1

Sh: 3 Players (#4, #9, #10) - 1

Sv: Kylie Foutch - 4

Duke

G: Migli, Olivia - 1

A: N/A

Sh: Cooper, Michelle - 3

Sv: N/A

Team Stats

Santa Clara

Duke

Shots (on goal)

3 (2)

12 (5)

Saves

Fouls

Corner Kicks

Offsides

full stats

Posted: Nov 26, 2021

HIGHLIGHTS: Women's Soccer Defeats Top-Seeded Duke

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DURHAM, N.C. – Santa Clara women's soccer is headed to its second consecutive College Cup after taking down top-seeded Duke 2-1 Friday in an NCAA quarterfinal match. It will the program's 12th College Cup appearance and the third time it has gone in back-to-back seasons. The last time was 2001-02.

The Broncos (15-5-2) got two first half goals from Izzy D'Aquila and Kelsey Turnbow and made it standup despite the Blue Devils' (16-4-1) edge in the offensive end of the field.

Defending national champion Santa Clara, which has won nine straight NCAA Tournament matches, now gets to play in front of its home crowd in the College Cup. The national semifinals are set for Friday, Dec. 3, and the final on either Sunday, Dec. 5, or Monday, Dec. 6, in Stevens Stadium.

Duke ended the night with 12 shots and five on target while Santa Clara had just three shots, with just the two goals being on frame, but it was enough to survive and advance. It was just the third time this year the Blue Devil's allowed multiple goals. They entered third in the country allowing just .489 goals per match.

The first shot of the night for Santa Clara netted the first goal of the match. Turnbow's pass found Skylar Smith and a deflection off a shot was perfectly placed for D'Aquila to knock it into the back of the net.

Just three and a half minutes later, the Broncos struck again. This time Marisa Bubnis found Turnbow who finished a beautiful shot to make it 2-0.

Duke got on the board in the 62nd minute on a header just out of Kylie Foutch's grasp. Olivia Migli got a head on a ball that Foutch was able to get her fingertips on it but it slipped through and over the end line to cut the lead to 2-1.

Foutch had a good night in net overall, coming up with four saves.

The Broncos will play BYU in one national semifinal. Florida State and Rutgers are set to meet in the other one.

NOTES

Santa Clara is now 4-1 all-time against Duke and 1-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
This was the Broncos 63rd win in the NCAA Tournament and their ninth in a row. The program record is 11 from 2001-02.
The Broncos made the quarterfinals for the second year in a row for the first time since 2004 and 2005.
Santa Clara is one of just three teams to make the third round in each of the last three years. The other teams are Florida State and Penn State. The Broncos are just one of five teams to make the third round of the NCAA Tournament five of the last six seasons. The other teams are North Carolina (2016-20), UCLA (2016-20), Florida State (2017-21), Virginia (2016-18, 2020-21), and Duke (2016-17, 2019-20).
The was the first time Duke has ended its season at home since 1997.
Kelsey Turnbow is in fifth place at Santa Clara in career goals with 56. Next is Jenni Symons and Jacqui Little with 63 each. She is in now in fifth with 38 assists. Next is Aly Wagner with 49. Turnbow is also at 150 points, which is fifth. Next is Jenny Fechner's 156.
Turnbow is also tied for fifth in program history with seven postseason goals with Veronica Zepeda. Next is Kristi Candau, Mandi Clemens, and Little with eight. She is tied for eighth with five postseason assists with Kim Pickup. Next is Osborne and Nikki Serlenga with six. Her 19 postseason points is fourth. Next is Clemens and Little with 25.
Head coach Jerry Smith now has 523 career wins, the third most Division I wins in women's soccer history.

HIGHLIGHTS

Check out some highlights from our win to send us back to the @NCAASoccer #CollegeCup!#StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/7k1blSaJ5a
— Santa Clara Women's Soccer (@SCUWomensSoccer) November 27, 2021

INTERVIEW

��️ Head coach @SCUJerrySmith talks about the Broncos win over Duke to advance to the @NCAASoccer #CollegeCup for the second year in a row.#StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/IB4OjTeCf7
— Santa Clara Women's Soccer (@SCUWomensSoccer) November 27, 2021

NEXT UP
The Broncos play No. 4-seed BYU in one of the College Cup semifinals on Friday, Dec. 3, in Santa Clara. The other national semifinal will feature a pair of top seeds in Florida State and Rutgers. The first semifinal match between Rutgers and Florida State begins at 4 p.m. and the second with Santa Clara and BYU at 6:30 p.m from Stevens Stadium. The national final will be played either Sunday, Dec. 5 or Monday, Dec. 6. All three College Cup matches will air on ESPNU.

NCAA COLLEGE CUP TICKETS
Santa Clara University is the host site for the 2021 NCAA College Cup. Two semifinal matches will be held on Friday, Dec. 3, beginning at 4 p.m. in Stevens Stadium. The national final is set Sunday, Dec. 5, or Monday, Dec. 6. Kickoff for the final will be 5 p.m. on Sunday. A start time on Monday has not been finalized. Either single-session or all-session tickets are available for purchase. Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online. Questions may be directed to the Santa Clara ticket office at either 408-554-4660 or broncotickets@scu.edu.