No. 11 Blue Devils Edge Tigers, 3-2 on Senior Night

BOX SCORE

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson women’s soccer team came up just short against No. 11 Duke on Saturday night at Historic Riggs Field as the Blue Devils scored a late goal to take home a 3-2 win. With the loss, the Tigers dropped to 9-6 overall and 4-3 in the ACC, while the Blue Devils improved to 11-2-2 overall and 5-1-1 in conference play.

HOW IT WAS DECIDED
In the 77^th minute, Duke played the ball up to Lily Nabet, who settled the ball in the far corner. Nabet connected with Talor Racioppi outside the 18, who took a touch and fired a shot from 24 yards out, hitting the bottom right corner to give Duke a 3-2 lead, which it did not relinquish.

OF NOTE

• Sophomore Mariana Speckmaier gave the Tigers an early 1-0 lead in the ninth minute off a close range header, as she redirected Ellen Colborn’s shot into the net.
• In the 66^th minute, senior Sam Staab sent a cross into redshirt senior Miranda Weslake inside the box. Weslake settled the ball and took a touch, firing off a shot from 10 yards out into the lower right corner of the goal to tie the match at 2-all.

• Weslake, Staab and Colborn capped of their Senior Night and final regular season home match in style, as each recorded points in the contest.
• Staab tallied her eighth assist of the season, the 30^th of her career, and remains fifth in the Clemson record book in that category. Colborn recorded her first career assist in the match.
• Weslake and Speckmaier are tied for the team lead in goals, as both recorded their seventh of the season against the Blue Devils. The two also lead the team in scoring with 15 points apiece, each with seven goals and one assist.

UP NEXT
Clemson closes out the remainder of the 2018 regular season on the road, starting with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Thursday, Oct. 18. The match is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Following Thursday’s match, the Tigers travel to Virginia Tech for a Sunday afternoon match in Blacksburg.

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Photos by Josh Priddy & Jordan Roper || Video’s by Jordan Roper, Carly Gough and Andrew Chalon

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And it's 2-2 at Riggs! RS Senior Miranda Weslake ties it up for the Tigers.
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FINAL: @clemsonwsoccer 2, No. 11 Duke 3 pic.twitter.com/D5d6uWEzDo

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