NC State
#11 Duke
Underwood, Wolfpack Shock No. 11 Duke, 3-1
10/18/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM, NC (Oct. 17) -- Freshman forward Lindsey Underwood scored two goals in the final 14:47 to lift NC State past 11th-ranked Duke 3-1 on Oct. 17. The win catapults NC State to 9-5-2 (2-2-1 ACC) and drops Duke to 11-4 (4-2 ACC).
Duke opened the scoring in the first half when sophomore forward Brigid Bowdell took a pass from sophomore midfielder Carly Fuller and scored at the 33:07 mark of the first half. NC State, ranked eighth in the Southeast, finally broke through when Underwood found her way past the Blue Devil defense and blasted a shot past Duke goalkeeper Thora Helgodottir to tie the match at the 75:13 mark. The Wolfpack added a second goal two minutes and 41 seconds later when senior forward Shannon Tully beat the Dukes offsides trap again with an assist from sophomore midfielder Colette Seville. Underwood put the game away at the 85:56 mark when she beat Helgadottir once more on a feed from sophomore midfielder Rachel Durr.
NC State goalkeeper Gretchen Lear saved eight Blue Devil shots, including a diving stab of a shot by Dukes Sarah Pickens at the 28:20 mark of the first half. Lear also received help from freshman defender Tara Knauss, who made a crucial backsave in the 35th minute to keep the score 1-0. Helgadottir, who entered the week 18th nationally in goals against average, saved two in the loss.
"What a win for this program," said Wolfpack head coach Laura Kerrigan. "We kept telling them how to beat that type of defense and we eventually figured it out. We started going for balls over the top of the defense because that is what you must do to score. I said at the beginning of the season that we were going to have to beat some top-20 teams, and this definitely falls into that category."
NC State will be at home on Sunday, October 22nd when the Wolfpack will take on #5 Clemson at Method Road Soccer Stadium at 1:00 p.m.
NC State 0 3 - 3 Duke 1 0 - 1Shots- NC State 6, Duke 22
Corner Kicks- NC State 0, Duke 10
Saves- NC State 8, Duke 2
Fouls- NC State 11, Duke 12
