DURHAM – The fourth-ranked Duke women's soccer team travels to Columbia, S.C., this week to close exhibition action against the 12th-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks. The match will be contested Thursday, Aug. 10 at 5 p.m., inside Eugene E. Stone III Stadium. Â
Admission will be free for all fans and no video feed will be provided. Â
Duke and South Carolina are coming off meeting a pair of times last season with the Blue Devils coming out on top in both contests, which were played in Durham. In an exhibition match in August, Duke registered a 2-1 victory with
Katie Groff and
Julia Hannon collecting second half goals. Â
Both teams met again in November as part of the NCAA Tournament round of 16 with the Blue Devils receiving a couple of goals from
Michelle Cooper to win 2-1. Â
For the second straight exhibition contest, a member of Duke's squad will face her sister as senior
Nicky Chico will go up against her sister, Emily, who is a sophomore defender for the Gamecocks. In Monday's match versus Wake Forest, freshman
Phoebe Goldthwaite went up against her sister, Baylor. Â
Next up for the Blue Devils will be West Virginia in the season opener at Koskinen Stadium in Durham on Thursday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. Â
Season tickets as well as single game tickets are available for purchase
here. Â
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