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Men's Soccer
vs Pitt
Friday, September 29
Durham, N.C.
7 p.m.
Duke University
vs
Syracuse
No. 21 Duke Battles No. 7 Syracuse on Friday Night
9/28/2023 3:38:00 PM | Men's Soccer
DURHAM – The No. 21 Duke men's soccer team welcomes No. 7 Syracuse, the reigning national champions, to Durham on Friday night, the first regular-season matchup pitting two ranked teams at Koskinen Stadium since the 2021 season. The Blue Devils (5-1-2, 1-2-0) and Orange (4-1-3, 1-0-2) kick off at 7 p.m., and fans can tune in on ACC Network, with Dalen Cuff and Devon Kerr on the call.
Friday is also Pediatric Cancer Awareness Night at Koskinen Stadium, a night of remembrance in honor of Malia Jusczyk, who passed away at the age of 14 in June of 2023 after battling relapsed neuroblastoma. The two teams will wear t-shirts designed by Malia's father, Glen, who was teammates with both Duke head coach John Kerr (Worcester Wildfire, 1997) and Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre (Western Mass Pioneers, 2000).
BY THE NUMBERS
3 - Consecutive wins by the Blue Devils over Syracuse.
55 - Points tallied by the Blue Devils so far through eight matches, good for an average of 6.88 per game.
8 - Goals for Forster Ajago, tied for second-most in the nation, as of 9/28.
16 - Straight undefeated regular-season games for Duke at Koskinen Stadium.
 TOP-25 TILT RETURNS TO DURHAM
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Friday is also Pediatric Cancer Awareness Night at Koskinen Stadium, a night of remembrance in honor of Malia Jusczyk, who passed away at the age of 14 in June of 2023 after battling relapsed neuroblastoma. The two teams will wear t-shirts designed by Malia's father, Glen, who was teammates with both Duke head coach John Kerr (Worcester Wildfire, 1997) and Syracuse head coach Ian McIntyre (Western Mass Pioneers, 2000).
BY THE NUMBERS
3 - Consecutive wins by the Blue Devils over Syracuse.
55 - Points tallied by the Blue Devils so far through eight matches, good for an average of 6.88 per game.
8 - Goals for Forster Ajago, tied for second-most in the nation, as of 9/28.
16 - Straight undefeated regular-season games for Duke at Koskinen Stadium.
 TOP-25 TILT RETURNS TO DURHAM
- Duke welcomes a ranked team to Koskinen Stadium for a regular-season match for the first since the 2021 season.
- The Blue Devils last played a ranked team at home on Oct. 15, 2021, dropping a 3-2 overtime result against No. 23 Clemson.
- The most recent ranked Duke team to match up against a top-10 opponent in Durham was No. 6 Virginia Tech on Sept. 11, 2021 - a 1-0 victory for No. 19 Duke.
- Forster Ajago has continued his goal-scoring ways, tallying three goals across the last two games.
- The Navrongo, Ghana native opened the scoring at North Carolina on Sunday afternoon and secured a brace in less than three minutes against College of Charleston on Tuesday night.
- The Blue Devils scored first in 13 of their 15 regular season goals in '22 and went 11-1-1 when scoring first.
- Duke is 4-1-0 this season when scoring first (Forster Ajago vs. Furman, Ulfur Bjornsson at Princeton and vs. Virginia, Nick Pariano vs. College of Charleston).
- Duke travels to No. 15 Notre Dame for an ACC Coastal matchup, playing at Alumni Soccer Stadium on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
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