Panthers Close Out Home Season with No. 4 Duke
10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 21, 2016
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh women's soccer team will close out the home slate of the regular season Sunday, hosting No. 4 Duke at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Senior Day.
Kick-off is set for 1 p.m. as Pitt will honor seniors Arielle Fernandez, Taylor Francis, Niki Hopkins, Siobhan McDonough and Emily Pietrangelo as well as senior manager Rosie Davison.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- Live stats will be available here
- The match can be seen live on the ACC Network Extra via WatchESPN and the WatchESPN app
LEADING OF
- Pitt (2-13-1, 1-7-0 ACC) welcomes No. 4 Duke to Ambrose Urbanic Field in a 1 p.m. kickoff at Ambrose Urbanic Field
- The contest will close the home portion of the 2016 season for the Panthers
- Pitt is coming off of a 3-0 loss at the hands of No. 18 North Carolina on Thursday night on a rain-soaked Ambrose Urbanic Field
- The Panthers' last ACC win came on Oct. 9 when they knocked off Miami 1-0 in double overtime
SCOUTING DUKE
- Ranked fourth in the latest NSACC Poll, Duke (11-3-2, 6-1-1 ACC) paces the ACC heading into its final two games of the regular season
- The Blue Devils suffered their first ACC loss of the season Thursday night, dropping a 1-0 decision at Florida State
- Imani Dorsey leads the Duke offense with seven goals and five assists for 19 points, while teammate Ella Stevens has also recorded seven goals
- Keeper EJ Proctor has earned the decision in all 16 contests, allowing just 11 goals on the year and recording a .780 save percentage
SERIES WITH DUKE
- This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs in a series dating back to the 2013 season
- Duke holds a 3-0-0 all-time advantage over the Panthers as all three meetings have come in ACC play
- Last season the Blue Devils knocked Pitt off by a score of 3-1 on their home turf and have outscored Pitt 12-4 in the three meetings
NEXT UP
- The 2016 season will come to an end on Thursday as Pitt travels to Cary, N.C., for a 7 p.m. tilt with North Carolina State
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