2025 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team
| 2025 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, College Cup | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 3 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 4 |
| Record | 17–5–1 (7–3–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Carla Overbeck (32nd season) |
| Assistant coach | Hanna Gardner (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Koskinen Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Stanford †‡y | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .950 | 21 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Notre Dame y | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .850 | 15 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .825 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Duke y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 17 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .761 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 16 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Virginia y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 14 | – | 3 | – | 5 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Louisville y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13т North Carolina y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 13 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .600 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 8 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest y | 4 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .550 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson y | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .500 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .300 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .200 | 6 | – | 10 | – | 2 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 5 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .150 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .100 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Kieran Hall, in his first season. They played their home games at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. This was the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 37th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Hall replaced twenty-four year head coach Robbie Church during the offseason.
The Blue Devils began the season ranked fourth in the United Soccer Coaches poll. They opened the season with a 3–2 victory over eleventh ranked Penn State. The victory propelled them to the top of the rankings. After a 3–0 defeat of Northwestern they fell to third. There they defeated eighth ranked Arkansas 3–0 but did not move for the rest of their non-conference schedule. They won two and drew one of their remaining games, with the draw coming against Alabama. They rose to second in the rankings where they began the ACC season. They lost three of their first four ACC matches, with the lone win coming against Miami. They lost to fifth ranked Virginia, sixth ranked Notre Dame, and nineteenth ranked Wake Forest. The skid saw them fall to fourteenth in the rankings. However, the Blue Devils won the remainder of their ACC games. They only played two ranked games over the stretch, defeating rival and nineteenth ranked North Carolina 3–2 and twenty-fifth ranked Clemson, also 3–2, on the final day of the regular season.
The Blue Devils finished the regular season 12–3–1 and 7–3–0 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted sixth seed and twenty-first ranked Louisville in the First Round. They won 1–0 to advance to the Semifinals. There they lost to second seed and second ranked Notre Dame in a rematch of a September 18 matchup. Duke lost again in the post season, this time 2–1. The Blue Devils received an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament where they were the second seed in the Virginia. They defeated Elon in the First Round, eighth seed UCF in the Second Round, and third seed Kansas in the Round of 16. They defeated fourth seed and thirteenth ranked Washington 3–0 in the Quarterfinals. Duke advanced to the College Cup and faced top seed and top ranked Stanford. They lost 0–1 to end their season with a 17–5–1 overall record. Falling one win short of their win total from last year.