Second Half Sinks No. 25 Miami Soccer

Hurricanes close regular season at No. 12 Wake Forest on Sunday.



Durham, N.C. - No. 28 Duke netted three goals in the second half to defeat the No. 25 University of Miami women's soccer team, 4-2, on Thursday evening at Koskinen Stadium.



The two goals scored by the Hurricanes (9-5-4, 4-3-2 ACC) were the most Miami has put up in four meetings versus Duke, but it wasn't enough as the Blue Devils (8-3-6, 3-2-4 ACC) snapped a streak of three double-overtime ties for their first win since Oct. 7.



Miami senior Lindsay Curtin (Fairfax, Va.) opened up the scoring in the 22nd minute, taking a cross from sophomore Jessica Wyble (Potomac, Md.) and fired in her second goal of the season from 22-yards out to give the Hurricanes the 1-0 lead.



However, just 42 seconds later Duke responded with the equalizer, as Elisabeth Redmond sent a cross into the box that Kelly Hathorn converted into her fifth goal of the season.



The Hurricanes edged the Blue Devils 10-6 in shots over the opening half as the teams entered the break with a 1-all tie.



But in the second half, Duke out-shot Miami 13-5, and scored three goals over a 14-minute span to put the match out of reach.



Rebecca Allen gave the Blue Devils the 2-1 lead in the 61st minute, and followed it up less than 10 minutes later with her fifth goal of the season off a free kick from CJ Ludemann. Ludemann made it 4-1 in the 75th minute, sending in a shot from 26-yards out.



But the Hurricanes persevered and UM's Brittney Macdonald (Littleton, Colo.) registered her first goal of freshman campaign, heading in a shot from senior Sheuneen Ta (London, England) in the 87th minute for the final 4-2 score.



Duke goalkeeper Alison Lipsher finished with five saves in 90 minutes, while Miami senior Lauren McAdam (Simsbury, Conn.) grabbed four in the game..



The Hurricanes close out the regular season on Sun., Nov. 4, at No. 12 Wake Forest at 1 p.m., before heading to Lake Buena Vista, Fla., for next week's ACC Women's Soccer Championship at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.