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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In the first contest for Duke Athletics since March, the Blue Devil women's soccer team traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., and secured a thrilling overtime victory over Wake Forest, 4-3, as junior Marykate McGuire collected two late goals.  

McGuire scored two goals over the final 8:05 of the match and secured her second multi-goal contest of her career and third game-winner, while sophomore Sophie Jones assisted on both of the final two tallies.

"It was very exciting, thrilling," said McGuire.  "Playing against Wake Forest is always a battle and always a tight game.  Tonight, just coming out and the atmosphere and being able to play after so long, like six or seven months.  It was really, really rewarding to come out to play with the people I love and play the game we love. I am so happy we got the win tonight."

The contest between two ACC teams was considered a non-conference match-up both schools will meet in 10 days for an ACC game in Durham, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 20.  

"What character we showed scoring two goals with about two minutes and 15 seconds left before the game ended and scoring fairly early in overtime to," said Duke head coach Robbie Church. "We did a lot of really good things.  We got caught a couple times on a counter and we made some mistakes for the first game.  Congratulations to Wake Forest.  I thought Tony had his team really prepared and they played really well.  I thought they caught us, punished us when we were in a big shape that we got ourselves in.  We will fix that.  We have a lot of work to do before next week.  Our goal was to come here and leave here 1-0 and we are that.  I am really, really happy."

After both teams went without a shot for the first six minutes, the Blue Devils (1-0) were able to strike first.  Senior defender Taylor Mitchell sent a great feed down the field to senior Karlie Paschall, who was able to get a cross in front of the box, before a Demon Deacon defender kicked the ball out of bounds for a Duke corner kick.

Paschall, a native of Brentwood, Tenn., placed a perfect feed to the head of senior defender Caitlin Cosme, who finished it perfect into the back, left corner to give Duke a 1-0 lead at the 6:35 mark.  Cosme, a product of New Hyde Park, N.Y., collected her second collegiate goal.

Wake Forest (0-1) came back to attempt the next two shots but were not dangerous. Making her 43rd career start in goal, redshirt senior Brooke Heinsohn grabbed a save on the first attempt.  

The Blue Devils kept putting pressure on the Demon Deacons and junior Mackenzie Pluck found a streaking McGuire for a shot but was saved by Madison Howard at the 28:32 mark.  After a near hand ball in the box, Pluck tried to chip a shot over the keeper's head but just went high over the crossbar less than two minutes.

Wake Forest evened the score at the 37:11 mark as Ryanne Brown slipped in-between the Duke defense and found herself with a one-v-one opportunity.  She finished the attempt into the bottom left corner to make the score, 1-1, off an assist from Sofia Rossi.  

Less than two minutes into the match Emmy Duerr fired an attempt that went wide right following the Demon Deacon goal.

At the end of the first half, Duke held a 4-3 advantage in shots and a 4-2 lead in corner kicks, but the score remained 1-1.  

For the second straight half, the Blue Devils came out with a quick goal to start the second period as Pluck was able to take the ball away from a Wake Forest player and drove down the left side of the pitch.  She found McGuire on the left side of the box, before sending a beautiful cross to senior Tess Boade, who one-touched her ninth career tally into the right corner past the WFU keeper.  

Boade, who is from Highlands Ranch, Colo., has now scored at least one goal in each of her four seasons and five over the last two years to give Duke a 2-1 lead at the 46:20 mark.

After Duke fired seven shots at the Demon Deacon goal without getting anything past the line, Wake Forest tallied two goals over a span of one minute to take 3-2 lead with just under 30 minutes remaining.  

The Blue Devils started having several student-athletes cramp up and had to leave the match, but Duke kept attacking.  Duke's best attempt came at the 75:48 mark off a free kick just outside the box as Cosme hit the left post on a 20-yard strike and rolled down the end line, before going out of bounds on Duke.  

A second yellow card for Wake Forest in a span of four minutes gave Duke another free kick just outside the box with 9:41 remaining.  Boade launched a shot that went high over the box.  

With 2:16 left in regulation, Duke was able to equalize the match as senior Mia Gyau sent a short cross to sophomore Sophie Jones at the top of the box.  A native of Menlo Park, Calif., Jones found a streaking McGuire who used her left foot to finish her 13th career goal into the bottom right corner to move the score to 3-3.  

After not having a full contest since March, the two teams went to overtime for the ninth time in series history.

Then Duke registered the game-winner at the 95:08 mark as Mitchell drive up to the midfield mark and passed to Jones, who then sent a long feed to McGuire.  A Portsmouth, R.I., product, McGuire showcased some impressive footwork doing a 360 degree turn and finished once again with her left foot near the right post to give the Blue Devils the win.  

Duke outshot Wake Forest, 23-6, for the match.  

The seven goals combined were the most in the Duke/Wake Forest series history and the two squads have scored a total of 17 goals over the last three matches.  

Duke will next host Virginia in the 2020 home opener at Koskinen Stadium Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6 p.m.

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