Duke Opens ACC Postseason Action at Wake Forest Tuesday

The First Hit

• Duke opens ACC Championship action Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m., taking on host Wake Forest. The Blue Devils are the No. 2 seed with a 6-2 mark in ACC play, while the Demon Deacons are the No. 7 seed with a 2-6 record versus ACC foes. 
• Duke is 7-1 in its last eight games with all seven victories being shutouts. The Blue Devils are 22-42 all-time in ACC Championship action and 7-5 as the No. 2 seed. This will be the 19th ACC Championship meeting between Duke and Wake Forest with the Blue Devils leading 11-7.
• Wake Forest enters postseason action with a 7-10 record and is averaging 1.71 goals per game on offense and giving up 1.76 goals per game. Lauren Storey is the top scorer with seven goals and 17 points. Faye Janse has six goals while Ellie Todd anchors the defensive effort with  3.88 saves per game. She faces 10.4 shots per game.

 
By the Numbers
61- Career points for junior Alaina McVeigh, becoming the 30th Blue Devils to reach 60 career goals. The 61 points are tied for 29th in Duke history.
28 – Career goals by McVeigh, 21st in Duke history
0.53- Goals against average for Duke goalie Frederique Wollaert, still the lowest in Duke single-season history and tied for 22nd in NCAA history
0.70 – Duke’s single-season record for goals against average set by Lori Stark in 1986
11 – Shutouts for the Blue Devils this season, tied for the most in the nation with Northwestern
1 – More shutout needed to break the Duke single-season history
15-6 – Goals scored versus goals allowed in ACC play this season
91.4 – Duke’s success rate on defensive penalty corners, allowing just four goals on 55 opponent penalty corners
450:27 – Duke’s shutout streak spanning from Sept. 29 until 44 seconds into the game Nov. 1 against UNC
58 – Penalty corners allowed by the Blue Devils in 16 games this season
2-6 – Duke ‘s ACC Championship record in Winston-Salem
 
A Glance at the Blue Devils

• The Blue Devils are 11-5 overall with a 6-2 mark in ACC play. Duke sits at sixth in the national rankings and No. 5 in the RPI. All five setbacks are against top 20 foes and five versus top 10 teams. Duke has allowed just 10 goals in live action and has 11 shutouts.  Alaina McVeigh is the top threat offensively with 11 markers this season. Ten different Blue Devils have scored a goal.
• Defensively, Duke is…