BOX SCORE

The High Point University women's soccer team fell to No.15-ranked Duke, 5-0, in Durham, N.C., on Sunday evening. Junior goalkeeper Andrea Ritchie made a career-high 11 saves for the Panthers in the loss.

“Playing against one of the top teams in the country always presents a challenge I thought tonight our girls did a lot of good things against an excellent Duke team. As we are learning to compete with and beat top-level teams we cannot make mistakes in our defensive third. Even though our results are not showing it this team is making tremendous progress against some of the top teams in the country.”

The Blue Devils jumped out to a three goal lead in the first half with tallies by Natasha Anasi, Laura Weinberg and Gretchen Miller. Duke held a 14-1 edge in shots and a 4-0 advantage in corner kicks in the first 45 minutes. Ritchie made six first-half saves to limit the Duke attack.

In the second half, the Blue Devils would add goals from Kaitlyn Kerr and Kim DeCesare to bring the final margin to 5-0. Ritchie made five second-half saves before giving way to freshman Jesse May who made two saves in the final 17 minutes.

Duke held a 30-4 edge in shots in the game with freshman Becca Hemby registering HPU's only shot on goal.

The Panthers return to action on Friday, Sept. 10, when they travel to Columbus, S.C., to play in the Carolina Cup. HPU will play Furman at 5 p.m. on Sept. 10 and Clemson at 12 p.m., on Sept. 12.