The Duke women’s soccer team capped off a special 2024 season by clinching the ACC regular-season title on Sunday night for the first time in seven years.
The Blue Devils made it official with a 2-0 victory over Wake Forest, their eighth win in nine conference matches.
Duke still has another ACC opponent left on the schedule, a Thursday road trip to Chapel Hill against the North Carolina Tar Heels, but a 13-1-1 overall record and an 8-0-1 conference mark through 15 matches make that result irrelevant for the final standings. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish battled the Blue Devils to a 3-3 tie on October 24, but no one has beaten them outright since the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first game of the regular season on August 15.
The Blue Devils already authored one special moment against UNC earlier this season with a 1-0 victory back on September 5, their first home win over the Tar Heels in school history.
This historic year becomes even sweeter when fans remember that 2024 will be the final season with longtime head coach Robbie Church at the helm. This is the third regular-season conference title under Church, who first took over the program back in July 2001. Duke also won the ACC crown in 2011 and 2017.