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No. 12 North Carolina at No. 3 Duke

PreviewFri, Oct 30, 2026

Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM ET

Durham, NC

No. 12 vs No. 3.

The matchup

5-4 · ACC

New to the poll

7-2 · ACC

▲ 2 since last week

By the numbers

North CarolinaDuke
5-4Record7-2
3.3
Goals / gm
3.0
1.6
Allowed / gm(low)
1.1
16.3
Shots / gm
18.3
56%
Shot acc.
58%
73%
Save %
76%

Season averages through 9 games each. Lower is better where marked (low). Penalty corners aren't published in our data source.

Common opponents

Duke has the better result against 1 of their 2 common opponents.

Virginia(No. 11)

  • North CarolinaL1-2home
  • DukeW1-0home

Richmond

  • North CarolinaW2-1at Richmond
  • DukeW1-0at Richmond

Players to watch

North Carolina logoNorth Carolina

75.0% saves · 1.57 GA/gm

Duke logoDuke

76.5% saves · 1.14 GA/gm

Poll path

North Carolina Duke
112North Carolina — 2026-09-01: No. 10North Carolina — 2026-09-08: No. 5North Carolina — 2026-09-15: No. 11North Carolina — 2026-09-29: No. 12Duke — 2026-09-01: No. 6Duke — 2026-09-08: No. 9Duke — 2026-09-15: No. 8Duke — 2026-09-22: No. 5Duke — 2026-09-29: No. 3

Lower is better — No. 1 sits at the top. Gaps mean the team was unranked that week.

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