NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Graduate student Tess Boade converted a penalty kick in the 53rd minute and senior Mackenzie Pluck netted her third of the year shortly after as No. 5 Duke earned a 2-0 road victory at Vanderbilt on Sunday.
After each team traded chances through the first 50-plus minutes of action, freshman Michelle Cooper was taken down inside the 18-yard box as the Blue Devils were building in the attacking third. On the ensuing penalty attempt, Boade fired her shot past goalkeeper Kate Devine to put the Duke (4-0-0) on the board.