{"id":1940514,"date":"2026-10-27T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1940514"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:32:11","slug":"finding-her-place-vapensky-thrives-between-the-posts-at-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1940514","title":{"rendered":"Finding Her Place: Vapensky Thrives Between the Posts at Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Molly Vapensky\" src=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/common\/controls\/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&#038;image_path=\/images\/2026\/10\/27\/ws-vapensky16x9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Duke sophomore Molly Vapensky developed a knack for scoring goals at an early age. Now, every time she steps on the pitch, her primary objective is to keep a clean sheet. Her unexpected transition from forward to goalkeeper began at age 11 when she volunteered to fill in during a match. After a standout performance as a first-time goalkeeper, highlighted by a crucial penalty kick save that helped her team win the game, Vapensky knew that she had found her place between the posts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goduke.com\/news\/2026\/10\/27\/womens-soccer-finding-her-place-vapensky-thrives-between-the-posts-at-duke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duke sophomore Molly Vapensky developed a knack for scoring goals at an early age. Now, every time she steps on the pitch, her primary objective is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1940515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1940514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","wpcat-82-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1940514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940516,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940514\/revisions\/1940516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1940515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1940514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1940514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1940514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}