Men’s Soccer: Nikolai Named Freshman All-American by TopDrawerSoccer

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison defender Luca Nikolai was named a Freshman All-American by TopDrawerSoccer, being selected to the First Team the outlet announced Monday morning. Nikolai becomes the first Duke to be named to one of the outlet’s Freshman All-America Teams and is the first Duke since 2020 to earn any kind of All-America status. The Kaarst, Germany native, who was ranked sixth in TopDrawerSoccer’s postseason freshman top 100, started all 20 matches this season for the Dukes along the backline. He was named a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection, the lone freshman selected to the first team.…