Nov. 2, 2005

After falling seven spots last week, the Duquesne University men's soccer team climbed back to 14th in the country in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America's NSCAA/adidas Top 25 poll and are also first in the NSCAA Middle Atlantic Region rankings. The Dukes ascent was credited to two weekend shutouts over La Salle and George Washington. The Red and Blue are the only Atlantic 10 team in the top 25.

Duquesne is also ranked for the first time ever by the Soccer Times website as the number 25 team in the country and show up at number 28 in the College Soccer News poll.

The Dukes (12-3-0, 6-1-0 Atlantic 10) are currently atop the Atlantic 10 standings and conclude their regular season this weekend with contests at Richmond on Friday and Charlotte on Sunday.