HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Dukes, who outshot the Huskies 15-0 in the opening 45 minutes, applied pressure early with three shots in the first four minutes.
• Noah Mehta hit the crossbar on a long drive in the eighth minute.
• Tyrese Edwards, who entered the game in the 29th minute, took a cross from Liam Harmon and had a shot from inside the six turned away by a Taylor Lesage right hand in the 30th minute.
• Fredrik Borenstein, who entered the game with Edwards, hit the right post one minute later.
• Jallah Acqui broke the ice when he took a straight-line pass from Olav Hovstad and chipped it over a charging Lesage from 30 yards out in the 36th minute. It was the second goal in as many games for the DU sophomore.
• The Dukes took a 2-0 lead when Hovstad headed a drive from Austin Stout into the left corner in the 57th minute.
• Just under three minutes later, George Poppas took a cross from Acqui and beat Lesage to the left corner to make it 3-0.
• Edwards took a pass from fellow freshman Jesper Evensen down the right side and beat Lesage in the 76th minute.
• Evensen and Edwards combined again for another goal in the 78th minute.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Robbie McKelvey, who was making his first career appearance in net, and Scott Rissler combined to post the team shutout.
• Duquesne's five goals tied its high under Chase Brooks (5-0 at St. Bonaventure on Oct. 12, 2014).

STAT OF THE GAME
Duquesne is now 4-1 in home openers under Chase Brooks. DU's five goals were three more than it scored in any game in going 8-5-5 last season.

NEXT UP
The Dukes host Marshall on Thursday, August 31 at 7:00 p.m. on Rooney Field. Admission is free.