9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
| DUQUESNE MEN'S SOCCER GAMEDAY | |
| Game 9 | Duquesne (2-5-1) at Bowling Green (5-4) |
| Date | Time | Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Cochrane Stadium | Bowling Green, Ohio |
| Watch | Live Stream |
| In-Game Stats | Live Stats |
| Social Media | @ DuqMSoccer  |
Duquesne (2-5-1) completes a stretch of three consecutive road games when it travels to Ohio to face Bowling Green (5-4) on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7:00 p.m. This is the final nonconference match for the Dukes who open Atlantic 10 play at home vs. La Salle on Saturday afternoon.
THE SERIES
Duquesne leads the series 2-1-1. This is just the second meeting at BGSU. DU took the first by a 3-0 score in the Diadora Classic on Sept. 8, 2002. In the last match between the two, the Dukes got a goal from then-freshman Fredrik Borenstein in the 105th minute to defeat the Falcons, 3-2 in the title game of the Duquesne Invitational on Sept. 7, 2014.
QUICK HITS
• This is the 23rd season for the Duquesne men's soccer program.
• DU is in its fifth season under head coach Chase Brooks. Brooks has led the Dukes to Atlantic 10 Championship appearances in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
• The Dukes, who are 0-3-1 on the road, are coming off a 1-1 tie at Robert Morris on Sunday. RMU scored in the 82nd minute. The Dukes outshot the Colonials 3-2 in the two overtime sessions, but could not find the back of the net. Jason Twum (63') scored for DU.
• Bowling Green, which is coming off back-to-back one-goal losses to a pair of nationally-ranked teams (2-1 at No. 1 Notre Dame and 1-0 at No. 25 Ohio State), is looking to snap a four-game losing streak. One of the other losses during the current streak came at No. 6 Michigan State (1-0).
• BGSU, which opened the season with five-straight shutout wins, is 3-1 at home.
• Seven players have scored for the Dukes, led by sophomore Zach Hall with three goals. Jallah Acqui, Tyrese Edwards and Jason Twum have two goals each. Hall leads the team with seven points, Acqui is second with six.
• Hall leads the team in shots (25) and shots on goal (13). Edwards and Ian Larson are second with nine shots each. Six of Edwards' nine shots have been on net.
• Edwards, a freshman, came off the bench to score a pair of second-half goals on Aug. 27 vs. Bloomsburg. Edwards, who logged 37 minutes, scored in the 76th and 78th minute. The Brampton, Ontario native took a team high six shots, including a team-most four on goal in that game.
• Twum, who was scoreless in his first 37 games at DU, has scored twice in the Dukes' past three games.
• DU's seven returning starters include: grad student D Cody West (18 games/18 starts), sophomore F Zach Hall (18/17), junior D/M Ian Larson (17/16), senior M Fredrik Borenstein (18/15), junior M Noah Mehta (17/11), sophomore D/M Ryan Landry (16/11) and senior M/F George Poppas (18/10).
• The Dukes have replaced goalkeeper Evan Kozlowski, who posted nine shutouts in starting all 18 games last season, with sophomore Robbie McKelvey. DU opened the season with sophomore Scott Rissler in net. It was Rissler's first Division I game. McKelvey made his first career appearance in a start vs. Bloomsburg (59:36) and combined with Rissler (30:24) for the shutout. McKelvey has been in net for the past six games.
• Duquesne's five goals vs. Bloomsburg (Aug. 27) tied its high under Brooks set in a 5-0 win at St. Bonaventure on Oct. 12, 2014.
• DU's five first-half goals this season are four more than it had in the first half of 18 games last year.
• Graduate student Cody West and junior Olav Hovstad are the team captains for 2017.
UP NEXT
The Dukes return home to face La Salle in the Atlantic 10 opener on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.
