The Duquesne women's soccer team will open the 2018 home season on Friday against Jacksonville. The Dukes (0-2-0) are coming off a pair of matches against Power 5 schools Arkansas and #4 Penn State last weekend.
 
THE SERIES
The Dukes lead the all-time series 1-0-1. The first match was the 2005 season opener, which was part of the Marshall Tournament, a 5-2 DUQ victory. The teams met again, this time in Jacksonville, in the 2008 opener. In what looked like a 2-1 JU victory in the 119^th minute, it was realized that the overtime minutes were erroneously set at 15 minutes, as opposed to 10. The NCAA ruled the match a draw any statistical information recorded after the 110th minute declared is invalid.

MATCH TO BE STREAMED ON ESPN
Friday's match will be the first-ever home even streamed on ESPN , which replaces the A-10 Digital Network. ESPN is available for $4.99 per month. Yearly subscriptions may be purchased for $49.99. In addition to Atlantic 10 content, subscribers will have access to the full gamut of ESPN programming. For more information on acquiring an ESPN subscription, click here.

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne is 12-9-3 in Rooney Field openers
• Jacksonville is 0-2-0 on the season, falling to Troy and Vanderbilt
• The Dolphins return 15 players from a 5-11-0 squad in 2017
• JU is led by first-year head coach Laura Kane
• Jacksonville is the second Atlantic Sun opponent for the Dukes – they fell 1-0 to FGCU on Sept. 2, 2011
• Current ASUN member NJIT joined the league after they played Duquesne in 2013
• Katie O'Connor needs one assist to tie Linnea Faccenda for second place on Duquesne's all-time list
• Kyra Murphy needs two shutouts to become the school's all-time leader

UP NEXT

• 8/26 at Ohio State
• 9/2 vs. Binghamton
• 9/6 at Pittsburgh
• 9/9 vs. Morehead State
• 9/14 Saint Francis U