Duquesne (2-3-1), coming off a 4-1 win over Robert Morris Wednesday night, hits the road for the first time since August 24 to face Oakland (4-2-2) on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 3:30 p.m on Oakland Soccer Field. The Dukes, who are coming off a stretch of five consecutive road games, will be at Wright State on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

THE SERIES VS. OAKLAND

• This is the third meeting in a series that is tied 1-1.
• The two have split home wins, with Oakland prevailing 2-1 (2OT) at home on Sept. 26, 2012 and Duquesne returning the favor with a 1-0 victory on Rooney Field on Sept. 1, 2013.
• The Dukes and Golden Grizzlies share a pair of common opponents in Marshall and Detroit Mercy. Oakland won 3-2 at Marshall and defeated UDM 1-0 (OT) on the road, while Duquesne dropped a 1-0 decision at Marshall and defeated Detroit Mercy 3-0 at home.
• Oakland is coming off a 1-1 home draw with Atlantic 10 member Dayton. UD was picked to finish fifth in the annual preseason poll of A-10 coaches.
• Duquesne is 0-1 on the road and Oakland is 0-1-2 at home this season.

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne, which has started at least six freshmen in all six matches this season, has started seven first-year players in each of its past five matches. Manel Busquets (Spain), Nathan Dossantos (Canada), Rob Dymond (New Zealand), Moritz Kappelsberger (Germany), Domenic Nascimben (Australia), Kendall Newman, Gylfi Stefansson (Iceland) and Eric Zech (Germany) have all started at least once. Of the eight freshmen who have started, seven are international players.
• Overall, DU has 10 international players, including returners seniors Noah Mehta (Canada) and Olav Hovstad (Norway).
• The Dukes have 15 first-year players on the 2018 roster including 14 freshmen and junior Pitt transfer M Alec Anselmo. Anselmo played in 30 matches with 16 starts in two seasons with the Panthers.
• Dymond leads the Dukes in goals (3) and fellow freshman Busquets leads the team in assists (3). Dymond, Busquets and Mehta lead the team with seven points each.
• Mehta, who entered this season with two career points, has six in his past two games.
• Dymond had a pair of goals and Mehta added a goal and two assists in Wednesday's 4-1 win over Robert Morris. It was DU's second multiple-goal game of the season. The other was a 3-0 win over Detroit Mercy on Sept. 2.
• DU's four goals were its most since a 5-0 win over Bloomsburg on August 27 of last season.
• DU's nine goals this season have come from five players: Rob Dymond (3), Manel Busquets (2), Noah Mehta (2), Zion Beaton (1) and Zach Hall (1).
• Junior Zach Hall (15 points, 6 goals) and senior Ian Larson (11 points, 4 goals) are DU's top current career point-getters and goal scorers.
• Hall and Dymond lead the team in shots (15), while Hall and Busquets have sent the most shots on goal (7).
• Mehta leads the team in career games with 51. Larson is second with 45.

UP NEXT

• 9/25 at Wright State
• 9/29 vs. Saint Joseph's (Atlantic 10 opener)
• 10/2 vs. Cleveland State