DUQUESNE DUKES (1-2, 0-0 A-10) at SAINT FRANCIS U (1-2, 0-0 NEC)
Wednesday, Feb. 26 / 2 p.m. / Loretto, Pa. / DeGol Field
 
QUICK HITS

• Duquesne makes the short trek to Loretto, Pa. to take on Saint Francis U in a mid-week intrastate tilt on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at DeGol Field. 
• The Dukes enter with a 1-2 ledger with a win over Canisius in their home opener. Duquesne's two losses have come to Big Ten teams Ohio State and 25th-ranked Penn State. 
• Duquesne leads NCAA Division I in caused turnovers per game (16.33) while senior Maddie Hart (Sykesville, Md. / Century) paces the nation with 3.3 caused turnovers per contest. 
• Hart is also 20th in the country with 3.67 ground balls per game, good for third in the conference. 
• Hart paces the Dukes with seven goals on the season followed by Rilee Bradshaw (Middletown, Md. / Middletown) with five goals. Hart netted five goals in the win over Golden Griffins while Bradshaw had four in the season-opener at Ohio State. 
• Michaela Connolly (Sykesville, Md. / Century) has dished out a team-high four assists and Elizabeth Petrosky (Lititz, Pa. / Manheim Township) has tallied a pair of assists for Duquesne. 
• Sydney Reed (Victor, N.Y. / Victor) is second on the team with nine caused turnovers. 

SCOUTING THE RED FLASH

• Saint Francis enters with a 1-2 record with a win over Akron and a pair of losses to Radford and American. 
• Emileigh Scott leads the Red Flash with eight goals on the season, including three goals in each of her last two contests. 
• Amanda Heidt has seven goals on the year with four goals in the win over the Zips. 
• Saint Francis finished 5-10 in 2019 with a 2-5 ledger in Northeast Conference (NEC) play. 
• First-year head coach Tracy Coyne is the seventh all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I history with 287 victories. The former Notre Dame, George Washington and Washington & Jefferson head coach spent time as an assistant at Duquesne, as well. 

THE SERIES

• Duquesne is 10-0 all-time against Saint Francis, including a 4-0 record in Loretto. 
• The Dukes are avergaing 17.6 goals in the 10 matchups between the two schools. 
• Duquesne earned a 17-2 victory over the Red Flash last season at Rooney Field. Bradshaw recorded five goals and an assist for the Dukes, while Hart added three goals and dished out an assist in the triumph. 

NEXT UP 
Duquesne heads to Newark, Del. to take on Delaware next Wednesday, March 4 at 3 p.m. The Blue Hens are 0-2 on the year with losses to Rutgers and George Mason.