DUQUESNE DUKES (2-3, 0-0 A-10) vs AKRON ZIPS (0-6, 0-0 ASUN)
Wednesday, March 11 / 4 p.m. / Pittsburgh, Pa. / Arthur J. Rooney Field

QUICK HITS 

• Following a three-game road swing, the Dukes return to Rooney Field to host Akron on Wednesday afternoon on The Bluff. 
• The Dukes are 1-0 at home this season, defeating Canisius 11-10 on Feb. 12.
• Duquesne is coming off a 17-8 defeat at Delaware last Wednesday. Rilee Bradshaw, Carlee Braverman and Michaela Connolly each had a pair of goals for the Dukes. 
• Duquesne paces the country in caused turnovers per game (15.2) while ranking fifth in the nation in ground balls per game (22.2). 
• Maddie Hart is second in Division I in caused turnovers per game (3.20) and 20th in the country in draw controls per game (6.6). 
• Rilee Bradshaw is 15th in the nation in shots on goal per game (6.0). 
• Duquesne had five different players score at least three goals in the 20-13 win at Saint Francis U. This marks the first time five Dukes have recorded a hat trick in a game since a 22-9 win over St. Bonaventure on April 5, 2012. 
• Duquesne scored 20 goals in a game for the sixth time since the beginning of last season under second-year head coach Corinne Desrosiers. 
• The Dukes have netted at least 15 goals in 12 games over the last two seasons. 
• Hart and Bradshaw lead Duquesne with 11 goals apiece through the first five games of the year. 
• Elizabeth Petrosky has a team-high five assists on the season. 

SCOUTING THE ZIPS

• Akron is in its first year of competition as an NCAA Division I program under first-year head coach Christy Mitchell. 
• The Zips have dropped all six games this season and are coming off a 14-10 loss at Atlantic 10 member St. Bonaventure on Saturday, March 7. 
• Kaitlyn Morris leads Akron with 10 points on the year (seven goals, three assists) while Anna Dennison has a team-high eight goals on the season. 
• Abby McMullen paces the Zips with 18 draw controls while Kaylee Riggins has a team-best 17 ground balls. Gianna Buzzelli has tallied 11 caused turnovers for Akron. 

THE SERIES
This is the first meeting between Duquesne and Akron, as the Zips are a first-year program. 

NEXT UP

• The Dukes head to South Bend, Ind. to face off with No. 2 Notre Dame (6-0) next Wednesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. The Fighting Irish travel to Vanderbilt Wednesday before battling top-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. on March 15. 
• Duquesne then opens Atlantic 10 play hosting St. Bonaventure on Friday, March 20 at noon ET at Rooney Field.