PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team (4-6-2, 2-3-1 A-10) returns to the friendly confines of Rooney Field on Thursday, Oct. 14 for an Atlantic 10 match against La Salle (4-7-2, 2-3-1 A-10). The contest is slated to start at 7 p.m. and will broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
SERIES BREAKDOWN

• All-Time Series: Duquesne leads, 13-10-3
• First Meeting: Oct. 8, 1995 at La Salle – Tied-OT, 0-0
• Last Meeting: Sept. 29, 2019 at La Salle – LAS won, 3-2 (2OT) I Recap | Box Score
• Streak: La Salle, +1

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne and La Salle are currently tied for 10^th in the Atlantic 10 standings at 2-3-1. The top-eight teams qualify for the A-10 Tournament.
• Three teams are tied for seventh with a league-mark of 3-3 (St. Bonaventure, George Mason, Saint Joseph's).
• The Dukes are 4-1-1 when playing on Rooney Field this season. The team's lone loss at home was a 2-1 overtime setback versus Massachusetts.
• Since 2015, the Dukes have boasted a 42-16-9 record at Rooney Field, while outscoring the opposition by a mark of 118-58 in those matches.
• DU ranks fifth in the A-10 with 1.25 goals per game on offense. La Salle ranks last in the A-10 with 0.62 goals per game.
• Duquesne is averaging 2.33 goals per game at Rooney Field this season.
• The Dukes are the only team in the top-five of the A-10 in scoring to have a negative goal-margin (negative-0.50).
• Duquesne was held off of the scoreboard in a 2-0 loss at George Mason this past Sunday.
• The Patriots scored twice in the first 15 minutes of the match and denied the Dukes throughout the final 75 minutes.
• Although George Mason held an 18 to 14 advantage in shots, the Dukes held the edge with nine shots on-goal to eight.
• Megan Virgin made five saves in net for DU in the loss. She entered the match as the reigning A-10 Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Dukes go 1-0-1 the previous week in matches versus Richmond and Davidson.
• Hannah Nguyen leads the team and is tied for second in the A-10 with four assists this season.
• Nguyen is one of just five players to start all 12 games for the Dukes this season and ranks second on the team with 1,089 minutes played.
• Emma Bundy scored her team-leading fifth goal of the season and added an assist on the game-winning goal in the team's victory over Saint Louis on Sept. 23.
• She is tied for fourth in the A-10 with five goals and leads the A-10 with 1.50 points per game (12 total). Bundy has not appeared in any of the past four games.
• The Dukes rank third in the A-10 with 6.67 shots on-goal per game and second in the league with a shot accuracy of 53.3 percent.
• The Dukes were picked to finish 10^th in the annual Atlantic 10 women's soccer preseason poll announced in August.

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH AL ALVINE (Robert Morris '92)

• Al Alvine is in his 10^th season as the head coach of the Dukes in 2021.
• The Dukes' all-time winningest coach boasts a record of 70-80-22 on the Bluff and 35-44-10 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 199-143-42.
• Alvine inherited a three-win team prior to the 2012 season and quadrupled that total in four years.
• He set a program record with 12 victories in 2015 – which included the program's first-ever A-10 Championship and NCAA Tournament bid.
• His teams have totaled 11 or more wins three times during his tenure.
• Alvine has coached four First-Team and three Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 picks, including 2017 A-10 Midfielder of the Year Linnea Faccenda.
• He was named the fifth head coach in Duquesne women's soccer history on December 29, 2011.
• Alvine came to the Bluff after spending five seasons as head coach at California University of Pennsylvania, where he went 73-28-11 – including a 38-2-6 mark over his final two seasons with the Vulcans. 

• The Explorers enter the match with a record of 4-7-2 overall, 2-3-1 in A-10 play.
• La Salle ranks last in the A-10 with eight goals scored this season and have been held off of the scoreboard six times.
• The Explorers are 4-2-1 when they score at least one goal.
• La Salle is coming off of a 1-0 win at George Washington this past Sunday.
• An early goal in the second half by Cameren Cox was the difference in the match.
• Cox is tied for the team lead with two goals this season.
• Goalkeeper Michela Auguadro earned her third clean sheet of the season in the win. She is 3-2-1 on the season and ranks third in the A-10 in shutouts.
• The Explorers haven't conceded a goal the last 222 minutes with her in net.
• Jordynn Stallard has shared net duties for La Salle. She is 1-5-1 in seven starts.
• The Explorers were picked to finish 6th in the A-10 Preseason Poll that was released ahead of the 2021 season.

LA SALLE HEAD COACH PAUL ROYAL (Wisconsin-Milwaukee, '95)

• Paul Royal is in his 18^th season as head coach of the Explorers.
• He is La Salle's all-time winningest coach with 182 wins.
• He is a four-time A-10 Coach of the Year.
• The Explorers have won A-10 regular season titles in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2017 along with A-10 tournament championships in 2012, 2013 and 2017 under Royal.