PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team (4-7-2, 2-4-1 A-10) will travel to Rhode Island (4-7-2, 3-3-1) on Sunday, Oct. 17 for a pivotal Atlantic 10 match. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. and the match will broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
SERIES BREAKDOWN

• All-Time Series: Rhode Island leads, 11-4-4
• First Meeting: Oct. 26, 1996 at Rhode Island – Tied-OT, 1-1
• Last Meeting: Oct. 27, 2019 at Rhode Island – Tied-2OT, 0-0 I Recap | Box Score
• Streak: Rhode Island, +1

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne is currently 11^th in the Atlantic 10 standings. Rhode Island is in a tie for seventh.
• The top-eight teams qualify for the Atlantic 10 Championship.
• The Dukes are searching for their first win on the road this season.
• Duquesne is 0-5-1 when playing on the road and 4-2-1 in home games.
• The Dukes are 1-6-3 in games played at Rhode Island. The team's lone win over the Rams in Kingston was a 2-1 victory in 1997.
• DU ranks fourth in the A-10 with 1.23 goals per game on offense, but is averaging 0.16 per game in road games.
• Hannah Nguyen leads the team and is tied for second in the A-10 with four assists this season.
• Nguyen is one of just four players to start all 13 games for the Dukes this season and ranks second on the team with 1,179 minutes played.
• Ashley Rodriguez converted her second penalty-kick goal of the season in the team's 2-1 loss to La Salle on Thursday.
• She is tied for fourth on the team with Nguyen with two goals and is another player who has started all 13 games. Rodriguez leads the team 1,213 minutes played this season.
• 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 five games.
• Jaimi Araujo and Karley Steinher are tied for second on the team with three goals. Both players have missed the past three games.
• The Dukes rank third in the A-10 with 6.31 shots on-goal per game and second in the league with a shot accuracy of 52.2 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 70-81-22 on the Bluff and 35-45-10 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 199-144-42.
• 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. 

SCOUTING THE RAMS (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

• The Rams enter the match on a two-game skid and a record of 4-7-2, 3-3-1 in the A-10.
• Rhode Island has been held off of the scoreboard in three of its last four games, including a pair of 1-0 losses to Richmond and St. Bonaventure (2-OT).
• Goalkeeper Faith Hutchins helped keep the Rams in both of those games. She ranks sixth in the A-10 with both a 0.96 goals against average, 53 saves, and three shutouts.
• She also slots fifth in the A-10 with a .803 save percentage.
• The Rams were picked to finish 13th in the A-10 Preseason Poll that was released ahead of the 2021 season.

RHODE ISLAND HEAD COACH MEGAN JESSEE (Connecticut, '05)

• Megan Jessee enters her fifth season at the helm of the Rams.
• Prior to Rhode Island, she spent nine seasons as an assistant at Wake Forest.
• Jessee started her coaching career at nearby Slippery Rock as a graduate assistant.
• She was a four-year letter winner at Connecticut and an All-Big East Second Team selection in 2004.