PITTSBURGH - Duquesne (7-5-2, 3-2-2) and Massachusetts (8-3-4, 2-2-3) battled for the full 110 minutes in finishing in a 0-0 draw on Rooney Field on Saturday night.

With the tie, DU maintained its unbeaten record at home (6-0-1), while UMass moved to 6-1-1 in road matches.

Domenic Nascimben finished with four saves in notching his third clean sheet of the season for the Dukes. Marvyn Dorchin had 10 saves for the Minutemen.

Maxi Hopfer paced the Dukes with a game-high nine shots, including a game-high four on goal. Ryan Landry put three of his five shots on net for DU.

The Dukes, who finished with 11 shots on goal, were credited with 29 shots for the second consecutive game. The 29 shots are four shy of the school record.

The Dukes conclude the home schedule on Tues., Oct. 26 with a non-conference match versus Wright State (7:00 p.m. on ESPN+). DU's final A-10 game is at Dayton on Oct. 30.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Duquesne had the best early chance when Tom Tzabari put one off the post in the fourth minute.
• DU turned up the pressure late in the half when Ryan Landry lined a shot on goal in the 33rd minute that was knocked away by UMass keeper Marvyn Dorchin. The ball ended up on the foot of Ryan Goodhew who blasted a hard shot just right of the net.
• Logan Muck had a shot blocked minutes later.
• Goodhew then put another hard shot into the stomach of Dorchin in the 39th minute.
• DU finished the half with 12 shots to six for the Minutemen. The Dukes had five shots on goal to two for UMass in the opening 45 minutes.
• A Ryan Goodhew cross was tipped by Dorchin to Hopfer who was unable to convert early in the second half.
• Minutes later, a Hopfer cross was just missed by a streaking Zach Mowka in the box.
• In the 59th minute, a Goodhew shot was saved and rolled to Tom Tzabari, who put it in the net, but the play was nullified by an offside call.
• A Hopfer missile in the 64th minute that was headed for the upper left 90 was knocked away in spectacular fashion by  Dorchin.
• DU keeper Domenic Nascimben matched Dorchin's outstanding save with one of his own on UMass' Yosuke Hanya in the 93rd minute. Hanya headed a cross from deep inside the six when Nascimben reacted with a quick right hand to knock it away. Hanya then put the rebound over the crossbar.

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH CHASE BROOKS
"It was a great battle between two good teams. I'm proud of the effort we put forth for the full 110 minutes. That's the type of result where that earlier this year or last year maybe wouldn't have gone our way. To battle and ultimately have some better chances to win the game - I'm proud of the guys. Now its time to move forward."