PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team (4-5-2, 2-2-1 A-10) will look to secure its first road win of the season when it travels to George Mason for an Atlantic 10 match on Sunday, Oct. 10. The contest is set to begin at 1 p.m. and will broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
SERIES BREAKDOWN

• All-Time Series: Duquesne leads, 5-1-0
• First Meeting: Oct. 17, 2014 at George Mason – DU won, 2-1 I Recap | Box Score
• Last Meeting: Oct. 6, 2019 at George Mason – DU won, 2-1 I Recap | Box Score I Video Highlights
• Streak: Duquesne, +1

QUICK HITS

• The Dukes enter the weekend tilt ranked fourth in the A-10 with 1.364 goals per game.
• Although the Dukes are 4-1-1 when playing at Rooney Field this season, they are winless in five games on the road this season.
• Duquesne is averaging 2.33 goals per game at home and just 0.20 per game on the road.
• The Dukes are coming off of a 0-0 two-overtime draw at Davidson last Sunday.
• Megan Virgin made four saves to earn the first clean sheet by a Duquesne goalkeeper this season.
• Virgin was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts.
• She also helped the team earn a 3-1 win over Richmond earlier in the week.
• Virgin was the first DU player to earn a weekly laurel from the A-10 this season.
• 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 11 games for the Dukes this season and ranks second on the team with 999 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 third 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 three games.
• The Dukes rank third in the A-10 with 6.45 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 70-79-22 on the Bluff and 35-43-10 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 199-142-42.
• 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 PATRIOTS (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

• The Patriots enter the contest 4-9 overall and 2-3 in conference play.
• George Mason is coming off of a 5-1 loss at Dayton last Sunday afternoon.
• Dayton scored two goals in the first five minutes of the match, including a marker in the game's opening minute, to secure the win.
• Grace Hotaling leads the A-10 with five assists this season.
• Hotaling earned A-10 Player of the Week honors on Sept. 13 after posting a six-point week (two goals, two assists) in wins over Air Force and Radford.
• Three of George Mason's four wins have come at home.
• The Patriots were picked to finish 11th in the A-10 Preseason Poll that was released ahead of the 2021 season.

GEORGE MASON HEAD COACH MANYA PUPPIONE (Arizona State, '06)

• Manya Puppione is in her first season as head coach at George Mason.
• Puppione arrived in Fairfax after leading Marymount University for two seasons.
• Prior to that she was an assistant at Maryland from 2016-18.
• Puppione began her coaching career after a decorated professional career both internationally and in the former Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), where she played alongside five-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta.