PITTSBURGH – The Dukes (1-0-1) scored twice in a six-minute span, but a late goal by Valparaiso (0-2-1) and two scoreless extra sessions gave the Duquesne women's soccer team a 2-2 tie with the Beacons in non-conference play Friday night at Rooney Field.

Valparaiso got the game's first goal in the 17^th-minute on a counter attack that allowed Beacon forward Kelsie James to find the back of the net and make the score 1-0.
 
Valpo took the lead into halftime, but the Dukes stormed back with a flurry of scoring chances early in the second half. After a trio of shots just missed the mark, Emma Bundy (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) sent a ball on net that rebounded out to Jaimi Araujo (Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca). Araujo lunged forward with her left foot and redirected the ball into the back of the net to tie the game up in the 59^th-minute.
 
The Dukes took the lead just over five minutes later. Ashley Rodriguez (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge) played a free-kick into the box where Karley Steinher (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) headed the ball towards the goal. After a quick scrum, Bundy collected the ball and put it into the back of the net for her second goal of the season to put the Dukes on top.
 
Valpo managed to knot the game back up in the 80^th-minute of the match. The Beacons were awarded a free kick from just outside the box, and Kelsie James tucked the ball perfectly into the top-right corner past goalkeeper Megan Virgin (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) to tie the game up and send it into overtime.
 
Valparaiso held a 3-to-1 edge in shots on goal in the two overtime sessions, but nothing found the back of the net, resulting in a tie.
 
The two teams were also evenly matched on the final stat sheet. Valpo held a 22-to-18 edge in shot attempts. The Beacons did enjoy a 7-to-1 advantage in corner kicks.
 
Each goalkeeper made saves to keep their teams in position to earn the win. Virgin finished with eight saves, while Valpo's Nikki Coryell made nine saves.
 
The Dukes will have less than 48 hours to recover before their meeting with No. 12 West Virginia on Sunday, August 29 in Morgantown at 5 p.m.
  
QUOTEABLES
"It was probably a fair result on the balance of play. They're a good team, they're 0-2, but they have a lot of athletes and are big, strong and physical. We challenged the team at halftime to up their compete-level and take the game to them. I couldn't have been more proud of the response. The first 20-25 minutes of that second half it wasn't a question of if, it was a question of when. I knew we were going to score at that point and we got two goals." - Al Alvine, Duquesne head women's soccer coach