PITTSBURGH -
Ryan Goodhew's golden goal in the 107th minute was the difference as Duquesne (1-1) opened its home season with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Robert Morris (0-2) on a steamy Sunday afternoon on Rooney Field.
Ryan Landry had a goal and assist to lead Duquesne which came back from a 2-1 first-half deficit to secure the win on a day that saw temperatures top 90 degrees with on-field temps reaching the 100s.
The two were tied at the end of regulation, when lightning in the area forced a delay that led to the eventual suspension of play.
Following a delay of one hour and 10 minutes, the two took the field for the two overtime sessions.
Goodhew ended it off a cross from
Nate Dragisich.
Landry's goal, the third of his career, came in the 10th minute to give the Dukes a 1-0 lead. His assist came on a goal by
Logan Muck in the 34th minute that tied it at 2-2.
The Dukes outshot the Colonials 23-10, including 12-3 on goal.
Maxi Hopfer led DU with six attempts (three on net).
Duquesne is now 10-0-1 in its past 11 meetings with RMU on Rooney Field.
Duquesne faces a quick turnaround when it welcomes Saint Francis U (0-0) to Rooney Field on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 7:00 p.m. (ESPN+).
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Duquesne controlled play early, taking a 1-0 lead on a strike from Ryan Landry that found the upper left corner in the 10th minute.
- RMU evened the score when Gal Ben Dayan was taken down in the box and converted a PK at 19'.
- The Colonials went up 2-1 when Tom Akinola made a run down the left side that led to an Owen Jowett goal at 31'.
- The Dukes rallied to tie it when Logan Muck, who came on less than two minutes earlier, took a pass from Landry and found the back of the net for his second goal as a Duke at 34'.
- Duquesne had an 8-5 advantage in shots, including a 4-2 edge in shots on goal in the first half.
- Harper Cook, who started the second half for the Dukes, took a pass from Ryan Goodhew and fired just high at 59'.
- DU strung together passes from Landry to Jayden Da to produce a hard shot from Muck that resulted in an RMU save at 65'.
- Maxi Hoper manufactured an opportunity at 85' that was saved by RMU's Feiedrich Petrelli.
- Duquesne outshot RMU 10-3 in the second half - holding the Colonials without a shot on goal over the second 45.
- Zach Mowka had DU's best chance in the first overtime, but couldn't get quite enough foot on the ball in the 97th minute.
- Jack Emanuel made a beautiful slide tackle to end a Hugo Kadima breakaway run late in the first OT.
- Landry won a ball in the Duquesne end and made a run down the right side. He passed the ball up to Maxi Hopfer to crossed to Da who shot high from point blank range just left of the cage.
- Field temperature on the artificial surface eclipsed 100 degrees throughout the afternoon. Temperatures in Pittsburgh registered as high as 91 degrees on the day.
DUQUESNE HEAD COACH CHASE BROOKS
"Today was all about resilience and making sure we learned from our mistakes on Thursday night. We were able to apply our principles for the entirely of the game. Obviously it ended up being more than 90 minutes, but we are extremely happy. The guys worked extremely hard. We still have some things to clean up, but we took some steps in the right direction"
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