NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The A-10 home opener against St. Bonaventure at the newly renovated UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse highlights Duquesne's 2021-22 Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball schedule released Tuesday.
The Dukes will host the Bonnies at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8 at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Duquesne's 42 wins all-time against St. Bonaventure is the most against any single opponent.
The Dukes, who will return their top-eight leading scorers from last season, will open conference play on the road on New Year's Day at Richmond. The team will return to Virginia's capital city to face defending league-champion VCU on Wednesday, Jan. 5, before retuning home to host St. Bonaventure.
Additional home games include: Rhode Island (Jan. 19), George Mason (Jan. 26), La Salle (Jan. 30), Fordham (Feb. 5), George Washington (Feb. 9), Richmond (Feb. 16), and Saint Joseph's in the regular-season finale (Feb. 26).
In addition to its trips to VCU and Richmond to open A-10 play, Duquesne's schedule on the road includes: Davidson (Jan. 15), Saint Louis (Jan. 22), Dayton (Feb. 2), Massachusetts (Feb. 13), St. Bonaventure (Feb. 20), and La Salle (Feb. 23).
The 14 Atlantic 10 schools will play a 16-game conference slate for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. The league moved to an 18-game travel partner slate during the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2020-21 campaign. The 14 A-10 teams will all face each other once and three opponents two times. Duquesne's three home-and-home opponents are La Salle, Richmond and St. Bonaventure.
The 2022 A-10 Championship will be held March 2-6, 2022 with all 14 teams participating in a single-site format. The first round, second round and quarterfinal games will be available live on ESPN+, the Walt Disney Company's industry-leading sports streaming service. The semifinals will air on CBS Sports Network. ESPNU will air the A-10 championship final, marking the 25th straight year an ESPN network has televised the league's title game.
CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports will also carry a selection of Atlantic 10 women's basketball games. The dates and times of those games will be announced at a later date. CBS Sports Network will air eight regular season games plus the two semifinals games. NBC Sports, through its NBCUniversal platforms will air three regular season games. All games not carried as part of the A-10's national television package will be streamed through the Atlantic 10's partnership with ESPN+.
Fans can find more information on general admission season ticket sales for Duquesne women's basketball games by clicking
here. Premium seat locations for the 2021-22 women's basketball are also now on sale. Premium seats can be purchased by contacting the ticket office at 412-232-DUKE (3853).
2021-22 SCHEDULE QUICK NOTES
- Duquesne and La Salle will square off twice in the same season for the 13th time in program history, while the Dukes will take on St. Bonaventure twice for the ninth-straight season and Richmond twice for just the sixth time ever.
- Three of Duquesne's eight home games will be played on Saturday (St. Bonaventure, Fordham, Saint Joseph's), with a fourth home game at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on a Sunday (La Salle).
- The Dukes will be playing their first full season at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in 2021-22.
- Duquesne and George Washington will meet for the 70th time on Feb. 9. The Colonials are the Dukes all-time most-frequent opponent.
