PITTSBURGH -Maxi Hopfer scored twice (2' & 39') around a Nate Dragisich goal (5') as Duquesne (6-3, 2-0) jumped on La Salle early (3-5, 0-2) in extending its home win streak to five with a 3-0 Atlantic 10 win over the Explorers Saturday night on Rooney Field.

Ryan Landry, Dragisich and Logan Muck had assists for the Dukes, who are 2-0 in A-10 play for the first time since 2005.

Domenic Nascimben, playing behind a well connected defensive front, had five saves in posting his second shutout of the season.

It was the third brace of the season for Hopfer, who leads the team with seven goals.

Hopfer, Zach Mowka and Ryan Goodhew had four shots each for the Dukes, who outshot the Explorers 23-15.

DU, led by three each from Hopfer and Muck, placed 13 shots on goal to five for La Salle.

Duquesne heads to North Carolina to face Davidson at 6:00 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 2 (ESPN+) in the first of three-straight A-10 road games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Duquesne wasted no time getting on the board when Maxi Hopfer found the back of the net in the second minute. Nate Dragisich initiated the play, passing to Ryan Landry who found Hopfer for the strike.
• Three minutes later, Dragisich ran down an errant La Salle clear and scored from 28 feet out.
• Ryan Goodhew had a pair of shots blocked during an eventful scrum in front of the La Salle net in the 31st minute.
• Hopfer made it 3-0 when Muck put a shot on net that was punched out. The ball deflected to Hopfer's foot and the Austrian calmly deposited it past a diving Carlos Mora.
• The Dukes put seven shots on net to three for La Salle in the opening 45 minutes.
• Zach Mowka had  shot blocked following a corner kick in the 59th minute.
• One minute later, a Jaime Borjas header from close range was saved by La Salle's Carlos Mora.
• La Salle had a dangerous cross pass through the box in the 80th minute.
• Landry had the final scoring chance for either team when his header was saved by Mora in the 84th minute.
• La Salle's Mora had 10 saves in a losing effort.
   

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH CHASE BROOKS
"We've been working hard all year to close out things on the defensive side. We know we're going to be in every game. We told our guys a little while ago that if we get the shutout, we're going to win. and I think that came to fruition tonight. It was a great performance all around."