PHILADELPHIA – The Dukes (3-5-1, 1-2-0 A-10) were unable to find the back of the net in a 2-0 setback at Saint Joseph's (2-7-2, 2-1-0 A-10) Sunday afternoon at Sweeney Field.
 
After a scoreless first half, the Hawks notched goals in the 52^nd and 77^th minutes to prevail over Duquesne.
 
Goalkeeper Megan Virgin made a pair of saves in the loss and denied a handful of other scoring chances with her aggressive play.
 
Jaimi Araujo (Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca) led the Dukes with four shots, including two on goal. The Dukes out-shot the Hawks 12-to-7 on the afternoon and held a 6-to-4 edge in shots on-goal.
 
Saint Joe's got the match's first scoring opportunity in the 12^th-minute on a counter-attack, but an aggressive play in net by Virgin helped prevent any shot attempt. The Hawks had another chance in the 14^th-minute on a corner kick, but Virgin once again suffocated any attempt at a shot on net.
 
The Dukes first opportunity to score came in the 15^th-minute when Ashley Rodriguez (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge) had a shot from inside the box get blocked. Cami Taylor (Stafford, Va./Mountain View) collected the rebound and put a shot on net, but was denied and the match remained scoreless.
 
Both Lexy Kendro (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) and Araujo had scoring chances as well in the first half, but neither found the back of the net and the match headed into halftime without a blemish on either side.
 
The Hawks got on the board six minutes into the second half. Saint Joe's Ashley Orendac collected the ball in front of the net and took a shot that was blocked, but the ball returned to her foot and she got a ball past Virgin to make the score 1-0.
 
The Dukes nearly evened the match back up less than three minutes later when a Hannah Nguyen (Irwin, Pa./Penn Trafford) corner kick found the foot of Karley Steinher (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson), who had a point-blank shot denied by Hawks' goalkeeper Katie Cappelletti.
 
An aggressive tackle in the 77^th-minute by Saint Joe's spurred a counter-attack that led to the match's second goal. Orendac took a crossed pass in the box and buried a shot to make the score 2-0.
 
Saint Joe's limited the Dukes offensively over the final 12 minutes of the match to deal the Dukes the loss.
 
The Hawks were whistled 14 times for fouls, compared to the five called on Duquesne.
 
Duquesne returns to Rooney Field on Thursday, Sept. 30 for an A-10 matchup against Richmond. The match is slated to start at 7 p.m. and will broadcast live on ESPN+.