PREVIEW: Dukes Host St. Bonaventure on Senior Night

PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team is back home on Thursday for its senior night against St. Bonaventure at 7:00 P.M. ET.

The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and live stats will be available.

SERIES BREAKDOWN

All-Time Series: Duquesne is 17-10 all-time against St. Bonaventure.
First Meeting: Oct. 29, 1995 at DUQ | DUQ won, 2-1 (OT)
Last Meeting: Oct. 24, 2021 at BON | BON won, 2-1 | Box Score | Recap
Streak: Duquesne, L1

QUICK HITS

Duquesne is 3-2-3 in conference play and has an overall record of 5-5-3. They're currently tied for sixth-place in the A-10 with Saint Joseph's.
The Dukes are coming off a scoreless draw with Loyola Chicago on the road this past Sunday.
Eight players will be honored Thursday for Senior Night – Jaimi Araujo, former Duke Natalie Bell, Bailey Farabaugh, Ashley Rodriguez, Sydney Routch, Jessica White, Sarah Wilkinson and Kayla Winicki.
Junior forward Jaimi Araujo leads the team with five goals and 11 points. Both those numbers rank ninth in the A-10.
Araujo was named the A-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 19.
Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Muir scored her second goal of the season at Richmond Sept. 22 and the game-winner on Oct. 2 at La Salle. All three of her goals this year have been game-winning goals.
The Sept. 15 win against URI was a thriller. Araujo scored two goals while freshman forward Brianna Moore notched her first career goal.
Duquesne's first two wins this season were comeback wins, with the first one coming against Ohio in the Dukes' season opener Aug. 18 and the other coming at Youngstown State Aug. 25.
Freshman forward Maya Matesa was named A-10 Rookie of the Week Aug. 22 for her performance in the first two games of the season. She has two goals this year.
It is believed that Duquesne has more true freshmen on its team than any other D-I team in the nation with 17.
The Dukes have 12 players that have recorded a point through 13 games. Seven of those players have been freshmen.
Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer has recorded the second-most saves in the A-10 so far with 81. She has made at least five saves in 11 out of 13 matches this year. Her 12 saves against Rhode Island were a career high and she recorded her first career shutout against Richmond Sept. 22.
Sophomore forward Emma Bundy led the team and ranked third in the A-10 with 1.33 points per game and 0.556 goals per game despite playing just nine games due to injury. She recorded her first point in over a year with her assists against Davidson.
Senior defender Ashley Rodriguez started all 16 games last year and tallied the most minutes on the team with 1,483. She scored on two penalty kicks in 2021. She has played the full 90 minutes for nine-straight games and 11 times overall.
Duquesne was picked to finish in 10th place by the league's coaches, tied with George Washington, in the annual Atlantic 10 women's soccer preseason poll.

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH AL ALVINE (Robert Morris '92)

Al Alvine is in his 11^th season as the head coach of the Dukes in 2022.
The Dukes' all-time winningest coach boasts a record of 75-87-25 on the Bluff and 38-50-13 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 205-151-43.
Alvine inherited a three-win team prior to the 2012 season and quadrupled that total in four years.
He set a program record with 12 victories in 2015 – which included the program's first-ever A-10 Championship and NCAA Tournament bid.
His teams have totaled 11 or more wins three times during his tenure.
Alvine has coached four First-Team and three Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 picks, including 2017 A-10 Midfielder of the Year Linnea Faccenda.
He was named the fifth head coach in Duquesne women's soccer history on December 29, 2011.
Alvine came to the Bluff after spending five seasons as head coach at California University of Pennsylvania, where he went 72-28-11 – including a 38-2-6 mark over his final two seasons with the Vulcans.

SCOUTING THE BONNIES (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

St. Bonaventure is 3-7-6 overall and 1-7-1 in A-10 play. It won its first game since Aug. 28 this past Sunday against Richmond by a score of 1-0.
The Bonnies are sitting in 14^th-place in the conference.
SBU has been outscored 20-13 this year by its opponents. The Bonnies are getting outshot 170-68.
SBU's six ties are the second-most in the conference this season.
Freshman forward Ami Komori and graduate forward Cristina Torres lead the team with three goals each.
Sophomore goalkeeper Chiara Gottinger leads the A-10 in saves (148) and saves per game (9.25) by a wide margin.
Steve Brdarski is in his 10^th season as the head coach of the Bonnies.