PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer sent 27 shots St. Bonaventure's way Thursday night as the Dukes took down the Bonnies by a final score of 2-1 at Rooney Field on Senior Night.

Duquesne is now 6-5-3 (4-2-3 A-10) while St. Bonaventure moves to 3-8-6 (1-8-1 A-10).

Duquesne's 27 shots were the fifth-most in program history and most since 2019 in a 6-0 win against Youngstown State, when the Dukes put 28 shots on the Penguins. The Dukes' 17 shots on goal are a new season high and most since that same game against YSU.  

Freshman forward Margey Brown and sophomore forward Brooke Kirstein each scored their first career goal tonight, with Kirstein's ending up being the game-winner for Duquesne.

In total, 10 different Duquesne players recorded a shot tonight, with eight of those players recording multiple.

Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Muir had six shots while freshman forward Maya Matesa had five. Junior forward Jaimi Araujo and sophomore forward Emma Bundy had three each.

Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer recorded four saves and was rarely tested throughout the game. Her only blemish came in the 86^th-minute when the Bonnies found the back of the net.

Besides the late goal, it was a dominating performance by the Dukes, even if the scoreboard did not show it.

Duquesne put pressure on St. Bonaventure from the very first minute, forcing the Bonnies into mistakes. The Dukes' 13 first half shots (seven shots on goal) did not show up on the scoreboard, as it was tied at the break.

Nothing changed in the second half, as Duquesne kept ripping shots towards St. Bonaventure's net, but the Dukes were eventually able to cash in in the 52^nd-minute when Brown hammered a shot from long-range to give Duquesne the lead.

Just over 20 minutes later, Kirstein tapped in a pass from freshman defender Eva LaVecchia for Duquesne's second goal. The barrage of shots kept coming, but Duquesne couldn't put another one in.

St. Bonaventure's goal came late, but it wasn't even to tie it as Duquesne held on to win, 2-1 in a dominant performance.

GAME NOTES

• With this win, Duquesne has clinched an appearance in the A-10 Championship tournament. This is its first berth since 2019.
• Brown and Kirstein both scored their first career goals tonight. Brown is now tied for third on the team with four points.
• LaVecchia tallied her first-ever assist on Brown's goal.
• Rodriguez played the full 90 minutes for the 10^th-straight game.
• Senior midfielder Sarah Wilkinson returned from injury tonight and played the full 90 minutes.
• Duquesne's 27 shots were the fifth-most in program history and most since 2019 in a 6-0 win against Youngstown State. The Dukes' 17 shots on goal are a new season high and most since that same game against YSU. 

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