PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team dropped its final regular season match on the road Sunday afternoon, losing to George Washington 2-1.
Duquesne moves to 6-6-3 (4-3-3 A-10) while George Washington improves to 7-5-6 (1-6-3 A-10).
With the loss, the Dukes cannot finish in the top four which means they will not host a game in the first round of the A-10 Championship.
Freshman
Mackenzie Muir scored Duquesne's lone goal in the 33
rd-minute. That tally marks her fourth goal of the season.
Duquesne recorded 12 shots (four SOG) compared to GW's 13 shots (nine SOG).
Sophomore goalkeeper
Maddy Neundorfer made seven saves for the Dukes, keeping them in this game from start to finish.
Junior forward
Jaimi Araujo recorded three shots, two of them on goal, including one off the crossbar in the 57
th-minute.
Both teams began the game at full speed, as there were four shots within the first five minutes of play. Things would slow down a little bit, but there was still plenty of action in the first half.
Duquesne had no luck on shots by Araujo, senior midfielder
Sarah Wilkinson and sophomore forward
Emma Bundy, but finally got one in the back of the net when Muir tapped one home in the 33
rd-minute.
Muir's goal came off a rebound after sophomore forward
Brooke Kirstein hammered one off the crossbar on a fast break.
Shortly after in the 40
th-minute, GW was able to draw a foul in the box, giving them a penalty kick that they took advantage of to tie the game at 1-1.
Things were even at half, and stayed that was until the 64
th-minute when George Washington scored the game-winning goal.
The Dukes didn't show any quit and got a couple of great chances in the remaining 25 minutes, but they were not able to convert on any of them.
George Washington held the lead and ended up closing out the Dukes, 2-1.
GAME NOTES
- Duquesne is set to play at Davidson in the first round of the A-10 Championship on either Friday or Saturday. The date and time have not been announced yet.
- Muir scored her fourth goal today, which is the second-most on the team. It was also her first goal this season that didn't end up being a game-winner.
- Rodriguez played the full 90 minutes for the 11th-straight game. She is the team-leader with 1,291 minutes played this year.
- With seven saves today, Neundorfer has made at least five saves in 12 out of 15 games this season.
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