DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Duquesne women's soccer team travels to Davidson to take on the Wildcats in the A-10 Championship Quarterfinals Friday night 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 3-3-4 all-time against Davidson.
• First Meeting: Sept. 26, 1999 at DUQ | Tied, 0-0 (OT)
• Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2022 at DUQ | Tied, 1-1 | Box Score | Recap
• Streak: T2

A-10 HISTORY

• Duquesne is 3-4-1 in the A-10 Championship under Al Alvine. The Dukes' last appearance was 2019 when they lost to Saint Louis.
• Duquesne is 4-10-1 all-time in the A-10 Championship.
• The Dukes won the 2015 A-10 Championship by beating Dayton, La Salle and Fordham before taking on West Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Duquesne's last A-10 Championship win came against George Washington in double-overtime on Oct. 28, 2017.

THE DUKES

• Duquesne ended the regular season with an overall record of 6-6-3 while going 4-3-3 in conference play.
• In their last five matches, the Dukes have two wins, two ties and one loss, which came in the regular season finale at George Washington.
• In the match prior, Duquesne notched a 2-1 win over St. Bonaventure on Senior Night. They had 27 shots and 17 shots on goal. The 27 shots were the fifth-most in program history. Freshman forward Margey Brown and sophomore forward Brooke Kirstein both scored their first career goals in the win. Brown ranks third on the team with four points.
• The last time Duquesne and Davidson played, the two teams tied 1-1 as Jaimi Araujo scored in the 46^th minute on an Emma Bundy assist.
• Junior forward Jaimi Araujo leads the team with five goals and 11 points heading into the postseason. Both those numbers rank ninth in the A-10. Her 40 shots rank 10^th in the conference, but her 2.86 shots per game rank sixth. Her 24 shots on goal rank seventh in the A-10, while her 1.71 shots on goal per game rank third.
• Araujo was named the A-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 19 thanks to her two-goal performance on Sept. 15 when the Dukes beat Rhode Island. Araujo scored two goals while freshman forward Brianna Moore notched her first career goal.
• 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. Three of her four goals this year have been game-winning goals, which is the fourth-highest total in the league.
• 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. In her first year at the collegiate level, she is tied for second on the team with 21 shots and ranks second with 14 shots on goal.
• It is believed that Duquesne has more true freshmen on its team than any other D-I team in the nation with 17. Muir, Matesa, Moore, Brown, defender Lindsay Krafchick, defender Eva LaVecchia and midfielder Libby Majka have all played important minutes this year.
• The Dukes have had well-rounded scoring all season long. Fourteen players have recorded a point through 15 games and seven of those players have been freshmen.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer has been rock-solid in net in her first season as the starter. She has recorded the second-most saves in the A-10 with 92. She has made at least five saves in 12 out of 15 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 assist against Davidson back on Oct. 9.
• 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 10-straight games and 12 times overall. She leads all Duquesne field-players with 1,291 minutes this year.
• The freshmen combo of LaVecchia and Krafchick on the defense has proven to be a dynamic combo for Duquesne. The Dukes have allowed the sixth-fewest goals in the league with 20, and the two freshmen have a lot to do with that. Krafchick ranks fourth on the team in minutes played with LaVecchia ranks seventh.
• 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 76-88-25 on the Bluff and 39-51-13 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 206-152-43.
• 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 WILDCATS (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

• Davidson is 12-2-4 overall and went 5-2-3 in A-10 play. It placed just ahead of Duquesne as the fourth-seed in the A-10 Championship.
• The Wildcats ended the regular season with a 1-0 win at La Salle this past Sunday to clinch home-field advantage in the first round of the A-10 Championship.  
• Sophomore forward Aleia Gisolfi-McCready leads the Wildcats with four goals and nine points. Senior forward Hailey Braemer and senior Sophia Caruso are tied for second on the team with seven points.
• Redshirt senior Mary Grace Bunch leads the conference with a .463 goals against average and has allowed the fewest amount of goals in the A-10 this year (8). Her 11 shutouts lead the conference.
• As a team, Davidson has the highest save percentage (.852). The Wildcats have allowed just eight goals all year.
• Adam Denton is in his sixth season as the Davidson head coach.

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