PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne women's soccer team returns home this Sunday to host the Davidson Wildcats at 1:00 P.M.  

The game will not be broadcasted, but live stats will be available.
 
SERIES BREAKDOWN

• All-Time Series: Duquesne is 3-3-3 against Davidson.
• First Meeting: Sept. 26, 1999 at DUQ – Tied, 0-0 (OT)
• Last Meeting: Oct. 3, 2021 at DAV – Tied, 0-0 (2OT) | Recap | Box Score
• Streak: T1

QUICK HITS

• Duquesne is 3-2-1 in conference play and has an overall record of 5-5-1.
• The Dukes are coming off a 4-2 comeback win on Sunday at La Salle. Down 2-1 at half, the Dukes scored three unanswered goals.
• Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Muir scored her second goal of the season at Richmond Sept. 22 and the game-winner Sunday at La Salle. All three of her goals this year have been game-winning goals.
• Junior forward Jaimi Araujo leads the team with four goals and nine points.
• The Sept. 15 win against URI was a thriller. Araujo scored two goals while freshman forward Brianna Moore notched her first career goal.
• Araujo was named the A-10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 19.
• 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 11 players that have recorded a point so far through 11 games. Seven of those players have been freshmen.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer has recorded the third-most saves in the A-10 so far with 71. She has made at least five saves in 10 out of 11 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 is still looking to get on the scoresheet in 2022.
• 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 seven-straight games and nine times overall.
• The Dukes are currently tied for fifth place in the A-10.
• 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 75-87-23 on the Bluff and 38-50-11 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 205-151-41.
• 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 10-2-2 and 3-2-1 in the A-10. They are tied with Duquesne for fifth place in the conference.
• The Wildcats are rolling right now, winning three of the last four matches with a tie most recently against George Washington.
• Sophomore forward Aleia Gisolfi-McCready leads the team with three goals and seven points in just 10 games played.
• Goalkeeper Mary Grace Bunch leads the A-10 with a 0.451 goals against average and the least amount of goals allowed (6) this season.  
• Davidson is having a great year so far considering it was picked to finish in 14^th place in the conference this season. The Wildcats were 4-10-4 in 2021.  
• Adam Denton is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Wildcats.

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