PREVIEW: Duquesne at La Salle

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Duquesne women's soccer team stays on the road Sunday to take on the La Salle Explorers at 2:00 P.M. ET.

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

SERIES BREAKDOWN

All-Time Series: Duquesne is 13-11-3 against La Salle.
First Meeting: Oct. 8, 1995 at La Salle – Tied, 0-0
Last Meeting: Oct. 14, 2021 at DUQ – La Salle won, 2-1 | Recap | Box Score
Streak: Duquesne, L2

QUICK HITS

Duquesne is 2-2-1 in conference play and has an overall record of 4-5-1.
The Dukes are coming off a 1-0 loss at UMass Thursday despite a dominant second half.
Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Muir scored her second goal of the season at Richmond Sept. 22 in her return to the starting lineup.
The Dukes tied with Saint Joseph's, 2-2, on Sept. 18. Junior forward Jaimi Araujo scored her team-leading fourth goal.
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.
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 nine players that have recorded a point so far through 10 games. Six of those players have been freshmen.
Sophomore goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer has recorded the second-most saves in the A-10 so far with 65. She has made at least five saves in nine out of 10 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.
Araujo, who also missed time due to injury last season, scored four times and had 10 points on the season. She has four goals and a team-leading nine points through 10 games so far.
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 six-straight games and eight times overall.
Senior defender Kayla Winicki has also played 90 minutes in six-straight games.
The Dukes are currently in eighth 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 74-87-23 on the Bluff and 37-50-11 in Atlantic 10 play. His career mark stands at 204-151-41.
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 EXPLORERS (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

La Salle is 6-5 overall and 1-3 in A-10 play. It currently sits in 11^th place in the conference standings.
The Explorers have lost four out of their past five games and went 1-1 last week with a 2-1 win over George Washington and a 1-0 loss at VCU.
Forward Kelly McGroarty leads the team with 10 points. She's tied for the team lead in goals with forward Haley Gschrey with three each.
Goalkeeper Michela Auguadro has started all 11 matches this season. She ranks fourth in the A-10 with 51 saves and ranks sixth in the conference with three shutouts.
La Salle was picked to finish sixth in the conference this season. They just missed out on the A-10 Championship Tournament last season, finishing ninth.
Paul Royal is in his 20^th season as the head coach of La Salle. He has led the Explorers to the NCAA Tournament five times and has won the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year four times.