THE BASICS 

October 15, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. | Rooney Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 

Duquesne Dukes (6-5-4, 3-0-4 A-10) 

• Streak: W1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

La Salle Explorers (8-5-2, 6-1 A-10) 

• Streak: W6 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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BY THE NUMBERS 

THE DUKES  

• Nine Dukes have scored a goal this season, and freshman Anna Bundy (2) became the fourth to have multiple scores after the game-winner against Rhode Island on the road, along with Brianna Moore – 5, Maya Matesa - 5, and Jaimi Araujo – 2. 

• Moore and Matesa lead the team in goals with five, which is good for a six-way tie for fifth in goals as Metesa also leads the team with points at 11.  

• Seven Dukes have four points or more (Matesa – 11, Moore – 10, Karley Steinher – 5, Morgan Kulniszewski – 4, Anna Bundy – 4, Margey Brown – 4, and Araujo – 4) … 14 players have recorded at least one point this season. 

• Kulniszewski is tied for ninth in the A-10 with four assists this season.  

• Matesa leads the team lead with 32 shots … Six Dukes have taken double-digit shots, of those Moore (55%) and Steinher (50%) have put over half their shots on target. 

• Goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer is tied for the A-10 lead with seven shutouts while ranking tied for fifth in total saves (62).  

• Duquesne has scored multiple goals four times this season and won all four matches (5-0 vs. American / 2-0 vs. St. Francis / 2-0 vs. St. Bonaventure / 3-0 vs. George Washington). 

• The Dukes are unbeaten through seven Atlantic 10 matches at 3-0-4 … The first time Duquesne has started off A-10 play undefeated through their first seven conference matchups in school history.   

• Sunday's win at St. Bonaventure was back-to-back road victories for the Dukes, improving to 2-4-2 away from Rooney Field. 

LAST TIME OUT 

• The Dukes squared off against George Washington and won at home, 3-0, to continue their undefeated streak in the A-10.  

• DU dominated in most stats throughout the game including shooting a season-high 30 shots in a single game which was the fifth most in a game in program history.  

• Matesa led the charge for the first goal after Krafchick fired a pass to Matesa who fired a long shot from 25 yards out beating the outstretched GW keeper into the bottom right corner of the goal for her fourth goal of the season.  

• Duquesne would clear the first corner that GW got for the game in the 50th minute by Karley Steinher and Margey Brown won a footrace with a GW defender and finessed a shot under the keeper into the lower left corner of the goal for her first goal of the season. 

• Matesa continued her dominant night of offense by drawing a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. She would place the shot bottom right corner of the goal for her fifth goal of the season.  

• Neundorfer would only have to make one save but the team defense would help make life easy for her seventh shutout of the season.  

THE EXPLORERS 

• La Salle University has a record this season of 8-5-2 overall, including 6-1 in the A-10.  

• La Salle is sitting second overall in the A-10 sitting only behind Saint Louis in terms of record this season.  

• La Salle is coming off back-to-back home wins against George Mason 5-0 and Fordham 2-1. 

• Hayley Gschrey and Justyce Hollenbach lead the team with goals at five and points at 11. 

• Elizabeth Estrada has the most assists for the Explorers at four.  

• Michela Auguardro has five shutouts this season with her most recent one coming against George Mason.  

• Gschrey, Estrada, and Madison McCready each have two goals in their last two wins. 

THE SERIES 

• Duquesne is 14-11-3 all-time against La Salle University. 

• The Dukes won their last matchup against the Explorers 4-2 on the road on Oct. 2, 2022.  

• The last home win Duquesne had against La Salle was on Sep. 27, 2018, beating the Explorers in OT 3-2.  

• Eva LaVecchia, Cami Taylor, Maya Matesa and Mackenzie Muir recorded a goal against La Salle last time out.  

• DU has had three separate three-game winning streaks with the last one being from 11/1/2015 - 10/30/2016.  

• The last ten matchups have been very even with a record of 5-5.  

• They have been dominant at home with a record against the Explorers of 10-4.  

ALL-TIME LEADERBOARD 

• Graduate student forward Jaimi Araujo moved into a tie for 9th in career goals at DU with Sarah Nicholson (1995-98), with two goals early in the season to bring her career total to 15 in the Red and Blue.  

• Araujo would move into a four-way tie for 6th place on the all-time leaderboard on her next goal (16) … Lauren Bracco ('00-03), Faye Rasmussen ('04-07), and Morgan Herbert ('09-12) are all currently tied for 6th … The all-time leader at DU is Katie O'Conner (2015-18) with 25. 

SINGLE-SEASON LEADERBOARD 

• Sophomore forward Morgan Kulniszewski has four assists this season and her next assist will put her in a tie for seventh most in a single season. 

• Junior goalkeeper Maddy Neundorfer has seven shutouts this season putting her tied for second on the single-season leaderboard for shutouts tied with Kelly O'Neil (1996, 1998) and Kyra Murphy back in 2016.  

• The Dukes have 18 assists as a team this season tying them for tenth all-time in a single season and one more assist will put them in sole possession of 10th place all-time beating out the 2013 Duquesne University women's soccer team.   

ASSISTS ALL AROUND 

• Ten different Dukes have recorded an assist this season … Morgan Kulniszewski leads the team with four assists in 2023. 

• 16 of the Dukes 19 goals have been assisted this season ... Two DU scores have resulted from double assists, as the team has 16 total.  

• The 18 assists are the fifth-most in the A-10 by a team this season.  

SHUTOUTS 

• The Dukes recorded their sixth shutout win of the season with its 3-0 win over George Washington, 2-0 win at St. Bonaventure, 1-0 win over Rhode Island, 1-0 defeat of FDU, 2-0 win over Saint Francis, and 5-0 win over American. 

• Duquesne has kept its opponents off the scoreboard eight times this season … The most since six clean sheets in 2018 … Five of the six shutouts in 2018 were wins, as one ended in a scoreless draw. 

• Eight shutouts are tied for the most by any A-10 defense this season with Dayton and Saint Louis ... The 2023 Dukes also are tied for the second-most shutouts in program history in a season with the 1996, 2007, and 2017 teams ... The program record is nine, set in 2016 ... Eight shutouts would tie for the most in a season. 

HOME-OPENING SCORING SPREE 

• The five goals in DU's home-opening win were the most in a game since Sept. 15, 2019 (a 6-0 win vs. Youngstown State) and the most in a home opener since 2005 (a 7-0 win over Vermont). 

• The home opener was the third time in the Coach Alvine era (12th season) that Duquesne has scored five or more goals in a game (6-0 win at Saint Francis on Sept. 23, 2016 and the YSU victory in 2019). 

BACK ON THE BLUFF 

• Duquesne returns all but one of their nine goal scorers from last year's squad that reached the first Atlantic 10 postseason tournament since 2019. The 2022 Dukes finished with a 6-7-3 overall and 4-3-3 conference record, bowing out of the A-10 Tournament in the first round (0-2 loss at Davidson). 

• Duquesne had 20 different players start at least one match last season and returns 15 of them. 

• Mackenzie Muir and Margey Brown were both named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team a year ago and are back for their sophomore campaigns. 

• Maddy Neundorfer returns for her junior season in net for DU. Neundorfer ranked second in the Atlantic 10 in saves (96) and saves per game (6.0) in 2022, starting all 16 games.  

NEWCOMERS RIGHT IN THE MIX 

• Coach Alvine brought in a talented recruiting class of 11 new players to bolster the long list of returners. 

• Anna Campanella, a graduate transfer that spent time at Kent State and the past three seasons at Boise State, earned a season-opening start at Ohio, alongside freshman Jayden Sharpless, a transfer from Georgia State, are a pair of newcomers that have started every game so far this season.  

SISTER, SISTER 

• The Dukes roster includes three sets of sisters this season. Kayla and her twin sister Skylar Leseck are freshman from Moon Township, Pa., Anna (freshman) and Emma Bundy (junior) from Wexford, Pa., and Anna (graduate student) and Ally Campanella (junior) from Hudson, Ohio. 

• Twins Kayla and Skylar Leseck are one of 16 twins playing Division I soccer this season … Kayla netted her first career goal late in the second half of the home-opening win over American. 

THAT'S OUR COACH 

• Duquesne is led by 12th year head coach Al Alvine. 

• Alvine owns the most wins in program history with an 81-95-29 overall record on the Bluff and a 42-51-17 mark in Atlantic 10 play. 

• Alvine doubled the Dukes win total from 2011 in his first season. He has led DU to five A-10 Tournament appearances. In 2015, he coached the Dukes to their first-ever Atlantic 10 Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance 

PRESEASON POLL 

• Duquesne was picked to finish seventh in the 15-team Atlantic 10 Conference, its highest preseason rank since 2018. 

• Defending regular season and tournament champion, St. Louis is expected to repeat grabbing 14 of the 15 first-place votes. 

UP NEXT 

• Duquesne goes on the road to play the top team in the A-10 in Saint Louis on Thursday night. Kickoff is slated to start at 8:00 p.m.  

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