DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Duquesne University lacrosse team opens conference play with a road game at Davidson on Saturday. The game is set to begin at noon ET.

Live stats will be available and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.

In the 15 matchups between these two teams, Duquesne has won eight of them. In the most recent game on April 28, 2022, Davidson beat Duquesne in the A-10 Championship, 10-7. The series is split in the last 10 matchups.

Duquesne is 1-5 and coming off a loss to Central Michigan on Tuesday. The Dukes were down 5-4 with 11 minutes left in the second quarter, but Central Michigan's offense took off from there. Despite the loss, sophomore Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw continued her great start to the season, scoring four more goals and notching her fifth-straight hat-trick. Freshman Chelsea Evans scored twice and tallied an assist.

On the season, Rodriguez-Shaw leads the team with 21 goals and 23 points. Her 3.50 goals per game lead the Atlantic 10 and rank 19^th in the country. Her 21 goals are the 18^th-most nationally.

Sophomore Mackenzie Leszczynski's 15 goals are tied for the sixth-most in the conference.

As a team, Duquesne ranks fourth in the A-10 with 11.33 goals per game, fourth in shot percentage at 0.442 and third in free position percentage at 0.553.

Davidson is 5-2 and boasts an impressive 4-1 record on the road. Its last game was a 13-12 loss to Cincinnati and the Wildcats' only other loss this year was to Duke. They were on a four-game winning streak before losing to UC.

Grace Fahey leads Davidson with 20 goals and 32 points. Erin Cooke is right behind her with 30 points. The Wildcats have six players with 10 or more goals already, and the team has outscored its opponents 106-78 through seven games. Amanda Monahan has started all seven games and has an 11.52 goals against average. Her save percentage is 41.1 percent.