PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne University women's lacrosse team finished its 2023 season with a 20-4 loss at No. 21-ranked Richmond Saturday afternoon.
 
The Spiders, who will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Tournament, came into the match scoring the sixth most goals per game in the NCAA and they showed off the high-powered offense right from the start. Richmond outshot the Dukes 33-7 in the first half and kept the visitors off the scoreboard, while building a 14-0 lead.
 
Mackenzie Leszczynski finally found the back of the net for Duquesne off a free position attempt with 2:40 to play in the third quarter. The Dukes rallied for three more scores in a row at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Spiders answered with four straight goals of their own over the final eight minutes. Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw drove right into the arc and battled through defenders for her A-10 leading 50^th goal of the season 90 seconds into the fourth quarter. Chelsea Evans followed less than two minutes later with her 31^st goal of her freshman campaign. Rodriguez-Shaw added her second of the day at the 9:12 mark in the fourth to close the season scoring multiple goals in 15 of the 16 games.
 
Richmond owned a commanding 24-3 draw control advantage, as DU was held without a control in both the first and third quarters. The Spiders totaled a 32-11 lead in shots on goal and 45-14 edge in total shots. In the second half, DU held the Spiders to 11 shots while firing seven, all of which on target.
 
Duquesne went 1-for-2 from the free position and held Richmond off the board, 0-for-3, from the FP, the second straight game not allowing a free position goal.
 
The Dukes end the year with a 2-14 overall record and 1-8 mark in conference play.
 
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