PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne University women's soccer team will make the short trek across town to take on nationally-ranked Pitt tomorrow night under the lights at Ambrose Urbanic Field.

THE BASICS 

August 31, 2023 | 7:00 P.M. | Ambrose Urbanic Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 

Duquesne Dukes (1-3, 0-0 A-10) 

• Streak: L2 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

#21 Pittsburgh Panthers (4-0, 0-0 ACC) 

• Streak: W4 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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BY THE NUMBERS 

THE DUKES 

• Duquesne enters the matchup on a two-game skid after dominating its home opener, 5-0 against American. 

• Jaimi Araujo scored in the opening six minutes of games two and three this season ... She is tied for the team lead in goals with Maya Matesa, who netted back-to-back scores in the win over American. 

• Matesa leads the team with five points, also adding an assist last game. Mackenzie Muir has two assists for DU. 

• Sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Muir leads the team with 10 shots and has taken seven over the last two games, putting five on target. 

• Maddy Neundorfer has played all four games in goal and has 16 saves for a 0.727 save percentage. Neundorfer posted an early-season high of five saves on Sunday against WVU.  

LAST TIME OUT 

• Duquesne played a tough game last time falling short against West Virginia University with the only goal of the game coming early in the second minute. 

• Despite being outshot by a total of 22-6, the Dukes battled through to keep the game close the entire way through. 

• Maddy Neundorfer made 5 saves against the Mountaineers to help keep the game 1-0. 

• Mackenzie Muir accounted for half of the team's shots with three shots and two shots on goal. 

THE PANTHERS 

• The No. 21 ranked Pittsburgh Panthers, of the Atlantic Coast Conference, are coming off a 5-0 thrashing of Bucknell University at home on Sunday, their second shutout of the early season, putting them off to a 4-0 start.

• The offense is firing on all cylinders as the Panthers are averaging 3.0 goals a game which has helped with the opening winning streak.

• Sarah Schupansky leads the team and the ACC with four goals and nine points.

• Pitt has many playmakers throughout the entire lineup with ten different players who have logged an assist through the first four games.

• The Panthers also have six other players along with Schupansky who have scored a goal for them showing off the scoring depth early on. 

• Pitt is one of 24 teams remaining in Division I without a loss. In 2022, Pitt made a Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament and finished with a 14-5-3 record. The Panthers were voted to finish in 7th in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll.  

THE SERIES 

• Duquesne is 4-11 all-time against Pitt … The Panthers have won each of the last three meetings. 

• The last Duquesne win over Pitt was a 2-0 victory at Pitt on August 21, 2016. 

• DU has not scored against Pitt since that 2016 win (three straight scoreless outings). 

• Last season, the Panthers downed the Dukes 3-0 in the spring of 2021, DU's first match back from the COVID-19 shutdown. 

• This will be the third straight match between the teams hosted by Pitt … Duquesne is 3-7 all-time on the road in the series. 

DU VS. NATIONALLY-RANKED OPPONENTS 

• Duquesne is in search of its first-ever win against a ranked opponent … DU is 0-14 against nationally ranked teams all-time … Last season, the Dukes dropped a 1-0 battle to #10 St. Louis at home in A-10 play and a 3-0 match on the road early in the season to #14 Penn State … Pitt is the first ranked opponent of 2023 for Duquesne. 

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 her second goal of the season last time out 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. 

ASSISTS ALL AROUND 

• Duquesne is tied for the early lead in the Atlantic 10 in assists with seven as a team. 

• Two DU scores this season have resulted from double assists. 

• Mackenzie Muir leads the team with two assists … Six different Dukes have at least one. 

USING THE DEPTH 

• Duquesne has had 21 or more players see action in each of its first four games … An early season most, 28, played in the home opener vs. American (5-0 win) … 25 played in the season opener at Ohio (3-0 loss) … 22 played in Thursday's 2-1 loss to Youngstown State … 21 played at WVU on Sunday. 

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). 

SHUTOUT VICTORY 

• DU tied their shutout win total from last season already after posting one shutout victory in 2022, a 1-0 win at Richmond. 

• The Dukes last had multiple shutout wins in a season in the 2021 spring season with three. 

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. The Monroeville, Pa. played all 90 minutes between the posts in the season opener on Thursday and made five saves. 

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 Jaydn 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. 

WINNINGEST COACH IN PROGRAM HISTORY 

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

• Alvine is the winningest coach in program history with a 76-93-25 overall record on the Bluff and 39-51-13 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 will return home for two-straight home matches against Saint Francis on Sunday at 1 pm, then Farleigh Dickinson next Thursday at 6 pm. 

• Sunday's game against Saint Francis will be Senior Day, as the Dukes honor six seniors and two fifth-year players during a pregame celebration. 

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