Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University women's soccer team snapped a three-game losing streak Saturday, picking up its first Atlantic 10 road victory of the 2024 season with a 1-0 triumph over La Salle in Philadelphia, Pa., at McCarthy Stadium. The Dukes improved to 9-5 (.643) overall, including 3-4 (.429) in the A-10.
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
Having been outscored, 10-2, during its three-game skid, the Duquesne defense put forth a valiant effort in logging its first road victory in almost a month. Outshot in the first half, 8-3, the Explorers placed seven shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper
Maddy Neundorfer stood tall, turning each away in nearly matching a season high in saves in the opening 45 minutes. Neundorfer also came up big late, turning away a shot by Ella Cadigan with under two minutes to play, her 10th save of the contest. It marks the second time during Neundorfer's four years on the Bluff she has reached double digits in saves in a match, trailing only the career-high 12 she registered in a 3-2 win over Rhode Island at Rooney Field Sept. 15, 2022.
THE ONE
The Dukes came out on the attack to open the second half, peppering three shots in the opening eight minutes.
Hailey Longwell fired a shot that was turned away by La Salle (7-3-5 | 2-2-3 Atlantic 10) goalkeeper Michela Auguadro, but her second found the back of the net. Taking a feed from junior forward
Maya Matesa, Longwell was able to scoot one past Auguadro at 52:40, finding the low right of the goal and giving Duquesne a 1-0 edge. It marked the sixth goal of the 2024 season for the redshirt freshman forward.
NOTES
Neundorfer registered her fifth shutout of the 2024 season thanks to her 10 saves as well as the 15th of her career … Neundorfer, who is five saves shy of 250 for her career, moved into a tie for fourth place all-time at Duquesne with 22 wins with Gabby Morrin (2007-10) … Duquesne and La Salle tied in shots, 13-13, after the Dukes posted a 10-5 advantage in the second half … In addition to the three shots from Longwell, junior forward
Mackenzie Muir also got off three shots, two of which were on goal … Duquesne held Haley Gschrey, the leading scorer for the Explorers with 22 points, including three goals and two assists in her last five matches, to just two shots, both of which were on goal … Gschrey did not register a shot in the first half … The only field player to log a full 90 minutes was junior
Eva LaVecchia, who has played a full contest in each of the last 10 matches for the Dukes and has played 1,244 of a possible 1,260 minutes this season.
UP NEXT
Duquesne travels to VCU Thursday, Oct. 17, for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff before closing out the home portion of the 2024 regular season Thursday, Oct. 24, against Saint Joseph's at Rooney Field.
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