Pittsburgh, Pa. – Alec Hughes scored with just under two-and-a-half minutes to play to lift Massachusetts to a 1-0 victory over the No. 23 Duquesne University men's soccer team Saturday in Amherst, Mass., at Rudd Field. The Dukes, in having a four-game winning streak snapped, fell to 11-3-1 (.767) overall, including 5-2-0 (.714) in the Atlantic 10.
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
The Minutemen were on the attack the majority of the second half, owning an 8-3 edge in shots en route to a 17-7 cushion in the contest. Senior goalkeeper
Zoltan Nagy posted six saves in the opening 45 minutes and matched a season-high with seven stops early in the second half. He finished with nine in the contest, one off his career high of 10 set last year in a 1-1 draw at Loyola Chicago. Looking to help the Dukes get out of another road game with a draw, the Atlantic 10 leading scorer put UMass on the scoreboard. Hughes dribbled past a defender and scored off his left foot at 87:34 to help give the Minutemen the victory.
NOTES
Hughes scored for the 12th time this year, including his fourth game-winning goal, and tops the Atlantic 10 leaderboard in points (25) … Duquesne was led in shots by seniors
Maxi Hopfer and
Jesper Moksnes, who each had two … One of the two shots for Hopfer was on target … Matt Cence posted a game-high four shots, including three on goal, for the Minutemen … Massachusetts used just one substitute, with Brad Moccio checking in after the goal from Hughes … Hopfer had an opportunity to give the Dukes an early lead at 15:41, but his shot was turned away by Alex Geczy, who finished with two saves … Off the bench, grad student
Jack Rhead put Duquesne's other shot on goal at 62:30, and the Dukes failed to get a shot off in the final 27:30 of the contest … Moksnes again played a full 90 minutes and was joined by senior
Christoffer Vie Angell, junior
Grant McIntosh and redshirt sophomore
Blaize Hardy … UMass held a 10-2 advantage in corner kicks.
UP NEXT
Duquesne returns home, where it has set a program record for wins at Rooney Field (8) and has won 11 consecutive games at the venue dating to last season, to host Fordham Saturday, Nov. 2, in a 7:00 p.m. match. Prior to the game the Dukes will honor their senior class with Senior Day festivities.
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