PITTSBURGH -- The Duquesne University lacrosse team is right back in action on Saturday, hosting Detroit Mercy for Senior Day at Rooney Field.

GAMEDAY INFO
Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 12:00 PM | Arthur J. Rooney Field
Detroit Mercy Titans (0-1, 0-0 MAC) vs. Duquesne Dukes (2-1, 0-0 A-10)

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THE SERIES

• Dukes lead 8-0
• Last Meeting: Mar. 3, 2019 at DUQ - W, 23-9
• First Meeting: Mar. 15, 2009 at UDM - W, 20-6
• Streak: W8
• Home/Away Record: (H) 4-0 / (A) 4-0
• Duquesne was a part of the inaugural schedule for UDM in 2009.
• The Dukes have scored double digit goals in all eight meetings averaging 17.5 per game against the Titans, while holding UDM to single digits in six of the eight matchups.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne scored five goals in the opening seven minutes and built a 9-2 halftime lead on way to securing its second straight win, 17-13 over Youngstown State on Thursday at Rooney Field.
• Seven Dukes scored in the game with four recording a hat trick or better ... It is the second game in a row that seven DU players have recorded a goal ... Corinne Webb netted four goals to lead all scorers - her second straight game with four goals ... Jillian Caroselli, Lindsay Newton, and Emma Raines rounded out the hat trick club with three goals apiece.
• Caroselli scored all three of her goals in the first quarter, as DU got out in front 5-0 ... Her first scores of the season ... Newton had three goals for the second straight game, her first two games on Rooney Field as a grad transfer ... Raines' hat trick was the first of her career.
• Duquesne assisted on 11 of its 17 goals, the most as a team since March 16, 2021 ... Eight of the nine first-half scores for the Dukes were assisted.
• Emelie Curtis dished out four assists, giving her nine over the last two games and 10 total on the season.
• The Dukes led by as many as eight twice in the game (12-4 at the 9:19 mark in the third quarter and 17-9 with 6:29 left in the fourth quarter).
• Tristen Chang (2 G), Lizzie Cleary (2 A) and Gracin Emerson (1 A) recorded their first points as Dukes in the win.

SENIOR DAY

• Duquesne will honor Jillian Caroselli, Lindsay Newton, Rachel O'Toole, Miranda Held, Emelie Curtis, Emily O'Donnell, Nina Burns, and Tristen Chang with a pregame ceremony beginning at 10:30 am.

RECORD-SETTER EARNS A-10 WEEKLY HONOR

• Junior Hanna Pawela was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career after she set a single-game DU record with 10 caused turnovers and had a career-best eight ground balls versus EMU.
• The 10 caused turnovers are the most by any player in Division I since Elizabeth Small (Sacred Heart) had 10 against Vermont on Feb. 28, 2020.
• Pawela ranks fourth in the NCAA in caused turnovers per game (3.67) and is 11th in ground balls per game (4.00).

SCOUTING THE TITANS

• Detroit Mercy will be playing its second game of the season, the first of back-to-back in the Steel City ... In the opener, UDM trailed by four goals in the fourth quarter and rallied to get within one with 2:33 to play, but the game-tying score eluded the Titans ultimately falling to New Hampshire, 12-11 on the road.
• This is the second of three straight road games to start the season for the Titans, next they'll take on Pitt on Monday at Highmark Stadium.
• Last season, UDM went 3-11 with a 2-6 mark in the MAC ... The Titans were 2-5 on the road in 2023.
• Detroit Mercy is in its 16th season as a program and first-year head coach Madeline Dugan is the sixth in program history ... With an all-time record of 85-158, UDM has struggled since joining the MAC in 2020 with an 8-40 overall record.
• The Titans return 23 letterwinners and nine starters from last year's team ... 12 of the 15 goal scorers also return.
• Senior Cat Kopchia and junior Meredith Leavell were honored as the MAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week, as UDM swept the first honors of the season ... Leavell posted 10 saves with two caused turnovers and a ground ball in the season opener, she led the MAC and was ninth in the nation last season averaging 10.36 saves per game ... Kopchia, the leading returning scorer, began her season with four goals on 10 shots.

HOME SWEET HOME

• The Dukes are in the midst of a four-game homestand, which is tied for the longest since five straight at Rooney Field in 2014.
• All four of the games during the homestand are against MAC members (Eastern Michigan, Youngstown State, Detroit Mercy, & Akron).

STAT CHECK

• The Dukes rank top five nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.67 - 4th) and ground balls per game (23.33 - 4th).

WELCOME BACK WEBB

• Corinne Webb has made an immediate impact early on with a team-leading nine goals after missing all of 2023 with an injury ... She has scored in all three games and has had back-to-back four-goal games.

CURTIS WILL FIND YOU

• Senior Emelie Curtis leads the A-10 and ranks seventh in Division I with 10 assists through three games ... She has has nine in the past two games.
• Curtis' five assists in the win over EMU were the most in a game by a Duke since March 2019.

SCORING SPREE

• Duquesne has scored 33 goals during its two game win streak (17 - YSU & 16 - EMU).
• The Dukes are now 23-1 in the Desrosiers Era (since 2019) when scoring more than 15 goals.

WHAT'S ON THE LINE ...

• Duquesne will look to improve to 3-1, which would be the best start since starting 4-0 in 2019 (Coach Desrosiers first season) ... It would be just the third time (2014 & '19) with three wins in the first four games of a season since 2001.

RETURNING THE CORE

• Duquesne brings back five of its six players that started all 16 games last year (Mackenzie Leszczynski, Chelsea Evans, Chloe Holmes, Emelie Curtis, and Jillian Caroselli) ... The Dukes also return seven of their 10 goal scorers ... For a full 2024 season preview, click here.

UP NEXT

• The Dukes will play their third game in six days on Tuesday when the Akron Zips come to town. First draw for the homestand finale is scheduled for 4:00 pm at Rooney Field.

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