GAMEDAY INFO
March 20, 2024 | 4:00 PM | Tom & Michelle Marra Athletics Field (Olean, N.Y.)
Duquesne Dukes (6-3, 1-1 A-10)

• Streak: W1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

St. Bonaventure Bonnies (5-4, 2-0 A-10)

• Streak: W1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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SERIES HISTORY

• Dukes lead 20-5
• Last Meeting: Mar. 22, 2023 at DUQ - L, 15-16
• First Meeting: Apr. 25, 2000 at SBU - W, 18-2
• Streak: L1
• Home/Away Record: (H) 7-4 / (A) 12-1
• Notes: Last season's one-goal loss snapped a five-game win streak for DU in the series ... The Dukes have won each of their last three games in Olean (2022, 2021, & 2019) ... DU has scored 15 or more goals in six straight games vs. SBU.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne won an overtime thriller on Saturday at George Washington to earn its first A-10 win of the season behind a walk-off goal by Emily King.
• George Washington was on a clear with less than two minutes remaining in overtime, but Emelie Curtis knocked the ball loose and King scooped the ground ball near midfield. King outran the GW defense and rifled it to the back of the net to walk it off for Duquesne ... It was the first failed clear of the game for the Revolutionaries (16-for-17).
• The Dukes held a 13-9 lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Revolutionaries rattled off five straight goals to take their first lead of the game (14-13) with 3:44 left to play.
• Duquesne's defense forced GW out of bounds and got the ball back with 22 seconds left, trailing by one, then Emelie Curtis drew a shooting space violation and earned a free position attempt with four seconds remaining and scored from the FP to force OT.
• Corinne Webb led a balanced offensive attack for the Dukes, that featured nine scorers, with three goals and one assist ... Curtis, Tristen Chang, Jillian Caroselli, and Mackenzie Leszczynski all netted two goals, while King, Emma Raines, Lindsay Newton, and Lizzie Cleary charted one score each ... Cleary's goal was the first of her career ... Leszczynski, Caroselli, Chang, and Curtis all added an assist apiece.

STREAKS TO NOTE

• Leszczynski has now scored in eight straight games and Raines is on a five-game scoring stretch.
• Caroselli and Chang extended their point streaks to seven games.
• In two games played, Louisville transfer Haley Reeck has three goals.

PAWELA POWER

• Junior defender Hanna Pawela is averaging 4.56 ground balls per game (2nd in NCAA) and is second at 3.78 caused turnovers per game (3rd in NCAA).
• Pawela is six ground balls and 17 caused turnovers away from 100 in her career.
• She set a new DU single-game record vs. EMU with 10 CTs - the most by a Division I player since Elizabeth Small (Sacred Heart) had 10 against Vermont on 2/28/20.
• Pawela has three games with eight or more CTs, the only player with multiple games over seven in Division I this season.
• Pawela has been named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week twice this season ... Most recently on Mar. 5 after posting 14 GBs and 13 CTs in a 2-0 week for DU ... Her first honor was on Feb. 19 after her record 10 CTs and a career-high eight GBs vs. EMU.

SCOUTING THE BONNIES

• St. Bonaventure enters the matchup with an unbeaten 2-0 record in A-10 play and 3-0 mark on its home turf this season.
• The Bonnies (5-4 overall) defeated La Salle (17-7) and George Washington (14-7) in its two conference matchups.
• Last year, SBU was 6-12 overall and 4-5 in the A-10 ... The Bonnies fended off a furious DU comeback in the 2023 meeting to hold on for a 16-15 win after leading 16-12 with four minutes left.
• Goalkeeper Ashley Herrick leads the A-10 allowing 9.40 goals per game and is second at 7.78 saves per game.
• Fiona McGovern and Brooke Piper lead the offense with 21 and 20 goals, respectively.
• The Bonnies are 1-3 when allowing double-digit goals and 3-0 when scoring 14 or more.

DEFENSIVE DUKES

• Duquesne ranks second nationally in both caused turnovers per game (14.22) and ground balls per game (23.56).
• The Dukes have four of the top-five caused turnover games in the A-10 this season (24 vs. EMU, 19 vs. UDM, 17 at Queens, 16 vs. Akron) ... The 24 CTs vs. EMU are the second-most by a D1 team this season.
• DU is the only A-10 team with multiple games recording more than 30 ground balls (35 vs. Detroit Mercy & 34 at Radford).

STAT STANDOUTS

• Senior Emelie Curtis leads the A-10 with 15 assists ... The Yardley, Pa. product has three games with three or more assists this season ... Her five assists in the win over EMU were the most in a game by a Duke since March 2019, and are tied for the most in a game by an A-10 player this year.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski is in the top-five in the A-10 in four stat categories; free position goals (0.78/g - 2nd), shots on goal (5.00/g - 3rd), free position percentage (.538 - 3rd), and shots (6.00/g - 4th) ... Her team-leading 28 points are seventh in the A-10.
• Corinne Webb, who missed the entire 2023 season with an injury, leads the team with 24 goals, which ranks fourth in the conference ... Webb scored in each of the first six games and recorded her sixth hat trick of the year at GW ... Webb is also second in the A-10 in free position percentage (.545).
• As a team, DU is third in the A-10 averaging 22.11 shots on goal per game.

MAGIC NUMBER 16

• The Dukes are 23-1 in the Desrosiers Era (since 2019) when scoring more than 15 goals ... 2-0 this season (EMU and YSU).

CENTURY CLUB

• Junior Mackenzie Leszczynski recorded her 100th career point as a Duke in the win over Akron ... She currently has 87 goals and 27 assists (114 points).
• Leszczynski is eight draw controls away from entering the top-five in Duquesne program history for career draw controls (currently at 149 - Clare Hurley (2012-15) is fifth all time with 157).

STRONG START

• Duquesne started the season 5-1, the best start since 4-1 in 2019 (Coach Desrosiers first season) ... The five-game win streak was the longest for DU since 2014, when the Dukes won 10 in a row during a 14-4 season.
• DU's 3-1 start was just the third time (2014 & '19) with three wins in the first four games of a season since 2001.

• Dukes (1-1) tied for fourth
• Bonnies (2-0) tied for first
• Full standings, click here.

• Duquesne returns home to take on George Mason on Saturday at noon.