PITTSBURGH -- The Duquesne University lacrosse team continues its spring break road trip with a Tuesday matinee at Queen University Charlotte.

GAMEDAY INFO
March 5, 2024 | 11:00 AM | Queens Sports Complex (Charlotte, NC)

Duquesne Dukes (5-1, 0-0 A-10) 

• Streak: W5 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

Queens Royals (3-2, 0-0 ASUN) 

• Streak: W1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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SERIES HISTORY

• First meeting

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne pushed its win streak to five in a row with a 14-12 victory at Radford on Saturday afternoon.
• Corinne Webb scored five goals - a career high and the most by a Duke in a game this season ... Mackenzie Leszczynski added four goals for the second straight game ... Emma Raines netted a hat trick.
• Freshman Gracin Emerson scored her first career goal at the 7:13 mark in the third quarter to give DU its largest lead of the afternoon (+3 / 10-7), a margin they held three more times fending off any late Highlander comeback attempt.
• The game stayed within three goals from start to finish and was tied twice, but Duquesne never trailed and held on for the win ... No team scored more than two goals in a row all game and the entire second half alternated scores.
• The Dukes had an early season-high four free position goals (4-6), as Leszczynski and Webb each went 2-for-2.
• Lindsay Newton dished out a career-best two assists and scored once ... Jillian Caroselli (2) and Tristen Chang (1) extended their point streaks to four games with assists, while Charlotte Stamper and Ali Evans each had their first career assists.

FIVE IN A ROW

• Duquesne, winners of five straight, improved to 5-1 with Saturday's win, the best start since starting 4-1 in 2019 (Coach Desrosiers first season) ... The five-game win streak is 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.

NATIONAL LEADER x2

• Junior defender Hanna Pawela leads the NCAA averaging 5.00 caused turnovers per game AND 5.17 ground balls per game.
• 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.
• No other player in Division 1 has caused more than seven turnovers in a game this season ... Pawela has three games with eight or more.
• Pawela was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week, for the first time in her career, on Feb. 19 after the record 10 caused turnovers and a career-best eight ground balls in the home opener vs. EMU.

SCOUTING THE ROYALS

• Queens is in its second season as a Division I member ... In its last DII season (2022), the Royals made a run to the DII national semifinals.
• Queens will look to stay unbeaten at home this season (currently 2-0) ... Wins over Elon (15-10) and Canisius (14-10) opened the 2024 home slate.
• The Royals are 3-0 when scoring 13 or more goals.
• Three players have scored double-digit goals led by Ainsley Thurston with 14, including at least two in every game.
• Kayleen Favreau is the lone returner of four All-ASUN honorees last season and was named preseason all-conference.
• The Royals were picked to finish fourth in the A-SUN ... Last season, Queens was 10-8 overall with a 7-3 home record and finished fourth in the A-SUN.

WELCOME BACK WEBB

• Corinne Webb missed the entire 2023 season with an injury and has not missed a beat to start the 2024 campaign, racking up 21 goals and 23 points through the first five games, which both rank second in the Atlantic 10.
• Webb has scored in every game and has at least a hat trick in all five wins.

DEFENSIVE DUKES

• The Dukes lead all of Division I averaging 27.17 ground balls per game, and are second in caused turnovers per game at 15.00.
• Duquesne has three of the top-four caused turnover games in the A-10 this season (24 vs. EMU, 19 vs. UDM, 16 vs. Akron) ... The 24 CTs vs. EMU are the most by any D1 team this season.
• DU is the only A-10 team with multiple games recording more than 30 ground balls (35 vs. Detroit Mercy & 32 at Radford).

STAT STANDOUTS

• DU dishes 7.17 assists per game, which is 24th in DI.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski leads the A-10 in free position goals (0.83 per game) with four in the last three games ... Leszczynski also ranks second in the A-10 in shots on goal (5.50/g), third in shots (6.83/g) and points (22), fifth in goals (16), and eighth in draw controls (3.83/g).
• As a team, DU leads the A-10 and is 29th nationally averaging 23.83 shots on goal per game.
• Emily O'Donnell is sixth in the A-10 averaging 1.80 caused turnovers per game.
• Goalkeeper Rachel O'Toole ranks sixth in the conference with 26 saves.

CURTIS CONNECTION

• Senior Emelie Curtis leads the A-10 and ranks 14th in Division I with 14 assists.
• The Yardley, Pa. product has had three or more assists in a game three times this season.
• Curtis also has three goals for 17 points.
• 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.

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 83 goals and 25 assists (108 points).

UP NEXT

• Duquesne will open Atlantic 10 play on Saturday, hosting No. 23 ranked and preseason conference favorite Richmond at Rooney Field. First draw is scheduled for 12 pm. There will be no live stream available, but live statistics will be provided at GoDuquesne.com/wlaxstats.

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