PITTSBURGH -- The Duquesne University lacrosse team will make its final road trip of the regular season on Saturday to take on Saint Joseph's in Atlantic 10 action.

GAMEDAY INFO
April 20, 2024 | 3:30 PM | Sean Sweeney Field (Philadelphia, PA)

Duquesne Dukes (7-8, 2-5 A-10)

• Streak: L1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

Saint Joseph's Hawks (8-6, 4-3 A-10)

• Streak: L1 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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SERIES HISTORY (Duquesne leads 14-10)

• Last Meeting: Mar. 18, 2023 at SJU - L, 10-16
• First Meeting: Apr. 9, 1999 at DUQ - W, 13-8
• Streak: L8
• Home/Away Record: (H) 7-7 / (A) 7-3
• Notes: After winning the first nine games of this series, the Dukes have dropped eight in a row to SJU ... The last three matchups have been in Pittsburgh, this is the first trip to SJU since a 12-10 loss in 2021 ... Three of the last four games have been decided by four goals or less.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne dropped its non-conference finale on Tuesday night at Robert Morris, 14-8.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski and Haley Reeck netted goals in the opening 4:05, but a 7-0 Colonial run ensued. The Dukes trailed 7-3 at the half ... Duquesne battled back in the third quarter to make it 10-8 heading to the final 15 minutes, but was unable to find the back of the net the rest of the way.
• Hanna Pawela eclipsed the program's single-season record for caused turnovers with a game-high three bringing her season total to 59.
• Leszczynski paced Duquesne's offense with three goals, extending her scoring streak to 14 games. The junior midfielder is now one goal shy of 100 for her career after her fifth hat trick of the season.
• Reeck and freshman Charlotte Stamper finished with two goals apiece, while Kate Webb notched her first career score in the third quarter off an assist by Emelie Curtis. Stamper's brace was her first career multi-goal game and was done in three shots. Tristen Chang added the lone other assist for DU on Stamper's second goal.

NATIONAL LEADER

• Junior defender Hanna Pawela leads the NCAA in caused turnovers per game (3.93) and is third in ground balls per game (4.07).
• Pawela's NCAA-leading 59 caused turnovers this season secured a single-season Duquesne record surpassing Meghan Hungate's record from 1998 of 57 CTs.
• Pawela eclipsed 100 career CTs in the recent win vs. La Salle ... She also went over 100 career ground balls earlier this season against George Mason.
• Pawela set a new DU single-game record vs. EMU with 10 CTs - it was the most by a DI player since Elizabeth Small (Sacred Heart) had 10 against Vermont on 2/28/20.
• Pawela is the only player in Division I to have multiple games with 8-plus CTs, with four.
• Pawela has been named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week twice this season ... Mar. 5 after posting 14 GBs and 13 CTs in a 2-0 week for DU and on Feb. 19 after her record 10 CTs and a career-high eight GBs vs. EMU.

PLAYOFF PICTURE

• The top six in the league standings will qualify for the A-10 Championship Tournament hosted at Rooney Field on May 2-5.
• Duquesne (2-5), currently in eighth, is one game back from a three-way tie between George Mason, St. Bonaventure, and VCU in fifth (3-4).
• For full A-10 standings, click here.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS

• Saint Joseph's snapped a four-game win streak with a 10-9 loss at Davidson last Saturday.
• Goalkeeper Jorden Concordia ranks atop the A-10 with a goals against average of 10.33 ... She is top-five in Division I with a .520 save percentage and 153 saves on the season.
• The Hawks commit the third-least amount of turnovers in the NCAA this season at 11.64.
• They average 12.29 goals per game and allow 10.43.
• SJU is 5-2 at home this season with five straight wins after falling to No. 9 ranked Maryland (3-16) and Colorado (6-7) to open the 2024 campaign.
• Saint Joe's sits in fourth place in the A-10 at 4-3 with wins vs. VCU (17-10), GW (20-6), La Salle (16-6), and at St. Bonaventure (16-7) ... The losses all have been on the road at Davidson (9-10), Richmond (12-16), and UMass (11-16).

DEFENSIVE DUKES

• Duquesne ranks second nationally in Division I for caused turnovers per game (14.53) and ground balls per game (23.00).
• The Dukes have the top-four caused turnover games in the A-10 this season (24 vs. EMU, 20 vs. George Mason & La Salle, 19 vs. UDM) ... The 24 CTs vs. EMU are tied for the second-most by a D1 team in a game this season.
• DU is the only A-10 team with multiple games recording more than 30 ground balls (35 vs. Detroit Mercy & at Radford, 34 vs. La Salle).
• Three Dukes rank in the top 10 of the of the A-10 in caused turnovers per game (Hanna Pawela - 1st at 3.93, Casey McBride - 4th at 1.73, and Emily King - 10th at 1.33) ... Pawela also leads in ground balls per game (4.07) and Emily King is fifth at 2.53.

CAREER MILESTONES FOR LESZCZYNSKI

• Junior Mackenzie Leszczynski is set to hit the career century mark in her second stat this season ... She recorded her 100th career point as a Duke in the win over Akron and her next goal will be her 100th.
• Leszczynski moved into third all-time for career draw controls at Duquesne in the last game at Robert Morris, now at 161 (43 this season) ... She passed Krista Mann (160 from '03-06) ... Second all-time is 198 by Ginger Flocco ('02-05) and the career record is 252 by Maddie Hart from 2017-20.

STAT STANDOUTS

• Mackenzie Leszczynski is second in the A-10 in shots on goal per game (4.80), while ranking in the top-10 in free position goals, free position percentage, goals, points, and shots per game ... Leszczynski leads Duquesne with 44 points and is the only player with double-digit goals (32) and assists (12).
• Corinne Webb, who missed the entire 2023 season with an injury, is second on the team with 31 goals ... Webb has a team-leading seven games with 3+ goals and is third in the A-10 with a 50% free position percentage (10-for-20).
• Senior Emelie Curtis ranks 9th in the A-10 with a team-high 17 assists ... Her five assists in the win over EMU were the most in a game by a Duke since March 2019, and are tied for second-most in a game by an A-10 player this year.

KING ME

• Junior midfielder Emily King, a transfer from Towson, raced in to score the game-winning goal in overtime at George Washington with less than two minutes to play in overtime for the Dukes' first A-10 win ... Emelie Curtis forced the extra period with a free-position goal in the final seconds of regulation.
• King leads Duquesne with 48 draw controls on the season (12th in A-10), including a career-best nine in the OT win at George Washington.

RECORDS TO NOTE

• The Dukes are 23-1 in the Desrosiers Era (since 2019) when scoring 16 or more goals ... 2-0 this season (EMU and YSU).
• DU is 7-0 when scoring 10 goals this year.
• The Dukes have not lost a game this season (6-0) that has been decided by less than five goals.

• Duquesne will host Davidson next Saturday (April 27) at Rooney Field for its regular season finale.