Duquesne Dukes (6-6, 1-4 A-10)

• Streak: L3 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

Massachusetts Minutewomen (6-4, 5-0 A-10)

• Streak: W5 | Roster | Stats | Schedule 

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SERIES HISTORY

• UMass leads 23-6
• Last Meeting: Apr. 8, 2023 at UMass - L, 5-17
• First Meeting: Apr. 25, 1999 at UMass - L, 5-9
• Streak: L16
• Home/Away Record: (H) 2-9 / (A) 3-12
• Notes: The last Duquesne victory was in 2010 at Rooney Field (12-10) ... The last four games have been double-digit victories for the Minutewomen ... The 2019 matchup in Pittsburgh went to overtime and UMass prevailed 16-15.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne suffered a 20-5 defeat at VCU on Saturday ... After a 2-2 tie in the opening six minutes, VCU rattled off nine goals in a row to take control of the contest ... The Rams led 14-3 at the half and answered both DU second-half goals with three of their own.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski led the Dukes with two goals on three shots and has now scored in 11 straight games with two in each of the last four outings.
• Jillian Caroselli, Corinne Webb, and Emma Raines all added one goal apiece ... Caroselli and Emelie Curtis accounted for Duquesne's two assists on the afternoon ... Raines has scored in 10 of the 12 games this season.
• Casey McBride had a career-high five caused turnovers to lead all players.
• Megan LaBorne recorded a season-high eight saves and a career-best four ground balls in relief of starter Rachel O'Toole, as the duo combined for 10 saves.

PAWELA POWER

• Junior defender Hanna Pawela is second in the NCAA in both ground balls per game (4.33) and caused turnovers per game (3.92).
• Pawela, who went over 100 career ground balls against George Mason, is four caused turnovers away from 100 in her career.
• The 49 caused turnovers for Pawela this season are currently tied for third-most ever in a season by a Duke ... The program record for a single season is 57 set by Meghan Hungate in 1998.
• She 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 posted her fourth game with eight or more this season in the last home game vs. GMU and is the only player in Division I to have multiple games with 8-plus CTs.
• 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.

CAREER MILESTONES FOR LESZCZYNSKI

• Junior Mackenzie Leszczynski recorded her 100th career point as a Duke in the win over Akron, currently at 123 and is seven goals away from 100 in her Dukes career.
• Leszczynski also is one draw control away from entering the top-five in Duquesne program history for career draw controls (currently at 156 - Clare Hurley (2012-15) is fifth all time with 157).

SCOUTING THE MINUTEWOMEN

• UMass is on a five-game win streak, all conference games, and enters as one of two remaining unbeatens in A-10 play (Richmond is also 5-0).
• The Minutewomen have won three of the five A-10 games by double digits with narrow wins over Davidson (13-11) last time out and Saint Joseph's (16-11) back on March 16.
• UMass is 3-2 on the road this season and 2-0 in league play.
• The Minutewomen are top-five in the country in draw controls (62.7% and 18.30 per game), top-10 in assists per game (8.30), and top-20 in goals per game (14.70) ... They lead the A-10 in nine stat categories.
• Kassidy Morris is second in the A-10 with 34 goals and Jordan Dean is the NCAA leader averaging 12.90 draw controls per game.
• Last season's leading goal scorer for Duquesne, Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw transferred to UMass and has scored eight goals with two assists in nine games played this season.

DEFENSIVE DUKES

• Duquesne ranks second nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.25) and ground balls per game (22.67).
• The Dukes have four of the top-five caused turnover games in the A-10 this season (24 vs. EMU, 20 vs. George Mason, 19 vs. UDM, 17 at Queens) ... The 24 CTs vs. EMU are 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).
• Three Dukes rank in the top 10 of the of the A-10 in caused turnovers per game (Hanna Pawela - 1st at 3.92, Casey McBride - 5th at 1.67, and Emily O'Donnell - 9th at 1.33).

STAT STANDOUTS

• Mackenzie Leszczynski is in the top-five in the A-10 in four stat categories; second in shots on goal per game (4.92), third in free position percentage (.500), and fourth in free position goals (0.67 per game) and shots per game (5.75) ... Leszczynski leads the team with 37 points and is the only player with double-digit goals (26) and assists (11).
• Corinne Webb, who missed the entire 2023 season with an injury, is tied with Leszczynski for the team lead with 26 goals ... Webb scored in each of the first six games and recorded her sixth hat trick of the year at GW.
• Senior Emelie Curtis ranks eighth in the A-10 with a team-high 16 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 41 draw controls on the season, including a career-best nine in the OT win at George Washington ... King is also sixth in the A-10 averaging 2.25 ground balls per game.

RECORDS WHEN TO NOTE

• The Dukes are 23-1 in the Desrosiers Era (since 2019) when scoring more than 15 goals ... 2-0 this season (EMU and YSU).
• DU is also 6-0 when scoring 10 goals this year.
• The Dukes have not lost a game this season (5-0) that has been decided by five goals or less.

• Dukes (1-4) eighth
• Minutewomen (5-0) tied for first
• Full standings, click here.

• Duquesne hosts La Salle at noon next Saturday on Rooney Field for its annual Morgan's Message Game.