PITTSBURGH — Winners of three straight games, the Duquesne University lacrosse team is back in action on Saturday at UMass.

GAMEDAY INFO
Mar. 15, 2025 • 12:00 PM • Garber Field (Amherst, MA)

Duquesne Dukes (5-2, 2-0 A-10)
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• Streak: W3
• Last Game: W, 14-10 at La Salle (Wed. Mar. 12)
• Next Game: Sat. Mar. 22 vs. VCU (1 pm)

Massachusetts Minutewomen (4-3, 2-0 A-10)
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• Streak: W2
• Last Game: W, 18-8 vs. Rhode Island (Wed. Mar. 12)
• Next Game: Sat. Mar. 22 at George Washington (12 pm)

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SERIES HISTORY

• UMass leads 21-6
• Last Meeting: Apr. 6, 2024 at DUQ - L, 20-7
• First Meeting: Apr. 25, 1999 at UMASS - L, 9-5
• Streak: L17
• Home/Away Record: (H) 2-10 / (A) 3-12
• Notes: Dukes have not beaten UMass since 2010, a 12-10 victory at Rooney Field ... The last DU win in Amherst was in 2009; 15-14 in double OT ... Last season, the UMass built a 13-2 halftime lead and rolled to a 20-17 win ... Chang leads the returners with two goals in the 2024 matchup.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne surged past La Salle on Wednesday with a 5-0 fourth quarter, securing a 14-10 victory to improve to 2-0 in A-10 play.
• Corinne Webb led the way with a hat trick (all in the first-quarter), while Haley Reeck, Megan Marco and Chelsea Evans each netted two goals.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski extended her scoring streak to 23 consecutive games ... Mia Piocquidio opened the scoring less than two minutes in ... Kelsea Cooke, Gracin Emerson, and Addison Scanlon each converted free-position goals.
• The Dukes jumped out to an 8-1 lead, but La Salle battled back, cutting it to 9-5 at halftime and taking a 10-9 lead after a shutout third quarter.
• Duquesne responded with a 5-0 fourth quarter — Scanlon tied it at 10, and Reeck (who scored twice in the fourth quarter) put the Dukes ahead for good at the 8:46 mark.
• Defensively, DU forced a season-high 23 turnovers while committing a season-low 12 turnovers on offense.

BEST START IN A DECADE

• With a 2-0 start in A-10 play, Duquesne is off to its best start since 2014.
  • The Dukes have not started 3-0 in conference action since 2005.
• Tracy Coyne is tied with Mike Scerbo (2006) and Corinne Desrosiers (2019) for the best 7-game start (5-2) by a first-year head coach in Duquesne history.
  • Scerbo started 7-2 in 2006 - the best start by a first-year coach in program history.
• Duquesne is also 3-0 on the road ... The best start since 2011.
• The Dukes' .714 win percentage (5-2 overall record) is currently the best in the A-10.

SCOUTING UMASS

• Massachusetts takes a two-game win streak into the matchup with wins over VCU (18-12) and Rhode Island (18-8) to start A-10 play.
• The Minutewomen (4-3) battled a challenging non-conference slate with two of their three losses coming to ranked opponents (22-5 at No. 1 Boston College and 19-16 at No. 23 UConn).
• UMass is 12th in DI and leads the A-10 averaging 15.3 goals per game off a league-high 34.6 shots and 25.0 shots on goal per game.
• The Minutewomen defense ranks 14th nationally in caused turnovers per game (10.86)
• UMass won the A-10 regular season title last year and dropped a 14-13 decision to Richmond in the A-10 Championship.

PAWELA PRESTIGE

• Hanna Pawela is the reigning A-10 Defensive Player of the Week for the third time in her career and first this season after posting 6 CT (the most in a game by an A-10 player this season), 4 GB and 1 DC in the GW win.
• She added 5 CT, 3 GB and 1 DC Wednesday at La Salle.
• Pawela is just the second Duke ever to record over 130 career caused turnovers ... Her 135 career total is the most among all active Division I players.
  • Megan Hungate (1998-01) is DU's record holder with 178 CTs in her career.
• With 144 career ground balls, Pawela is 15 away from ranking in the top-five all-time at DU ... Her ground ball total ranks fourth-most among active Division I players.
• To begin her senior campaign, Pawela leads the Dukes in caused turnovers (3.14 per game — 1st in A-10, 4th in DI) and ground balls (3.00/g — 2nd in A-10, 21st in DI), while also ranking 11th in the A-10 for draw controls (3.29/g).
• Last season, Pawela ranked #1 nationally in caused turnovers per game and #2 in ground balls per game.

ONE-SCORE GAMES

• Four of the first seven games have been decided by one goal.
• Duquesne is 3-1 in one-goal contests with wins at Akron (12-11 OT), at Youngstown State (12-11) and vs. George Washington (11-10).
• Mackenzie Leszczynski has scored two of the three game-winners with the OT goal at Akron and the put-back winner last time out vs. GW ... Corinne Webb notched the winner at YSU with 3:45 to play.

DEFENSIVE DUKES

• In addition to Hanna Pawela's league-leading individual caused turnover mark (3.14/g), Duquesne leads the A-10 and is third nationally as a team in caused turnovers (14.00 per game).
  • Chelsea Evans (2.29/g) is second in the A-10, Faith Conaty (1.43/g) is eighth and freshman Mia Piocquidio (1.29/g) is ninth.
• Pawela (3.00/g) and Evans (2.14/g) are second and tenth, respectively, in the A-10 in ground balls.
  • Last season, Duquesne led the nation in ground balls per game (22.82) and ranked second nationally in caused turnovers per game (14.47).

STAT STANDOUTS

• Mackenzie Leszczynski ranks third in the A-10 in points per game (4.43) with a team-high 19 goals and 12 assists through seven games ... She is also second in free position percentage (62.5%).
  • Leszczynski owns 183 career draw controls rank third all-time at DU, just 15 away from second.
  • She is one assist (has 43) and six goals (has 122) away from breaking into DU's top 10 all-time in both categories.
• Leszczynski and Gracin Emerson are tied for sixth-most assists in the A-10 with 12.
  • Emerson posted a career-high five assists in the season-opening win at Akron - tied for second-most in a game by an A-10 player this season.

A-10 PRESEASON POLL

1. Richmond - 118 (8 first place votes)
2. Massachusetts - 112 (3)
3. Saint Joseph's - 98
4. Davidson - 89
5. VCU - 68
6. St. Bonaventure - 64
7. George Mason - 60
8. George Washington - 41
9. Duquesne - 35
10. La Salle - 22
11. Rhode Island - 19

UP NEXT
Duquesne returns home next Saturday (March 22) for a 1 pm matchup against VCU at Rooney Field.

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