PITTSBURGH — The Duquesne lacrosse team will look to snap its three-game skid on Saturday as it travels to Davidson for an Atlantic 10 matchup.
GAMEDAY INFO
Mar. 29, 2025 • 1:00 PM • Davidson College Stadium (Davidson, NC)
Duquesne Dukes (5-5, 2-3 A-10)
Roster • Schedule • Stats
- Streak: L3
- Last Game: L, 20-12 vs. St. Bonaventure (Wed. Mar. 26)
- Next Game: Sat. Apr. 5 at George Mason (12 pm)
Davidson Wildcats (7-3, 3-1 A-10)
Roster • Schedule • Stats
- Streak: W4
- Last Game: W, 18-2 at George Mason (Wed. Mar. 26)
- Next Game: Sun. Apr. 6 at St. Bonaventure (12 pm)
GAMEDAY LINKS
SERIES HISTORY
- Davidson leads 9-8
- Last Meeting: Apr. 27, 2024 at DUQ - L, 15-5
- First Meeting: Apr. 1, 1997 at DUQ - L, 18-3
- Streak: L4
- Home/Away Record: (H) 5-3 / (A) 3-5
- Notes: Duquesne has dropped four straight to the Wildcats ... Last season, the sides met in the regular season finale at Rooney Field ... Leszczynski (3) and C. Webb (2) scored the five goals for DU ... The last Dukes win at Davidson was in 2019 (20-16), the Wildcats have won the last two meetings on their home turf.
LAST TIME OUT
- Duquesne dropped its third straight game, falling to St. Bonaventure 20-12 on Wednesday after allowing a season-high 20 goals.
- The Dukes fell behind 6-0 in the first nine minutes and couldn't recover ... They cut the deficit to three in the third. However, a 6-1 run by the Bonnies put the game out of reach.
- Corinne Webb scored a career-high six goals, all in the second half.
- Mackenzie Leszczynski tallied two goals and three assists for a five-point performance.
- Addison Scanlon, Mia Piocquidio, Chelsea Evans, and Gracin Emerson all scored once.
- Scanlon, a freshman, extended her team-leading scoring streak to four games.
- Emerson also recorded three assists, extending her assist streak to seven straight games and bringing her season total to 21.
- Hanna Pawela paced the defense with five caused turnovers, three ground balls, and five draw controls ... She has now recorded 5+ caused turnovers in three of the last five games.
- Freshman Korrigan Sweeney made her first career start in goal.
THE DUKES
- Duquesne started A-10 play 2-0, its best conference start since 2014, but has since dropped three straight.
- The Dukes rank third in Division I and first in the A-10 with 12.6 caused turnovers per game. They also rank 16th nationally in ground balls, averaging 18.9 per game.
- Last season, Duquesne led all of Division I in ground balls (22.82 per game) and ranked second in caused turnovers (14.47 per game).
- Hanna Pawela leads the A-10 and ranks seventh nationally in caused turnovers (2.90 per game) ... Also second in the A-10 and 13th in Division I in ground balls (3.00 per game).
- Last season, Pawela led DI in caused turnovers and ranked second in ground balls.
- Four Dukes rank in the top 11 of the A-10 in caused turnovers:
- Evans is also seventh in the A-10 in ground balls, averaging 2.20 per game.
- Pawela and Evans are the only A-10 players with multiple 5+ caused turnover games ... Pawela's six caused turnovers vs. George Washington is tied for the highest single-game total in the A-10 this season.
SCOUTING DAVIDSON
- Davidson has won four straight games, their longest streak of the season, including three A-10 victories: 14-11 vs. Richmond, 18-7 vs. Rhode Island, and 18-2 at George Mason. Their only conference loss came in double overtime at Saint Joseph's.
- The Wildcats are 4-1 at home this season.
- In last year's A-10 tournament, Davidson entered as the No. 3 seed, defeated George Mason in the opening round, and fell to eventual champion Richmond in the semifinals.
- Statistically: Davidson leads the A-10 and ranks top-six nationally in both goals allowed (8.4 per game) and save percentage (52.8%) ... Offensively, the Wildcats rank 18th in Division I in shot percentage (47%), the best mark in the A-10 ... Also second in the conference in goals per game (14.0) ... Davidson ranks 17th nationally with 7.10 assists/game, boasts the best clearing percentage in the A-10 (90.6%), and is second in the league in free position percentage (46.6%).
- Last Game: Rolled past George Mason, 18-2 ... The game was tied 2-2 in the opening 10 minutes, then the Wildcats ended the game on a 16-0 run ... Josie Lambert and Jenna Skibbe combined for 12 of Davidson's 18 goals ... Kayla Joyce made nine saves.
RECORD BOOK WATCH
- Hanna Pawela
- Only the second Duke ever to record 130+ career caused turnovers (142 total), leading all active Division I players by 13 ... Duquesne's all-time record is 178, held by Megan Hungate (1998-01).
- Has 153 career ground balls, just six shy of breaking into Duquesne's top five. Ranks fourth among active Division I players.
- Mackenzie Leszczynski
- Ranks third all-time at Duquesne with 197 career draw controls, just one shy of second place.
- Her 47 career assists rank 10th in DU history, just one away from ninth and four from seventh.
- With 126 career goals, she is two away from breaking into Duquesne's all-time top 10.
OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS
- 14 Dukes have scored this season, led by Corinne Webb (25 goals) and Mackenzie Leszczynski (23 goals).
- Webb recorded her team-leading fifth hat trick (or better) of the season last game, scoring a career-high six goals — the most by any Duke this year.
- Webb and Leszczynski each have six multi-goal games this season.
- Leszczynski averages 3.90 points per game, ranking ninth in the A-10, and leads Duquesne with 39 points (23g-16a) ... Her 16 assists this season are already a career high ... She also ranks third in the A-10 in free position percentage, converting at 60%.
- Gracin Emerson leads the Dukes with 21 assists, extending her streak to seven straight games with at least one assist. She has recorded three or more assists in four games. Her 21 assists rank sixth in the A-10, and her 2.10 assists per game rank fifth.
A-10 STANDINGS
UP NEXT
Duquesne continues its road stretch next Saturday at George Mason.
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