Duquesne Dukes (5-7 2-5 A-10)
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• Streak: L5
• Last Game: L, 10-9 at George Mason (Sat. Apr. 5)
• Next Game: Sat. Apr. 12 at Richmond (12 pm)

Saint Joseph's Hawks (6-7, 5-1 A-10)
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• Streak: W1
• Last Game: W, 16-9 at Rhode Island (Fri. Apr. 4)
• Next Game: Sat. Apr. 12 vs. St. Bonaventure (3:30 pm)

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SERIES HISTORY

• Duquesne leads 14-11
• Last Meeting: Apr. 20, 2024 at SJU - L, 17-5
• First Meeting: Apr. 9, 1999 at DUQ - W, 13-8
• Streak: L9
• At Rooney Field: Tied 7-7
• Notes: Duquesne is seeking its first win over Saint Joseph's since a 16-1 victory at Rooney Field in 2015 ... The Hawks have won the last nine meetings overall, including the last five in Pittsburgh ... Last season, SJU pulled away from a 3-2 game with 13 straight goals en route to a 17-5 win ... Cleary scored twice for the Dukes, while Leszczynski, Webb and Raines each added a goal.

LAST TIME OUT

• Duquesne dropped a 10-9 decision at George Mason on Saturday in a tightly contested battle.
• The Dukes erased a 7-3 deficit with four straight goals to tie it midway through the third quarter, but the Patriots responded with back-to-back scores and held on ... Gracin Emerson scored with 42 seconds remaining to pull within one, but GMU controlled the final draw to seal the win.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski recorded five points (4G, 1A) — her fourth straight multi-goal game and fourth this season with at least four goals. She also surpassed 200 career draw controls, moving into second in program history.
• Tristen Chang posted a season-high four points (2G, 2A) ... Haley Reeck and Corinne Webb each added a goal.
• Hanna Pawela collected three ground balls and tallied a game-high four caused turnovers, moving into fifth all-time at Duquesne in career ground balls ... Emerson notched a career-high four ground balls, while Emily King had a season-high five.
• Megan LaBorne matched her season-high with 10 saves, playing the full 60 minutes in goal.

THE DUKES

• Duquesne started A-10 play 2–0, its best conference start since 2014, but has since dropped five straight.
• The Dukes rank 4th in Division I and 1st in the A-10 with 12.83 caused turnovers 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).
• Stat Standouts
  • Senior Hanna Pawela ranks sixth in Division I and first in the A-10 in caused turnovers (2.92 per game) ... She is also 12th nationally and second in the conference in ground balls (3.00 per game) ... Pawela has a career-high 37 draw controls this season and has posted four or more caused turnovers in a game four times.
    • Pawela led all of Division I in caused turnovers last season and ranked second nationally in ground balls.
  • Four Dukes rank in the top 10 in the A-10 in caused turnovers:
    • Chelsea Evans (3rd, 1.83 per game)
    • Cameron Counts and Casey McBride (T-10th, 1.18 per game)
    • Evans also ranks seventh in the league in ground balls per game (2.17).
  • Sophomore Gracin Emerson is ninth in the A-10 in assists, leading the team with 20 (1.67 per game) ... Emerson recorded a career-high five assists in the win at Akron and has three games with four or more helpers.
  • Senior Mackenzie Leszczynski leads Duquesne with 46 points (29 goals, 17 assists) — already a career high for a season ... She ranks fourth in the A-10 in shot percentage (.509) and fifth in free-position percentage (.571) ... Leszczynski also leads the team with 41 draw controls and is coming off her sixth game with at least five.
  • Redshirt junior Corinne Webb scored a career-high six goals in the last home game vs. St. Bonaventure ... Webb has 27 goals on the season and leads the team with five hat tricks or better.
• Our Coach
  • Duquesne is led by first-year head coach Tracy Coyne, who ranks seventh among active Division I coaches with 327 career wins entering her 36th season.
  • A Pittsburgh native, Coyne previously spent five seasons at Saint Francis, where she became the program's all-time wins leader and guided the Red Flash to their first two NEC Tournament appearances.
  • She also served as head coach at George Washington from 2015–19.
  • Coyne's résumé includes 15 years as the founding head coach at Notre Dame, where she led the Irish to six NCAA Tournament appearances, a national semifinal in 2006, and a Big East title in 2009.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS

• Saint Joseph's started Atlantic 10 play 4-0, highlighted by a double-overtime win over Davidson, an eight-goal victory at George Washington, a seven-goal win vs. George Mason, and a 23-3 rout at La Salle.
• The Hawks improved to 5-1 with a 16-9 win over Rhode Island in their most recent game, following a 14-11 loss to UMass.
• SJU is 3-0 on the road in A-10 play and 4-5 overall away from home this season, including losses to three ranked teams: No. 24 USC, No. 9 Maryland, and No. 18 Navy.
• The Hawks have played four ranked opponents this season, including a narrow 13-11 loss to No. 22 Penn State in their home opener.
• Head coach Alex Kahoe, now in her 11th season at the helm, eclipsed 100 career wins earlier this year and enters with a 103-83 record (.554).
• By The Numbers: Saint Joseph's holds a 90-50 scoring advantage over A-10 opponents, with a +6.7 goal margin per game that ranks second in the league.
  • The Hawks rank third in the conference in shots per game (30.62), shots on goal per game (21.62), and draw control percentage (53.6%).
  • SJU also commits the second-fewest turnovers in the A-10 at 12.85 per game — a figure that ranks 16th nationally.
  • Alexa Capozzoli leads the conference with 35 assists, while Maddie Yoder paces the A-10 in free-position goals, averaging 1.0 per game.
  • Reigning A-10 Goalkeeper of the Year Jorden Concordia is 18 saves away from becoming the only active Division I player to reach 700 career saves. She has 109 saves this season, averaging 8.38 per game.
• Last Time Out: The Hawks cruised to a 16-9 win at Rhode Island on Saturday. They jumped out to a 2-1 lead three minutes in and never trailed, building an 11-6 halftime advantage ... Kate Fuhrman led the way with four goals and two assists (six points), while freshman Emma Yoder added four goals.

RECORD BOOK WATCH

• Hanna Pawela
  • Leads all active Division I players with 148 career caused turnovers — nine more than any other player.
    • Ranks second all-time at Duquesne in caused turnovers; the program record is 178, set by Megan Hungate (1998–01).
  • Moved into fifth all-time at Duquesne in ground balls last game with 161, passing Krista Mann (159, 2003–06).
    • Now trails Stacie Pollock (167), Kristin Harner (170), and the all-time record of 180 held by Sarah Pacini (2005–08).
    • Her 161 career ground balls also rank fourth among active Division I players.
• Mackenzie Leszczynski
  • Became just the second Duke to record 200+ career draw controls, now with 203. She trails only Maddie Hart (252, 2017–20).
  • One of six players in program history to rank in the top 10 for both career goals and assists:
    • Her 132 goals rank eighth all-time, just five behind Ashley Wood (2005–09) and Clare Hurley (2012–15), who are tied for sixth.
    • Her 48 assists are tied for ninth with Lib Lowry (2013–16); Amanda Kidder (2012–15) and Laura Mincher (2000–03) are tied for seventh with 51.
  • Leszczynski is one of just three Dukes to rank in the top 10 for career goals without appearing in the top 10 for shots attempted — a testament to her .471 career shot percentage.

A-10 STANDINGS

• Duquesne (2-5) - 7th
• Saint Joseph's (5-1) - Tied 2nd
• Top six make the A-10 Tournament ... Dukes are two games back of the cut line with three games to play.
• Full standings, click here.

UP NEXT
Duquesne makes its final road trip of the season on Saturday, visiting Richmond. First draw is at noon.

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