GAME 6
St. Bonaventure (2-3-1) vs. Duquesne (3-0-2)
Sunday, Sept. 14 | 5:00 p.m.
Rooney Field | Pittsburgh, Pa.
 
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From The Pitch
 
- The Duquesne University men's soccer team opens a three-game homestand at Rooney Field Sunday with a 5:00 p.m. match against St. Bonaventure in the 2025 Atlantic 10 opener for both teams.
 
- The Dukes are coming off a scoreless draw at Mount St. Mary's (9/9), which concluded a three-game road swing in which Duquesne finished 2-0-1 (.833) and registered a shutout in each contest.
 
- Senior goalkeeper Diego Chavez, the reigning Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week (9/8), leads the Atlantic 10 in shutouts (4) this season while sitting second in the circuit in save percentage (.882) and goals against average (0.40).
 
- As a team, the Dukes are tied atop the Atlantic 10 in scoring defense, allowing an average of just 0.40 goals per contest. Both Duquesne and Saint Louis has yielded just a pair of goals in five games this season.
 
- Freshman midfielder Hákon Dagur Matthíasson netted the lone goal of the contest at 61:29 in a 1-0 victory at Syracuse (9/5), his second game-winning goal of the year. For his efforts, Matthíasson was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (9/8).
 
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Diego Chavez notched a season-high nine saves in the win over the Orange. Since giving up a pair of goals in the span of eight-and-a-half minutes in the first half of a 2-2 draw with Robert Morris (8/24), Chavez has kept opponents off the scoreboard for the last 330 minutes and 28 seconds of action.
 
- Duquesne opened its road swing with a 3-0 victory over Canisius (8/30) in Buffalo, N.Y., at Demske Sports Complex. Senior forward Dakota Jonke opened the scoring at 16:35 with his second goal of the season and notched the brace at 68:19 to settle the final score.
 
- Also scoring for the Dukes in their win over the Golden Griffins was sophomore forward Roni Badler, who scored on a rebound at 39:24 for his second goal of the 2025 campaign.
 
- Through five games this season, senior forward Dakota Jonke paces the Dukes in scoring with seven points courtesy of three goals and an assist. Jonke leads the Atlantic 10 in shots on goal per contest (1.60) while sitting second in shots per game (3.60).
 
- The Dukes are led by head coach Chase Brooks, who is in his 13th season leading the program in 2025. Brooks has compiled an overall record of 91-87-29 (.510) at Duquesne and is the program's all-time leader in coaching victories. In his 15th year as a head coach overall, Brooks has posted a mark of 113-93-38 (.541).
 
- Duquesne established a new program record last season with 11 consecutive wins at Rooney Field as well as its eight victories at home in 2024. Despite a 3-0 setback to Fordham (11/9/24) in the Atlantic 10 Championship, the Dukes own a mark of 27-4-6 (.811) at Rooney Field since the beginning of the 2021 campaign.
 
Scouting the Bonnies – Located in Olean, N.Y. … St. Bonaventure owns an overall record of 2-3-1 (.417) and is coming off a 5-0 home triumph over Canisius (9/10) … Midfielder Seth Hammond scored the final two goals of the win over the Golden Griffins and leads the Bonnies with nine points (four goals, assist) … Hammond is tied atop the Atlantic 10 leaderboard in goals with Martim Sereno of George Mason … Duquesne leads the all-time series with St. Bonaventure, 17-10-4 (.613), with Sunday's meeting between the two programs the first since 2022 as well as the first in Atlantic 10 play since 2021 … SBU earned a 2-0 victory over the Dukes in the last meeting in Olean, N.Y., Oct. 11, 2023, in a non-conference match … Duquesne is 11-4-1 (.719) all-time against the Bonnies at Rooney Field … In his first season as head coach at St. Bonaventure is Mick Giordano (UNC Asheville '13), who was named the eighth head coach in program history April 2, 2025 … Giordano spent the last five years at UNC Asheville, guiding the Bulldogs to a spot in the Big South Tournament final in 2023.  
 
Power Pack – Duquesne's 1-0 win at Syracuse (9/5) helped the Dukes improve to 3-1-1 (.700) against teams from a power conference over the last four years. In 2022, Duquesne opened its season with a 1-0 victory at Michigan (8/25/22) out of the Big Ten. The following year as part of the Fairfield Inn by Marriott Invitational, which was hosted by James Madison, the Dukes earned a 5-1 triumph over Virginia Tech (8/27/23) out of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Last season, Duquesne finished with a 1-1 tie at No. 23 Notre Dame (9/10/24), also out of the ACC, before its road win against the Orange.
 
Veteran Presence – Redshirt senior Diego Chavez has been stout for the Dukes as the starting goalkeeper in the first five games of the 2025 season, registering four clean sheets while posting 15 saves. A transfer from Colorado Mesa, Chavez has started each of the last 41 games he's appeared in dating back to the beginning of the 2023 season and owns a career record of 22-16-9 (.564) during his NCAA career as a goalkeeper.
 
Instant Impact – In addition to collecting the first goal of the 2025 season for Duquesne, freshman midfielder Hákon Dagur Matthíasson set up the second goal of the contest in a 3-0 win over Seton Hill (8/21) at Rooney Field. He fed redshirt junior Jaxon Ervin, who sliced one into the net at 27:21 to give the Dukes a 2-0 cushion. Ervin is Duquesne's active career points leader with 15 points thanks to four goals and seven assists, and the Dukes are a perfect 4-0 when he scores in a game since the beginning of the 2024 campaign.
 
Full Bore – A number of Dukes saw considerable action in their first game at Duquesne in the 2025 season opener against Seton Hill (8/21), none more so than freshman defender Alex Posada. In his NCAA Division I debut, Posada was the only member of the Dukes to log a full 90 minutes. Posada is also the only field player through the first five games of the year to have seen action in all 450 minutes.
 
One – Since the beginning of the 2021 campaign, the Dukes own a record of 31-9 (.775) in one-goal matches after earning a 1-0 triumph at Syracuse (9/5). Included in that stretch is an 18-3 (.857) record in such games at Rooney Field and a 13-6 (.684) mark on the road.
 
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