Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision at Bowling Green Sunday at Cochrane Stadium, slipping to 4-2-0 (.667) overall during the 2025 season.
POINTS OF EMPHASIS
The Falcons were able to find the back of the net for the only score of the contest midway through the first half. Emma Stransky found an open seam and clear green to connect with Haley Wolf, who tracked the ball down on the near sideline. Wolf lifted a ball into the box, and Stransky found perfect placement, heading the ball past junior goalkeeper
Ali Hughes at 26:30 to give Bowling Green (5-1-1) the lead. The marker was just one of two shots on goal during the afternoon for the Falcons, who were outshot, 16-6, by the Dukes, including 4-2 in shots on net. Duquesne had opportunities at the equalizer in the second half, but Bowling Green packed the defensive end, blocking multiple opportunities by the Dukes.
GETTING LOOSE
Junior forward
Kaitlyn Killinger, who collected her first career NCAA Division I goal in a 4-1 victory over Cleveland State (9/4), remained on the attack Sunday against the Falcons. She was one of two players to get off three shots, joining senior forward
Brianna Moore, with each of her shots on net. Nine different players were able to register a shot for Duquesne, including two each from seniors
Maya Matesa and
Mackenzie Muir.
NOTES
Freshman
Emerson Connelly earned her second consecutive start on the backline and her first in a road game … Logging a full 90 minutes Sunday against the Falcons were junior midfielder
Jayden Sharpless, Matesa and senior defender
Lindsay Krafchick … Sharpless has played all 540 minutes for the Dukes this season … Duquesne slipped to 1-1 (.500) this season in games decided by a goal, both contests of which have come across a team from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) … Payton O'Malley earned her third clean sheet of the 2025 season for BGSU, making four saves … Hughes notched a save for the Dukes … Bowling Green concluded its non-conference slate with the win over Duquesne and is off to its second-best start in school history ... The Dukes wore their road blue uniforms for the first time this season Sunday against the Falcons.
UP NEXT
Duquesne will host Youngstown State Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7:00 p.m. in its final non-conference home game of the 2025 season in its Play for Moe Game.
Photo Credit: Drake Harlett (Bowling Green Athletics)
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