GAME 11
Duquesne (6-2-2) at No. 7 Pitt (7-2-2)
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
Ambrose Urbanic Field | Pittsburgh, Pa.
 
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From The Pitch
 
- The Duquesne University men's soccer team heads across town Tuesday for a non-conference match at 7:00 p.m. against No. 7 Pitt at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
 
- The Dukes improved to 3-1 (.750) in Atlantic 10 play and stayed unbeaten at home (4-0-1) in their last outing, a 3-1 victory over Dayton (10/10) at Rooney Field. Falling behind early, 1-0, Duquesne scored three unanswered goals en route to the win.
 
- Senior forward Cody Da tallied five points in the win over the Flyers, registering a brace and an assist. He opened the scoring for the Dukes and tied the contest, 1-1, at 36:09 before providing an assist on the eventual game-winning goal from redshirt senior Jaxon Ervin just over two minutes later.
 
- Da would seal the triumph in the win over Dayton with his team-high fourth goal of the season at 66:55 and for his efforts was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (10/12), sharing the honor with Maksim Kalina of Rhode Island.
 
- Prior to the win over the Flyers, Duquesne posted a 2-1 victory at George Mason (10/3). Duquesne scored twice in the final 15 minutes to secure the come-from-behind win.
 
- Garnering the equalizer for Duquesne in the win over the Patriots was redshirt senior Ashwin Menon, who collected his first goal of the year at 76:46 on a feed from sophomore Jameson Michel. Less than 10 minutes later, a sliding Ofek Sasson connected on a pass from Roni Badler and found the back of the net at 87:27 to propel the Dukes to victory. It marked the first NCAA Division I goal for the junior.
 
- Redshirt senior Jaxon Ervin is the active leading scorer at Duquesne with 29 points courtesy of nine goals and 11 assists. He has started 43 of his 53 career games on the Bluff over the last four seasons.
 
- In addition to scoring his first goal of the 2026 season in the win over Dayton (10/10), Ervin also registered an assist. Ervin is the sixth different member of the Dukes to register a game-winning goal this season, and his strike against the Flyers marked the second game-winning goal of his career.
 
- The Dukes are led by head coach Chase Brooks, who is in his 14th season leading the program in 2026. Brooks has compiled an overall record of 102-95-31 (.515) at Duquesne and is the program's all-time leader in coaching victories. In his 16th year as a head coach overall, Brooks has posted a mark of 124-101-40 (.543).
 
- Duquesne established a new program record with 11 consecutive wins at Rooney Field over the course of the 2023 and 2024 seasons, while its eight victories at home in 2024 is a school record. The Dukes own a mark of 35-6-7 (.802) at Rooney Field since the beginning of the 2021 campaign.
 
- Duquesne returns home to host Davidson Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Rooney Field after taking on Pitt.
 
Scouting the Panthers – Thanks to an overall record of 7-2-2 (.727), including a 3-1-1 (.700) mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Pitt owns an RPI of sixth in the country yet third in the ACC behind Clemson (2) and SMU (5) … In their last outing the Panthers earned a 3-0 triumph over Virginia Tech (10/9) … Freshman forward Mamadou Tall leads Pitt in scoring with 12 points thanks to five goals and two assists … Of his five strikes, two are game-winning goals for Tall … Senior goalkeeper Jack Moxom has started all 11 games for the Panthers and owns a goals against average of 0.82, five shutouts and a save percentage of .750 … An eight-time ACC Coach of the Year, Jay Vidovich (Ohio Wesleyan '82) is in his 11th season as head coach at Pitt … Vidovich was named the NSCAA National Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2008 … Duquesne and Pitt meet for the 14th time Tuesday, with the Panthers leading the all-time series, 11-0-2 (.923) … In the last meeting between the two programs, Pitt scored twice in the second half for a 2-0 victory Oct. 17, 2023, at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
 
Defensively Speaking – Duquesne and Pitt square off Tuesday as two of the best defensive teams in the country. The Dukes own a team goals against average of 0.58, which is tied for sixth in NCAA Division I with Dartmouth, while the Panthers are tied for 17th in the same category (0.82) with South Carolina and Central Florida. Duquesne also ranks 10th in the country in save percentage (.842). The fulcrum for the Dukes on defense has been redshirt senior goalkeeper Sam Coss, a two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week who has played all 900 minutes for the Dukes and ranks eighth in NCAA Division I in goals against average (0.60) while sitting 12th in save percentage (.829).
 
Level Up – Senior Ashwin Menon and junior Ofek Sasson each found the back of the net in a 2-1 victory at George Mason (10/3), with the goal for Menon the third of his tenure on the Bluff and the strike for Sasson the first of his NCAA Division I career. Duquesne has had eight different student-athletes convert this year after redshirt senior Jaxon Ervin collected his first goal of the 2026 campaign in a 3-1 victory over Dayton (10/10). The Dukes have also had 16 different players register on the scoresheet through 10 games. The aforementioned Ervin owns a team-high three assists after posting one on the first goal of the game for Duquesne in the win over Dayton and is one 10 players to have scored at least two points this year for the Dukes.
 
All In The Family – Looking to add to the lineage as a scorer on the Bluff has been forward Cody Da, who notched his first brace for the Dukes as part of a five-point effort in a 3-1 victory over Dayton (10/10) that kept Duquesne unbeaten at Rooney Field. Da is the younger brother of former forward Jayden Da (2021-23), who in three seasons with the Dukes compiled 20 career points thanks to eight goals and four assists. The elder Da appeared in 46 career matches at Duquesne and was named to the 2023 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team after a campaign in which he finished with seven goals and three assists for 17 points. Jayden Da was also the first student-athlete in program history to be selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, presented by Adidas, when he was selected by the Columbus Crew with the 29th pick in 2023.
 
Tip of the Cap – Thanks to the performances for Duquesne in its first two games of the year, a pair of student-athletes garnered weekly honors from the Atlantic 10. Junior forward Marko Rasmussen was selected as A-10 Offensive Player of the Week (8/24), while redshirt senior goalkeeper Sam Coss was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Week (8/24). Rasmussen scored a pair of goals in the win over Bowling Green (8/23) after entering this season with two goals in 26 career games on the Bluff. Coss, meanwhile, earned a pair of clean sheets in the first two games of the year, becoming the first Duquesne goalkeeper to turn the trick since 2022. Coss owns 29 saves through 10 games of 2026.
 
One – Since the beginning of the 2021 campaign, the Dukes own a record of 36-15 (.706) in one-goal matches. Included in that stretch is a 20-5 (.800) record in such games at Rooney Field and a 16-10 (.615) mark on the road.

Photo credit: George Mason Athletics
 
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