GAME 13
Duquesne (7-3-2 | 4-1-0 Atlantic 10) at St. Bonaventure (5-5-3 | 2-2-0 Atlantic 10)
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Tom and Michelle Mara Athletics Field Complex | Olean, N.Y.
 
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From The Pitch
 
- The Duquesne University men's soccer team, winners of three of its last four, travels to Olean, N.Y., Wednesday to take on St. Bonaventure at 6:00 p.m. at the Tom and Michelle Mara Athletics Field Complex.
 
- The Dukes sit in third place in the Atlantic 10 standings with 12 points, one behind Saint Louis (13) and three behind Rhode Island (15). Duquesne handed URI its only loss in conference play, 1-0, in the A10 opener for both programs at Rooney Field (9/19).
 
- Earning their third straight win in conference play in their last outing, the Dukes posted a 3-0 triumph over Davidson (10/17) at Rooney Field. Duquesne scored each of its three goals in the opening 45 minutes en route to the win.
 
- Senior forward Cody Da opened the scoring in the win over the Wildcats with his team-high fifth goal of the campaign at 25:48, and just over three minutes later, junior forward Roni Badler collected his first strike of the 2026 season to give the Dukes a 2-0 edge at 28:56.
 
- Redshirt sophomore Jameson Michel would cap the scoring for Duquesne in its win over Davidson at 43:11, marking the first time the Dukes have scored three goals in the first 45 minutes since Oct. 12, 2022, a 5-1 win over St. Bonaventure at Rooney Field.
 
- Prior to its win over the Wildcats, Duquesne dropped a 2-1 decision at No. 7 Pitt (10/13). Redshirt senior Ashwin Menon gave the Dukes a 1-0 lead with his second goal of the year at 7:49, but the Panthers scored twice in the second half to earn the win.
 
- Redshirt senior Jaxon Ervin is the active leading scorer at Duquesne with 29 points courtesy of nine goals and 11 assists. He has started 45 of his 55 career games on the Bluff over the last four seasons.
 
- In addition to scoring his first goal of the 2026 season in a 3-1 win over Dayton (10/10), Ervin also registered an assist. Ervin is one of six 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 103-96-31 (.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 125-102-40 (.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 36-6-7 (.806) at Rooney Field since the beginning of the 2021 campaign.
 
- Duquesne wraps up the home portion of its 2026 regular season after taking on the Bonnies, hosting VCU Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:00 p.m. at Rooney Field. Prior to the game, the Dukes will honor their lastest senior class.
 
Scouting the Bonnies – St. Bonaventure has recorded an overall record of 5-5-3 (.500) during the 2026 and has a better record on the road (4-3-1) than at home (1-2-2) … The Bonnies are coming off a 2-1 loss at Loyola Chicago (10/17), which wrapped a three-game road trip that saw SBU earn a 2-0 non-conference victory at Binghamton (10/6) and a 1-0 triumph at Saint Joseph's (10/10) … Sophomore forward Brendan Sheehan leads St. Bonaventure in scoring with 13 points courtesy of five goals and three assists … Sheehan is tied for fourth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring with Tiago Barriguinha of Rhode Island and Braden Seel of Dayton … Senior midfielder Kyle Mcfarlane also owns five goals for the Bonnies and ranks second on the team in scoring with 11 points thanks to an assist … In his second season as head coach at SBU is Mick Giordano (UNC Asheville '13), who was named the eighth head coach in program history April 2, 2025 … Wednesday marks the 33rd meeting in the all-time series between Duquesne and St. Bonaventure, with the Dukes owning an 18-11-3 (.609) advantage … Winners of three of the last four meetings and five of the last seven, Duquesne posted a 3-1 victory over the Bonnies last season at Rooney Field (9/14/25), which included goals from Jaxon Ervin, Ashwin Menon and Miles Imparato.
 
Defensively Speaking – Entering the final stretch of the 2026 regular season, the Duquesne defense continues to perform as one of the top units in the country. The Dukes own a team goals against average of 0.67, which leads the Atlantic 10 and is tied for sixth in NCAA Division I with Lindenwood out of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Duquesne is also tied for 10th in the country in save percentage at .826 with UMass Lowell of the America East. The fulcrum for the Dukes has been redshirt senior goalkeeper Sam Coss, a two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week who has played all 1,080 minutes for the Dukes and sits ninth in NCAA Division I in goals against average (0.67) while sitting 22nd in save percentage (.814). Coss sits in a four-way tie for ninth in the goals against average, which also includes Julian Martinez-Bastidas of Syracuse, Aris Taki of Columbia and Scott Williams of UC Irvine.
 
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 12 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 11 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 enters Wednesday's game at St. Bonaventure pacing Duquesne in scoring with 11 points thanks to five goals and an assist. Da scored the first goal of the contest in an eventual 3-0 victory over Davidson (10/17) 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 35 saves through 12 games of 2026 and is a two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week, also garnering the honor Sept. 21.
 
One – Since the beginning of the 2021 campaign, the Dukes own a record of 36-16 (.692) in one-goal matches. Included in that stretch is a 20-5 (.800) record in such games at Rooney Field and a 16-11 (.593) mark on the road. Six of the last eight games for Duquesne has been decided by one goal, with the Dukes 3-3 (.500) in those contests.
 
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