Next game:
at Davidson
10/3/2021 | 14:00 clock
PITTSBURGH – Three goals in the first half led the Dukes (4-5-1, 2-2-0 A-10) to a 3-1 win over Richmond (4-6-1, 2-2 A-10) in Atlantic 10 Play Thursday night at Rooney Field.
Cami Taylor (Stafford, Virginia / Mountain View), Karley Steinher (Cincinnati, Ohio / Anderson) and Hannah Nguyen (Irwin, Pennsylvania / Penn Trafford) each scored goals for Duquesne in the win.
Goalkeeper Megan Virgin (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania / Canon-McMillan) scored her third win of the season with five saves online.
Duquesne opened the gate in the 12th minute. Ashley Rodriguez (Woodbridge, Virginia / Woodbridge) dribbled down the left sideline and had a pass problem on the foot of Jaimi Araujo (Tabernacle, NJ / Seneca). Araujo hit a cross from Taylor, who shot the ball into the net for the goal.
The Dukes finished the game by two goals within three minutes later in the half. In the 35th minute Steinher cleared a ball from the backcourt, which was tracked down by a chasing Nguyen behind the defense of Richmond. The Penn Trafford alum finished the breakaway group to 2-0.
Nguyen returned the favor from Steinher less than three minutes later. Nguyen sent a corner kick from right to left that hit the head of Steinher, who hit the back of the net to make it 3-0 at half time.
The Dukes defense continued the Spiders into the first 25 minutes of the second half. Richmond almost hit the board in the 74th minute when he hit the crossbar. The ball bounced straight back on the foot of a Richmond player sitting in front of the goal, but Virgin kept the spiders off the board.
Richmond destroyed the Dukes’ hopes of conceding a goal in the 80th minute when Emma Coleman coraled a ball in midfield and dribbled through the Duquesne defense. Virgin came off the net to cut the corner, but Coleman’s shot went past the bouncing keeper to make it 3-1.
Though the Spiders threatened again in the final seconds of the game, time was running out to give Duquesne his second Atlantic 10 win of the season.
DU held a 14-10 flank when attempting to shoot. Duquesne attempted four corner kicks, all in the first half, versus Richmond, who generated two.
The Dukes improved to 4-1-1 in games at Rooney Field.
YOU will travel to Davidson on Sunday, October 3rd for an A-10 game that will be broadcast live on ESPN + at 2pm