Pitt Welcomes Crosstown Rival #25 Duquesne Monday Night

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt men’s soccer team (6-3-3, 3-2-1 ACC) returns home to close out their non-conference slate Monday night as they welcome crosstown rival Duquesne (10-1-3, 4-0-2 A-10) to Ambrose Urbanic Field. The Panthers will be looking for their third win over a ranked opponent on the year and their fifth straight against the Dukes.
 
FOLLOW ALONG

• Monday night’s contest will be live on ACC Network Extra and can be found online HERE.
• Live stats for Monday’s game can be found HERE.
• Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt men’s soccer account @Pitt_MSOC.

THE SERIES – DUQUESNE

• This meeting marks the 12th meeting of all-time between the two programs with Pitt owning the 9-0-2 advantage in the series.
• The Panthers have won four straight in the series including a 7-0 season opening victory against the Dukes last year at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Valentin Noel, Bertin Jacquesson and Rodrigo Almeida each netted goals in the blowout win for Pitt last year.
• The Panthers are 6-0-1 against the Dukes at home while outscoring them 16-1 in those matches.
• Overall in the series, Pitt is outscoring Duquesne 23-3. The Dukes haven’t scored more than one goal in any match against the Panthers in the all-time series.

SCOUTING THE DUKES

• Duquesne enters Monday’s match with a 10-1-3 overall record and a 4-0-2 A-10 mark. The Dukes have won three straight overall including a 2-1 home win over Davidson Saturday night.
• The Dukes are currently ranked No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll while also earning an RPI ranking of No. 41.
• The Dukes are led offensively by Ask Ekeland who has a team-high six goals, one assist and 13 points on 27 shots while Maxi Hopfer has five goals, three assists and 13 points on a team-high 45 shots. Junior Nate Dragisich leads the squad with seven assists on the year.
• Defensively, the Dukes have been great all year long as they have allowed just seven goals through 14 matches. They haven’t allowed more than one goal in any game this season.
• In goal, Domenic Nascimben has started all 14 matches and owns a 10-1-3 record to go along with a 0.53 goals against average, .900 save percentage and seven clean sheets.

FACING RANKED OPPONENTS

• The Panthers are no stranger to nationally ranked opponents. Pitt has played…