Wildcats Fall on the Road to Duquesne Sunday

Sunday, October 9

Pittsburgh, PA

1:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

4-8-1, 0-3-1 A-10

Duquesne

8-3-2, 4-0-0 A-10

Team	1	2	Final F
Davidson	0	0	0
Duquesne	0	2	2

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Wildcats Fall on the Road to Duquesne Sunday

10/9/2016 8:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID

Box Score (pdf)
DavidsonPhotos.com

DAVIDSON, N.C. – After playing to a scoreless first half, the Duquesne Dukes broke up the tie with a pair of second-half goals and Davidson fell on the road Sunday afternoon 2-0 in women's soccer Atlantic 10 action at Rooney Field.

The Wildcats dropped to 4-8-1 overall (0-3-1 A-10) on the season. The Dukes pushed their overall record to 8-3-2 and remained perfect in league play at 4-0.

Quick Hits About and From the Game:
• This was fifth meeting between both school's women's soccer programs, with the series, which dates back to 1999, all knotted up now at 2-2-1.
• Davidson had won last year's meeting 1-0 before the Dukes went on to win the A-10 Tournament Title.
• The first goal of the game came at the 58:08 mark when Duquesne's Haley Yow netted her first goal of the season.
• An insurance goal was scored by the Dukes in the 89th minute.
• Assisting on both goals was Katie O'Connor.
• The Wildcats took five shots, but were only able to put one on goal by Seeley Yoo.
• The Dukes recorded 15 shots, placing nine on frame, while also winning the battle in corners, 7-2.
• Sophomore Alex Carpenter pushed her save total on the season to 56 after a seven-save outing Sunday.
• Duquesne's Kyra Murphy earned her fourth shutout on the year.
• Head coach Greg Ashton remained two wins away from becoming the program's all-time winningest coach. He entered the day with 116 victories during his 12 years at Davidson.

Davidson returns home for a 7 p.m. contest against UMass this coming Thursday, Oct. 13.

Scoring Summary
58:08 DUQ Haley Yow (Katie O'Connor)
88:34 DUQ Linnea Faccenda (Katie O'Connor)