Men's Soccer Travels to Duquesne Sunday

Sunday, September 16

Pittsburgh, Pa.

7:00 P.M.

Temple University

Duquesne

Men's Soccer Travels to Duquesne Sunday

9.13.18 | Men's Soccer

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple men's soccer squad returns to action this Sunday, September 16th when they travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Duquesne Dukes. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m., and the match will be streamed live on ESPN+.

On the Road Again
> Temple is 2-4 on the season, traveling to Duquesne for what is now their sixth road game of 2018. The Owls are coming off of three straight overtime contests, compiling a record of 1-2. All three of these games ended in under 100 minutes, finalizing before entering a second overtime period.
> The talent of Temple's offense is widely distributed as seven Owls have earned at least one point this season. Brown, Hahn and Campbell are tied at one goal each, but Campbell leads the team with three points after his assist at Princeton.
> Five Owls are tied in assists, with Andres Charles-Barrera, Pierre Cayet, Belal Mohamed, Campbell and Leandros Lillis each tallying one on the season.
> Junior goalkeeper Simon Lefebvre spearheads the Owls in net, boasting a goals against average of 0.96 with a team-leading 15 saves in his 470 minutes of action on the year.

Last Time Out
> The Owls enter their seventh match of the season coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Princeton Tigers. For the third time in as many games, the deciding goal came after 90 minutes of regulation.
> The Owls battled relentlessly once again in a dismal 97 minute competition at Princeton, but a few Temple defensive miscues provided the Tigers with an early scoring opportunity, netting a goal in just the 11^th minute of play.
> Temple scored their lone goal of Wednesday's match in the 72nd minute, when Campbell dribbled up the left flank, beat a Princeton defender and placed the ball in the 18-yard-box. Ready at the right post was Hahn, who buried a one-time shot past the Princeton keeper, putting the Owls on the board to even the score with his first goal of the season.
> Despite the Owls dominating possession the majority of the second half and overtime play, Temple allowed the Tigers to slip a goal in the 97th minute, finalizing the score at 2-1.

Scouting Duquesne
> The Dukes enter the match 1-3, coming off a 1-0 loss to Saint Francis University. Their lone win of the season came the game prior, when they defeated Detroit Mercy, 3-0.
> Four different Duquesne players have tallied one goal for the squad, with Manel Busquets, Zion Beaton, Zach Hall and Rob Dymond all tied at the top of the scoresheet.
> Busquets leads the Dukes with four points, coming from two assists and one goal.
> Two players have split time in net for the Dukes so far this season. Domenic Nascimben has clocked 199 minutes, boasting a goals against average of .90 and tallying eight saves on the season. Robbie McKelvey has logged 165 minutes for the Dukes, racking up a goals against average of 1.09 and saving 13 shots so far this season.

Over the Years
> The Owls lead the series with Duquesne, showing a record of 9-8-2 since the teams first met in 1995.
> Temple has a two-game win streak over the Dukes, with the most recent win coming in 2017, when the Owls dominated Duquesne, 4-1.

Close Calls
> After the sixth contest in Temple's 2018 season, the Owls are still yet to finish a game decided by more than a one goal differential.
> For Duquesne, three out of their four matches this season have been decided by only one goal as well.