Men’s Team of the Year: Football Don’t let the crushing season-ending loss at Central Connecticut serve as this team’s lasting memory. Head Coach Jerry Schmitt’s Dukes were still Northeast Conference co-champions and played like it, finishing 8-3 overall and 5-1 in NEC play. Specific game highlights included a win at No. 20 Youngstown State, just Duquesne’s second-ever win over a ranked FCS team and later … Continue reading 2024-25 Duke Awards
Tristan Huyett | staff writer Duquesne lacrosse lost a pair of close games this week against Atlantic 10 Conference rivals George Mason and Saint Joseph’s. Despite battling hard in both contests, the Dukes ultimately saw their losing streak extend to six games. In Saturday afternoon’s contest against George Mason in Virginia, both teams went back and forth in finding the back of the net. The … Continue reading Mason, Joe’s losses extend lax losing streak to 6
Ember Duke | layout editor For two brothers on opposite ends of the country, grappling with the aftermath of losing their home to California’s recent bout of wildfire looks a bit different, but they both have their mind set on two things: family and the future. Carlos Ramirez always planned to move back to California, so when he graduated from Duquesne with his degree in … Continue reading Duquesne athletes left to rebuild home after L.A. fires
Michael O’Grady | sports editor The music that plays over the sound system at Cooper Fieldhouse during men’s basketball games is usually constrained to the genres of hip-hop, rock and pop. The Duquesne pep band also provides arrangements of well-known tunes. Maybe other arenas select from an extensive music collection, but not Duquesne. One genre foreign to the Coop is vocal jazz, but Frank Sinatra’s … Continue reading Men have setback after breezing by Bonnies
Spencer Thomas | editor-in-chief Complacency is the death of progress, but The Dukes’ performance on Tuesday versus Dayton wasn’t the worst possible outcome. They were able to climb back within 20 against a team that has two top-10 wins this season. That’s not any uglier than close losses to Maine or Saint Peter’s. Captain Kareem Rozier said after the game that he saw signs of … Continue reading Breaking down Duquesne men’s turnaround
Tristan Huyett | staff writer After suffering a narrow loss to conference rival Dayton last week, Duquesne women’s basketball rebounded with a pair of wins versus Atlantic 10 Conference foes Rhode Island and La Salle. The victories brought the Dukes’ record to 13-6, and 4-4 in A-10 play. The contest against Rhode Island on Sunday at Cooper Fieldhouse saw four Dukes finish in double figures, … Continue reading Women sweep week with URI and La Salle wins
Austin Hansen | staff writer Scoring quick and often has been the clear strategy for the Duquesne women’s basketball team. Offensive firepower was the main reason for Duquesne’s rout of Division II opponent Carnegie Mellon 98-58 on Sunday afternoon at Cooper Fieldhouse, in a contest that featured five players in double-digits and 43.3% shooting from deep. Coming into Tuesday night’s contest, the Dukes were the … Continue reading Women defeat two Pa. opponents at home
Spencer Thomas | editor-in-chief College football, ever hectic and controversial, remains a beautiful and enticing product that generates enough money to fuel continuous upheaval in the college world. This regular season, which came to an end on Saturday, was no different. As the list of championship suiters narrows down, here are my four biggest takeaways from the 2024 season.The 12-team playoff creates chaos at the … Continue reading Thomas: Thoughts as 2024-25 CFP approaches
Tristan Huyett | staff writer | October 7, 2023. 383 days, 9,192 hours. That’s how long it has been since Duquesne men’s soccer lost a game on home turf at Rooney Field. In their first action since becoming nationally ranked, the No. 23 Dukes picked up their 10th and 11th straight wins at Rooney to match and then establish a new program record for consecutive … Continue reading Men set record for consecutive wins at Rooney
Naomi Girson | staff writer | The Duquesne women’s soccer team suffered a 2-1 loss against VCU in Richmond on Thursday. Unable to get a run of good results going, it is now 3-5-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference and 9-6-0 on the overall season. With two games to go, the Dukes are now on the outside looking in at the A-10 playoffs. Duquesne came … Continue reading VCU rams WSOC as playoff hopes dwindle
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