Panthers Offense Comes Alive in 5-2 Victory Over No. 25 Duquesne

Monday, October 17

Pittsburgh, Pa.

7 PM

Pitt

7-3-3, 3-2-1

#25 Duquesne

10-2-3, 4-0-2

Duquesne

Pitt

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Panthers Offense Comes Alive in 5-2 Victory Over No. 25 Duquesne

10/17/2022 10:20:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – Behind a season-high five different goal scorers, the Pitt men's soccer team (7-3-3, 3-2-1 ACC) secured a 5-2 home victory over No. 25 Duquesne on Monday night at Ambrose Urbanic Field. The win marked the fifth straight against the Dukes as Pitt improved to 10-0-2 all-time against Duquesne.

After some back and forth play, the Dukes had the first good scoring chance of the match in the 17^th minute as Maxi Hopfer got in to the right of the goal but his hard low shot was kicked away by Joe van der Sar to keep the game scoreless.

The Panthers broke through with the first goal of the match in the 23^rd minute as Henrique Gallina sent a long ball down the right flank to Lucas Rosa who crossed the ball into the box where Luis Sahmkow buried his third of the season under the cross bar.

Guilherme Feitosa had a great scoring chance in the 38^th minute as he headed a Jackson Gilman cross off the right goal post and the Duquesne defense was able to clear the ball out of harms way.

The Panthers doubled up their lead with just over 20 seconds to play in the first half as Feitosa and Valentin Noel worked the give-and-go to perfection as Noel fed Feitosa who sent the ball right back to Noel who buried the ball into the right corner on the counter attack for Pitt.

Out of halftime, the Panthers were able to jump ahead by three as Filip Mirkovic sent a great ball into the box where Feitosa gathered and fed a streaking Michael Sullivan who buried the ball into the right corner. The goal for Sullivan was his first of the season.

The Dukes responded quickly with their first of the match as Ask Ekeland took the turnover and buried the ball into the right corner, beating a diving van der Sar.

Duquesne made it a 3-2 game just over five minutes later as they saw a free kick glance off a Panther defender and ended up in the back of the Pitt net.

Van der Sar came up with a big stop in close on Maxi Hopfer in the 63^rd minute to preserve the one goal lead for the Panthers. Captain Jackson Walti gave Pitt some breathing room in the 78^th minute as he buried the ball into the lower right corner after a great chest pass by Sahmkow at the top of the box.

Pitt iced the game in the 89^th minute as Josh Luchini netted his third header goal of the season after a great feed by Mirkovic as Pitt earned the 5-2 home victory and their third win over a ranked team on the year.

The Dukes held the 16-15 edge in shots while the corner kicks were even at four each. In goal, Domenic Nascimben made five saves in the loss for Duquesne while van der Sar made three in the win for the Panthers.

The Panthers hit the road Friday to take on No. 3 Duke in Durham, NC. Friday's match will air on ACC Network at 8:00 pm.

NOTES
*** With the win, Pitt has won five straight against Duquesne and owns a 10-0-2 all-time record against the Dukes
*** The five goals tied a season-high for Pitt who also netted five in a home win over Howard
*** With his goal, Noel has now recorded at least one point in five straight and in a total of nine games. He shares the team lead with 15 points (6G, 3A) on the year
*** Noel is now tied for third in program history with 30 career goals while also ranking third in career points (73)
*** Sahmkow netted his third of the season and has now scored in three straight for Pitt. He has a career-high eight points on the year
*** Mirkovic collected two assists on the night and now has an ACC-high nine helpers on the year. For his career, he ranks sixth in program history with 16 assists
*** Sullivan netted his first goal of the season and second of his career in the win
*** Feitosa notched two assists in the win marking his second career game with multiple assists