On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, the Greek Community will be attending the women’s basketball game against Saint Joseph’s. Greek Life is thrilled to show their support for our basketball team and invites all Greeks, parents and alumni to attend the game with us as we cheer on our Dukes! Current Greek Life members will also have the opportunity to earn points towards Greek Week for their chapter!
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Irish Night
Duquesne Athletics, in partnership with The Pittsburgh Irish Festival, is hosting its first ever Irish Night on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at 7 p.m. in the A.J. Palumbo Center. There will be Irish entertainment at half time as well as Irish food and fun for all! To purchase tickets to the game, click here.
Academic Achievements of Student-Athletes
Duquesne University’s varsity Student-Athletes work as hard in the classroom as they do in their sports – and it shows! Please join us in congratulating them on their Fall 2012 academic achievements. We are proud to present the following statistics:
- Overall team Grade Point Average (GPA) was 3.25 on a 4.0 scale
- 14 of 16 teams posted a 3.0 GPA or above
- 257 Student-Athletes earned a 3.0 or above; which represents nearly two thirds of all varsity teams
- 127 Student-Athletes named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 142 Student-Athletes earned a 3.5 GPA or above
- 21 Student-Athletes delivered a perfect 4.0 GPA
- Zach Richert (Football) was named to the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team
- The Women’s Soccer Team received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America College Team Academic Award
- The Men’s Soccer Team received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America College Team Academic Award
- Josh Patterson (Men’s Soccer) was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team
City Game Tailgate
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- Rachel Clites, Grace Hindes, Jessica Shivetts, Cristina Perrotta, Mary Wattick, and Emily Saporetti — with THE DUKE!
Aramark Dining Services was very gracious and served plenty of tailgate food, such as corn on the cob, chicken wings, hot sausage, pierogies, buffalo chicken pizza and much more!
Students were able to sign up for free raffles to get various Duquesne gear such as hats, a scarf, water bottle, banner and hoodie. Along with the free raffles, members gave out red and blue beads, pride tattoos and offered face painting to the students.
The amount of students that attended the tailgate in the dining hall was approximately 1200!
Fall Academic Student-Athlete Awards
Academic All-American
Joshua Patterson, Soccer
Academic All-District
Joshua Patterson, Soccer
Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference
Allison Foschia, Volleyball
Simon Gomez, Soccer
Joshua Patterson, Soccer
Carter Poe, Soccer
Kathleen Wolff, Soccer
Cross Country Runner Jim Spisak Competes at NCAA Championship
Senior Jim Spisak completed his illustrious collegiate cross country career by placing 59th of 245 runners with a time of 30:25 at the 2012 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships held November 17 in Louisville, Kent.
Spisak, who is the third DU runner in school history to qualify for NCAA’s in cross country, turned in the highest finish ever by a Duquesne runner at the national championship event.
Duquesne to Host 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has chosen the city of Pittsburgh as a Second and Third Round site for the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Duquesne University will serve as host and Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center will be the home for the event scheduled for March 19 and 21.
The selection marks the fifth time the city of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University have been chosen to host an NCAA basketball championship – and fourth time as men’s host. Duquesne hosted the NCAA Men’s First and Second Round in 1997 and 2002 and the NCAA Women’s East Regional in 2001 at the Civic/Mellon Arena. Last year, Duquesne hosted Second and Third Round men’s games at CONSOL Energy Center.