Duquesne category, Page 2

If you’ve ever done the drive from New England to Pittsburgh, you know time has an uncanny way of slowing down. The minutes seem like hours. The hours feel like centuries. Regardless of which state you are departing, there really is no perfect route to take, and you are invariably...

Under normal circumstances, Pitt meeting Duquesne on the football field would instill in the Panthers a desire to enact some revenge, given they lost the last matchup. Conversely, Duquesne might look at things as a chance to stack up consecutive wins against their crosstown foe. But Saturday at Acrisure Stadium,...

It was 1969 when a group of college-aged boys gathered in St. Martin’s Hall at Duquesne University to ignite a grassroots effort to return football to the Bluff. Fox Chapel resident Sam Costanzo helped draw up the game plan – and said it was sheer industriousness and passion that led...

The countdown clock in the Pitt practice facility hit exactly four days, zero minutes, zero seconds, just a few moments before linebacker Kyle Louis walked in for his interview session with local reporters on Tuesday. That’s all that remained before the Panthers’ long offseason ended and they would face Duquesne...

Duquesne defensive lineman A.J. Ackerman remembers the first time we spoke about the topic. What’s the level of excitement surrounding the Dukes’ 2025 season opener at Acrisure Stadium against Pitt? “I think the last time you asked me that question, I gave you a much more muted answer,” Ackerman said....

Duquesne has earned at least a share of the Northeast Conference title the past two seasons and was picked Monday to again contend for the title. The Dukes were ranked second in the NEC football preseason coaches poll. They had two first-place votes. Robert Morris, which went 4-2 in the...

The Duquesne men’s basketball team will play nine nonconference home games at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse during the 2025-26 season, according to the Dukes schedule that was released Tuesday. The Dukes also will play two games out west at Boise State (Dec. 10) and Nevada (Dec. 13), and their annual game...

Duquesne athletics is morning James Fallon, who helped the Dukes men’s basketball team win the 1955 National Invitation Tournament title. Fallon died June 24, at age 94. A three-year letterwinner known as “Try Guy,” Fallon and the Dukes finished 22-4 in 1955, defeating No. 9 Dayton to win the NIT...

After two seasons with Pitt’s women’s soccer program, Plum grad Kaitlyn Killinger decided she needed a change of scenery. As it turned out, her scenery didn’t change much. Only the name on her uniform. Killinger made the short journey down Fifth Avenue to Duquesne, where she will spend her final...

It appears that the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournaments will not expand. For now. Thankfully. Although it does seem like just a matter of time before that happens. “The still viable outcomes include the tournaments remaining at 68 teams or expanding the fields to either 72 or 76 teams in...

Pittsburgh native Michaela Porter has been added to the women’s basketball staff at Duquesne University, the school announced Thursday, her first time serving in an assistant’s role. She is the daughter of former Duquesne men’s coach and ex-Pitt star Darelle Porter, who led the Dukes for three seasons from 1998-2001....

A mountain of a man with an adoring smile emerged Tuesday from the summer basketball workout at Duquesne’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse and cheerfully greeted a curious onlooker. “Can I call you ‘Big John?’ ” the visitor inquired. To which John Hugley IV responded: “Sure can.” Wait, are we talking about...

Like any college freshman, Freeport grad Abby Eberle had to get accustomed to her new surroundings, schedule and academic expectations. She also had to juggle all of that with being a college athlete. But there was one other “new” factor that made Eberle’s first year of college unusual: She was...

The Phoenix Mercury waived Chartiers Valley and Duquesne product Megan McConnell on Thursday. McConnell, brother of Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell, injured her knee just 13 minutes into her WNBA debut earlier this month. The WNBA team reportedly released a statement saying McConnell suffered a tibial plateau fracture in her...

The Duquesne men’s basketball program added a national champion to its coaching staff. Head coach Dru Joyce III announced Friday the hiring of Jordan Talley from 2025 national champion Florida as assistant coach. Talley has spent the past three seasons as player development assistant with the Gators, who were 76-33...

The Atlantic 10 announced on Tuesday the conference pairings for the 2025-26 basketball season. Duquesne will face conference foes Dayton, Davidson, Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island twice during the season in a home-and-home series. As for teams Duquesne will face just once in conference play, home games are...

Megan McConnell’s regular-season WNBA debut turned bittersweet Tuesday night. Hours after the Phoenix Mercury announced the former Duquesne star had signed a rest-of-season contract, she made her debut against the Minnesota Lynx. McConnell played 13 minutes and hit a 3-pointer in an 88-65 loss, finishing with three points, three assists,...

Duquesne coach Dru Joyce III added depth to his 2025-26 men’s basketball roster over the weekend when he received a commitment from 6-foot-9 Serbian wing Lazar Milosevic. He averaged 12.1 points and 4.6 rebounds for OKK Spars Sarajevo, which plays in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milosevic announced his decision on Instagram,...

The Duquesne football team will host New Haven on Sept. 27, the school announced Friday. The noon matchup at Rooney Field is the 12th game for the Dukes in the 2025 season. New Haven joined the Northeast Conference earlier his month and will begin a transition to Division I for...

Robert Morris men’s basketball coach Andy Toole continued to rebuild his roster Monday after receiving a commitment from transfer DeSean Goode. Goode, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 7.8 points and 6.0 rebounds as a freshman at IU Indy last season. Let’s work #Committed pic.twitter.com/QAudXuKdb7— DeSean Goode ???? (@goode_desean) May 19, 2025...

Duquesne coach Dru Joyce III secured a commitment Thursday from Tarence Guinyard, a sophomore point guard who played last season at Tennessee-Martin. Guinyard has three years of eligibility remaining. Go Dukes ????❤️ #committed pic.twitter.com/2gUaq0mSAk— Getabuck.t (@TarenceGuinyard) May 7, 2025 Guinyard averaged 16.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists last season...

Duquesne men’s basketball coach Dru Joyce III welcomed a player with Atlantic 10 experience from the transfer portal Thursday night. Stef Van Bussel, a 6-foot-10 redshirt sophomore center, posted his commitment to the Dukes on social media. Next chapter. #commited pic.twitter.com/sp6fHtetbV— Stef van Bussel (@StefvBussel) May 2, 2025 Van Bussel...

Robert Morris’ rebuilt roster continues to grow after coach Andy Toole received a commitment from 6-foot-7 guard Kaleb Brown on Tuesday. Brown recently completed his redshirt junior season at Cal State Fullerton, where he averaged 6.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 17 games. Let’s do it! #Committed #GRIT...