Duquesne category, Page 24
If WVU can play Penn State, Duquesne, Pitt on consecutive football Saturdays, why not Pitt vs. Duquesne?
A random tweet about West Virginia opening the 2023 football season with consecutive games against Penn State, Duquesne and Pitt raised this question Wednesday afternoon (also on Twitter): Why not Pitt vs. Duquesne in football? Major pats on the back to West Virginia for scheduling the first three games of...
TCU transfer Kevin Easley Jr. enrolls at Duquesne
Duquesne officially added a seventh member to its 2021-22 recruiting class Tuesday when forward Kevin Easley Jr., a transfer from TCU, enrolled. Easley verbally committed to Duquesne on May 6. Easley Jr. (6-foot-7, 225 pounds) averaged 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds last season and was one of only three TCU...
Duquesne basketball plans trip to the Virgin Islands for 2021-22 season
After a season of covid-19 cancellations, Duquesne has begun to assemble its 2021-22 basketball schedule, and it will include a trip to the Virgin Islands. The Dukes will play Colonial Athletic Association regular season co-champion Northeastern on Nov. 19 in the first round of the eight-team 2021 Paradise Jam. The...
Part of rebuilt roster, ex-TCU forward Kevin Easley verbally commits to Duquesne
After losing guards Tavian Dunn-Martin and Jett Roesing to the NCAA transfer portal this week, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-7 forward Kevin Easley Jr., who played last season at TCU after transferring from Chattanooga. During his redshirt sophomore season at TCU, he averaged 4.5 points...
Duquesne’s Tavian Dunn-Martin changes mind, decides to enter transfer portral
Duquesne guard Tavian Dunn-Martin, who earlier this offseason said he was returning to Duquesne for his final season of eligibility, has changed his mind and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. Dunn-Martin played three seasons at Duquesne, first as a shooting guard and then as a point guard this season...
Duquesne basketball hires Jordon Rooney to help players advance their brands
Reacting to the changing face of college athletics, Duquesne has named Jordon Rooney as a Personal Brand Coach for the men’s basketball team. Rooney called the move a “positive institutional disruption” Rooney, who is helping former Pitt safety Damar Hamlin launch his own digital trading cards, will work with Duquesne...
Duquesne freshman Chad Baker decides to transfer
Freshman Chad Baker wasn’t Duquesne’s best player during the 2020-2021 season, but he flashed impressive shooting ability that offered hope for the Dukes’ future. Duquesne won’t get an opportunity to benefit from Baker’s potential, however, after the 6-foot-7 forward from the Dominican Republic informed coach Keith Dambrot that he intends...
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot gets signed letters of intent from 3 transfers
The letters of intent and financial aid agreements are signed and delivered, and Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot is finally free to talk about his three-man raid on the NCAA transfer portal. Guard Leon Ayers III (Mercer) and forwards Rodney Gunn Jr. (Lenoir-Rhyne) and Tre Williams (Indiana State) will be part...
Duquesne adds point guard Jackie Johnson to 2021 recruiting class
Check out the shooting percentages compiled this season by Duquesne recruit Jackie Johnson, a point guard at Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy. The Marathon Continues, 100% Committed ⚪️? pic.twitter.com/BzSBE49SvH— Jackiejohnson (@_jackiejohnson1) April 14, 2021 Playing up in class against largely post-graduate players, Johnson shot 59.3% from the field, 91.9% from the...
Duquesne loses bid for NEC title in overtime loss to Sacred Heart
Football in the ‘Burgh on a Sunday usually means a fall date with the Pittsburgh Steelers. On this particular spring Sunday afternoon during a season of uncertainty, college football was the showcase on the Bluff. But the home team did not prevail. Sacred Heart forced Duquesne quarterback Joe Mischler to...
Duquesne gets verbal commitment from Mercer (Ga.) transfer Leon Ayers III
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot continued to use the NCAA transfer portal in an attempt to restock his roster, getting a verbal commitment Wednesday from former Mercer (Ga.) University player Leon Ayers III Blessed to have been given the opportunity to play college basketball at the highest level this has no...
Tim Benz: Duquesne football embraces restructured spring season, hosts NEC championship game
This time of year in Pittsburgh sports, normally the only postseason action taking place is the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the Penguins. We aren’t usually thinking about postseason for football. Especially on the college level. Frankly, we are often just wrapping our brains around the concept...
Duquesne gets verbal commitment from 6-foot-6 guard Pedro Castro
After a disappointing 9-9 finish to the season, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot has been busy restocking his roster with transfers. Dambrot received his third verbal commitment from a transfer (the fourth overall) Wednesday when 6-foot-6 guard Pedro Castro said he will transfer from Houston Baptist of the Southland Conference, according...
Duquesne’s Marcus Weathers enters transfer portal
Marcus Weathers, who led Duquesne in scoring the past two seasons, has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal and will use his bonus year of eligibility at another school. Weathers could have returned to Duquesne next season, thanks to the NCAA’s ruling that 2020-21 doesn’t count against a...
Duquesne football will host NEC championship game April 11 vs. Sacred Heart
Spring football appears to suit Duquesne. The Dukes, who won all four games this spring after the covid-19 pandemic wiped out the fall season, will host the Northeast Conference championship game against Sacred Heart on April 11 at Arthur J. Rooney Field. Conference officials said a kickoff time has not...
Duquesne gets commitment from former Indiana State center Tre Williams
Duquesne basketball coach Keith Dambrot continued to restock his roster, getting a verbal commitment from transfer center Tre Williams, who spent the past two seasons at Indiana State. Committed?? pic.twitter.com/PKk9Lqf9LC— Tre williams (@Treauhn) March 29, 2021 Williams is the third prospect in the past week to announce intention to enroll...
Duquesne clinches NEC regular-season crown beating Bryant
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Garrett Owens ran for 105 yards on 14 carries and scored a touchdown, and Duquesne clinched the Northeast Conference regular-season title with 20-10 win over Bryant on Sunday. With the win the Dukes (4-0, 4-0) secured a place in the NEC’s conference title game and will get...
Duquesne gets verbal commitment from prep school point guard Primo Spears
Duquesne added a second commitment to its class of 2021 on Friday when point guard Primo Spears told coach Keith Dambrot he plans to enroll this year. 110% Committed ?❤️ pic.twitter.com/ItjWPQrrl0— PrimSpears3 (@primo_spears) March 26, 2021 Spears, 6-foot-2, 188 pounds, played this season at Mt. Zion Prep School in Lanham,...
Duquesne gets commitment from Division II forward R.J. Gunn
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot’s venture into the NCAA transfer market led to a verbal commitment Monday from 6-foot-7, 245-pound forward R.J. Gunn. Next chapter ?✍️ pic.twitter.com/ZqkY5rb9Ef— RJ Gunn (@gunn_rj) March 22, 2021 Gunn, who spent the past four seasons at Division II Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, N.C., announced on Twitter his...
Mischler, Holder combine to help Duquesne beat Long IslandVideo
Joe Mischler threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns and Duquesne beat Long Island, 35-17, on Sunday. Mischler’s first touchdown came on a 75-yard pass to Cyrus Holder, who beat one-on-one coverage to tie the score 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. It was the longest scoring play...
Shaler grad Brianna Schwartz has lasting impact with A-10 champion Duquesne runners
Duquesne assistant coach Jeff Gibson went scooting toward the finish line of the Atlantic 10 Championship course March 5 at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va., to deliver good news. Brianna Schwartz and her fellow Dukes were surprised at what he had to say. Duquesne coach Jim Lear told the...
Duquesne public address announcer remembered for his passion, talent
Brian Klisavage, the official scorekeeper for Duquesne basketball since the 1980s, sat next to public address announcer Dominic Errico during dozens of games over the past seven years. No one had a better vantage point to feel Errico’s ability to bring a different level of energy to an arena. From...
Duquesne public address announcer dies of covid complications
Duquesne basketball public address announcer Dom Errico died Thursday afternoon after a long battle with covid-19, the school confirmed Thursday night. He was 42. Errico, who attended Deer Lakes High School, was hospitalized since Jan. 25. He is survived by his wife, Libbie, and sons Nicholas, 10, and Anthony, 5....
Senior guard Tavian Dunn-Martin will return to Duquesne for 6th season as collegian
Tavian Dunn-Martin, who followed coach Keith Dambrot from Akron to Duquesne, will return to the Dukes in 2021-22 for his sixth season as a collegian. Let's finish this script together.#GoDukes • @nolimitTDM_11 pic.twitter.com/tsfP5JpMtX— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) March 16, 2021 “It’s good news,” Dambrot said. “Anytime you have a sixth-year guy,...
Jerry Schmitt gets 100th win with Duquesne in shutout of WagnerVideo
NEW YORK — Jerry Schmitt collected his 100th win as Duquesne coach as the Dukes blanked Wagner, 17-0, on Sunday. Garrett Owens ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns for Duquesne (2-0, 2-0 Northeast Conference). Schmitt joins eight active coaches in the FCS with at least 100 wins at their...
