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Dukes Top Lafayette, 2-1, for Tourney Crown
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Denny Conroy
DuquesneSports.net
Sep 14, 2008

The undefeated Duquesne men's soccer team captured the Duquesne Invitational title via a 2-1 overtime win over Lafayette, Sunday afternoon at Rooney Field. DU is now 3-0-3.

Box Score


Freshman Tyler Tompkins's game-winner came off an assist from sophomore Stefan Lundberg with just 1:06 gone in overtime.

Lafayette, which beat Richmond, 4-1, on Friday, is now 2-3-1.

The defenses kept the game scoreless until the ninth minute of the second half. Nick Leigh, who had a team-high six shots, found the net off assists from B.J. Glenn and Steve Ference at 53:49.

Duquesne was in an unusual position, trailing and doing so in the second half. Sophomore Ben Horner, the tournament MVP, netted a penalty kick to tie the game, 81:23 on the clock. Horner had two goals and two assists this weekend.

Tompkins got off a game-best seven shots. Sophomore Chris Torres had three saves.

The Dukes had an 18-16 edge on shots taken, the Leopards, a 4-3 advantage on those directed to the goal line. Neither team had a SOG in the first half. LU's Andrew Pianko had one save.

In tournament action on Saturday, the Atlantic 10 Spiders got their first win of the '08 season, topping Marshall 4-2.

Duquesne, seventh in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCCA) Mid-Atlantic Region poll, travels to Niagara (3-1-1) for a 7:00 p.m. game on Friday, September 19, 2008. The Purple Eagles are third in the NSCCA North Atlantic region.


Duquesne Invitational All-Tournament Team

Ben Horner (Most Valuable Player)  Duquesne
Gavin Stabbe                       Duquesne
Tyler Tompkins                     Duquesne
Chris Torres                       Duquesne
B.J. Glenn                         Lafayette
John Griffith                      Lafayette
Nick Leigh                         Lafayette
Ben Brewster                       Richmond
Russell Himelein                   Richmond
Brennan Lincoln                    Richmond
Jira Cooley                        Marshall
Dalton Hadlock                     Marshall

Results

Lafayette  4  Richmond  1
Duquesne   4  Marshall  1
Richmond   4  Marshall  2
Duquesne   2  Lafayette 1 (OT)




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