ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – The men's soccer team (3-10, 1-2) dropped their Atlantic 10 home opener to the Duquesne Dukes (5-8, 2-1) by a score of 3-1 on Sunday afternoon.

Dukes leading scorer Joshua Patterson added to his team lead with two more goals today giving him 10 for the season.  It was Patterson who got the scoring started in this one when he took a firm cross from Simon Gomez in the 17th minute and fired the shot past senior goalkeeper Abel Bautista.

The Bonnies were unable to keep Duquesne away for along as just nine minutes later, Dukes midfielder Karter Sell sent a ball across the front of the net that would be received and spun home off the head of defender Nathan McCann. It was McCann's first score of the season.

Emmett O'Connor was able to set up a clean scoring chance for Daniel Iannacito in the 43rd minute which Iannacito finished, but the score would be wiped out by an offside call against the Bonnies.

O'Connor would not pick up an assist today putting his pursuit of the all-time assist record on hold for another week. The Ajax, Ontario native is in sole possession of third place on the all-time assists list with 18. The career record currently stands at 22.   

At the half the Bonnies would trail 2-0. They attempted just two corner kicks to Duquesne's six. SBU, who has had some recent trouble with yellow cards, were called for just one foul in the first half. Duquesne outshot the Bonnies in the first half 8-7. Abel Bautista made four saves but would be pulled in favor of sophomore goalkeeper Bobby Diaz at the start of the second half.

The SBU offense found its legs in the second half as it was able to put constant pressure on the Dukes who played a more defensive style game in the second stanza.

SBU had taken every shot in the half until the 66th minute when Duquesne's Joshua Patterson broke free to score his second goal of the game unassisted. That would give the Dukes a seemingly secure 3-0 lead.

Less than a minute later however, a corner kick by Bonnies junior James Reed resulted in a scrum in the box. Brad Vanino was able to gain control and move the ball along to Kaine Moar who pushed the ball across the line for his second goal of the season.

SBU would dominate the corner kick and shot tally from then on but were never able to put another ball in the back of the net. Kaine Moar had a golden opportunity in the box in the 84th minute but the Duquesne goalkeeper, freshman Sam Frymier, made an outstanding save to preserve the 3-1 lead. SBU would muster a few more shots but to no avail. The final score would hold at 3-1.

The Bonnies will be back in action on Friday (Oct. 19) at 3:00 p.m. against the Flyers of Dayton. SBU did not face Dayton last season.

GAME NOTES: SBU outshot the Dukes 19-11 including a 12-3 clip in the second half. SBU is now 1-4 when they outshoot their opponent. The Bonnies took 11 corner kicks to Duquesne's six. Duquesne committed 13 fouls while SBU committed eight.