Home fans at Sweeney Field on a beautiful fall Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia were ready to celebrate a Saint Joseph’s win in the program’s first ever home postseason game when the Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the 80th minute.
But it wasn’t meant to be.
Duquesne scored off two set pieces on the right flank — a corner kick in the 85th minute and a free kick near the corner flag in the 88th minute — to stun the home fans and snatch the program’s first Atlantic 10 Championship win since 2002.
Playing in their first postseason match since 2013, the Hawks pushed the issue throughout much of the first half, firing off 10 shots to the Dukes 5 and finished with an advantage on the day of 19-8 shots and 6-5 on shots on target.