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Matesa, Moore Led Duquesne to 4-2 Victory Over La Salle

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PITTSBURGH -- Kaitlyn Killinger stood on the touchline, deep in the opponent's offensive territory. She quickly threw it in to Maya Matesa. Matesa, with a defender on her back, tapped it back to Brianna Moore. Moore collected the ball, took a few steps, saw no defenders stepping up and blasted a shot with her right foot 16 yards away from the goal. The ball sailed into the top left corner of the goal, narrowly avoiding the outstretched fingers of the goalkeeper just 47 seconds into the match.  This goal was the first of the match and the fastest goal scored by Duquesne (12-5-1 overall, 7-3-0 Atlantic 10) to start a match since Caroline Lacy scored one in 38 seconds against Cleveland State on Sept. 23, 2012.  Matesa and Moore led the Dukes to a 4-2 victory over La Salle (7-7-3, 4-4-2) in the last regular season Atlantic 10 match at Arthur J. Rooney Field on Sunday afternoon.  Matesa led the scoring for both teams with a brace and an assist.  "I'm proud of her," said h...