Rhode Island (1-5-3, 0-1-0)
Starters: Hutchins (GK), Santaniello, Yee, Highton, Ellis, Allen, Cavino, O'Connell, Garniss, Dapprich, Rosenthal
Subs: Travers (GK), Hopewell, Cajilig, Fleming, Sallent, Hagerty, Fitzgerald, Ross, O'Leary, Penny

Duquesne (3-3-0, 1-0-0)
Starters: Nuendorfer (GK), Rodriguez, Majka, Brown, Krafchick, White, Araujo, Winicki, Bundy, LaVecchia, Wilkinson
Subs: Taylor, Donati, Kirstein, Leder, Kulniszewski, Campanella, Muir, Moore

Scoring Summary
28:52 - DUQ - Moore
47:56 - DUQ - Araujo
57:58 - DUQ - Araujo (Bundy)
65:08 - URI - Garniss
67:39 - URI - Garniss

How it Happened
A late second half rally by sophomore Tierra Garniss wasn't enough for the Rams in a 3-2 battle at Duquesne Thursday night. 

The Dukes struck first in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams. A straight shot by Brianna Moore hit the cross bar and bounced into the back of the net past keeper Faith Hutchins. Duquesne went into halftime with a 1-0 lead.

The Dukes doubled their advantage three minutes into the second half. Duquesne drew a foul to connect on a free kick just outside the box by Jaimi Araujo. Araujo scored her second goal of the game 10 minutes later. A long ball from Emma Bundy found Araujo who beat the Rhody defender and had a blast just out of Hutchins' reach. 

Rhode Island's offense came alive in the 65th minute, after Duquesne keeper Maddy Nuendorfer was tripped up by Garniss. Garniss was able to get a shot off and score to get the Rams on the board, 3-1. 

Rhody cut the deficit to one after Garniss scored her second goal of the match less than three minutes later. Tali O'Leary set her up with a dish just outside the box to make the score 3-2 with just over 20 minutes remaining (67:39). 

With three minutes left of play, Garniss almost struck again with a shot that hit the cross bar but bounced just out of the box. The Rams had a few more shot opportunities, but a strong Duquesne backline blocked them from scoring.

Rhody had one last chance after drawing a corner kick with 35 seconds remaining, but the Rams couldn't get a touch and the ball went out of bounds as the clock ran to 0.

Inside the Box Score

• Sophomore Tierra Garniss had her second two-goal game of the season. 
• She had scored two goals in the win on the road at Vermont (3-2).
• After taking just four shots in the first half, the Rams had 15 shots in the second.
• Rhody outshot Duquesne 19-12 and had 14 shots on the frame to the Duke's seven.
• The Rams have scored at least two goals in three of the last four matches.

Up Next
The Rams return home to welcome VCU to the URI Soccer Complex on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 1:00 p.m.