PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Zach Mowka scored twice to erase a one-goal deficit and lead No. 2 Duquesne to a 2-1 Atlantic 10 Men’s Soccer Championship quarterfinal victory over seventh-seeded La Salle Saturday evening at Rooney Field.
 
The Dukes (11-3-4) advance to the A-10 semifinals and will host No. 4 Loyola Chicago Wednesday at 7:00 pm ET. The winner will play in the A-10 Championship final against the winner between No. 1 Saint Louis and No. 6 Dayton. The highest remaining seed will host the title game.
 
Down 1-0 midway through the second half, Mowka converted a penalty kick following a La Salle foul in the box to even the match in the 70^th minute.  The forward was well positioned just 13 minutes later when Cameron Territo sent a ball from the far sideline into the box. Territo’s service was on target, and was tipped away by La Salle keeper Valentin Kneis, but the resulting rebound came to Mowka, who headed in the eventual game-winner.
 
Scoreless for the first 55 minutes, Giammarco Rodio found the back of the net following a pass from Omari Cotterell to put the Explorers (5-9-4) up 1-0. La Salle had been pushing offensively early, with a 5-2 edge in shots and 2-0 lead in corner kicks in the first half.
 
The homestanding Dukes turned the pressure up in the second half however, flipping the shots to a 13-7 second half advantage and a 5-3 corner kick lead. The balanced game finished with both teams taking five corners, Duquesne with 15 shots, six of which were on goal and La Salle with 12 shots, two on goal.
 
Kneis made one save in relief while the Explorers starting keeper, Filip Sabatti stopped three Duquesne shots. Domenic Nascimben made one save for DU.