NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – Looking to build on a win in its last game, the Niagara University women’s soccer team (3-2-0) is on the road this weekend at Robert Morris (1-2-0) and Duquesne (0-4-1). The Purple Eagles play the Colonials at 2 p.m. Friday and the Dukes at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Niagara is coming off a third-place finish at the Niagara Soccer Classic. It lost 3-2 to still unbeaten Central Michigan and beat Cornell, 2-1.

Junior Brittany Bisnott (Brampton, Ont.) continues to lead the Purple Eagles’ explosive attack and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. She has a team- and league-leading seven goals for 14 points. Senior Emily Montgomery (Oshawa, Ont.) has three goals and two assists and ranks fifth in goals and assists in the conference. Sophomore Stephanie Gartley (Sarnia, Ont.) has two goals and a team-best four assists to rank third in points and second in assists in the MAAC.

Niagara is averaging 2.8 goals per game which is second in the league.

In net, freshman Sarah Stephens (Toledo, Ohio) has played all five games and has a 2.03 goals-against average and a .756 save percentage.

Robert Morris has been idle since a 1-0 loss at Ohio University on Sept. 5. Its lone victory was a 3-1 win over Youngstown State on Aug. 25. Since then, the Colonials have been shut out in their last two games.

Daneen Stevenato has a team-leading four points on a goal and two assists. Christina Pilato and Jessica Weary have Robert Morris’ other two goals. In net, Jessica Onufer has played in all three games and has a 2.43 goals-against average and .744 save percentage.

Duquesne will be looking for its first victory of the season and an end to a four-game losing streak. Jenna Farneti leads the Colonials in scoring with two goals, and Annie Reid has the other goal for the team. Virginia Bondi has been in net all five games and has a 1.80 goals-against average.

In the all-time series, Niagara is 8-0-1 vs. Robert Morris and 1-3-1 against Duquesne. Last year, the Purple Eagles tied the Dukes, 3-3, in double overtime on Monteagle Ridge. The Purple Eagles and the Colonials haven’t played since a 2-1 overtime win by Niagara in Pittsburgh in 2001.