Louise Prevoteau – 2014 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Danica Snyder – 2015 400-meter Hurdles – Anna Simone – 2105 Javelin Throw – Julia Franzosa – 2016 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Valerie Palermo – 2016 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Valerie Palermo – 2017 Heptathlon – Emily Brozeski – 2022 Regular Season (9) Team (9) Men's Basketball (2) 1980 – co-champions – Eastern Athletic Association 1981 – co-champions – Eastern Athletic Association Women's Basketball (1) 2016 – Co-Champions Men's Soccer (3) 2003 – Co-Champions 2004 2005 – Co-Champions Women's Lacrosse (2) 2004 – Co-Champions 2005 – Co-Champions Women's Volleyball (1) 2013 MAAC and NEC Football Conference Championships Club sports Duquesne fields many club, or non-varsity, teams that compete regularly against other schools. Club sports offered at Duquesne are men's ice hockey, indoor track & field, tennis, lacrosse and roller hockey. The men's ice hockey team is affiliated with the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association, competing in the College Hockey Mid-America conference. The team was CHMA champions during the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. They participated in the national ACHA tournament in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2008–09, finishing eighth in the country in 2006. Duquesne will field a Division III team for the 2021-22 season, joining College Hockey East. The men's indoor track & field program practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's indoor track & field program during the winter months and is affiliated with the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America. The men's team is recognized as varsity during the spring months when it becomes an outdoor track & field program and competes in the Atlantic 10, though it maintains its affiliation with the IC4A. The Duquesne club tennis team is a part of the United States Tennis Association's Tennis on Campus program. Mascot The "Dukes" nickname dates back to 1911, when what is now Duquesne University changed its name to honor the Marquis Du Quesne, the French governor of Canada, who first brought Catholic observances to the Pittsburgh area. Since a Marquis and a Duke are not visually distinct (and the name "Duquesne" implies a "Duke"), the unofficial symbol of the school's athletic teams became a man dressed in a top hat, tails and a regal sash across his chest. "Dukes" being more readily recognized than "Marquis," the name Duke was popularly assigned to the symbol and stuck ever since the fall of 1911. The Duquesne Department of Athletics unveiled