Sunday, September 13
Hamden, Conn.
1 pm
Quinnipiac University
vs
Maine
QU Women's Soccer Returns Home on Sunday for Matchup Against Maine
9/11/2015 10:35:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Quinnipiac Bobcats (3-1-0, 0-0-0 MAAC)
vs. Maine Black Bears (3-2-0, 0-0-0 America East)
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 • 1:00 PM
QU Soccer Field • Hamden, Connecticut
All-Time Series vs. Maine (DI): 3-1-1 (2-1-1)
Last Meeting: Aug. 22, 2014 (L, 1-0) @ Maine
IT'S NICE TO BE HOME
The Quinnipiac women's soccer team makes a return home this weekend as the Bobcats will square off against the Maine Black Bears on Sunday, Sept. 13. The weekend non-conference matchup is just the second home game of the 2015 slate for the Bobcats and the first since the 2015 season opener back on Aug. 24 in a 2-1 overtime victory over Holy Cross.
ALL-TIME AGAINST MAINE (3-1-1)
SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS
Maine comes in with a 3-2 record, as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, but the Black Bears are riding a two-game losing streak after opening the year with a 3-0 start at home. After not conceding a goal for three straight games to start 2015, Maine has allowed five goals in the last two games at Providence (L, 2-1) and at Northeastern (L, 3-0). The Black Bears are coming off a 4-8-6 record in 2014 that included a 2-1-5 mark in America East play. Defense certainly is the Black Bears' calling card as junior goalkeeper Claudia Dube-Trempe has played every minute in the net this season and holds a 1.00 GAA with 16 saves and a .762 save percentage. The junior keeper was dominant last season, holding a 4-4-6 record with seven shutouts, 0.80 GAA, 73 saves and .849 save percentage. Her play was crucial to Maine's success in 2014 as the Black Bears managed to pull together a winning record (2-1-5) in America East play despite scoring just four goals in eight conference games a year ago. Leading the Maine offense with two goals in 2015, both game-winners, is senior Charlene Achille. Vivien Beil and Ashley Robinson each have one goal and one assist on the season in support of Achille.
POINTS APLENTY
Through just four games, the Bobcats have scored seven goals and tallied 10 assists. Individually, Quinnipiac has 11 players who've registered at least one point in 2015. The only school in the MAAC that has more players with at least one point is Saint Peter's with 12.
HIGH RANKING
Quinnipiac's freshman striker Nadya Gill finds herself in some elite company as she became the first player in program history to have her first three career goals all go down as game-winners for the Bobcats. Her three game-winning tallies in 2015 also has her ranked high on the national leaderboard as she is tied for 3rd in the nation in game-winning goals. Both of the national leaders, Jannelle Flaws of Illinois and Ashley Spivey of Central Florida, are in their senior season for their respective schools.
HISTORY MADE
The history-making debut season continued for Nadya Gill, as she is the first Bobcat freshman since Furtuna Velaj in the 2008 season to record at least three goals and three game-winning goals in her opening season as a Bobcat. Gill's success through her first four games is unmatched in Quinnipiac women's soccer history as she is the first player to have each of her first three career goals go down as the game-winning tally.
GIVE THE ROOK HER DUE
Another Bobcat dominating in her first season on the team has been freshman center back Sarahkate Norton. Through four games in 2015, Norton leads all field players in minutes played this season (363) as she has played all but five minutes of action through the first four games of her career. Norton has been one of the backbones for a steady defensive effort thus far that has allowed only four goals and just five shots-on-goal per game.
GOING BACK-TO-BACK
A week after earning the MAAC's Offensive Player of the Week award, Nadya Gill picked up her second straight weekly conference honor as she was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 7. Gill continues the torrid start to her career as she became the Bobcats' first back-to-back weekly award winner since Velaj was named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks from Sept. 22-29, 2008.
KEEP THE W'S COMING
Quinnipiac is off to their best start since the 2012 season when they started the year 3-0-1 on their way to a 9-6-1 season in their final year in the Northeast Conference. Quinnipiac's road victory against Delaware State was its first away from the QU Soccer Field since Sept. 21, 2013 when they defeated Saint Peter's, 3-0, and the first non-conference road win since Sept. 2, 2012 when they knocked off Holy Cross, 1-0. Already with two road wins in 2015, the Bobcats have compiled more road wins this season than the previous two seasons combined.
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
Offensive output certainly hasn't been the Bobcats' weakness through the first four games of 2015 as Quinnipiac has already scored seven goals, including two goals scored in three of the four games this season. The average of 1.75 goals per game through four games to start a season is the highest goals per game average for the Bobcats in any single-season since the 2007 campaign where QU scored eight goals (2.00 goals per game) through the first four contests.
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST (CONT.)
Perhaps even more impressive is the Bobcats' scoring streak has now hit four straight games to start the 2015 season in which QU has scored at least one goal. The last time the Bobcats have started a season with a longer goal scoring streak was the 2001 campaign wherein QU scored at least one goal in all 18 games.
MAAC ATTACK
Through four games in 2015, Quinnipiac ranks in the top half of the league in all major offensive categories. With seven goals scored in four games, the Bobcats are tied for 4th in the MAAC in goals per game (1.75), 1st in assists per game (2.50) and 2nd in goals against average (0.98). Individually, Nadya Gill leads the MAAC in shots per game (4.25), tied for 2nd in points per game (1.50) and goals per game (0.75) and 1st in game-winning goals (three). Natalia Grodzki has the 3rd-best GAA in the MAAC (0.98) and also sits tied for 5th-best save percentage (.800).
YOUTH MOVEMENT
After bringing in a single-season program record 12 freshmen this offseason, Quinnipiac has reloaded in a big way as nine freshmen have entered in at least one game so far this season while seven rookies have played in all four games in 2014. Five of the Bobcats' seven goals (71.4 percent) and four of the team's 10 assists (40 percent) have been notched by QU freshmen this season.
NADYA GILL THE THRILL
Freshman Nadya Gill made history on Aug. 31 as she was named the MAAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Gill became the first Quinnipiac women's soccer weekly award winner since Natalia Grodzki was named the Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2013, most recently on Oct. 28, 2013. Gill is also the first offensive player to win Player of the Week honors since Kemeshaa Woodfine on Sept. 4, 2012 and is the first rookie to be named Player of the Week since Furtuna Velaj on Oct. 6, 2008, both awards coming when the Bobcats were still a member of the Northeast Conference.
WHAT A DEBUT
Nadya Gill started her Bobcat career off with a bang as she tucked home the game-winning goal 7:46 into overtime for the Bobcats. She is the first Quinnipiac women's soccer player to have her first career goal result in the game-winner since Furtuna Velaj in 2008. Gill fired a game-high six shots and three on goal for the Bobcats against Holy Cross.
MAD-NESS
Gill was not the only freshman to tally goal in the season opener for the Bobcats as Madison Borowiec registered her first career goal with just 19 seconds remaining in the first half to provide the Bobcats with the equalizer heading into halftime. Borowiec was the first freshman since Jessica Fontaine in 2013 to score the first goal of the season for the Bobcats.
STARTING OFF THE SEASON RIGHT
Quinnipiac started off the season on a high note with its 2-1, overtime victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders on Monday. It is the first time since the 2012 season in which the Bobcats opened up the season with a win. In 2012, the Bobcats opened up the season 3-0, starting with a 1-0 win over the Providence Friars.
SENIOR ANCHOR
Goalkeeper Natalia Grodzki had a strong senior season debut for the Bobcats, making six saves in the victory. It was the eighth time in her career that she had recorded at least six saves, most recently recording six saves on Oct. 22, 2014 against Manhattan. Grodzki followed that up with a two-save shutout against Delaware State to up his career win total to eight while also tallying her fifth career clean sheet. She then notched five saves to pick up her third win of the season and ninth of her career at Vermont.
OFFENSIVE PRESENCE
Quinnipiac turned up the heat on the Crusaders offensively in the first game of the season, recording 16 shots with seven on goal in the victory. The Bobcats 16 shots are the fourth-most recorded in a game dating back to last season. QU followed that up with 14 shot attempts at Delaware St. and are now 3-1-1 when recording at least 14 shots in that timespan.
UP NEXT
The Quinnipiac women's soccer team continues its run of playing America East schools as a matchup against UAlbany looms on Tuesday. The three-game homestand then comes to an end with the start of MAAC play on Saturday as Quinnipiac hosts the defending MAAC Champs Rider at 2 PM.
vs. Maine Black Bears (3-2-0, 0-0-0 America East)
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015 • 1:00 PM
QU Soccer Field • Hamden, Connecticut
All-Time Series vs. Maine (DI): 3-1-1 (2-1-1)
Last Meeting: Aug. 22, 2014 (L, 1-0) @ Maine
IT'S NICE TO BE HOME
The Quinnipiac women's soccer team makes a return home this weekend as the Bobcats will square off against the Maine Black Bears on Sunday, Sept. 13. The weekend non-conference matchup is just the second home game of the 2015 slate for the Bobcats and the first since the 2015 season opener back on Aug. 24 in a 2-1 overtime victory over Holy Cross.
ALL-TIME AGAINST MAINE (3-1-1)
- These two sides were common opponents back at the start of the Division I era for Quinnipiac (1998-99) but a 13-year hiatus went by until the two sides faced off last season for the first time since 2000
- In last year's meeting, Maine won their first game against the Bobcats in five attempts as the Black Bears picked up the 1-0 home victory
- Both teams registered three shots-on-goal in the 2014 matchup while the goal was scored on a free kick from 20 yards out with less than eight minutes remaining
- Prior to the 2014 matchup, Quinnipiac hadn't lost to the Black Bears in four attempts as the Bobcats outscored Maine, 5-1, in their annual showdowns from 1997-2000
- Quinnipiac is undefeated at home against Maine (1-0-1) and have not conceded a goal to the Black Bears at the QU Soccer Field
SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS
Maine comes in with a 3-2 record, as of Wednesday, Sept. 9, but the Black Bears are riding a two-game losing streak after opening the year with a 3-0 start at home. After not conceding a goal for three straight games to start 2015, Maine has allowed five goals in the last two games at Providence (L, 2-1) and at Northeastern (L, 3-0). The Black Bears are coming off a 4-8-6 record in 2014 that included a 2-1-5 mark in America East play. Defense certainly is the Black Bears' calling card as junior goalkeeper Claudia Dube-Trempe has played every minute in the net this season and holds a 1.00 GAA with 16 saves and a .762 save percentage. The junior keeper was dominant last season, holding a 4-4-6 record with seven shutouts, 0.80 GAA, 73 saves and .849 save percentage. Her play was crucial to Maine's success in 2014 as the Black Bears managed to pull together a winning record (2-1-5) in America East play despite scoring just four goals in eight conference games a year ago. Leading the Maine offense with two goals in 2015, both game-winners, is senior Charlene Achille. Vivien Beil and Ashley Robinson each have one goal and one assist on the season in support of Achille.
POINTS APLENTY
Through just four games, the Bobcats have scored seven goals and tallied 10 assists. Individually, Quinnipiac has 11 players who've registered at least one point in 2015. The only school in the MAAC that has more players with at least one point is Saint Peter's with 12.
HIGH RANKING
Quinnipiac's freshman striker Nadya Gill finds herself in some elite company as she became the first player in program history to have her first three career goals all go down as game-winners for the Bobcats. Her three game-winning tallies in 2015 also has her ranked high on the national leaderboard as she is tied for 3rd in the nation in game-winning goals. Both of the national leaders, Jannelle Flaws of Illinois and Ashley Spivey of Central Florida, are in their senior season for their respective schools.
HISTORY MADE
The history-making debut season continued for Nadya Gill, as she is the first Bobcat freshman since Furtuna Velaj in the 2008 season to record at least three goals and three game-winning goals in her opening season as a Bobcat. Gill's success through her first four games is unmatched in Quinnipiac women's soccer history as she is the first player to have each of her first three career goals go down as the game-winning tally.
GIVE THE ROOK HER DUE
Another Bobcat dominating in her first season on the team has been freshman center back Sarahkate Norton. Through four games in 2015, Norton leads all field players in minutes played this season (363) as she has played all but five minutes of action through the first four games of her career. Norton has been one of the backbones for a steady defensive effort thus far that has allowed only four goals and just five shots-on-goal per game.
GOING BACK-TO-BACK
A week after earning the MAAC's Offensive Player of the Week award, Nadya Gill picked up her second straight weekly conference honor as she was named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 7. Gill continues the torrid start to her career as she became the Bobcats' first back-to-back weekly award winner since Velaj was named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks from Sept. 22-29, 2008.
KEEP THE W'S COMING
Quinnipiac is off to their best start since the 2012 season when they started the year 3-0-1 on their way to a 9-6-1 season in their final year in the Northeast Conference. Quinnipiac's road victory against Delaware State was its first away from the QU Soccer Field since Sept. 21, 2013 when they defeated Saint Peter's, 3-0, and the first non-conference road win since Sept. 2, 2012 when they knocked off Holy Cross, 1-0. Already with two road wins in 2015, the Bobcats have compiled more road wins this season than the previous two seasons combined.
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST
Offensive output certainly hasn't been the Bobcats' weakness through the first four games of 2015 as Quinnipiac has already scored seven goals, including two goals scored in three of the four games this season. The average of 1.75 goals per game through four games to start a season is the highest goals per game average for the Bobcats in any single-season since the 2007 campaign where QU scored eight goals (2.00 goals per game) through the first four contests.
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST (CONT.)
Perhaps even more impressive is the Bobcats' scoring streak has now hit four straight games to start the 2015 season in which QU has scored at least one goal. The last time the Bobcats have started a season with a longer goal scoring streak was the 2001 campaign wherein QU scored at least one goal in all 18 games.
MAAC ATTACK
Through four games in 2015, Quinnipiac ranks in the top half of the league in all major offensive categories. With seven goals scored in four games, the Bobcats are tied for 4th in the MAAC in goals per game (1.75), 1st in assists per game (2.50) and 2nd in goals against average (0.98). Individually, Nadya Gill leads the MAAC in shots per game (4.25), tied for 2nd in points per game (1.50) and goals per game (0.75) and 1st in game-winning goals (three). Natalia Grodzki has the 3rd-best GAA in the MAAC (0.98) and also sits tied for 5th-best save percentage (.800).
YOUTH MOVEMENT
After bringing in a single-season program record 12 freshmen this offseason, Quinnipiac has reloaded in a big way as nine freshmen have entered in at least one game so far this season while seven rookies have played in all four games in 2014. Five of the Bobcats' seven goals (71.4 percent) and four of the team's 10 assists (40 percent) have been notched by QU freshmen this season.
NADYA GILL THE THRILL
Freshman Nadya Gill made history on Aug. 31 as she was named the MAAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Gill became the first Quinnipiac women's soccer weekly award winner since Natalia Grodzki was named the Defensive Player of the Week twice in 2013, most recently on Oct. 28, 2013. Gill is also the first offensive player to win Player of the Week honors since Kemeshaa Woodfine on Sept. 4, 2012 and is the first rookie to be named Player of the Week since Furtuna Velaj on Oct. 6, 2008, both awards coming when the Bobcats were still a member of the Northeast Conference.
WHAT A DEBUT
Nadya Gill started her Bobcat career off with a bang as she tucked home the game-winning goal 7:46 into overtime for the Bobcats. She is the first Quinnipiac women's soccer player to have her first career goal result in the game-winner since Furtuna Velaj in 2008. Gill fired a game-high six shots and three on goal for the Bobcats against Holy Cross.
MAD-NESS
Gill was not the only freshman to tally goal in the season opener for the Bobcats as Madison Borowiec registered her first career goal with just 19 seconds remaining in the first half to provide the Bobcats with the equalizer heading into halftime. Borowiec was the first freshman since Jessica Fontaine in 2013 to score the first goal of the season for the Bobcats.
STARTING OFF THE SEASON RIGHT
Quinnipiac started off the season on a high note with its 2-1, overtime victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders on Monday. It is the first time since the 2012 season in which the Bobcats opened up the season with a win. In 2012, the Bobcats opened up the season 3-0, starting with a 1-0 win over the Providence Friars.
SENIOR ANCHOR
Goalkeeper Natalia Grodzki had a strong senior season debut for the Bobcats, making six saves in the victory. It was the eighth time in her career that she had recorded at least six saves, most recently recording six saves on Oct. 22, 2014 against Manhattan. Grodzki followed that up with a two-save shutout against Delaware State to up his career win total to eight while also tallying her fifth career clean sheet. She then notched five saves to pick up her third win of the season and ninth of her career at Vermont.
OFFENSIVE PRESENCE
Quinnipiac turned up the heat on the Crusaders offensively in the first game of the season, recording 16 shots with seven on goal in the victory. The Bobcats 16 shots are the fourth-most recorded in a game dating back to last season. QU followed that up with 14 shot attempts at Delaware St. and are now 3-1-1 when recording at least 14 shots in that timespan.
UP NEXT
The Quinnipiac women's soccer team continues its run of playing America East schools as a matchup against UAlbany looms on Tuesday. The three-game homestand then comes to an end with the start of MAAC play on Saturday as Quinnipiac hosts the defending MAAC Champs Rider at 2 PM.
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