Wednesday, September 28
Hamden, Conn.
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Fairfield
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-4-1, 0-2 MAAC) at
Fairfield Stags (1-9, 0-2 MAAC)
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 • 3:00 PM
QU Soccer Field • Hamden, CT
All-Time Series vs. Fairfield: 0-1-2
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Two winless MAAC teams enter Wednesday in desperate need of a win as the Quinnipiac women's soccer team (4-4-1, 0-2 MAAC) play host to in-state foe Fairfield (1-9, 0-2 MAAC) from the friendly confines of the QU Soccer Field. Always an intriguing matchup, these two sides have played to a draw in two of the three meetings as conference opponents (since 2013) and finished with a 1-1 tie at Fairfield in last year's meeting.
ALL-TIME AGAINST FAIRFIELD (0-1-2)
SCOUTING REPORT: FAIRFIELD
OFFENSIVE JUGERNAUTS
The offensive side of the ball has been the Bobcats' forte all season long as Quinnipiac comes into Wednesday's contest leading the MAAC in goals (17), goals per game (1.89), assists (17), assists per game (1.89) and points per game (5.67). Nadya Gill (4G, 2A), Jess Fontaine (2G, 4A) and Ally Grunstein (2G, 4A) all rank in the top 10 in the MAAC in points and points per game while Gill is tied for the lead in the conference in game-winning goals with two. At least two Bobcats are ranked in the top 10 of every major offensive statistical category in the conference.
POINTS ALL AROUND
Continuing on the offensive theme, 12 different Bobcats have registered at least one point this season, a total that easily leads the MAAC. The only conference foe to see as many as 10 players notch at least one point in 2016 is Marist with 11 and Monmouth and Siena with 10. The seven remaining MAAC teams are all in the single digits.
UNCOMMON RESULT
Nadya Gill's tally in the 19th minute, coupled with a stellar defensive showing from the Bobcats' back line, helped lead the way to a 1-0 victory over Bryant (9/6). Quinnipiac's second clean sheet of 2016 (3-0 vs. UMass Lowell – Aug. 23, 2016) stands as the first 1-0 win for the Bobcats since defeating Vermont by the same score at home back on Sept. 13, 2014. The 1-0 result also marked the first time that the Bobcats have won 1-0 on the road since defeating Holy Cross on Sept. 2, 2012.
CAPTAIN CLUTCH
Nadya Gill continues to show a flair for the dramatic as her tally in the 19th minute at Bryant served as game-winner in a 1-0 victory for the Bobcats. That game-winning tally stands as her team and MAAC-leading fourth goal of 2016 and second game-winner of the season. Through 26 games in her career, Gill has accumulated 12 goals and five assists for 29 points (1.12 per game). Incredibly, seven of Gill's 12 career goals have gone down as game-winners.
IT ALL PANS OUT
A missed 2015 season for Sarah Pandolfi had the Bobcats dealing with the loss of one of the team's main strikers. Two years removed from being just one of two Bobcats to start all 17 games in 2014, Pandolfi blasted home her first goal as a Bobcat in a 3-0 win over UMass Lowell. She recently followed with a career high five points (two goals, one assist) in a 6-2 win over Delaware State to earn her MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. A transfer from UMass, Pandolfi finished her freshman year as a Minutewoman with two goals and two assists before transferring to Quinnipiac prior to the start of 2014. In her 2014 season, Pandolfi led the team with 35 shots while adding two assists in her 17 games.
GOALS GALORE
A six-goal outburst carried Quinnipiac past Delaware State (9/4) in dominating fashion, 6-2. Coming into play with an already lethal scoring attack, the Bobcats only padded their stats as Quinnipiac now has 17 goals through nine games in 2016 for a per-game average of 1.89. The highest scoring team in the MAAC reached six goals in a single-game for the first time since defeating Fairfield Dickinson, 6-0, back on Oct. 31, 2010 – the last time Quinnipiac tallied more than six goals in a single-game came all the way back in 1999 when the Bobcats defeated Iona, 7-0.
ASSISTED LIVING
Helping factor into the six-goal explosion against Delaware State was a total of nine assists as a team for the Bobcats which stands as the most accumulated in a single-game in the program's Div. I history. Led by Ally Grunstein's single-game Div. I record three assists, seven players in all racked up at least one helper in the six-goal scoring spree. As a team, the Bobcats have racked up 17 assists through nine games for a per-game average (1.89) that sits tied for 52nd in the nation.
WEEKLY AWARD RUN
Through six weeks of the 2016 season, the Bobcats ran a streak of three straight weeks in which Quinnipiac saw a player take home a MAAC weekly award. Olivia Myszewski and Ally Grunstein started the run with back-to-back MAAC Rookie of the Week award and Sarah Pandolfi most recently took home her first career weekly honor as she was named Offensive Player of the Week. Pandolfi joined Nadya Gill and Jessica Jankowski (both during 2015) as just the third Bobcat since Quinnipiac joined the MAAC in 2013 to take home the conference's Offensive Player of the Week award.
CARUSO CARRESSING IT IN
Kelly Caruso notched the lone goal for the Bobcats in a 2-1 loss in South Orange to Seton Hall (8/29). A free kick specialist, Caruso lined up her shot and drove the ball over the Pirate wall before the ball spiraled into the top left corner of the cage. Caruso's first goal of 2016 gives her five over her four-year career while the last three straight have come off set pieces.
DOUBLE DIPPING
Ally Grunstein factored heavily in the decision against NJIT (8/26) as her first two career goals helped lift the Bobcats to a 2-2 draw after trailing the Highlanders 2-0 midway through the first half. Grunstein immediately vaulted up to a tie with Nadya Gill for first on the team in points and goals while she joins Gill as just the second freshman since 2009 to post a multi-goal game in their freshman campaign.
OVERCOMING THE ODDS
The Bobcats' 2-2 draw against NJIT not only kept Quinnipiac undefeated but it signaled one of the more significant results in recent memory. Prior to Friday's draw, the last time the Bobcats erased a two-goal deficit to either tie or win a game came all the way back on Oct. 3, 2008 when Quinnipiac defeated Robert Morris, 4-3, in double overtime. The near eight-year run spanned an incredible 119 matches since the Bobcats last accomplished the feat.
MOVIN ON UP
With her assist on Nadya Gill's game-winner against Bryant, Jess Fontaine made a move up the Top 10 all-time career record list at Quinnipiac with 15 career assists. She is now in sole possession of ninth place all-time in program history. Just three more assists would put her past Furtuna Velaj '12 and give her the most career assists by any individual player in the last 15 years of the program.
UTILIZING THE YOUTH
Through nine games in 2016, 11 of the 17 Bobcat goals on the season have been scored by underclassmen. Sophomores Nadya Gill (four), Al Pelletier (two), Katrina Friedman (two) and Madison Borowiec (one) combine with freshmen Ally Grunstein (two) for nine of the team's goals this season. The lone non-underclassmen to score in 2016 have been Sarah Pandolfi (three), Jess Fontaine (two) and Kelly Caruso (one).
MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
Devan Malcolm earned the starting nod for the Bobcats against UMass Lowell and delivered in what was her first career appearance. The sophomore keeper notched five saves to not only pick up the win but also record a clean sheet in her collegiate debut. She became the first Quinnipiac goalkeeper to post a shutout in their first career appearance since Class of 2016 graduate Natalia Grodzki recorded a two-save shutout in her debut against NJIT back on Sept. 7, 2012.
THREE'S COMPANY
Three different goal scorers filled the stat sheet for Quinnipiac as Nadya Gill, Sarah Pandolfi and Madison Borowiec picked up the goals for the Bobcats in a 3-0 win over UMass Lowell. Gill recorded her second goal of 2016 as well as the 10th of her career and sixth game-winning goal in 19 career appearances. After missing the entire 2015 campaign due to injury, Pandolfi blasted home her first career goal as a Bobcat in the win while Borowiec registered her second career goal and is now tied for second on the team in points with three.
LITTLE AL DOING BIG THINGS
Sophomore forward Al Pelletier had herself a dominant start to the 2016 campaign as she notched one goal and one assist, including the game-winning tally in the 82nd minute that sent the Bobcats past Toledo, 2-1, at home in the season opener. Pelletier either scored or assisted on both of the two Bobcat goals on the day while she also picked up her first career game-winning tally late in the second half. Just one year removed from recording one goal in 10 games played ruing her rookie season, Pelletier eclipsed that season total in one game in 2016.
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
After just one appearance, freshman keeper Olivia Myszewski has already made a little history as her seven saves goes down as the most by a Bobcat goalkeeper in their first career appearance in the program's Div. I era (since 1998). Myszewski's seven saves are the most since Elizabeth Cook notched six in her first career appearance. Myszewski also became the first Bobcat keeper to pick up the victory in a victory in their first career start since Cook helped lead Quinnipiac to a double overtime 1-0 victory back on Oct. 4, 2009.
Fairfield Stags (1-9, 0-2 MAAC)
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 • 3:00 PM
QU Soccer Field • Hamden, CT
All-Time Series vs. Fairfield: 0-1-2
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Two winless MAAC teams enter Wednesday in desperate need of a win as the Quinnipiac women's soccer team (4-4-1, 0-2 MAAC) play host to in-state foe Fairfield (1-9, 0-2 MAAC) from the friendly confines of the QU Soccer Field. Always an intriguing matchup, these two sides have played to a draw in two of the three meetings as conference opponents (since 2013) and finished with a 1-1 tie at Fairfield in last year's meeting.
ALL-TIME AGAINST FAIRFIELD (0-1-2)
- Fairfield comes in on a three-game unbeaten streak against the Bobcats since Quinnipiac joined the MAAC in 2013
- Last year's matchup was a high-octane offensive battle as 37 total shots were attempted between both teams as the final score ended in a 1-1 tie in Fairfield
- Jess Fontaine punched home the game-tying goal with just over six minutes remaining as both teams traded blow-for-blow in the 110-minute contest
- Jess Fontaine scored the lone goal for the Bobcats as Quinnipiac fell to Fairfield in their only meeting in Hamden, 4-1, in the 2014 season
- In their first meeting as Div. I programs in 2013, Quinnipiac and Fairfield played to a 0-0 tie with Natalia Grodzki matching her career high with an eight-save clean sheet in net
SCOUTING REPORT: FAIRFIELD
- Fairfield (1-9, 0-2 MAAC) has struggled in the last two seasons but have established themselves as one of the premier programs in the Northeast region
- The Stags advanced to the MAAC Championship game in consecutive seasons (2013-14) before failing to make the MAAC Tournament in 2015 for the first time in four seasons
- Consecutive losses to open league play has sent the Stags to the bottom of the league table as Fairfield opened with a pair of 2-1 losses to Canisius and Siena in overtime
- Non-conference did not favor Fairfield either as the Stags went 1-7 out of conference with losses coming against solid programs including UC Irvine, Long Beach State, Stony Brook, St. John's and Syracuse
- Goal scoring has been a trouble spot for the Stags all season as Fairfield has been shut out in five out of 10 games in 2016
- Fairfield is also winless away from home in 2016 as they enter Wednesday with a mark of 0-4 on the road
- Even though Fairfield has been outscored 11-4 in the second halves of games this season, the Stags have outshot opponents 67-55 in the second half of those 10 contests in 2016
- Brenna Brown is an elite scorer and comes in having scored four of the Stags' seven goals this season
- Pam Coufos is the lone other Stag with more than two points on the season as she has one goal and one assist through 10 games played
- Jenna Pike is the Stags' goalkeeper and has served in that role since the start of 2015
- Pike owns a 1-9 record, 2.40 goals-against average, 40 saves and .625 save percentage with one shutout in 10 games (all starts)
- Pike recorded a career high nine saves in the 1-1 tie against the Bobcats last season
OFFENSIVE JUGERNAUTS
The offensive side of the ball has been the Bobcats' forte all season long as Quinnipiac comes into Wednesday's contest leading the MAAC in goals (17), goals per game (1.89), assists (17), assists per game (1.89) and points per game (5.67). Nadya Gill (4G, 2A), Jess Fontaine (2G, 4A) and Ally Grunstein (2G, 4A) all rank in the top 10 in the MAAC in points and points per game while Gill is tied for the lead in the conference in game-winning goals with two. At least two Bobcats are ranked in the top 10 of every major offensive statistical category in the conference.
POINTS ALL AROUND
Continuing on the offensive theme, 12 different Bobcats have registered at least one point this season, a total that easily leads the MAAC. The only conference foe to see as many as 10 players notch at least one point in 2016 is Marist with 11 and Monmouth and Siena with 10. The seven remaining MAAC teams are all in the single digits.
UNCOMMON RESULT
Nadya Gill's tally in the 19th minute, coupled with a stellar defensive showing from the Bobcats' back line, helped lead the way to a 1-0 victory over Bryant (9/6). Quinnipiac's second clean sheet of 2016 (3-0 vs. UMass Lowell – Aug. 23, 2016) stands as the first 1-0 win for the Bobcats since defeating Vermont by the same score at home back on Sept. 13, 2014. The 1-0 result also marked the first time that the Bobcats have won 1-0 on the road since defeating Holy Cross on Sept. 2, 2012.
CAPTAIN CLUTCH
Nadya Gill continues to show a flair for the dramatic as her tally in the 19th minute at Bryant served as game-winner in a 1-0 victory for the Bobcats. That game-winning tally stands as her team and MAAC-leading fourth goal of 2016 and second game-winner of the season. Through 26 games in her career, Gill has accumulated 12 goals and five assists for 29 points (1.12 per game). Incredibly, seven of Gill's 12 career goals have gone down as game-winners.
IT ALL PANS OUT
A missed 2015 season for Sarah Pandolfi had the Bobcats dealing with the loss of one of the team's main strikers. Two years removed from being just one of two Bobcats to start all 17 games in 2014, Pandolfi blasted home her first goal as a Bobcat in a 3-0 win over UMass Lowell. She recently followed with a career high five points (two goals, one assist) in a 6-2 win over Delaware State to earn her MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. A transfer from UMass, Pandolfi finished her freshman year as a Minutewoman with two goals and two assists before transferring to Quinnipiac prior to the start of 2014. In her 2014 season, Pandolfi led the team with 35 shots while adding two assists in her 17 games.
GOALS GALORE
A six-goal outburst carried Quinnipiac past Delaware State (9/4) in dominating fashion, 6-2. Coming into play with an already lethal scoring attack, the Bobcats only padded their stats as Quinnipiac now has 17 goals through nine games in 2016 for a per-game average of 1.89. The highest scoring team in the MAAC reached six goals in a single-game for the first time since defeating Fairfield Dickinson, 6-0, back on Oct. 31, 2010 – the last time Quinnipiac tallied more than six goals in a single-game came all the way back in 1999 when the Bobcats defeated Iona, 7-0.
ASSISTED LIVING
Helping factor into the six-goal explosion against Delaware State was a total of nine assists as a team for the Bobcats which stands as the most accumulated in a single-game in the program's Div. I history. Led by Ally Grunstein's single-game Div. I record three assists, seven players in all racked up at least one helper in the six-goal scoring spree. As a team, the Bobcats have racked up 17 assists through nine games for a per-game average (1.89) that sits tied for 52nd in the nation.
WEEKLY AWARD RUN
Through six weeks of the 2016 season, the Bobcats ran a streak of three straight weeks in which Quinnipiac saw a player take home a MAAC weekly award. Olivia Myszewski and Ally Grunstein started the run with back-to-back MAAC Rookie of the Week award and Sarah Pandolfi most recently took home her first career weekly honor as she was named Offensive Player of the Week. Pandolfi joined Nadya Gill and Jessica Jankowski (both during 2015) as just the third Bobcat since Quinnipiac joined the MAAC in 2013 to take home the conference's Offensive Player of the Week award.
CARUSO CARRESSING IT IN
Kelly Caruso notched the lone goal for the Bobcats in a 2-1 loss in South Orange to Seton Hall (8/29). A free kick specialist, Caruso lined up her shot and drove the ball over the Pirate wall before the ball spiraled into the top left corner of the cage. Caruso's first goal of 2016 gives her five over her four-year career while the last three straight have come off set pieces.
DOUBLE DIPPING
Ally Grunstein factored heavily in the decision against NJIT (8/26) as her first two career goals helped lift the Bobcats to a 2-2 draw after trailing the Highlanders 2-0 midway through the first half. Grunstein immediately vaulted up to a tie with Nadya Gill for first on the team in points and goals while she joins Gill as just the second freshman since 2009 to post a multi-goal game in their freshman campaign.
OVERCOMING THE ODDS
The Bobcats' 2-2 draw against NJIT not only kept Quinnipiac undefeated but it signaled one of the more significant results in recent memory. Prior to Friday's draw, the last time the Bobcats erased a two-goal deficit to either tie or win a game came all the way back on Oct. 3, 2008 when Quinnipiac defeated Robert Morris, 4-3, in double overtime. The near eight-year run spanned an incredible 119 matches since the Bobcats last accomplished the feat.
MOVIN ON UP
With her assist on Nadya Gill's game-winner against Bryant, Jess Fontaine made a move up the Top 10 all-time career record list at Quinnipiac with 15 career assists. She is now in sole possession of ninth place all-time in program history. Just three more assists would put her past Furtuna Velaj '12 and give her the most career assists by any individual player in the last 15 years of the program.
UTILIZING THE YOUTH
Through nine games in 2016, 11 of the 17 Bobcat goals on the season have been scored by underclassmen. Sophomores Nadya Gill (four), Al Pelletier (two), Katrina Friedman (two) and Madison Borowiec (one) combine with freshmen Ally Grunstein (two) for nine of the team's goals this season. The lone non-underclassmen to score in 2016 have been Sarah Pandolfi (three), Jess Fontaine (two) and Kelly Caruso (one).
MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
Devan Malcolm earned the starting nod for the Bobcats against UMass Lowell and delivered in what was her first career appearance. The sophomore keeper notched five saves to not only pick up the win but also record a clean sheet in her collegiate debut. She became the first Quinnipiac goalkeeper to post a shutout in their first career appearance since Class of 2016 graduate Natalia Grodzki recorded a two-save shutout in her debut against NJIT back on Sept. 7, 2012.
THREE'S COMPANY
Three different goal scorers filled the stat sheet for Quinnipiac as Nadya Gill, Sarah Pandolfi and Madison Borowiec picked up the goals for the Bobcats in a 3-0 win over UMass Lowell. Gill recorded her second goal of 2016 as well as the 10th of her career and sixth game-winning goal in 19 career appearances. After missing the entire 2015 campaign due to injury, Pandolfi blasted home her first career goal as a Bobcat in the win while Borowiec registered her second career goal and is now tied for second on the team in points with three.
LITTLE AL DOING BIG THINGS
Sophomore forward Al Pelletier had herself a dominant start to the 2016 campaign as she notched one goal and one assist, including the game-winning tally in the 82nd minute that sent the Bobcats past Toledo, 2-1, at home in the season opener. Pelletier either scored or assisted on both of the two Bobcat goals on the day while she also picked up her first career game-winning tally late in the second half. Just one year removed from recording one goal in 10 games played ruing her rookie season, Pelletier eclipsed that season total in one game in 2016.
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
After just one appearance, freshman keeper Olivia Myszewski has already made a little history as her seven saves goes down as the most by a Bobcat goalkeeper in their first career appearance in the program's Div. I era (since 1998). Myszewski's seven saves are the most since Elizabeth Cook notched six in her first career appearance. Myszewski also became the first Bobcat keeper to pick up the victory in a victory in their first career start since Cook helped lead Quinnipiac to a double overtime 1-0 victory back on Oct. 4, 2009.
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