QU Women's Soccer Hosts Niagara for Senior Day on Saturday

Saturday, October 14

Hamden, Conn.

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Niagara

QU Women's Soccer Hosts Niagara for Senior Day on Saturday

10/13/2017 10:42:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Bobcats to Honor Six Playing in their Final Collegiate Season

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (6-6-2, 3-2-2 MAAC) vs.
Niagara Purple Eagles (6-6-2, 2-4-1 MAAC)
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
Saturday, October 14, 2017 | 12:00 PM
All-Time Series vs. Niagara: Niagara leads, 3-0-1
Last Meeting: NIA 3, QU 0 (Sept. 24, 2016 @ Niagara)

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SETTING THE STAGE
In desperate need of a win, Quinnipiac returns home for a Saturday afternoon league match against Niagara in a game that will also serve as Senior Day for the Bobcats. Prior to the start of play, Quinnipiac will honor Jillian Consolini, Carly Glaser, Emma Greco, Laura Nicholas, Sarah Pandolfi and Nadya Gill for their dedication to the program. As far as the match, Quinnipiac and Niagara both come in sharing extended winless streaks as the Bobcats haven't won in three matches (0-1-2) while the Purple Eagles are winless in their last four (0-2-2). Quinnipiac has also struggled mightily the last two seasons against Niagara, losing both matches by a combined score of 7-0. This match will go a long way in deciding seeding in the middle tier of the MAAC table for the upcoming MAAC Tournament.

LAST GAME RECAP (IONA 2, QU 1)
Just five minutes after Quinnipiac netted the equalizer, Iona's Erica Flowers drove in the game-winner with just 48.5 seconds remaining to push the Gaels past the Bobcats, 2-1, on Wednesday afternoon from Mazzella Field. Al Pelletier struck with the equalizer for her fourth goal of the season to account for the Quinnipiac scoring. This marks the fifth straight match the Bobcats and Gaels have played in which the final score was decided by a one-goal margin.

NOTES
- Saturday marks Senior Day for six Bobcats as Jillian Consolini, Carly Glaser, Emma Greco, Laura Nicholass, Nadya Gill and Sarah Pandolfi are all playing their final seasons as Bobcats
- In the 1-1 home draw against Rider, Quinnipiac moved to 5-0-2 in 2017 in games in which the Bobcats score first
- Quinnipiac also continued to struggle in games in which the opposition scores first as their most-recent 2-1 loss at Iona on Wednesday moves their record to 1-6 in games wherein the opposition scores first
- Al Pelletier factored in the Iona game, scoring the lone Quinnipiac goal which was her fourth tally of the season
- Quinnipiac's scoring depth has played a key role in the team's success as the Bobcats currently have four players all with at least 13 points on the season
- No other team in the MAAC has more than two players with double digit point totals
- In addition, the Bobcats have five players with at least three goals on the season
- No other team in the MAAC has more than two players with at least three goals in 2017
- Olivia Myszewski has played incredibly well in the net as she has conceded just seven goals since the start of MAAC play (3-2-2 record, 0.93 goals-against average, 38 saves, .844 save percentage)
- In the four games this season against 2016 MAAC Tournament teams (Monmouth, Siena, Rider and Marist), Myszewski has totaled 29 saves (7.25 per game) while allowing just four goals (.878 save percentage)
- Gill pumped in her 10th goal of the season in the 1-1 draw against Rider last Wednesday, making her one of just 19 players in the nation to notch double digit goals this season
- Gill enters Saturday's match leading her team and the MAAC in a vast majority of offensive stats as she currently sits tied for seventh in the nation in points per game (2.08), tied for 16th in goals per game (0.77) and tied for 20th in assists per game (0.54)
- As far as her career totals, Gill sits eighth all-time at Quinnipiac in career goals (27), tied for 11th in career assists (13) and ninth in career points (67)
- Kelsey Goldring became the MAAC's first two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week honoree this season as she earned the award last Monday following a three-point week (one goal, one assist in a 2-0 road win over Fairfield)
- Madison Borowiec picked up her fifth assist of the season in the 1-1 draw against Rider, giving her 13 points (four goals, five assists) in a breakout junior campaign
- Quinnipiac currently has four players with at least five assists on the season, all of which rank in the Top 10 in the MAAC in assists per game
- As a team, Quinnipiac's offense has been buzzing all season, currently 32^nd in the nation in scoring offense, fourth in assists per game and 12^th in points per game
- In terms of total assists (40), Quinnipiac is tied for fifth in the nation as 12 different players have dished out at least one assist this year while both Gill and Goldring share the MAAC-lead with seven assists each in 2017
- Miraculously, Quinnipiac's offense has led the MAAC (currently tied for 32nd in the nation) all season despite averaging a mere 10.38 shots per game (270th in the nation, 9th in the MAAC)