QU Men's Soccer Blanks Manhattan on the Road, 1-0

Saturday, October 14

Riverdale, NY

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-3-04-8-1; MAAC

Manhattan

4-2-07-6-0; MAAC

Quinnipiac

Manhattan

10/14/2017 7:18:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. - The Quinnipiac men's soccer team evened its MAAC record after it earned its third MAAC win of the season after defeating conference-rival Manhattan, 1-0, Saturday evening at Gaelic Park.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1 / Manhattan 0

LOCATION
Gaelic Park / Riverdale, Manhattan

RECORDS
Manhattan (7-6-0, 4-2-0 MAAC) / Quinnipiac (4-8-1, 3-3-0 MAAC)

NOTES

Quinnipiac outshot Manhattan 13-12.
Quinnipiac outshot Manhattan 3-2 in shots-on-goal.
Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut) led the Bobcats in shots with four.
The lone goal of the contest came in the 38th minute after Whelan put the game-winner in the back of the net after receiving the long-pass in the box from Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland).
The goal was Whelan's first of the season.
The assist was Taylor's first of the season.
Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) recorded two saves in the contest, en route to his fourth shutout of the season.
The shutout was the sophomore's 11th of his career.
Today's contest was the 10th time in 12 games where Iakovidis has held the opponent to one goal or less.
It was also the 12th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.
The win was the 34th of captain James Doig's (Liverpool, England) career, which is the most wins by a player in program-history.

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Goals: Whelan
Assists: Taylor
Shots: Whelan 4, Taylor 2, Dally 2, Soares 2, Rothenbuecher 1, Doig 1, Huggins 1
Keeper (Saves): Iakovidis (2)

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will play host to MAAC-foe Marist on Saturday, Oct. 21, as the Bobcats welcome the Red Foxes to Hamden for senior day at 2 PM.