Wednesday, October 4
Lawrenceville, NJ
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Rider
QU Men's Soccer Travels to Take on Rider in MAAC Tournament Championship Rematch on Wednesday
10/2/2017 8:28:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (2-6-1) (1-1 MAAC) vs
Rider University Broncs (7-2-0) (2-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 • 4:00 PM
Ben Cohen Field • Lawrenceville, New Jersey
All-Time Series vs. Niagara: 2-4
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Rider University Broncs (7-2-0) (2-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 • 4:00 PM
Ben Cohen Field • Lawrenceville, New Jersey
All-Time Series vs. Niagara: 2-4
Game Links
After earning its first MAAC win of the 2017 season against Niagara on the road, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to continue to climb the conference standings when it travels to take on MAAC-rival Rider in a rematch of the 2016 MAAC Tournament Championship contest on Wednesday at 4 PM.
TOP STORYLINES
- Rider comes into the contest with a 7-2 record after earning a 4-1 win over Saint Peter's in its last contest.
- Rider has won four straight contests, including two straight over MAAC opponents.
- The Broncs are led by Pablo DeCastro and Elliot Otmani, who each sport five goals apiece this season.
- The last time Quinnipiac took on Rider, the Bobcats fell 3-1 at home in the MAAC Tournament Championship.
- Conor McCoy (Newry, Northern Ireland) scored Quinnipiac's lone goal in the game.
- In Quinnipiac's last contest it defeated Niagara, 2-0, on Saturday, Sept. 30, to earn its first MAAC win of the 2017 season.
- The Bobcats took a 1-0 lead after Max Rothenbuecher (Munich, Germany) scored on a free kick in the 10th minute.
- James Doig (Liverpool, England) followed with his first goal of the season in the 27th minute.
- Doig and Rothenbuecher lined up for a free kick and Rothenbuecher faked the shot, tapped it to Doig, who then drilled the shot to the far post.
- Quinnipiac's win over Niagara was the 32nd of Doig's career, which ties him with former goalkeeper Borja Angoitia for most wins by a Quinnipiac player in program-history.
- Goalkeeper Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) had four saves in the shutout win over Niagara.
- The shutout was the second of the season for Iakovidis and ninth of the sophomore's career.
- Iakovidis has held opponents to one goal or less in seven of the team's last eight contests.
- Iakovidis has also held opponents to two goals or less in eight-straight contests.
- Iakovidis posted a shutout against Saint Joseph's, only needing to make one save on one shot-on-goal.
- Iakovidis' shutout against Saint Joseph's was the eighth of the sophomore's career.
- Freshman Griffin Scaglia (Glastonbury, Connecticut) made his collegiate debut in the Bobcats' loss against New Hampshire on Sept. 23.
- The Quinnipiac men's soccer team finished its inaugural home game in fitting fashion as they earned their first win on the season over St. Joseph's University, 1-0, in its newly renovated QU Soccer Stadium on Saturday, September 2.
- Midfielder Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) scored the Bobcats' first goal of the season in the fourth minute, on a goal assisted from a through pass sent by Doig and forward Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, CT).
- Taylor's goal was the seventh of his career and second game-winner of his career.
- Freshmen Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen, Germany) and Paulo Soares (Quincy, Massachusetts) both made their collegiate debuts with the Bobcats in Quinnipiac's loss against B.C. on Aug. 28.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut) headlines the returning class for Quinnipiac as he was selected to the 2017 Preseason All-MAAC Team following a 2016 campaign that saw him tally a team-high 11 goals.
- Whelan had a big impact last year as a freshman, winning the MAAC Rookie of the Year Award. He was also a Third-Team All-Northeast Region selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshmen list.
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