QU Men's Soccer Travels to Take on Siena on Wednesday
10/23/2017 6:38:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (5-8-1) (4-3-0 MAAC) vs
Siena College Saints (3-5-7) (1-2-4 MAAC)
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 • 2:00 PM
Siena Soccer Field • Loudonville, New York
All Time Record vs. Siena: 4-1-2
Game Links After coming from behind to defeat MAAC-rival Marist, 3-2, in double-overtime at home, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to earn its fifth MAAC win of the season when it travels to take on Siena on Wednesday at 2 PM.
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Siena College Saints (3-5-7) (1-2-4 MAAC)
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 • 2:00 PM
Siena Soccer Field • Loudonville, New York
All Time Record vs. Siena: 4-1-2
Game Links After coming from behind to defeat MAAC-rival Marist, 3-2, in double-overtime at home, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to earn its fifth MAAC win of the season when it travels to take on Siena on Wednesday at 2 PM.
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- Siena comes into the contest with a 3-5-7 record after falling to Manhattan, 3-1,on the road.
- Siena owns a 1-2-4 MAAC record through seven games.
- The Saints are led by Alejandro Riquelme, who leads the team with five goals and two assists.
- The last time Quinnipiac took on Siena, the Bobcats defeated the Saints, 3-1, at home.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut) tallied two goals and Rashawn Dally (Bloomington, Connecticut) each tallied a goal in the win.
- Quinnipiac men's soccer freshman defender Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen) was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday, October 23, 2017.
- The Offensive Player of the Week honors are the first for Hillinger and he is the first Quinnipiac player to take home a MAAC weekly award this season.
- In Quinnipiac's last contest, it defeated Marist at home, 3-2, in double-overtime.
- Jeppe Haere (Baerums Verk, Norway) and Hillinger both scored in the contest, with Hillinger tallying two goals.
- Quinnipiac got on the board first after Haere put one in the back of the net in the second minute of the game.
- After Max Rothenbuecher (Munich, Germany) sent a ball into the box on a free kick, Haere out-jumped the defender and got a head on the ball and scored the goal.
- The goal was Haere's first of the season.
- The assist was Rothenbuecher's third of the season.
- Marist would tally two straight goals before Quinnipiac would score again.
- The Bobcats tied the contest in the 83rd minute after Hillinger scored his first career goal.
- Marist tried to clear the ball and flip the field but the ball deflected off the referee. Hillinger collected the ball and drilled the goal to tie the contest.
- Hillinger scored the golden-goal at 104:11 in double-overtime to win the game
- Taylor brought the ball up wide and dribbled toward the box, he then fed Hillinger in the box who put a move on the goaltender and scored the game-winner.
- The goal was Hillinger's second of the contest and season.
- The assist was the second of the season for Taylor
- Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) recorded one save in the contest.
- It was also the 13th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.
- The win was the 35th of captain James Doig's (Liverpool, England) career, which is the most wins by a player in program-history.
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