Saturday, October 28
West Long Branch, NJ
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Monmouth
QU Men's Soccer Travels to Take on Monmouth After Clinching MAAC Tournament Berth
10/27/2017 10:59:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-8-1) (5-3-0 MAAC) vs
Monmouth University Hawks (5-9-2) (2-5-1 MAAC)
Saturday, October 28, 2017 • 7:00 PM
Hesse Field on The Great Lawn • West Long Branch, New Jersey
All Time Record vs. Siena: 5-13-3
Game Links After defeating Siena on the road, 2-0, to clinch a MAAC Tournament berth, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to extend its three-game winning streak on Saturday, when it travels to West Long Branch, New Jersey to take on Monmouth at 7 PM.
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Monmouth University Hawks (5-9-2) (2-5-1 MAAC)
Saturday, October 28, 2017 • 7:00 PM
Hesse Field on The Great Lawn • West Long Branch, New Jersey
All Time Record vs. Siena: 5-13-3
Game Links After defeating Siena on the road, 2-0, to clinch a MAAC Tournament berth, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to extend its three-game winning streak on Saturday, when it travels to West Long Branch, New Jersey to take on Monmouth at 7 PM.
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- Monmouth comes into the contest with a 5-9-2 record after falling to Fairfield, 2-1,on the road.
- Monmouth owns a 2-5-1 MAAC record through eight games.
- The Hawks are led by Colin Stripling, who leads the team with four goals.
- The last time Quinnipiac took on Monmouth, the Bobcats defeated the Hawks, 3-1, at home.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut), James Doig (Liverpool, England) and Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) all scored a goal apiece.
- In Quinnipiac's last contest it defeated Siena, 2-0 on the road.
- The win was Quinnipiac's third in a row and fourth win in five games.
- With the win, the Bobcats have clinched a berth in the MAAC Tournament.
- It is the fifth-straight MAAC Tournament appearance for Quinnipiac, meaning the Bobcats have made the MAAC Tournament every season since joining the conference.
- Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Connecticut) and Whelan each scored a goal in the contest.
- Whelan's game-winning goal came in the 66th minute.
- Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) brought the ball up and fed Paulo Soares (Quincy, Massachusetts). Soares sent a long-ball to Whelan in the box, who punched the ball over the goaltender.
- The goal was Whelan's second of the season and second in three games.
- Both of Whelan's goals this season have been game-winning goals.
- Both Taylor and Soares were credited with assists. It was the third of the season for Taylor and first for Soares.
- Quinnipiac's second goal of the contest came in the 77th minute off the foot of Dally.
- Whelan shot on goal and the goaltender made the save, however the deflection fell to Dally, who tapped in the goal on the far post.
- The goal was the second of the season for Dally and it was the second contest in a row where Dally has scored.
- The assist was the first of the season for Whelan.
- Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) recorded one save en route to his fifth shutout of the season.
- The shutout was the 12th of the sophomore's career.
- It was the 11th time this season where Iakovidis has held the opponent to one goal or less this season.
- It was also the 14th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.
- The win was the 36th of captain James Doig's (Liverpool, England) career, which is the most wins by a player in program-history.
- 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.
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