QU Men's Soccer Hosts Saint Peter's in Regular Season Finale on Wednesday at 1 PM
10/30/2017 10:48:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (6-9-1) (5-4-0 MAAC) vs
Saint Peter's University Peacocks (3-10-2) (2-7-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 • 1:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium • Hamden, Connecticut
All Time Record vs. Saint Peter's: 3-5-1
Game Links After falling to Monmouth on the road, 1-0, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to earn a win in its regular season finale on Wednesday at home against Saint Peter's at 1 PM.
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Saint Peter's University Peacocks (3-10-2) (2-7-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 • 1:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium • Hamden, Connecticut
All Time Record vs. Saint Peter's: 3-5-1
Game Links After falling to Monmouth on the road, 1-0, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will look to earn a win in its regular season finale on Wednesday at home against Saint Peter's at 1 PM.
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- Heading into the final MAAC contest of the season, Quinnipiac can finish as high as fourth and as low as sixth in the conference.
- Quinnipiac can clinch a home game in the quarterfinals of the MAAC Tournament if they earn a win over Saint Peter's, as well as Manhattan and Canisius ending in a decision and not a tie.
- Saint Peter's comes into the contest with a 3-10-2 record after defeating Siena, 3-1, at home.
- Saint Peter's owns a 2-7-0 MAAC record through nine games.
- The Peacocks are led by Jordan Jowers, who leads the team with eight goals.
- The last time Quinnipiac took on Saint Peter's, the Bobcats defeated the Peacocks, 1-0, in overtime at home.
- Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) scored the golden goal in overtime to clinch a MAAC Tournament berth for the Bobcats.
- In Quinnipiac's last contest it fell to Monmouth on the road, 1-0.
- The loss snapped Quinnipiac's three-game win streak.
- Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) recorded two saves in the contest.
- It was the 12th time this season where Iakovidis has held the opponent to one goal or less this season.
- It was also the 15th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.
- Quinnipiac defeated Siena, 2-0, on the road on Wednesday, October 25.
- 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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