QU Men's Soccer Blanks Canisius at Home, 3-0

Saturday, October 7

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-7-1 (2-2-0MAAC)

Canisius

8-3-1 (2-1-1MAAC)

CANISIUS

Quinnipiac

10/7/2017 5:37:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score Photo Gallery

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac men's soccer team picked up three points in the MAAC standings after it defeated Canisius, 3-0, to earn its second MAAC victory of the season on Saturday afternoon at the QU Soccer Stadium.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3 / Canisius 0

LOCATION
QU Soccer Stadium / Hamden, Connecticut

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (3-7-1, 2-2 MAAC) / Canisius (8-3-1, 2-1-1 MAAC)

NOTES

Quinnipiac outshot Canisius 17-4 and 7-1 in shots-on-goal.
The Bobcats held the Golden Griffins to just one shot-on-goal in the entire contest.
Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland), William Pustari (North Haven, Connecticut) and Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Connecticut) all scored a goal apiece in the contest
The first goal of the game came in the 15th minute after Max Rothenbuecher (Munich, Germany) had a shot saved, but Taylor came in and scored on the rebound.
The goal was Taylor's second of the season and the assist was the second of the season for Rothenbuecher.
Quinnipiac's second goal of the game came off the foot of Pustari after the Canisius goalie attempted to the clear the ball out of the box but it was deflected Pustari recovered it and buried the goal in the back of the net.
The goal was Pustari's first of the season.
Dally scored the Bobcats third goal of the game in the 88th minute after James Doig (Liverpool, England) won a jump-ball then kicked it to Dally who streaked up the field and hit far post before the ball deflected into the back of the net.
The goal was Dally's first of the season and it was the second assist of the season for Doig.
With the win, Doig passed former goalkeeper Borja Angoitia for most wins by a Quinnipiac player in program-history with 33 victories.
Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) needed to make just one save on the afternoon to earn his third shutout of the season.
The shutout was the 10th of the sophomore's career.
Today's contest was the eighth time in 10 games where Iakovidis has held the opponent to one goal or less.
It was also the 10th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Goals: Taylor (15'), Pustari (19'), Dally (88')
Assists: Rothenbuecher, Doig
Shots: Pustari 5, Dally 4, Doig 2, Taylor 2, Four tied with one
Keeper (Saves): Iakovidis (1)

UPCOMING GAMES
The Bobcats will play host to MAAC-foe Iona at the QU Soccer Stadium on Wednesday at 4 PM.