Thursday, November 9
Fairfield, CT
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Fairfield
No. 5 QU Men's Soccer Takes on No. 1 Fairfield in MAAC Tournament Semifinals, Thursday at 7 PM
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Quinnipiac University Bobcats (8-9-1) (7-4-0 MAAC) vs
Fairfield University Stags (11-4-2) (7-1-2 MAAC)
Thursday, November 9, 2017 • 7:00 PM
Lessing Field • Fairfield, Connecticut
All Time Record vs. Fairfield: 3-1-1
Game Links After defeating No. 4 seed Manhattan on the road Sunday, 1-0, in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals, the No. 5 seeded Quinnipiac men's soccer team will travel to take on MAAC regular season champion and top-seeded Fairfield on Thursday at 7 PM.
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Fairfield University Stags (11-4-2) (7-1-2 MAAC)
Thursday, November 9, 2017 • 7:00 PM
Lessing Field • Fairfield, Connecticut
All Time Record vs. Fairfield: 3-1-1
Game Links After defeating No. 4 seed Manhattan on the road Sunday, 1-0, in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals, the No. 5 seeded Quinnipiac men's soccer team will travel to take on MAAC regular season champion and top-seeded Fairfield on Thursday at 7 PM.
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- Thursday's contest will mark the seventh semifinal appearance in a conference tournament in the last 10 seasons.
- In Quinnipiac's last semifinal appearance it defeated Canisius 3-1 at home.
- Fairfield comes into the contest with a 11-4-2 record and off a bye as they were the top overall seed in the tournament.
- The Stags are led by Ben Wignall and Jon Junio-bobe, who lead the team with six goals apiece.
- The last time Quinnipiac took on Fairfield, the Bobcats fell to the Stags, 1-0, in the conference home-opener.
- Quinnipiac's defense did not allow a single shot on goal the entire contest.
- The lone goal of the game came off the foot of William Pustari (North Haven, Connecticut) after a free kick late in the 71st minute.
- James Doig (Liverpool, England) took the free kick, tapping it to Max Rothenbuecher (Munich, Germany).
- Rothenbuecher made a run then sent the ball to Pustari in the box. Pustari chested the ball and drilled it with his right foot in one swift motion to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
- Pustari's goal was his second of the season.
- The assist was the fifth of the season for Rothenbuecher.
- Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) did not need to record a save to earn his sixth shutout of the season.
- The shutout was the 13th of the sophomore's career.
- It was the 14th time this season where Iakovidis has held the opponent to one goal or less this season.
- It was also the 17th-straight game where Iakovidis has held the opponent to two goals or less.
- The win was the 38th of captain James Doig's (Liverpool, England) career, which is the most wins by a player in program-history.
- Quinnipiac men's soccer saw four players earn All-MAAC honors on the MAAC Men's Soccer Awards Show Monday, November 7, 2017.
- Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Connecticut), James Doig (Liverpool, England) and Conor McCoy (Newry, Northern Ireland) were all named to the All-MAAC Second Team
- Paulo Soares (Quincy, Massachusetts) was named to the All-MAAC Rookie Team.
- A total of nine members of the Quinnipiac men's soccer team were named to the 2017 MAAC All-Academic Team, as announced on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 during the league's award show.
- The nine Bobcats to make the list included: Christian Casagranda (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Filosmar Cordeiro (Stamford, Conn.), James Doig (Liverpool, England), Oscar Evans (Christchurch, New Zealand), Colton Grob (Suffield, Conn.), Derek Parker (Cromwell, Conn.), Max Rothenbuecher (Munich, Germany), Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) and Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.).
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