QU Women's Soccer Opens New Stadium with 2-0 Shutout Win over Army West Point

Sunday, August 27

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

2-1

Army West Point

1-2-1

Army West Point

Quinnipiac

QU Women's Soccer Opens New Stadium with 2-0 Shutout Win over Army West Point

8/27/2017 2:45:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Two First Half Goals from Madison Borowiec (7') and Al Pelletier (13') Power Bobcats to Victory

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Connecticut - On a historical day, the Quinnipiac women's soccer team officially opened the brand new Quinnipiac Soccer Turf Complex in resounding manner, blanking Army West Point, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon. First half goals from Madison Borowiec (Windsor, Connecticut) and Al Pelletier (Cheshire, Connecticut) set the tone early while Olivia Myszewski (Elm Grove, Wisconsin) pitched a five-save shutout to power the way to victory in just the second meeting between the two foes.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2 / Army West Point 0

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Soccer Turf Complex / Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (2-1, 0-0 MAAC) / Army West Point (1-2-1, 0-0 Patriot)

NOTES

Borowiec struck in the early going as Jess Gargan (Dublin, Ireland) beat her defender off a throw-in and dribbled into the box on the far side. Gargan spotted an opening as both Borowiec and Nadya Gill (Toronto, Ontario) were open in the box but Borowiec called off Gill and smashed home the first goal scored in the new stadium in just the seventh minute of play
Quinnipiac quickly added an insurance marker in the 13th minute of play as a combination of passes started with Gill in the midfield who hit Kelsey Goldring (Armonk, New York) with a through ball heading into the box. Goldring carried in and her shot beat the keeper but was rolling wide of the target until Pelletier ran down the shot with a diving strike that made it 2-0 Bobcats
Setting the tone early, Quinnipiac put a stranglehold on the match, falling back into a very defensive-minded approach that severely limited the Black Knights' chances to score throughout the match
The lone blip came in the 39th minute as Army West Point's Brianna Nicholas ran through the teeth of the Bobcat defense and was sent in on a breakaway but Myszewski smartly came off her line and made a diving stop to preverse the 2-0 lead heading into halftime
Army West Point outshot the Bobcats 11-3 in the second half of play but only two of those shots landed on-target and both were not quality scoring chances
The shot totals for each team (Army 16, QU 6) was almost identical to the total put forth in Quinnipiac's 3-0 loss to Drexel (Drexel 15, QU 5) only the result this time around was much different
Myszewski's five-save clean sheet gives her four shutouts in 14 career starts
Borowiec already has tied her single-season career high in goals as her tally today was her second on the season (tied with Gill for the team-lead)
The Bobcats started a new back line for the third straight game to start the season as Emma Greco (Burlington, Ontario) started at center back, played the full 90 minutes and posted Quinnipiac's first clean sheet of the season alongside fellow center back Kylie Lance (Stow, Massachusetts) and fullbacks Katrina Friedman (Syosset, New York) and Mackenzie Tibball (West Hartford, Connecticut)
This marked the first clean sheet posted by the Bobcats in a home opener since defeating Vermont, 1-0, back in the 2014 season
The Bobcats drew a huge crowd of 527 in the first-ever game played in the new stadium

Here's history...Borowiec strikes for the first goal in the new stadium pic.twitter.com/dp4EEEMvdU
— QU Women's Soccer (@QUWomensSoccer) August 27, 2017

AD Greg Amodio with Dave Clarke and @QUWomensSoccer captains before the start of the first game at the QU Soccer Turf Complex pic.twitter.com/EWxrnaIGcU
— Quinnipiac Athletics (@QUAthletics) August 27, 2017

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS

Goals: Borowiec (7'), Pelletier (13')
Assists: Gargan, Goldring and Gill w/ 1
Shots: Gill 2, Four Players w/ 1
Saves: Myszewski 5

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac is back at home on Wednesday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, continuing a three-game home stand with matches coming against Bryant (Wednesday - 3 PM) and Miami (Sunday - 12 PM).