QU Men's Soccer Ushers in New Stadium With 1-0 Win Over St. Joseph's

Saturday, September 2

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-2

Saint Joseph's

1-1-1

Saint Joseph's

Quinnipiac

QU Men's Soccer Ushers in New Stadium With 1-0 Win Over St. Joseph's

9/2/2017 5:48:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Matthew Taylor's Goal in 4th Minute Seals Bobcats' Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac men's soccer team finished its inaugural home game in fitting fashion as they earned their first win on the season over St. Joseph's University, 1-0, in its newly renovated QU Soccer Turf Complex.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1 / St. Joseph's 0

LOCATION
Quinnipiac University Soccer Turf Complex / Hamden, Connecticut

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-2-0, 0-0 MAAC) / St. Joseph's (1-1-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10)

NOTES

Midfielder Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) scored the Bobcats' first goal of the season in the fourth minute, on a goal assisted from a through pass sent by midfielder James Doig (Liverpool, England) and forward Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, CT).

Taylor's goal was the seventh of his career and second game-winner of his career.

Taylor's first career game-winning goal came against Manhattan on October 14, 2015 on a 25-yard blast in the third minute.

Quinnipiac's stalwart defense allowed only one shot on goal in the first half of the match, while on the other end the offense sent six shots toward St. Joseph's goalkeeper.

The Bobcats did not allow St. Joseph's to get a shot-on-goal in the second half.

QU outshot St. Joseph's 13-6 and 7-1 in shots-on-goal.

Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) posted a shutout, only needing to make one save on one shot on goal.

Iakovidis' shutout was the eighth of the sophomore's career.

This is Quinnipiac's first shutout of the season and first since it shutout Fairfield on November 2, 2016 to clinch the MAAC regular-season championship.

Quinnipiac's win over St. Joseph's was its first against the Hawks in its first-ever meeting.

The Bobcats' win was its first in its newly renovated 1,500 seat turf complex that formerly housed Quinnipiac's field hockey and lacrosse programs.

QUINNIPIAC GAME LEADERS
Goals: Taylor 1
Assists: Doig 1, Dally 1
Shots: Taylor 4, Doig 3, Dally & Huggins 2, Hillinger & Rothenbuecher 1
Keeper (Saves): Iakovidis (1)

UPCOMING GAMES
The Bobcats will take a short road trip to Providence, Rhode Island to match up against Brown University on Friday at 7 PM.