Wednesday, September 27
Hamden, Conn.
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Fairfield
QU Men's Soccer Opens Up MAAC Play at Home Against Fairfield on Wednesday
9/26/2017 11:51:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (1-5-1) vs
Fairfield University Stags (4-3)
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 • 4:00 PM
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Fairfield: 3-0-1
Game Links After falling to No. 14 New Hampshire at home, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will looks to rebound this week as the Bobcats open MAAC play with a home contest against Fairfield on Wednesday at 4 PM.
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Fairfield University Stags (4-3)
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 • 4:00 PM
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium • Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Fairfield: 3-0-1
Game Links After falling to No. 14 New Hampshire at home, the Quinnipiac men's soccer team will looks to rebound this week as the Bobcats open MAAC play with a home contest against Fairfield on Wednesday at 4 PM.
TOP STORYLINES
- Fairfield comes into the contest with a 4-3 record after earning a 2-0 win at home over Temple.
- Fairfield is led by Don Junior-bobe, who leads the offense with four goals so far on the season. Ben Wignall also sports three goals and two assists on the season for the Stags.
- The last time the Bobcats took on the Stags, Quinnipiac men's soccer clinched the 2016 MAAC Regular Season Championship topping Fairfield, 1-0.
- The win clinched the program's fourth regular season conference title in the last five years (2012 in the Northeast Conference and 2013, 2014 and 2016 in the MAAC).
- In Quinnipiac's last contest, it fell to No. 14 New Hampshire, 1-0, on Saturday, Sept. 23.The lone goal of the game came in the 17th minute when New Hampshire's Jack Doherty found the back of the net after Josh Bauer set him up with a through-ball.
- Goalkeeper Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) has held opponents to two goals or less in six-consecutive contests.
- Iakovidis posted a shutout against Saint Joseph's, only needing to make one save on one shot-on-goal.
- Iakovidis' shutout against Saint Joseph's was the eighth of the sophomore's career.
- 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 on Saturday, September 2.
- 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.
- Quinnipiac's win over Saint Joseph's was the 31st of Doig's career, which places him second all-time in wins in games played. Doig's 31 wins are only second to former Quinnipiac goalkeeper Borja Angoita, who finished his career with 32 wins in games played.
- Freshmen Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen, Germany) and Paulo Soares (Quincy, Massachusetts) both made their collegiate debuts with the Bobcats in Quinnipiac's loss against B.C. on August 28.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut) headlines the returning class for Quinnipiac as he was selected to the 2017 Preseason All-MAAC Team following a 2016 campaign that saw him tally a team-high 11 goals.
- Whelan had a big impact last year as a freshman, winning the MAAC Rookie of the Year Award. He was also a Third-Team All-Northeast Region selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshmen list.
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