Two Early Goals Spot QU Women’s Soccer 2-0 Win at Fairfield

Wednesday, September 27

Lessing Field - Fairfield, CT

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-0-16-4-1; MAAC

Fairfield

2-24-6; MAAC

Quinnipiac

Fairfield

Two Early Goals Spot QU Women’s Soccer 2-0 Win at Fairfield

9/27/2017 9:48:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Goldring and Grunstein Both Score Within First Four Minutes of Play, Defense Locks Down Fairfield to Earn Three Points

By: QU Athletic Communications

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut – Two goals within the first four minutes of play spotted the Quinnipiac women's soccer team an early lead and a clinical team defensive effort finished the job in a 2-0 road win at Fairfield from Lessing Field on Wednesday night. The early goals from Kelsey Goldring (Armonk, New York) and Ally Grunstein (Warren, New Jersey) set the tone while Olivia Myszewski (Elm Grove, Wisconsin) made five stops in net to give the Bobcats their first-ever MAAC win at Fairfield.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2 / Fairfield 0

LOCATION
Lessing Field / Fairfield, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (6-4-1, 3-0-1 MAAC) / Fairfield (4-6, 2-2 MAAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

0:30 (QU 1, FFD 0): Al Pelletier (Cheshire, Connecticut) sent a through ball down the right wing to Grunstein who took two dribbles into the box. Once near the end line, Grunstein centered to the top of the box where Goldring back-tracked and sent a swooping line drive shot far corner for the early goal.
3:28 (QU 2, FFD 0): Just over three minutes later, it was Goldring and Grunstein again linking up as the Stags turned the ball over at midfield. Goldring picked up the loose ball and sent a pass up to Grunstein who turned to her left and blasted one past the keeper at the near post.

NOTES

Both Goldring and Grunstein picked up three points with one goal and one assist each while Pelletier tallied her fifth assist of the season on the Goldring game-winner 30 seconds into the match
Goldring now has 17 points (five goals, seven assists) as she inches closer towards Quinnipiac's Div. I freshman scoring record (Kirsten Van de Van, 35 points in 2004)
Goldring's seven assists are tied with Nadya Gill's seven helpers as both Bobcats share the lead for most assists in the MAAC
Myszewski continues to play incredibly well in the net as she has conceded just two goals since the start of MAAC play (3-0-1 record, 0.47 goals-against average, 20 saves, .909 save percentage)
The clean sheet is Myszewski's third of the season and sixth of her career
The defensive combination of Jess Gargan (Dublin, Ireland), Jess Cascio (Hebron, Connecticut) and Hannah Reiter (Mansfield, Massachusetts) played all 90 minutes and limited the Stags to just eight total shots (five on-target) with very little in the way of quality scoring chances
Quinnipiac moves to 5-0-1 in 2017 in games in which the Bobcats score first
Quinnipiac's 3-0-1 league record is easily the best start to a MAAC slate in program history (previous best 2-0-2 in 2013)

UPCOMING GAME
A battle of the top two teams in the MAAC standings is on the way as Monmouth (6-2-2, 3-0 MAAC) comes to Hamden to take on the Bobcats at 12 PM on Saturday. This marks the first meeting between both sides since the 2016 MAAC title match, a game Monmouth won at home 5-2. The last time these teams played in Hamden ended in a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory for the Bobcats.