Men's Soccer Set to Host Manhattan on Saturday for Senior Day

Saturday, October 6

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Manhattan

Men's Soccer Set to Host Manhattan on Saturday for Senior Day

10/5/2018 1:42:00 PM | Men's Soccer

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-4-1, 2-0-0 MAAC) vs.
Manhattan Jaspers (9-2-0, 2-1-0 MAAC)
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 | 2:00 PM
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer is set for its first home conference contest of the 2018 season on Saturday, hosting Manhattan from the Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium at 2:00 p.m.

The Bobcats will celebrate Senior Day in a pre-game ceremony, honoring eight total players:

Christian Casagranda (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland)
Griffin Kutzner (Southbury, Conn.)
Oscar Evans (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Conn.)
Derek Parker (Cromwell, Conn.)
Colton Grob (Suffield, Conn.)
Alex Ossa (Hamden, Conn.)

The Bobcats senior class has recorded 27 total wins over the last four seasons, helping the program appear in three-straight conference postseasons.

LAST TIME OUT

Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Conn.), Colton Grob (Suffield, Conn.) and Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) all scored for the Bobcats on Wednesday afternoon at Jaroschak Field, as Quinnipiac topped Saint Peter's, 3-1, to earn its second-straight victory to begin MAAC play.
Goalkeeper Jared Mazzola (Katonah, N.Y.) made eight more saves in net, earning his fourth-straight win. The redshirt freshman now owns a .829 save percentage, and a 1.15 goals-against average this year.
Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen, Germany) recorded two assists.

FOUR-STRAIGHT WINS

The Bobcats have won four straight contests heading into Saturday's match, including two straight wins over Canisius and Saint Peter's to begin MAAC action.

Quinnipiac has outscored opponents 11-5 during the four-game winning streak.

SCOUTING MANHATTAN

The Jaspers are 2-1-0 so far in 2018 MAAC play, 9-2-0 overall.
Most recently, Manhattan topped Siena (1-0) on Oct. 3.
The Jaspers are led by Berti Fourrier (three goals, five assists) and Brandon Joseph-Buadi (five goals, one assist) offensively, as both have tallied 11 total points.
Quinnipiac is 6-1-1 all-time vs. Manhattan.

HEAD COACH ERIC DA COSTA

Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa enters his 14th season at the helm of the Bobcats' men's soccer program in 2018, becoming the longest tenured men's soccer coach in Quinnipiac's NCAA history.
With the win on Sept. 26 at Canisius, Da Costa secured his 100th career victory as the Bobcats' head coach. He now has 101 total wins in his career at Quinnipiac.

WHELAN'S HOT START

Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) has scored six goals in Quinnipiac's first nine contests, tied for the most of any MAAC player so far this year. The junior now has 19 goals in two-plus years with the program.

DALLY CLOSING IN ON PROGRAM HISTORY

Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Conn.) enters Saturday's contest having played in 68 career games, needing just two more to become one of 15 players in program history with 70+ career games played for the Bobcats.

MIGHTY MAZZOLA

Jarred Mazzola (Katonah, N.Y.) has started six-straight games in net for the Bobcats, earning a win in each of the last four contests.

The goalkeeper has posted a 1.15 goals-against average in his first year with the program.

MAAC WEEKLY AWARDS
The Bobcats have won two individual conference weekly awards so far this season:

Eamon Whelan – MAAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3, 2018)
Oriac Vila Rotxes – MAAC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 17, 2018)

PRESEASON ACCOLADES

Junior Conor McCoy (Newry, Northern Ireland) was named to the 2018 Preseason All-MAAC Team, the conference announced on Aug. 14.
The Bobcats were picked to finish fourth by the league's head coaches.

2018 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa named the program's leadership council for the 2018, which includes senior Derek Parker, senior Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland), junior Conor McCoy (Newry, Northern Ireland), sophomore Paulo Soares (Quincy, MA), and sophomore Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen, Germany).

LAST SEASON

Quinnipiac went 8-9-2 (6-2-0 MAAC) in 2017, earning the No. 5 seed in the 2017 MAAC Men's Soccer Championship.
The Bobcats defeated No. 4 Manhattan in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinals, then fell in penalty kicks at No. 1 Fairfield in the semifinal round.
The program returns three student-athletes that earned All-MAAC honors in 2017. Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Conn.) and Conor McCoy (Newry, Northern Ireland) were named to the All-MAAC Second Team, and freshman Paulo Soares (Quincy, MA) was named to the All-MAAC Rookie Team.