Parker, Whelan Score to Lift Men's Soccer Past Manhattan in 2OT on Senior Day

Saturday, October 6

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-4-1 (3-0-0MAAC)

Manhattan

9-3-0 (2-2-0MAAC)

OT 3

OT 4

Manhattan

Quinnipiac

Parker, Whelan Score to Lift Men's Soccer Past Manhattan in 2OT on Senior Day

10/6/2018 6:14:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

By: QU Sports Information

HAMDEN, Conn. – Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes left in double overtime on Saturday afternoon in Hamden, powering Quinnipiac men's soccer past Manhattan for its third-straight win in MAAC play.

Derek Parker (Cromwell, Conn.) also recorded a goal – his first of the season – for the Bobcats on Senior Day.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 2, Manhattan 1 (2OT)

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (5-4-1, 4-0-0 MAAC) | Manhattan (9-3-0, 2-2-0 MAAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

59:14 (Quinnipiac 1, Manhattan 0): The Bobcats got on the board less than 15 minutes into the second half of action, as captain Derek Parker grabbed his first goal of the season on Senior Day. Simon Hillinger (Ditzingen, Germany) booted a corner kick into the box, Jeppe Haehre (Baerums Verk, Norway) headed a shot towards the net, then Parker located the deflection and blasted it home to give Quinnipiac the game's first goal.
76:56 (Quinnipiac 1, Manhattan 1): Manhattan tied the game up 1-1 following a Quinnipiac own goal.
108:38 (Quinnipiac 2, Manhattan 1): Eamon Whelan scored the game-winner for the Bobcats in the second overtime period. Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, CT) pushed the ball up the right side of the field and ripped a shot on net, then the junior sent the deflection into the wide open goal to send Quinnipiac home with three more conference points.

NOTES

With the win, the Bobcats have now won five-straight contests for the first time since 2016.
Goalkeeper Jared Mazzola (Katonah, NY) made five stops in the victory, giving him 35 total saves so far in 2018. The sophomore now owns a 5-2 record with the Bobcats in seven games played.
Eamon Whelan now leads the MAAC with seven goals in 2018.
The Bobcats tallied 16 total shots, good for their second-highest total of the year. Quinnipiac attempted five shots during the game's second overtime.
Eamon Whelan, Rashawn Dally and Simon Hillinger have now all recorded a point in each of the last three contests. In that span, Whelan has tallied seven points, Dally has recorded six points, and Hillinger has tallied four points.