Men's Soccer Looks to Defend Five-Game Winning Streak on Wednesday vs. Siena

Wednesday, October 10

Hamden, Conn.

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

Siena

Men's Soccer Looks to Defend Five-Game Winning Streak on Wednesday vs. Siena

10/9/2018 1:36:00 PM | Men's Soccer

By: QU Sports Information

Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-4-1, 3-0-0 MAAC) vs.
Siena Saints (3-6-3, 2-2-0 MAAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 | 2:30 PM
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer returns to action on Wednesday, playing host to Siena in conference action at 2:30 p.m. from Hamden.

LAST TIME OUT

Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes left in double overtime, powering Quinnipiac men's soccer past Manhattan for its third-straight win in MAAC play on Saturday.
Derek Parker (Cromwell, Conn.) also recorded a goal – his first of the season – for the Bobcats on Senior Day.

SENIOR DAY
The Bobcats celebrated Senior Day prior to Saturday's latest conference win, 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.)

Quinnipiac's 2018 senior class has now recorded 28 total wins over the last four seasons, helping the program appear in three-straight conference postseasons.

FIVE-STRAIGHT WINS

The Bobcats have won five straight contests heading into Wednesday's match, including three straight wins over Canisius, Saint Peter's and Manhattan to begin MAAC action.
Quinnipiac has outscored opponents 13-6 during the five-game winning streak.

SCOUTING SIENA

Siena is 2-2 so far in MAAC action, 3-6-3 overall.
Most recently, the Saints have dropped two-straight contests at Manhattan and Siena.
Aaron Martin has paced Siena offensively, scoring three goals to go along with two assists for eight total points.
Quinnipiac is 5-1-2 all-time vs. Siena. The Bobcats won the meeting between the two programs last year (2-0) on Oct. 25 in Loudonville.

HEAD COACH ERIC DA COSTA

Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa is in his 14th season at the helm of the Bobcats' men's soccer program, 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 102 total wins in his career at Quinnipiac.

POINT PARTY

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.

WHELAN'S HOT START

Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) has scored seven goals in Quinnipiac's first 10 contests, the most of any MAAC player so far this year. His seven goals rank tied for 26^th nationally.
The junior now has 20 goals in two-plus years with the program.

DALLY CLOSING IN ON PROGRAM HISTORY

Rashawn Dally (Bloomfield, Conn.) enters Wednesday's contest having played in 69 career games, needing just one 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 seven-straight games in net for the Bobcats, earning a win in each of the last five contests.
The goalkeeper has posted a 1.15 goals-against average in his first year with the program.
Mazzola has recorded 5.57 saves per contest so far in 2018, which ranks No. 5 nationally.

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 2018, which includes senior Derek Parker (Cromwell, Conn.), 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.