Men's Soccer Battles Boston College in Season Opener

Friday, August 24

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-1-0, 0-0-0MAAC

Boston College

1-0-0, 0-0-0ACC

Boston College

Quinnipiac

Men's Soccer Battles Boston College in Season Opener

8/24/2018 9:14:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Bobcats Score Late But Fall to Eagles, 2-1

HAMDEN, Connecticut – A late second-half goal by Quinnipiac junior Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Connecticut) cut the Boston College lead in half, but the Bobcats were unable to find an equalizer in Friday's men's soccer match at the Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium.

SCORE
Boston College 2 / Quinnipiac 1

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium / Hamden, Connecticut

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-1-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) / Boston College (1-0-0, 0-0-0 ACC)

SCORING SUMMARY

11:09 (BC 1, QU 0) - Simon Enstrom (1); Intercepted a pass from a Quinnipiac defender inside the 18-yard box and lifted a shot over junior goalkeeper Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) to open the scoring.
29:54 (BC 2, QU 0) - Simon Enstrom (2); Lasse Lehmann played a short ball into the six-yard area where Enstrom picked it up and pushed a shot inside the far post to double the lead.
81:31 (BC 2, QU 1) - Whelan timed a far side run with a long cross by sophomore Paulo Soares (Quincy, Massachusetts), directing a header past the Boston College keeper for the Bobcats' first goal of the season.

NOTES

The Bobcats outshot the Eagles 10-6 in the game, but were only able to put two shots on target on the afternoon.
Quinnipiac earned six corner kicks to just two for Boston College.
Boston College's David Longo received a yellow card in the 42nd minute.

UPCOMING GAME
The early season schedule does not get any easier for the Bobcats, who will host UMass Lowell on Monday, August 27 at the Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 PM in Hamden.