Saturday, September 15
Hamden, Conn.
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Albany
Men's Soccer Returns Home on Saturday, Hosting Albany in Non-Conference Play
9/14/2018 1:26:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4-1, 0-0-0 MAAC) vs.
Albany Great Danes (3-3-0, 0-0-0 AE)
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 | 4:00 PM
QU Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Albany: N/A
LIVE STATS | WATCH
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac men's soccer returns home following a three-game road trip on Saturday, Sept. 15, playing host to Albany in non-conference action at 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Albany Great Danes (3-3-0, 0-0-0 AE)
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 | 4:00 PM
QU Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
All-Time Series vs. Albany: N/A
LIVE STATS | WATCH
HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac men's soccer returns home following a three-game road trip on Saturday, Sept. 15, playing host to Albany in non-conference action at 4 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Bobcats fell at No. 8 NC State on Sept. 11 by the final score of 1-0.
- Goalkeeper Jared Mazzola (Katonah, NY) made his second-straight start, earning seven more saves for the Bobcats.
- Senior Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) recorded a team-best two shots.
- The Great Danes are 3-3-0 so far in 2018, topping Brown (2-1) in their last action on Sept. 9. Albany is 1-2-0 on the road.
- Carlos Clark leads the way for Albany with three goals, while Nico Solabarrieta has recorded two goals and two assists.
- Goalkeeper Danny Vitiello ranks second in the America East in saves (23) so far this season. He's started in all six games for the Great Danes.
- 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.
- Da Costa has a 97 career wins as head coach at Quinnipiac, needing just three more to reach the century mark.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) has scored four goals in Quinnipiac's first five contests, the most of any MAAC player so far this year. The junior now has 17 goals in two-plus years with the program.
- Chrysostomos Iakovidis (Thessaloniki, Greece) made 13 saves in the Bobcats' tie vs. UMass Lowell on Aug. 27 - the highest amount of single-game saves in a Division I contest so far this year.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
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