Tuesday, September 18
Easton, Pa.
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Lafayette
Men's Soccer Hits the Road, Traveling to Lafayette on Tuesday Night
9/17/2018 12:28:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-4-1, 0-0-0 MAAC) vs.
Lafayette Leopards (4-2-1, 0-0-0 Patriot League)
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 | 7:00 PM
Oaks Stadium | Easton, PA
All-Time Series vs. Lafayette: 2-0-1
LIVE STATS | WATCH
EASTON, PA - Quinnipiac men's soccer hits the road for a midweek non-conference contest, traveling to Lafayette on Tuesday night.
LAST TIME OUT
The Bobcats have won two individual conference weekly awards so far this season:
Lafayette Leopards (4-2-1, 0-0-0 Patriot League)
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 | 7:00 PM
Oaks Stadium | Easton, PA
All-Time Series vs. Lafayette: 2-0-1
LIVE STATS | WATCH
EASTON, PA - Quinnipiac men's soccer hits the road for a midweek non-conference contest, traveling to Lafayette on Tuesday night.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Bobcats earned their first win of the 2018 season on Saturday, topping Albany (2-1) in overtime at home.
- Freshman Oriac Vila Rotxes (Navas, Spain) scored his first career goal in the 100th minute of action, sending Quinnipiac home with the win. Romain Daniellou (Brest, France) gave the Bobcats the early lead, heading in a perfect cross from Matthew Taylor (Dublin, Ireland) with 54 seconds left in the first half.
- Jared Mazzola (Katonah, NY) made four saves in net, including multiple stops at the end of regulation and in overtime to keep the game tied. Mazzola has started in three-straight games for the Bobcats, allowing just three goals during that span.
- Lafayette is 4-2-1 so far this year, most recently playing to a tie (1-1) at Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday. The Leopards have won four of their last six games after dropping the season opener vs. St. Francis Brooklyn.
- 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 98 career wins as head coach at Quinnipiac, needing just two more to reach the century mark.
- Eamon Whelan (New Fairfield, Conn.) has scored four goals in Quinnipiac's first six contests, tied for the most of any MAAC player so far this year. The junior now has 17 goals in two-plus years with the program.
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)
- 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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