Bobcats Earn MAAC Win vs. Fairfield on Senior Day

Saturday, November 2

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-5-3, 6-2-1

Fairfield

5-7-4, 3-4-2

Fairfield

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Liz Flynn, QBSN

11/2/2019 3:51:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Whelan Scores 9th Goal of 2019 in Victory

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer earned its fourth win over the last five games, downing Fairfield in a tight MAAC contest, 1-0, on Saturday afternoon at the QU Soccer Stadium.

Senior Eamon Whelan scored the lone Bobcats' goal, heading in a feed from Romain Daniellou in the 37^th minute of play. With the victory, Quinnipiac moves to 6-2-1 in MAAC action.

Prior to the start of the contest, Quinnipiac honored eight members in a Senior Day ceremony. The Bobcats have won 39 total games over the last four seasons, and are now 28-9-2 in MAAC play since the 2019 senior class joined the program in 2015-16.

QUOTING HEAD COACH ERIC DA COSTA
"Credit to this group of seniors, they've had a great four year career here. It's just about players coming in and trying to leave the program in a better place than it was when they got here – and these guys certainly did that. We still have work to do, and hopefully there's more we can do here over the next few weeks to add to this group's resume. Their contributions on the field, in the classroom and in the community have been second-to-none, and we're really proud of them."

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1, Fairfield 0

LOCATION
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-5-3, 6-2-1 MAAC) / Fairfield (5-7-4, 3-4-2 MAAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

First Half

(37' – Quinnipiac 1, Fairfield 0): Whelan continued his impressive recent stretch for the Bobcats, breaking the tie in the 37^th minute of play. Romain Daniellou played the ball into the box toward Whelan, who leaped into he air and headed the ball past the Stags' keeper for his fourth goal in the last three contests.

NOTES

With his ninth goal of the season, Eamon Whelan now has 35 career scores. He recorded a hat trick in the Bobcats' win on Wednesday at Siena, and now has four goals in the last two QU wins.
Whelan is one of just nine active Division I men's soccer players with 35+ career scores.
Shots on goal were 7-4 in favor of the Bobcats for the afternoon.
Junior goalkeeper Jared Mazzola recorded a four-save shutout, his third clean sheet of 2019. Mazzola now has 17 career wins with the Bobcats and seven career shutouts.
Quinnipiac is now 4-1-4 all-time vs. the Stags.

UP NEXT

The Bobcats will now turn their attention to Rider, as Quinnipiac closes out the 2019 regular season in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 4:00 p.m.
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