Monday, September 2
Lowell, Mass.
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
UMass Lowell
Men's Soccer Travels to UMass Lowell on Monday
9/1/2019 1:11:00 PM | Men's Soccer
QUINNIPIAC (0-1-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) at UMASS LOWELL (0-1-0, 0-0-0 AE)
Monday, Sept. 2 | 3:00 PM
Cushing Field | Lowell, Mass.
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LOWELL, Mass. – Quinnipiac men's soccer returns to play on Monday night, traveling to UMass Lowell for a 3:00 p.m. non-conference contest.
SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
WHELAN NAMED TO MAC HERMAN TROPHY WATCH LIST
Monday, Sept. 2 | 3:00 PM
Cushing Field | Lowell, Mass.
LIVE STATS | WATCH
LOWELL, Mass. – Quinnipiac men's soccer returns to play on Monday night, traveling to UMass Lowell for a 3:00 p.m. non-conference contest.
SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
- The River Hawks fell in their 2019 season opener at Providence, 4-0, on Aug. 30.
- UMass Lowell has enjoyed three straight winning seasons under head coach Christian Figueroa, including a 10-6-2 overall mark a season ago. In 2018, the River Hawks finished the season with a 4-3 mark in America East action, then topped Albany in the conference quarterfinals before falling to New Hampshire in the semifinal round.
- The program returns its two top scorers from a season ago. Stanley Alves scored five goals to along with two assists for 12 total points in 2018, while Roko Prsa tallied four goals and three assists for 11 points.
- Since joining the MAAC prior to the 2013 season, Quinnipiac has appeared in three MAAC Tournament title contests (2013, 2016, 2018).
- Under Head Coach Da Costa's tutelage, the Bobcats have posted an impressive 37-13-10 mark in regular season MAAC games, while also going 51-43-30 overall over the last six seasons.
- Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa is in his 15th season at the helm of the Bobcats' program, becoming the longest tenured men's soccer coach in Quinnipiac's NCAA history.
- With the win on Sept. 26, 2018 at Canisius, Da Costa secured his 100th career victory as the Bobcats' head coach. He now has 108 total wins in his career at Quinnipiac.
- Da Costa has a 107-103-49 record during his time at Quinnipiac, and has led the Bobcats to a postseason conference tournament appearance in seven straight seasons (2012 in the NEC, 2013-18 in the MAAC).
- Quinnipiac announced its full 2019 schedule – a 17-game slate that features eight contests at the QU Soccer Stadium in Hamden – on June 3rd.
- Quinnipiac will open the season against an ACC foe on August 30 at Boston College, marking the 11th-straight season that the Bobcats and Eagles will face off in non-conference action. The Bobcats' home opener comes just one week later against Sacred Heart on Sept. 6, and the program will begin MAAC play on Oct. 2 vs. Saint Peter's in Hamden.
- The program's non-conference schedule features four games vs. opponents that finished 2018 with a Top 100 RPI ranking: New Hampshire (No. 23), Vermont (No. 57), UMass Lowell (No. 95) and Boston College (No. 98). The Bobcats will play four America East teams, two NEC programs and one ACC team.
- Eamon Whelan has been selected as the 2019 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year and the Bobcats have been tabbed No. 2 in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the conference on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
- Senior back Jeppe Haehre joins Whelan on the Preseason All-MAAC Team – as voted on by the league's coaches.
- The Bobcats received 98 total points – and one first-place vote – in the preseason poll. Quinnipiac finished just behind Fairfield, who earned 107 points. Rider (No. 3), Marist (No. 4) and Manhattan (No. 5) all received two first-place votes, as well.
WHELAN NAMED TO MAC HERMAN TROPHY WATCH LIST
- Senior Eamon Whelan has been selected to the 2019 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, as announced by United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club on Thursday, July 31, 2019.
- The MAC Hermann Trophy, presented by World Wide Technology, is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer and is presented annually to the most outstanding male and female players of the year. Whelan is one of just 36 student-athletes in the entire nation selected to the list.
- Whelan led Quinnipiac in total scoring in 2018, recording 30 points on 13 goals and four assists. He was the unanimous choice for the conference Offensive Player of the Year award, and is Quinnipiac's first MAAC Offensive Player of the Year since the Bobcats joined the league in 2013.
- The rising senior also earned United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-East Region honors, was selected as New England Soccer Journal's Division I Breakout Player of the Year, and was named to the Division I Men's Scholar All-America First Team.
- Whelan led the MAAC in points (27), points per game (1.69), goals (12), and goals per game (0.75) during the regular season. Whelan, a two-time MAAC Offensive Player of the Week in 2018, was also selected to the All-MAAC First Team. He scored eight goals in league play, tallying a goal in seven of 10 conference contests.
- Quinnipiac men's soccer and head coach Eric Da Costa announced the program's leadership council heading into the 2019 season.Jeppe Haehre, Eamon Whelan, Paulo Soares, Simon Hillinger and Jordon Bennett will all serve on the Bobcats' leadership group for the new year.
- 2018 was another successful season for the Bobcats, who went 8-1-1 in MAAC action to earn the No. 2 seed in the postseason conference tournament.
- Quinnipiac downed Marist in the MAAC semifinals after 10 rounds of penalty kicks on Nov. 8, then fell in the title contest vs. Rider.
- The Bobcats won 10 of its last 14 contests to finish the season, outscoring opponents 29-12 in that span.
- Quinnipiac will then return to Hamden on Friday, Sept. 6 to host Sacred Heart in its home opener during "Youth Soccer Day".
- For more updates regarding Quinnipiac men's soccer, follow the program on Twitter and Instagram at @QU_MSOC or visit www.gobobcats.com.
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