Tuesday, September 24
Hamden, Conn.
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
No. 18 New Hampshire
Bobcats Host No. 18 UNH on Tuesday
9/23/2019 3:48:00 PM | Men's Soccer
QUINNIPIAC (2-2-2, 0-0-0 MAAC) vs. New Hampshire (5-0-2, 0-0-0 AE)
Tuesday, Sept. 24 | 3:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
LIVE STATS | WATCH
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer concludes the non-conference portion of its 2019 schedule on Tuesday afternoon, hosting No. 18 New Hampshire at 3:00 p.m. from the QU Soccer Stadium.
The Bobcats are coming off a victory at CCSU on Friday, Sept. 20 – where the Bobcats tallied a season-high four goals in the win. Oriac Vila Rotxes, Tomas Svecula, Simon Hillinger and Bruno Aguillon all scored for the Bobcats in the win.
SCOUTING NO. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE
STATISTICAL NOTES
Tuesday, Sept. 24 | 3:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, Conn.
LIVE STATS | WATCH
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer concludes the non-conference portion of its 2019 schedule on Tuesday afternoon, hosting No. 18 New Hampshire at 3:00 p.m. from the QU Soccer Stadium.
The Bobcats are coming off a victory at CCSU on Friday, Sept. 20 – where the Bobcats tallied a season-high four goals in the win. Oriac Vila Rotxes, Tomas Svecula, Simon Hillinger and Bruno Aguillon all scored for the Bobcats in the win.
SCOUTING NO. 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE
- New Hampshire is 5-0-2 so far in 2019. The Wildcats have won each of their last three contests, downing Fairfield, Dartmouth and Marist most recently.
- UNH has allowed just four goals in seven games this season.
- Fabian Lutz leads the program with three goals and two assists in 2019, while Donnett Sackie and Chris Arling have each scored twice.
- The Bobcats are 1-3 all-time vs. UNH. Quinnipiac fell, 1-0, in the last meeting between the two programs on Sept. 7, 2018.
STATISTICAL NOTES
- With 28 career scores, Eamon Whelan currently ranks fifth among NCAA Division I active career leaders in goals. He needs just four more goals to reach the No. 2 spot.
- Whelan and fellow senior Romain Daniellou both have two goals and one assist for a team-high five points. Oriac Vila Rotxes has also scored twice. Freshman Tomas Svecula has one goal and two assists, while Jordon Bennett has two helpers, as well.
- Junior goalkeeper Jared Mazzola has a 1.24 goals-against average so far this season. He has 10 career wins in 18 games with the Bobcats.
- 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 53-45-32 overall over the last seven 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 109-105-51 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
- 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
- The Bobcats begin MAAC play on Wednesday, Oct. 2, hosting Saint Peter's at the QU Soccerr Stadium at 3:00 p.m.
- 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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