Wednesday, October 12
Lawrence Township, N.J. / Ben Cohen Field
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Rider
Bobcats Head to Rider on Wednesday
10/11/2022 7:15:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Quinnipiac (7-3-1, 2-1-0 MAAC) at Rider (2-6-2, 1-1-1 MAAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Lawrenceville, NJ | Ben Cohen Field
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Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: gobroncs.com
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – QU men's soccer returns to the pitch on Wednesday evening, battling on the road vs. Rider at 4:00 PM from Ben Cohen Field to continue the league slate.
The Bobcats have won each of their last two MAAC matches, downing Fairfield and Marist since the beginning of the month of October.
THE MATCHUP: vs. RIDER
BALANCED ATTACK
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Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Lawrenceville, NJ | Ben Cohen Field
Follow The Action:
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: gobroncs.com
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – QU men's soccer returns to the pitch on Wednesday evening, battling on the road vs. Rider at 4:00 PM from Ben Cohen Field to continue the league slate.
The Bobcats have won each of their last two MAAC matches, downing Fairfield and Marist since the beginning of the month of October.
THE MATCHUP: vs. RIDER
- Rider is 2-6-2 on the year, going 1-1-1 in MAAC action. The Broncs played to a scoreless draw at Iona, then defeated Fairfield 3-2 during their most recent game (Oct. 8).
- The Broncs are led by Adel Al-Masude, who has two goals and three assists for seven total points this year.
- QU is 4-7 against Rider since joining the MAAC in 2013. The Broncs took the meeting between the two teams last season (10/6/21).
- Quinnipiac men's soccer battled though the rain on Wednesday afternoon at the QU Soccer Stadium in Hamden, earning a 3-2 victory over Marist.
- Tomas Svecula scored in the first half to give the Bobcats an early lead, then David Bercedo netted a pair of scores in the second half to help seal the victory.
- QU moves to 7-3-1 (2-1-0 MAAC) with the win. The Bobcats are a prefect 6-0 at home this year, outscoring opponents 23-7 in Hamden.
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— Quinnipiac Men's Soccer (@QU_MSOC) October 6, 2022
BALANCED ATTACK
- 18 different Bobcats have recorded a goal or an assist this year.
- Senior captain David Bercedo leads QU in goals (9) and points (21).
- Alexander Stjernegaard has a team-best eight assists in his first year at QU. He also has three goals.
- Tomas Svecula has chipped in with four goals and three assists, Sam McCann has four goals, and Jason Budhai has tallied three goals and three assists.
- The Bobcats lead the MAAC in shot percentage, scoring a goal on 46.2% of their shots on goal.
- The Bobcats were selected No. 4 in the 2022 Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the MAAC office on Thursday, Aug. 18.
- QU earned 78 points in the poll, finishing just behind Marist, Rider and Fairfield for the top spot.
- Senior forward Brage Aasen – Quinnipiac's leading goal scorer from a season ago – was named to the Preseason All-MAAC team for Quinnipiac. Aasen recorded a team-best 11 goals to go along with three assists last year. The All-MAAC selection from a season ago has tallied 17 goals and 13 assists over his first 43 collegiate games.
- Former Quinnipiac standout Eric Da Costa will enter his 18th season at the helm of the Bobcats men's soccer program in the fall of 2022. He is the longest tenured men's soccer coach in Quinnipiac's NCAA history.
- A product of Quinnipiac's strong soccer tradition, Da Costa's formula for success and his reputation for assembling winning teams are evident after 16 seasons at his alma mater. Da Costa has a 136-120-52 record during his time at Quinnipiac, and has led the Bobcats to a postseason conference tournament appearance in nine of the last 10 seasons (2012 in the NEC, 2013-spring 2021 in the MAAC).
- Since joining the MAAC prior to the 2013 season, Quinnipiac has appeared in four MAAC Tournament title contests (2013, 2016, 2018, spring 2021). Under Da Costa's tutelage, the Bobcats have posted an impressive 55-23-11 mark in regular season MAAC games.
- Quinnipiac's fall 2022 schedule features 18 regular season contests in total.
- The Bobcats will host nine home games at the QU Soccer Stadium in Hamden.
- QU begins MAAC play on Wednesday, Sept. 28, when the Bobcats travel to Loudonville, N.Y. for a date with Siena. The Bobcats then return home to the QU Soccer Field for their MAAC home opener against in-state rival Fairfield on Oct. 1.
- The Bobcats won nine games in the fall 2021 campaign, going 6-3 at the QU Soccer Stadium in Hamden. QU won five consecutive games to begin the season, defeating Boston College (first time since 2007), UMass Lowell, Sacred Heart, CCSU and Harvard.
- The Bobcats received votes twice in the fall of 2021 for the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll – which recognizes the top Division I programs in the nation. Da Costa and the Bobcats claimed three All-MAAC awards at the end of the regular season: Brage Aasen: All-MAAC First Team, Paulo Soares: All-MAAC Second Team, Sam McCann: MAAC All-Rookie Team.
- Quinnipiac finished 9-8 in total (4-6 MAAC).
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