Bobcats Host MAAC Title Match Sunday in Hamden

Quinnipiac (12-4-3, 6-2-2 MAAC) vs. Iona (7-4-5, 5-1-4 MAAC)
MAAC Championship
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 | 12:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, CT

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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer sets its sights on the 2022 league title contest, as the No. 1 Bobcats will play host to No. 2 Iona on Sunday in Hamden.

Quinnipiac will make its fifth MAAC title match appearance under Head Coach Eric Da Costa since the start of the 2013 season. The top-seeded Bobcats downed Niagara, 5-1, to advance to the MAAC Tournament title matchup on Sunday.

LAST TIME OUT: OFFENSIVE OUTBURST LEADS TO SEMIFINAL WIN

Quinnipiac men's soccer cruised past Niagara in the MAAC Semifinals, 5-2, on Thursday, Nov. 10 at the QU Soccer Stadium.
Seniors Tomas Svecula and David Bercedo each scored a pair of goals to lead the way for Quinnipiac. Luke Allen chipped in with a goal of his own, and Brage Aasen recorded three assists in the win.
QU's five goals are the most in a MAAC Tournament match since 2011 – when Siena defeated Saint Peter's, 5-1, in the opening round.

David Bercedo Celebrates Following a Win (Fall 2022 in Hamden)

THE MATCHUP: vs #2 IONA

Iona went 5-1-4 in the MAAC to earn the second seed in the postseason tournament.
QU and Iona played to a 1-1 draw earlier this season in Hamden (Oct. 15). Jared Smith scored in the 90^th minute to tie the game. Alexander Stjernegaard played a corner kick in to the box toward Smith – who headed one into the back of the net with 43 seconds remaining.
The Bobcats are 4-6-5 vs. Iona since 2007, and 1-5-1 over the last seven meetings.
Senior Camil Azzam Ruiz leads the team with six goals and three assists. Six different Iona players have 2+ goals on the year.

TOP-SEEDED BOBCATS

The Bobcats went 6-2-2 in the MAAC in 2022, posting an 11-4-3 record in the regular season.
QU earned four straight shutouts from Oct. 19 – Oct. 29 in league play.
Quinnipiac has won five MAAC regular season titles under Head Coach Eric Da Costa since joining the league (2013, 2014, 2016, 2020-21, 2022).

QU CAPTURES 3 MAJOR MAAC AWARDS

Quinnipiac men's soccer captured three major MAAC Men's Soccer awards, as announced by the league office on Monday, Nov. 7.
David Bercedo has earned the MAAC Golden Boot Award, Alexander Stjernegaard is the MAAC Rookie of the Year, and Eric Da Costa has been named the league's Coach of the Year.
The Bobcats also had six student-athletes earn All-MAAC status.
Brage Aasen, David Bercedo, Tomas Svecula and Alexander Stjernegaard were all tabbed All-MAAC First Team honorees, and Sander Sonsterud and Karl Netzell received Second Team status.

LATEST EAST REGION POLL

The Bobcats have been selected No. 7 overall in the last United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I East Region Poll, as announced by the organization.

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST OFFENSES

The Bobcats have scored 46 goals over 18 games, the fourth-highest goal total of any team in the country so far this year.
QU ranks No. 9 in assists per game (2.72), and No. 11 in goal differential (+25).
Captain David Bercedo has 11 goals on the season – which ranks 9^th in the country.

BALANCED ATTACK

21 different Bobcats have recorded a goal or an assist this year.
Senior captain David Bercedo leads QU in goals (13) and points (32).
Alexander Stjernegaard has a team-best nine assists in his first year at QU. He also has four goals.
Tomas Svecula has eight goals and four assists, and Brage Aasen has four goals and seven helpers.

PRESEASON MAAC POLL

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.

HEAD COACH ERIC DA COSTA

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 143-123-55 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 59-24-13 mark in regular season MAAC games.

2022 SCHEDULE

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.

LAST SEASON

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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