Bobcats Battle at No. 8 Vermont in NCAA Tournament, Fall in OT

Thursday, November 17

Burlington, VT

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

13-5-3

Vermont

14-3-2

Quinnipiac

Vermont

Bobcats Battle at No. 8 Vermont in NCAA Tournament, Fall in OT

11/17/2022 10:12:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

Brage Aasen & Tomas Svecula Score in QU's Second-Ever NCAA Tournament

By: QU Athletic Communications

BURLINGTON, VT – Quinnipiac men's soccer battled on the road at No. 8 Vermont in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, falling by the final score of 3-2 in overtime.

Brage Aasen scored in the first half, and Tomas Svecula scored in the second half for the Bobcats.

Vermont's Alex Nagy scored with 1:28 left in the second overtime frame to send the Catamounts to the second round.

Quinnipiac completes its second-ever NCAA Tournament run. The Bobcats finished 2022 with a 13-5-3 record, going 6-2-2 in conference play to win their fifth regular season MAAC championship.

SCORE
Vermont 3, Quinnipiac 2

DATE
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022

LOCATION
Virtue Field | Burlington, VT

Brage Aasen is HIM 🎯

Bobcats are tied with No. 8 Vermont 1-1 at the break.

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SCORING SUMMARY

(5' – Vermont 1, Quinnipiac 0): Max Murray got the Catamounts on the board first, scoring his eighth goal of the year to make it 1-0 early on in favor of the home team.
(41' – Quinnipiac 1, Vermont 1): Brage Aasen tied things 1-1 just before halftime. Alexander Stjernegaard played a beautiful touch across to Aasen, and the senior blasted a shot the deflected off a Vermont defender and into the back of the net.
(73' – Quinnipiac 2, Vermont 1): Tomas Svecula drew a foul inside the box, then proceeded to bury the penalty kick chance to give the Bobcats' their first lead of the night.
(75' – Quinnipiac 2, Vermont 2): Noah Egan scored off a Vermont corner chance, tying things 2-2.
(109' – Vermont 3, Quinnipiac 2): Alex Nagy scored with less than two minutes remaining to send Vermont to the NCAA Tournament, blasting a left-footed volley into the back of the net off a blocked shot.

NOTES

Brage Aasen's goal was his fifth of the season. Aasen finishes 2022 with five goals and seven assists.
Tomas Svecula netted his 10^th score of the season or QU. He scored five times over QU's last five games, and three times in postseason play.
Total shots were 29-15 in favor of Vermont – and 5-5 in overtime.
Karl Netzell made eight saves for the Bobcats, including multiple diving stops to help keep the Bobcats within striking distance.
Alexander Stjernegaard assisted on his 13th goal of the year. The MAAC Rookie of the Year finishes with 21 points.
Corner chances were 12-1 in favor of Vermont.
QU is now 2-3-1 all-time vs. Vermont.