Thursday, November 10
Hamden, Conn.
12:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Niagara
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Top-Seeded Bobcats Host Niagara in MAAC Semifinals
11/9/2022 4:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
QU, Niagara Square Off at 12:00 PM from Hamden, CT
Quinnipiac (11-4-3, 6-2-2 MAAC) vs. Niagara (5-8-6, 4-2-4 MAAC)
MAAC Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 | 12:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, CT
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer begins postseason play on Thursday in Hamden, as the top-seeded Bobcats will play host to No. 4 Niagara in the MAAC Semifinals.
TOP-SEEDED BOBCATS
QU CAPTURES 3 MAJOR MAAC AWARDS
MAAC Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 | 12:00 PM
QU Soccer Stadium | Hamden, CT
Follow The Action:
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBobcats.com
Tickets: Click Here
Championship Program: MAACSports.com
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer begins postseason play on Thursday in Hamden, as the top-seeded Bobcats will play host to No. 4 Niagara in the MAAC Semifinals.
TOP-SEEDED BOBCATS
- The Bobcats went 6-2-2 in the MAAC in 2022, posting an 11-4-3 record in total.
- 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.
- 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.
- Niagara went 4-2-4 in MAAC play this year. The Purple Eagles downed Siena in penalty kicks during the opening round of the MAAC Tournament.
- Rodrigo Almeida leads Niagara in scoring with eight goals and three assists for 19 total points. Gabriel Mikina has chipped in with five goals of his own.
- QU is 7-3-2 vs. Niagara since 2000. The Purple Eagles took the matchup between the two teams on Nov. 2 in the regular-season finale.
- 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 9th in the country.
- 20 different Bobcats have recorded a goal or an assist this year.
- Senior captain David Bercedo leads QU in goals (11) and points (28).
- Alexander Stjernegaard has a team-best nine assists in his first year at QU. He also has four goals.
- Tomas Svecula has six goals and four assists, and Brage Aasen has four goals and four helpers.
- 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 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.
- 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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