Quinnipiac Hosts Hartford for 2022 Home Opener

Saturday, September 3

Hamden, Conn.

4:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Hartford

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9/2/2022 1:20:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Bobcats, Hawks Battle Saturday at 4:00 PM in Hamden

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-1) vs. Hartford (0-2)
Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 | 4:00 PM
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, CT

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HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac men's soccer returns to Hamden for its 2022 season opener on Saturuday, hosting Hartford in non-conference play at 4:00 PM.

THE MATCHUP: vs. HARTFORD

The Hawks are 0-2 so far this year, falling vs. Merrimack and CCSU to begin the new year.
The Hawks return 12 members from the 2021 team that went 4-10-3
Highlighting the returning Hawks are Fadida, graduate student back Demario Cameron, junior midfielder Nate Becher and graduate student midfielder Mevlan Lebiti
The Bobcats are 4-5-2 since 2000 against Hartford. QU is 3-2 at home vs. Hartford in that span.
The last matchup between the two teams came in 2013, as Hartford took the meeting 3-0.

AASEN NETS TWO SECOND-HALF GOALS IN QU WIN at UVM (8/30/22)

Brage Aasen netted both of Quinnipiac's goals on Tuesday evening, leading the Bobcats past Vermont, 2-0, at Virtue Field in non-league play.

The Bobcats move to 1-1 so far on the young season.
Aasen's goals came in the 33^rd minute and 36^th minute of action. Alex Holle assisted the first score, and captain David Bercedo earned a helper on the second goal.
Goalkeeper Matthew Pisani made six saves, as the Bobcats defense earned its first clean sheet of the 2022 campaign.

SILVERMAN, BUDHAI SCORE IN QU'S FIRST GAME OF 2022 (8/25/22)

Noah Silverman and Jason Budhai each scored for the Bobcats, as QU dropped its 2022 season opener at Boston College on Aug. 25.
Silverman's goal – the first of his career – came less than 20 seconds into the new season.
Budhai scored in the second half of action, his third goal in the last two seasons.

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 133-120-52 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 53-22-11 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).

For more information on the Quinnipiac Men's Soccer program, visit gobobcats.com/msoc and follow the team on Twitter & Instagram @QU_MSOC.