Bobcats Score 7 Times in Record-Setting Win vs. Siena

Wednesday, September 28

Hamden, Conn.

2:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

7-1-1, 3-0-0

Siena

1-7-2, 0-2-0

Siena

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Bobcats Score 7 Times in Record-Setting Win vs. Siena

9/28/2022 7:30:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

HAMDEN, CT – Rebecca Cooke tallied four goals in the game and led the Bobcats to a convincing 7-1 victory over the Siena Saints on Wednesday afternoon.

Courtney Chochol set a new Division I record for assists in a game, dishing out four on the day. Sofia Lospinoso recorded four saves en route to her sixth win of the season.

The Bobcats move to 3-0 in MAAC play with the victory, outscoring league opponents 12-1 in their three wins so far this season.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 7, Siena 1

LOCATION
Hamden, CT | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (7-1-1, 3-0-0 MAAC) | Siena (1-7-2, 0-2-0 MAAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

First Half

(8'—Quinnipiac 1, Siena 0): Quinnipiac's scoring got started early as Markela Bejleri beat the defender and entered the edge of the box. Bejleri sent a shot on net and beat the diving Siena goalkeeper to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead.
(9'—Quinnipiac 2, Siena 0): Olivia Scott passed the ball down to Courtney Chochol before returning the ball back to Scott. Scott found a streaking Rebecca Cooke, who settled the ball down in the box before firing a shot into the left corner for her first goal of the game.
(14'—Quinnipiac 3, Siena 0): Emely Van Der Vliet fired the ball down the far sideline to Courtney Chochol. Chochol ran the ball down to the bottom of the box before crossing it to Rebecca Cooke in the box. Cooke took her time before finding the back of the net to extend the lead to three.
(14'—Quinnipiac 4, Siena 0): Seconds after Cooke's second goal, Courtney Chochol got the ball deep in the attacking zone. Similar to the prior goal, Chochol brought the ball into the box and crossed it to none other than Rebecca Cooke. Cooke took full advantage of the beautiful pass and netted her third goal within five minutes.
(30'—Quinnipiac 5, Siena 0): Quinnipiac was gifted with a Siena turnover in Siena's defensive end. Ella Gagno took the ball, dribbled in a couple of steps before releasing a shot over the head of the leaping Siena goalkeeper to extend the Bobcats lead to five.

Second Half

(48'—Quinnipiac 6, Siena 0): Ana Carlos forced a Siena turnover and the ball found the feet of Courtney Chochol. Chochol saw a running Rebecca Cooke and fed her a gorgeous pass in stride. Cooke sent a chip shot over the Siena goalkeeper for her fourth goal of the game and gave the Bobcats a six goal lead.
(51'—Quinnipiac 7, Siena 0): Ana Carlos and Kayla Mingachos had a give and go, where Carlos played the ball to Mingachos in open space. Mingachos dribbled the ball into the offensive third and fired a long range shot into the back of the goal. Quinnipiac held a seven goal lead with less than 40 minutes to go in the game.
(68'—Quinnipiac 7, Siena 1): Caitlin Wania from Jess Knaub Siena was rewarded a corner kick in the 68^th minute. Jess Knaub sent the corner kick into the box that found the feet of Caitlin Wania and she sent the ball into the net to get Siena on the board.

NOTES

Quinnipiac outshot Siena, 30-10, and 18-8 in shots on goal. Quinnipiac's 18 shots on goal is the second most they have recorded in their Division I history.
Bejleri's goal in the eighth minute was her first goal of the season, after tallying five goals last season.
With her four goals on the afternoon, Rebecca Cooke leads all of the NCAA with 14 goals on the season. Cooke's four-goal performance is good for second all-time in Quinnipiac's Division I history for goals in a game. That brings her up to 31 for her career, which is sixth on Quinnipiac's career-goals leaderboard.
Courtney Chochol tallied four assists, which is a new Quinnipiac Division I record for assists in a game.
Kayla Mingachos scored her first goal of the season and second of her career.
Ana Carlos recorded her first collegiate assist and point in her first collegiate game.
After playing the first half, Sofia Lospinoso recorded her sixth win of the season, making four saves on four shots.
Quinnipiac's seven goals were the most that Siena has let up since the 2018 MAAC Championship Game against Monmouth (7-1).
The six-goal difference is the largest margin of victory between Quinnipiac and Siena, as the Bobcats moved to 5-9-3 against the Saints since 2007.

UP NEXT

QU travels to Fairfield for an in-state, MAAC matchup on Saturday, October 1^st at 1:00 PM.
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