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Women's Soccer Set to Face Sacred Heart on Saturday
10/17/2025 4:40:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Game #15: Quinnipiac (5-3-5, 5-0-4 MAAC) at Sacred Heart (8-6-1, 7-3-0 MAAC)
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 | 4:00 PM
Fairfield, Connecticut | Park Ave Field
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Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's soccer team returns to action after a week off as they travel to Fairfield to take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Saturday, October 18th. Kickoff from Park Ave Field is slated for 4 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.
To stay up to date with Quinnipiac Women's Soccer news, follow the Bobcats on Twitter/Instagram @QU_WSOC or visit www.gobobcats.com/wsoc.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
HISTORY AGAINST SACRED HEART
LAST TIME OUT
PRESEASON HONORS
'24 SEASON RECAP
HOME COOKING
KEEPING IT CLEAN
HEAD COACH DAVE CLARKE
WHO'S BACK?
NEW FACES IN HAMDEN
THE '25 SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 | 4:00 PM
Fairfield, Connecticut | Park Ave Field
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here | Instagram/X: @QU_WSOC
Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's soccer team returns to action after a week off as they travel to Fairfield to take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Saturday, October 18th. Kickoff from Park Ave Field is slated for 4 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.
To stay up to date with Quinnipiac Women's Soccer news, follow the Bobcats on Twitter/Instagram @QU_WSOC or visit www.gobobcats.com/wsoc.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
- Sacred Heart enters Saturday's matchup with an 8-6-1 overall record and a 7-3-0 mark in conference play.
- The Pioneers finished non-conference play with a 1-3-1 record, defeating UAlbany (3-2), falling to Navy (2-1), Providence (1-0), and Bryant (2-0), while drawing against Vermont (0-0).
- The last time out, the Pioneers dropped their MAAC contest to the Iona Gaels, 1-0, on Wednesday afternoon in Fairfield.
- Senior Morgan Bovardi leads the Pioneers with nine goals and 19 points. Bovardi is second in the MAAC in goals and ranks second in the MAAC in points.
- Kyran Thievon has started all 15 games in goal for the Pioneers and holds a record of 8-4-1. Thievon has recorded 60 saves so far this season and has allowed 10 goals this year.
- Sacred Heart currently sits in second place in the MAAC as of Friday, October 17th. The Pioneers have 21 points, sitting two points behind the MAAC leaders Fairfield and two points ahead of Quinnipiac, who sit in third place.
HISTORY AGAINST SACRED HEART
- Saturday's matchup marks the 15th time the two programs are facing off in QU's Division I history.
- Quinnipiac holds a 3-7-4 record all-time against the Pioneers.
- The last time the two teams faced off was last season, on September 7th, in Hamden, CT.
- Morgan Cupo and Courtney Chochol scored the two goals in the Bobcats' 2-0 win over the Pioneers.
LAST TIME OUT
- Last time out, the Bobcats defeated the Canisius Golden Griffins at the Quinnipiac Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium (Saturday, October 11).
- Morgan Cupo netted two goals in the 2-0 win, scoring in the ninth minute and the 79th minute.
- Olivia Jarvis recorded her first clean sheet of the season and of her career.
- With the win, Dave Clarke earned his 250th win as a head coach.
PRESEASON HONORS
- The Quinnipiac women's soccer team was selected second in the MAAC Preseason Poll, as announced by the league office on Wednesday, August 6th.
- The Bobcats received 158 total points with two first-place votes. Quinnipiac finished eight points behind the Preseason favorites, Fairfield, and finished 25 points ahead of Siena, who was picked to finish third.
- Madison Alves was Quinnipiac's lone member of the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
'24 SEASON RECAP
- The Bobcats went 14-5-1 (10-2-0 MAAC) last season and earned the #2 seed for the 2024 MAAC Championships.
- Quinnipiac defeated the Iona Gaels 1-0 in the MAAC Quarterfinals before defeating the Canisius Golden Griffins 3-1 in the Semifinals to punch their fourth straight MAAC Championship appearance.
- The Bobcats' season came to an end in the MAAC Title Game as they fell to the Fairfield Stags 1-0.
HOME COOKING
- Quinnipiac posted an 8-0-1 record on their home turf during last year's regular season, including a streak of seven straight clean sheets.
- The Bobcats outscored their opponents 22-2 on their home turf in the regular season.
- QU won their two postseason contests in Hamden last year, outscoring their opponents 4-1.
KEEPING IT CLEAN
- The Bobcats had a stretch of ten straight clean sheets last season, spanning from September 1st to October 16th.
- The clean sheet streak came to an end on October 19th as the Bobcats lost 2-0 to Mount St. Mary's in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
HEAD COACH DAVE CLARKE
- Head Coach Dave Clarke enters his 27th season with the Bobcats in 2025. Clarke is 249-206-51 over his career as a collegiate head coach (2 seasons at New Haven before QU).
- Clarke has firmly cemented himself as one of the premier college coaches in the NCAA's highest division. He effectively etched his signature on Quinnipiac soccer by becoming not only the winningest coach in its history but also leading his team to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2000 and a regular-season championship in 2001.
- The Bobcats then won their second consecutive MAAC Championship in 2023, marking their second MAAC Title in program history.
WHO'S BACK?
- The Bobcats return six of their top ten-point scorers from last season, highlighted by Madison Alves and Klara Bengtsson, who both finished the season with 10 points.
- Alves is the lone returner who started all 20 games last season.
- The Bobcats will have three goalkeepers who combined for three appearances last season. Gwen Hoyt started two contests and finished with a 1-0-0 record and recorded one save.
NEW FACES IN HAMDEN
- The Bobcats welcome ten newcomers to Hamden before the start of the 2025 season.
- Addyson Earl is the lone transfer into the women's soccer program, coming in after one season at UNC Charlotte.
- Quinnipiac will have nine first years on the roster this season, Audrey Lefebvre (Repentigny, Quebec, Canada), Stella Tosoni (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Alessandra Page (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Marta Ankarcrona (Stockholm, Sweden), Marina Mahon (West Chester, Pennsylvania), Corey Anderson (Glastonbury, Connecticut), Sydney McInnis (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada), Isabella Torelli (King City, Ontario, Canada), and Ava Young (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).
THE '25 SCHEDULE
- The Bobcats will play 16 regular-season games in total – hosting seven contests at the Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium in Hamden. The Bobcats hosted two exhibition contests this preseason, welcoming both St. John's and Maine.
- Quinnipiac's slate features four non-conference matchups, with three on the road (Hofstra, Stony Brook, and LIU) and one in Hamden (Syracuse).
- QU kicks off MAAC play on September 6th as they host the Rider Broncs with a 12 PM kickoff.
- The Bobcats will have a 2024 MAAC Championship Rematch with the Fairfield Stags on September 24th in Hamden.
- QU will honor its seniors in a pre-game ceremony before the October 4th match against the Saint Peter's Peacocks.
- Quinnipiac will wrap up their home schedule with the Manhattan Jaspers on October 29th.
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