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Men's Soccer Returns to Action Wednesday at Manhattan
9/29/2026 10:18:00 AM | Men's Soccer
HAMDEN, Conn. — The Quinnipiac men's soccer team resumes its Metro Conference schedule on Wednesday evening, taking on Manhattan in the Big Apple.
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The Bobcats enter the weekend with a 1-0-0 record in league play and 3-3-0 overall, while the Jaspers are 0-0-1 in the Metro, with a 2-4-1 overall resume.
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THE MATCHUP
Quinnipiac at Manhattan | 6:00 PM
Location: Gaelic Park | Riverdale, NY
Watch Live: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBobcats.com
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LAST TIME OUT
For an inside look at the Quinnipiac men's soccer program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_MSOC or go to gobobcats.com/msoc.
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The Bobcats enter the weekend with a 1-0-0 record in league play and 3-3-0 overall, while the Jaspers are 0-0-1 in the Metro, with a 2-4-1 overall resume.
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THE MATCHUP
Quinnipiac at Manhattan | 6:00 PM
Location: Gaelic Park | Riverdale, NY
Watch Live: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBobcats.com
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LAST TIME OUT
- First-year Linus Daeumler provided the lone strike in the 41st minute, giving the Bobcats all they would need in a 1-0 victory over Rider in both teams' league opener on Sept. 19.
- The Bobcats outshot the Broncs 13-9, with a 6-3 advantage in shots on frame. Alexander Hansen stopped all three shots for his first collegiate clean sheet.
- The Bobcats own the overall series with a 10-4-2 record but Manhattan has won two of the last three.
- Quinnipiac won the matchup 2-1 in 2025 in Hamden, with Sindri Sigurjonsson recording the 86th-minute winner to complete a second-half comeback.
- Eric Da Costa's club last won in Riverdale in 2017, earning both regular season and postseason victories by a 1-0 scoreline over the Jaspers. Manhattan is 2-0-1 on its home turf against the Bobcats since then.
- Manhattan is winless in its last three contests, going 0-2-1 in its last three contests.
- It opened Metro Conference play on Sept. 26, drawing Siena 1-1. Nicolo Donadio scored his third of the year before a Saints equalizer in the 84th minute ensured a sharing of the points.
- Ziv Dahan is second in the league in both shot accuracy and shots on goal per game, while Tycho van Haaren's four assists also rank him second.
- The Bobcats have seen offense from a multitude of areas this season, as Taehyeon Lim leads the way with 10 points in six games.
- Six different Bobcats have recorded at least a goal, while three others have an assist to provide a balanced attack.
- Sophomore midfielder Taehyeon Lim took the NCAA Soccer world by storm the last week of August, totaling four goals (two game-winners) and two assists across a pair of dramatic victories against Providence and Yale.
- On Monday against the Friars, Lim converted a spot kick in the 82nd minute to finish a halftime comeback and give the Bobcats a 3-2 victory in their 2026 home opener.
- Four days later, the big fireworks came as Lim recorded a second-half hat trick, scoring three consecutive goals to turn a 3-1 halftime deficit into a dramatic, 4-3 victory over Yale in New Haven.
- He was named the Metro Conference's Offensive Player of the Week, as well as a member of the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week and National Player of the Week.
- First-year netminder Alexander Hansen earned Metro Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after a 15-save week against Providence and Yale.
- The 10 stops against the Friars on Monday are tied for the fifth-most by a goalkeeper this season, with it being the second-most by a first-year netminder.
- Fellow Metro Conference keeper Bennet Glinder made 12 stops on opening night against NJIT, the most by any goalie in the country.
- Hansen's 12 total saves are second-most in the Metro and 13th nationally, while his 5.67 saves per game are 9th-best in the country.
- Head Coach Eric Da Costa enters year 22 with the Bobcat program, currently sitting with 167 career victories and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.
- He has made the postseason tournament 12 of the last 14 seasons, including 11 of the last 13 METRO postseasons.
- He has an overall record of 167-169-62.
- William Holum leads the returning scorers for the Bobcats, potting four goals and adding an assist during the 2025 campaign. He made 18 appearances, starting 17 of them.
- Other multi-goal scorers returning include Andrew Monteserin (two goals) and Benjamin Telle (two goals).
- Fynn Ost returns to lead the Quinnipiac backline where he logged 1165 minutes a season ago, making 14 starts and three more appearances off the bench.
- The 2026 Metro Conference preseason poll placed Quinnipiac fifth in the league rankings ahead of this year's campaign, tied with Marist.
- The Bobcats earned 109 points in the poll and will face each of the teams ahead of them in the league season.
For an inside look at the Quinnipiac men's soccer program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_MSOC or go to gobobcats.com/msoc.
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