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Men's Soccer Plays Monmouth Sunday At Noon For NEC Championship
2009
Northeast Conference Championship Game
No. 3
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (9-3-7) at
No. 1
Monmouth University Hawks (17-1-1)
Sunday,
Nov. 15, 2009 - 12 p.m.
The Great Lawn - West Long Branch
N.J.
Sunday's Game
The Quinnipiac University men's soccer team will play in
the program's first ever Northeast Conference Championship Game
Sunday at noon against the top-seeded Monmouth Hawks. The game will
take place on Monmouth's Great Lawn in West Long Branch, N.J. The
No. 3 ranked Bobcats earned the right to play in the final game
with a 4-3 win on penalty kicks against St. Francis (NY) in the NEC
semifinals after the teams played to a 1-1 draw following 110
minutes of action.
Scouting Monmouth
The Hawks advanced to the 2009 NEC Championship Game with
a 2-0 win against defending champs Fairleigh Dickinson in the first
semifinal Friday afternoon. Freshman Cody Calafiore netted both
Monmouth goals in the game to halt the five-game win streak that
earned the Knights the fourth, and final, spot in the NEC
Tournament. 2009 NEC Player of the Year Ryan Kinne picked up an
assist on the first goal, while George Caiella collected assists on
both goals. All-NEC Second Team goalkeeper Bryan Meredith only had
to make three saves in earning the win to send his team to its
second consecutive NEC title game appearance.
Multimedia
Sunday's game can be heard live on the WQAQ Webstream.
Corey Hersch and Robin Schuppert will provide the play-by-play and
color commentary of the action from the Great Lawn. Fans can also
watch the game using the Pack Network's coverage on
NortheastConference.TV. The free Webcast will provide fans with a
TV-style presentation and commentary from Craig D'Amico and Matt
Harmon. Live stats will also be available at the start of the
game.
Penalty Kicks
Senior captain Shane Recklet (Shelton, Conn.) scored the
game winner in the fifth round of penalty kicks on Friday. Juniors
Johan Karlhagen (Gothenburg, Sweden), Pierre Soubrier (Aurignac,
France) and sophomore Durval Pereira (Cheshire, Conn.) were the
three other members of the Bobcats to net tallies in penalty
kicks.
Senior Stopper
Senior goalkeeper Freddy Hall (St. George, Bermuda) turned
aside a season-high 14 shots in the game against the Terriers. The
day after being named to the All-NEC First Team as the league's top
goalkeeper, Hall stopped two shots in the first overtime period,
before turning aside another two in the second extra session to
force the kicks. He also stopped the first and last St. Francis
(NY) shooters to give Recklet the chance to score the winner.
Sophomore Scorer
Pereira scored the Bobcats' lone goal of regulation. On a
40-yard free kick, the second-year forward put a high ball into the
box that sailed over all the St. Francis defenders. The ball
dropped in behind the defensive wall and into the goal for the
equalizer in the 66th minute.
Déjà vu
The Bobcats and Hawks played at the Great Lawn on Nov.1.
Monmouth defeated Quinnipiac, 2-0, on the strength of two goals
from RJ Allen. Neither team was able to sustain offensive pressure
for extended periods of time as Hall did not record a save in the
game, while Meredith stopped all four Quinnipiac shots he
faced.
Interesting Tidbits
The 4-3 penalty kick win was the first time that the
Bobcats had won a postseason game in program history. Quinnipiac
had been 0-3 entering the game in NEC Tournament play. It was also
the first time that the Bobcats had ever played a game that needed
penalty kicks to decide the outcome.
All-Conference Honors
Hall and Soubrier were recognized as members of the
All-NEC First Team Thursday night at the annual conference banquet.
Recklet was honored as a member of the Second Team for the second
consecutive year. Freshman forward Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.)
joined the senior captain on the Second Team after leading the
Bobcats in goals and points in his first season with in Hamden.
