UNH Earns Fourth Straight Victory with Win Versus Quinnipiac

Friday, September 7

Durham, N.H.

7PM

University of New Hampshire

4-1-0

Quinnipiac

0-3-1

Quinnipiac

New Hampshire

Photo by Helene Bartsch

UNH Earns Fourth Straight Victory with Win Versus Quinnipiac

9/7/2018 10:19:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Linus Fallberg nets game winner.

DURHAM, N.H. - Sophomore Linus Fallberg (Jonkoping, Sweden) scored the game winning goal as the University of New Hampshire men's soccer team defeated Quinnipiac, 1-0, at Wildcat Stadium on Friday night. The Wildcats have won four straight games and improve to 4-1-0, while the Bobcats fall to 0-3-1.

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats return to play Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 7:00 p.m., when they take on Iona at Wildcat Stadium.

GAME INFORMATION:
Score: New Hampshire 1, Quinnipiac 0
Records: UNH (4-1-0), QU (0-3-1)
Location: Durham, N.H. (Wildcat Stadium)
Date: Friday, Sept. 7, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute (7:31) when Fallberg blasted a shot from 18 yards out to the lower right corner of the net. Sophomore Josh Bauer (Bedford, N.H.) posted his first assist of the season on the goal.

The Wildcats looked to take a 2-0 lead when Bauer headed the ball only to be saved by Quinnipiac goalie Jared Mazzola in the 16th minute.
Then, sophomore Jacob Gould (Exeter, N.H.) sent a shot from just inside the 18 and tried to beat the keeper but the save was made by Mazzola in the 30th minute.
In the 31st minute, Bauer's header went wide towards the left of the net.
At the half, the Wildcats had outshot the Bobcats 8-1.
In the 46th minute, Gould fired a shot towards the upper right corner from 18 yards out, but Mazzola was able to keep it out of the net with a diving save.
Graduate student Lars Huxsohl (Hamburg, Germany) made his first save of the game off a 22 yard shot by Jordon Bennett to keep the game at 1-0 in the 62nd minute.
In the 77th minute, senior Alex Valencia (Tracy, Calif.) sent a corner kick to Bauer, who then headed the ball from eight yards out, but Mazzola prevented the ball from going into the net.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Huxsohl made one save to record his second shutout of the season, while Mazzola posted seven.
UNH outshot Quinnipiac, 16-4, while the Wildcats took eight shots on goal and the Bobcats tallied one.
UNH had seven corner kicks, while Quinnipiac took four.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

For World Duchenne Awareness Day, the players wore red tape on their uniforms to support teammate Lucas Currier who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
This is Fallberg's second goal of the season and the first game winner. Fallberg now has five career goals with three of them being game winners.

The Wildcats are 3-0-0 this season at home and are 13-0-3 at Wildcat Stadium over the last 16 games. UNH has outscored its opponents at home by a 29-7 margin over this span. Last year, UNH went 10-0-3 at Wildcat Stadium. UNH was just one of nine teams out of 205 to go undefeated at home.

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