Cooke and Van der Vliet Score to Push Bobcats Past Fairfield

Saturday, October 1

Fairfield, Conn. / Lessing Field

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-1-1, 4-0-0

Fairfield

8-3-0, 3-1-0

Quinnipiac

Fairfield

Emely van der Vliet focuses on the play on Saturday afternoon

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Cooke and Van der Vliet Score to Push Bobcats Past Fairfield

10/1/2022 3:20:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn— Rebecca Cooke had another two-goal night in a 3-2 victory over the Fairfield Stags on Saturday, Oct. 1. Junior Emely van der Vliet tallied her first goal as a Bobcat when she tied the game up at two early in the second half at Lessing Field in Fairfield, Conn.

The Bobcats move to 4-0 in MAAC play, outscoring opponents 14-3 throughout the season. Cooke continued her offensive onslaught as she extended her goal-scoring streak to nine games. With her two goals today, she is tops in the nation in goals, surpassing Maddie Turlington (15) with 16 goals on the year.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Fairfield 2

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-1-1, 4-0-0) | Fairfield (8-3-0, 3-1-0)

LOCATION
Lessing Field | Fairfield, Conn.

SCORING SUMMARY
First Half

(2'—Quinnipiac 0, Fairfield 1): Fairfield struck first as Maddy Theriault beat Sofia Lospinoso to put the Stags on the board with help from Elle Scott.
(9'—Quinnipiac 1, Fairfield 1): Rebecca Cooke answered with an equalizer just seven minutes later as Paige LaBerge served Cooke the pass to even the score at one.

Second Half

(46'—Quinnipiac 1, Fairfield 2): The Stag's Elle Scott got her second assist of the night as she set Hannah Vogt in position to beat Lospinoso to regain the lead.
(47'—Quinnipiac 2, Fairfield 2): Emely van de Vliet responded to the Stags, unassisted, to even it up at two just 31 seconds later.
(75'—Quinnipiac 3, Fairfield 2): The Bobcats secured the victory late as Cooke extended her scored off a feed from Kayla Mingachos.

NOTES:

Cooke extends her goal-scoring streak to nine games and has points in every contest this season
Van der Vliet tallied her first goal as a Bobcat in the second half.
The Bobcats outshot the Stags 7-6.
Sofia Lospinoso made four saves in the comeback victory, marking her seventh win of the season.
Cooke's 16 goals on the season is tops in the nation

UP NEXT

QU continues their road trip at Marist on Wednesday, Oct. 5 as they are set for a 7 p.m. MAAC matchup.
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