Providence College Athletics

Men's Soccer To Face Quinnipiac At Home on Saturday

9/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer

Sept. 17, 2010

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The Providence College men's soccer team will play Quinnipiac University on Saturday, September 18 at 2:00 p.m. in a non-conference match at Glay Field.

Providence (2-1-1) is coming off a 3-1 victory over Sacred Heart on Wednesday, September 15 at Glay Field. Sophomore Wilder Arboleda (Pawtucket, R.I.) scored his first collegiate goal just 3:08 into the match to give the Friars a 1-0 lead. Classmate Marc Cintron (Piscataway, N.J.) then doubled Providence's lead with a header early in the second half, but the Pioneers scored on a penalty kick to cut the margin to 2-1. Arboleda netted his second goal of the match with 50 seconds remaining in the second half to seal Providence's second win of the season. Arboleda is now tied for the team lead with two goals and four points. In goal, red-shirt junior Jhojan Obando (Kissimmee, Fla.) made three saves.

Quinnipiac (0-3) is seeking its first win of the season after a 2-1 loss at Loyola on Saturday, September 11. William Daniels scored late in the second half to give the Bobcats a 1-0 lead, but the Greyhounds evened the score before the halftime whistle and netted the game winner in the 82nd minute. Quinnipiac also has played Hartford and then No. 12 Boston College. Daniels leads the team in scoring, while George Ellis has started all three matches in goal for the Bobcats.

Providence and Quinnipiac have not faced each other since October 29, 2002 when the Friars earned a 3-2 overtime victory in Providence. The Friars are 5-0 all-time against the Bobcats, including four wins at Glay Field.

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