Rider Wins 2018 MAAC Men's Soccer Championship
No. 5 Rider University 1 | No. 2 Quinnipiac University 0
MAAC Men’s Soccer Championship Game
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium | Hamden, CT
Fifth-seeded Rider University (10-9-1) won its third MAAC Men’s Soccer Championship in the last four seasons with a 1-0 win over second-seeded Quinnipiac University (10-6-3) on Sunday afternoon. The Broncs will represent the MAAC in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship. The Men’s Soccer Selection Show will be on Monday at 1 p.m. on NCAA.com.
Rider Notes
• Rider won back-to-back MAAC Championships in 2015 and 2016. The Broncs now own five Men’s Soccer Championships—tied for second most all-time with Fairfield.
• The lone Rider goal came from Pablo DeCastro in the 55th minute. The goal was the redshirt-sophomore’s eighth of the season, which leads the team. Clement Bourret assisted on the tally.
• Pablo Gatinois stopped all 10 shots on goal he faced. The sophomore goalkeeper improved to 10-6 on the season and picked up his seventh clean sheet.
• Rider won all three games in the MAAC Championship on the road, and all three were shutouts. The Broncs have shutout their last five opponents.
• The fifth-seeded Broncs are the lowest seed to win the MAAC Championship since Fairfield University did so as a six seed in 2014.
Quinnipiac Notes
• The loss snapped a six-game unbeaten streak for Quinnipiac (4-0-2).
• Jared Mazzola made three stops in goal.
• Matthew Taylor fired all three of his shots on frame, which led the Bobcats in shots on goal.
| All-Championship Team |
| Allen Gavilanes |
Marist |
| Samad Bounthong |
Marist |
| Diego Casielles |
Fairfield |
| Jonas Vergin |
Fairfield |
| Rashawn Dally |
Quinnipiac |
| Jeppe Haehre |
Quinnipiac |
| Jared Mazzola |
Quinnipiac |
| Sylvain Coco |
Rider |
| Pablo Gatinois |
Rider |
| Arthur Herpreck |
Rider |
| Most Outstanding Player |
| Elliott Otmani |
Rider |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.