Quinnipiac University Bobcats

Season Preview Quinnipiac, among several other teams in the NEC, were hit hard by losses to key players. The Bobcats, who won 18 games for the second-straight season last year, will be without three starters: three-time first team all-NEC center Ashlee Kelly, second-team pick Sara Esidore, as well as Katie Keilty, the team’s fourth-leading scorer. Kelly led the nation in rebounding last season with 13.5 per game and ranked second in the conference with 18.6 ppg, while Esidore was the NEC’s eighth leading scorer with 14.5 ppg and drained 51 three-pointers. The threesome combined for an amazing 3,726 career points. Tenth year head coach Tricia Sacca-Fabbri will be faced with a number of challenges in 2004-05, as she attempts to transform the Bobcats from last year’s veteran-laden squad into a team relying on players who had assumed supporting roles in the past, but will now be asked to step up their game and fill the team’s leadership void. Fortunately for Sacca- Fabbri, she had an opportunity to shape her plans this summer when the Bobcats took part in a foreign tour that brought them to Ireland and Portugal in late June. 2004-05 NEC Women's Basketball Guide With a number of established performers at her disposal, including NEC all- Rookie team member Krystal Pressley, junior co-captains Kim Fitzpatrick and Shrita Smith, and senior guard Helen Ridley, Quinnipiac should remain competitive in 2004-05. Although just a sophomore, Pressley is the team’s x-factor, following an outstanding freshman campaign that saw her rank third on the team with 9.2 ppg and second on the squad with 32 trifectas. A consummate point guard, Fitzpatrick ranked third in the NEC in assists and sixth in steals last seasons, but will need to improve on her 4.8 scoring average from a year ago. Smith, who earned a starting spot in the backcourt down the stretch of the 2003-04 season, is an outstanding athlete who contributed 5.0 points and 1.5 steals per game a year ago. The experienced Ridley was a part-time starter as a junior, who scored 5.1 ppg in 14 minutes per outing. With a host of newcomers expected hit the court running, the Bobcats will be one of the interesting teams to watch in the NEC this Shrita Smith season.

Quick Facts 2004-05 Schedule

General Information 11/19 vs. Hofstra 6:00 pm Location: Hamden, CT Founded: 1929 11/22 at New Hampshire 7:00 pm Enrollment: 7,000 11/24 at Boston College 7:00 pm Nickname: Bobcats 11/28 Syracuse 2:00 pm Colors: Navy & Gold 12/1 at Yale 7:00 pm Home Court/Capacity: Burt Kahn Court/1,500 12/4 at Robert Morris 5:00 pm President: Dr. John L. Lahey 12/20 at Harvard 7:00 pm Jack McDonald Faculty Representative: Sean Duffy 12/30 vs. Western Michigan 5:00 pm Athletic Director Athletic Director: Jack McDonald 12/31 at Texas - San Antonio 4:00 pm Senior Woman Adm.: Tracey Flynn 1/3 at Colgate 7:00 pm Athletic Phone: (203) 582-8620 1/6 Fairleigh Dickinson 7:00 pm Basketball Information 1/9 Monmouth 12:00 pm Head Coach: Tricia Sacca-Fabbri 1/11 at St. Francis (PA) 7:00 pm Alma Mater: Fairfield '91 1/13 at Mount St. Mary’s 7:00 pm Record at Quinnipiac/Years: 98-146/Nine years 1/20 at Sacred Heart 7:00 pm Overall Record/Years: 98-146/Nine years 1/27 Wagner 7:00 pm Assistant Coaches: Tony Barone 1/29 Long Island 1:00 pm Rachael McGrath 2/2 at Central Conn. St. 7:00 pm Tracey Flynn John Vigliotti Basketball Phone: (203) 582-5362 2/5 St. Francis (PA) 11:30 am Senior Woman Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 2/7 Sacred Heart 7:00 pm Administrator Letterwinners R/L: 11/4 2/12 at Long Island 2:00 pm 2003-04 Record: 18-11 2/14 at Wagner 7:00 pm NEC Record/Place: 11-7/Tied for 2nd 2/19 Central Conn. St. 1:00 pm NEC Tournament: Lost to St. Francis (PA in the 2/21 at Fairleigh Dickinson 7:00 pm semifinals, 69-62 2/24 Robert Morris 7:00 pm 2/26 at Monmouth 7:00 pm Sports Information 3/1 St. Francis (NY) 7:00 pm Assistant/Contact: Thomas Wilkins SID Phone: (203) 582-5387 SID Fax Line: (203) 582-8716 Northeast Conference Games in Bold Courtside Phone: (203) 582-5247 Thomas Wilkins SID e-mail: [email protected] Asst. Sports Website address: www.quinnipiacbobcats.com Information Director 34 Head Coach: Tricia Sacca-Fabbri Overall Record: 98-146/Nine years Record at QU: 98-146/Nine years

Alma Mater: Fairfield '91 2004-05 NEC Women's Basketball Guide Basketball Women's NEC 2004-05 Head Coaching Experience Quinnipiac University (1995-Present) • Has won 18 games in back-to-back seasons • Advanced to NEC Tournament four-straight years • Has guided QU to double-digit overall and NEC wins in each of the last four seasons. • Led QU to second place regular season finishes in 2003-04, 2002-03 and 2000-01. • Her 2002-03 team was ranked 13th in the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association Poll with a cumulative GPA of 3.355. Her 1998-99 team ranked 25th (3.125). • Selected 2001 NEC Coach of the Year • In 1998-99, led QU to an NEC Tournament berth during its Division I inaugural campaign. • Named as the first full-time coach of the Quinnipiac program in May, 1995. Assistant Coaching Experience Fairfield University (1991-1995) • During her tenure as an assistant, the Stags won 54 games in four years, including back-to-back 17 win seasons. Playing Experience Fairfield University (1987-91) • Four year letterwinner who tallied 1,622 points and 1,037 rebounds, ranking her fifth and third, respectively, on Fairfield’s all-time career lists. She is one of only two people in Fairfield's women's basketball history to have surpassed 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. • Named first team All-MAAC as a sophomore, junior and senior. All-Rookie selection Sacca-Fabbri's Year-by-Year Coaching Record during her freshman year. • Helped lead the Stags to MAAC conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances as Year School Overall NEC a freshman and senior. 1995-96 Quinnipiac 2-23 • Holds the school record for most points in a game (35 vs. Memphis). 1996-97 Quinnipiac 6-19 Education 1997-98 Quinnipiac 7-20 Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 1998-99 Quinnipiac 9-18 9-11 • Bachelor's in Communications/Fine Arts, 1991. 1999-00 Quinnipiac 9-18 6-12 2000-01 Quinnipiac 16-13 12-6 Personal 2001-02 Quinnipiac 13-14 10-8 • Inducted into Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and Fairfield’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. 2002-03 Quinnipiac 18-10 14-4 • Married to Paul Fabbri and has three children, Carly Margaret, A.J. and Paul Henry. 2003-04 Quinnipiac 18-11 11-7 • Member of WBCA. Total 98-146 62-48 • Served as a clinician at the NCAA Yes Clinic at the 2001 Final Four in St. Louis.

2003-04 Results (18-11, 11-7 NEC) 2004-05 Roster

N 21 Yale W, 67-63 No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous) N 25 at Hofstra L, 62-65 1 Kim Fitzpatrick* G 5-7 Sr Waterford, Ireland/St. Angela's N 30 at Northeastern L, 49-74 2 Sofia Kryitsis G 5-7 Fr St. Leonard, Quebec/Vanier D 3 New Hampshire W, 82-76 3 Helen Ridley G 5-10 Sr Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical D 9 Hartford W, 72-66 4 Krystal Pressley G 5-7 So New Haven, CT/Career D 13 at CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W, 82-61 12 Kasi Perrin-Carpenter G 5-7 Sr Centerville, OH/Centerville D 21 at Colgate W, 84-77 13 Jamie Harrington C 6-3 Jr Shelton, CT/Shelton D 27 at George Washington L, 54-76 14 Amber Anderson F 5-11 Fr Johnstown, PA/Richland Senior J 5 at Lafayette W, 78-62 15 Nicole Duperron F 6-1 So Fort St. John, B.C./Salisbury Composite J 10 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 75-65 21 Monique Lee F 6-0 Fr Lynn, MA/Lynn Classical J 13 Harvard W, 76-67 J 15 at LONG ISLAND W, 64-57 22 Megan Smith F 5-11 Jr New Britain, CT/New Britain J 17 at ST. FRANCIS (NY) L, 83-97 23 Jackie Harris C 6-0 Jr New Haven, CT/Wilbur Cross (Curry) J 22 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 71-45 32 Lindsey O'Neil G 5-9 Sr New Britain, CT/New Britain (Rhode Island) J 24 MONMOUTH L, 54-58 34 Charmaine Steele F 6-0 Jr Stoughton, MA/Stoughton J 29 SACRED HEART L, 65-75 45 Shrita Smith* G 5-8 Sr Hillsdale, NJ/Union Catholic J 31 at WAGNER W, 64-61 55 Hannalee Pervan F 6-1 Fr Don Mills, Ontario/Don Mills Collegiate F 4 LONG ISLAND W, 69-37 F 7 at MONMOUTH L, 72-81 F 9 at FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON W, 83-75 Key Losses F 12 ROBERT MORRIS (Cablevision) W, 70-54 Ashlee Kelly# F 14 ST. FRANCIS (PA) L, 55-57 Katie Keilty# F 19 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE W, 70-62 F 21 WAGNER W, 54-49 Sara Esidore# F 23 at SACRED HEART L, 53-64 F 28 at ST. FRANCIS (PA) L, 89-96 * Starter Returning # Starter Lost M 1 at ROBERT MORRIS W, 62-48 M 5 NEC Quarterfinals vs. FDU W, 80-76 (2 OT) M 7 NEC Semifinals vs. St. Francis (PA) L, 62-69

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2003-04 Overall Stats

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| # Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 25 Kelly, Ashlee 29 29 984 33.9 176 336 .524 0 3 .000 187 240 .779 152 240 392 13.5 75 3 33 80 25 50 539 18.6 14 Esidore, Sara 28 28 826 29.5 154 361 .427 51 129 .395 46 61 .754 49 64 113 4.0 48 0 38 65 9 18 405 14.5 04 Pressley, Krystal 27 7 535 19.8 86 219 .393 32 90 .356 45 62 .726 24 49 73 2.7 44 0 40 56 4 36 249 9.2 05 Keilty, Katie 29 28 782 27.0 82 235 .349 28 89 .315 25 47 .532 42 70 112 3.9 61 1 36 67 5 16 217 7.5 03 Ridley, Helen 29 9 411 14.2 62 175 .354 15 40 .375 9 16 .562 11 36 47 1.6 34 0 26 24 7 16 148 5.1 45 Smith, Shrita 29 9 541 18.7 48 144 .333 3 15 .200 47 61 .770 21 32 53 1.8 63 0 31 30 3 29 146 5.0 01 Fitzpatrick, Kim 29 28 968 33.4 43 155 .277 12 42 .286 40 55 .727 16 58 74 2.6 58 1 156 81 1 59 138 4.8 23 Harris, Jackie 29 3 436 15.0 24 69 .348 0 0 .000 24 41 .585 42 64 106 3.7 58 2 5 27 8 23 72 2.5 32 O'Neil, Lindsey 8 0 59 7.4 10 25 .400 6 16 .375 2 2 1.000 6 5 11 1.4 3 0 1301 283.5 22 Smith, Megan 17 4 139 8.2 10 29 .345 0 1 .000 4 9 .444 13 18 31 1.8 19 0 5 12 0 6 24 1.4 12 Perrin-Carpenter, K 19 0 95 5.0 6 19 .316 0 8 .000 4 9 .444 2 6 8 0.4 11 0 14 13 0 6 16 0.8 13 Harrington, Jamie 11 0 32 2.9 5 12 .417 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 2 4 6 0.5 12 0 1821 100.9 44 McCaig, Tara 7 0 20 2.9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 0.6 5 0 0001 6 0.9 2004-05 NEC Women's Basketball Guide 15 Duperron, Nicole 10 0 24 2.4 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 3 6 0.6 4 0 1300 3 0.3 TM TEAM...... 65 68 133 4.6 0 8 Total...... 29 708 1783.397 147 433 .339 438 613 .715 449 720 1169 40.3 495 7 387 477 64 262 2001 69.0 Opponents...... 29 677 1654.409 178 525 .339 381 549 .694 354 719 1073 37.0 534 - 424 531 87 226 1913 66.0

2003-04 NEC Stats

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| # Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 25 Kelly, Ashlee 18 18 617 34.3 97 201 .483 0 2 .000 113 137 .825 82 143 225 12.5 53 3 23 48 17 35 307 17.1 14 Esidore, Sara 18 18 548 30.4 111 246 .451 37 85 .435 30 40 .750 28 42 70 3.9 32 0 21 42 8 11 289 16.1 04 Pressley, Krystal 18 6 385 21.4 61 147 .415 25 63 .397 30 43 .698 19 33 52 2.9 31 0 34 42 2 25 177 9.8 05 Keilty, Katie 18 18 474 26.3 48 152 .316 9 49 .184 15 28 .536 28 43 71 3.9 37 1 17 39 4 12 120 6.7 45 Smith, Shrita 18 6 353 19.6 34 95 .358 2 8 .250 32 37 .865 16 20 36 2.0 37 0 17 20 1 17 102 5.7 01 Fitzpatrick, Kim 18 18 581 32.3 31 91 .341 9 26 .346 25 34 .735 12 36 48 2.7 41 1 101 41 0 36 96 5.3 03 Ridley, Helen 18 3 228 12.7 30 100 .300 9 23 .391 7 12 .583 8 20 28 1.6 21 0 16 9 6 9 76 4.2 23 Harris, Jackie 18 3 263 14.6 11 34 .324 0 0 .000 12 19 .632 27 41 68 3.8 34 2 3 19 7 11 34 1.9 13 Harrington, Jamie 7 0 24 3.4 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 .000 2 4 6 0.9 8 0 1511 8 1.1 32 O'Neil, Lindsey 1 0 15 15.0 3 5 .600 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0000 8 8.0 22 Smith, Megan 8 0 53 6.6 2 10 .200 0 1 .000 3 5 .600 5 10 15 1.9 7 0 3703 7 0.9 12 Perrin-Carpenter, K 9 0 38 4.2 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 2 5 .400 1 2 3 0.3 3 0 3202 6 0.7 15 Duperron, Nicole 7 0 16 2.3 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 3 3 6 0.9 2 0 1300 3 0.4 44 McCaig, Tara 2 0 5 2.5 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 2 0 0000 2 1.0 TM TEAM...... 40 38 78 4.3 0 4 Total...... 18 436 1096.398 93 262 .355 270 366 .738 273 436 709 39.4 308 7 240 281 46 162 1235 68.6 Opponents...... 18 402 975 .412 107 313 .342 231 334 .692 199 440 639 35.5 331 - 245 330 51 129 1142 63.4

2003-04 QU Category Leaders

FG PERCENTAGE FG ATT Pct REBOUND AVERAGE G Reb Avg/G Kelly, Ashlee 176 336 .524 Kelly, Ashlee 29 392 13.5 Esidore, Sara 154 361 .427 Esidore, Sara 28 113 4.0

3-POINT PERCENTAGE 3FG ATT Pct ASSISTS G No. A/G Esidore, Sara 51 129 .395 Fitzpatrick, Kim 29 156 5.4 Ridley, Helen 15 40 .375 Pressley, Krystal 27 40 1.5

FT PERCENTAGE FT ATT Pct STEALS G No. S/G Kelly, Ashlee 187 240 .779 Fitzpatrick, Kim 29 59 2.0 Smith, Shrita 47 61 .770 Kelly, Ashlee 29 50 1.7

POINTS AVERAGE G Pts Avg/G BLOCKED SHOTS G No. Blk/G Kelly, Ashlee 29 539 18.6 Kelly, Ashlee 29 25 0.9 Esidore, Sarawww.quinnipiacbobcats.com 28 405 14.5 Esidore, Sara 28 9 0.3 36 Leading Active...

Scorers Shrita Smith 322 2001-04 Kim Fitzpatrick 283 2001-04

Helen Ridley 261 2001-04 2004-05 NEC Women's Basketball Guide Basketball Women's NEC 2004-05 Rebounders Megan Smith 150 2002-04 Shrita Smith 136 2001-04 Kim Fitzpatrick 126 2001-04

Assists Kim Fitzpatrick 266 2001-04 Shrita Smith 55 2001-04 Helen Ridley 40 2001-04 Krystal Pressley 40 2003-04

All-Time Records

Year Record Pct. NEC Pct. 1975-76 5-5 .500 1976-77 4-8 .333 1977-78 3-7 .300 1978-79 16-5 .762 1979-80 10-12 .455 1980-81 11-13 .458 1981-82 17-11 .607 1982-83 19-9 .679 1983-84 28-3 .903 1984-85 27-4 .871 1985-86 25-4 .862 1986-87 9-19 .321 1987-88 4-23 .148 1988-89 5-21 .192 1989-90 12-16 .429 1990-91 15-13 .536 1991-92 15-12 .556 1992-93 10-17 .370 1993-94 4-22 .154 Krystal Pressley 1994-95 4-22 .154 1995-96 2-23 .080 1996-97 6-19 .240 1997-98 7-20 .259 1998-99 9-18 .333 9-11 .450 1999-00 9-18 .333 6-12 .333 2000-01 16-13 .552 12-6 .667 2001-02 13-14 .481 10-8 .556 2002-03 18-10 .643 14-4 .778 2003-04 18-11 .621 11-7 .611

Overall 341-392 .465 62-48 .564

QU vs. The NEC All-Time Records

School Record Pct. Central Connecticut State 13-10 .565 Fairleigh Dickinson 10-2 .833 Long Island 4-7 .364 Monmouth 4-6 .400 Mount St. Mary’s 7-3 .700 Robert Morris 7-3 .700 Sacred Heart 20-22 .476 St. Francis (NY) 9-3 .750 St. Francis (PA) 1-10 .090 Wagner 8-5 .615 Kim Fitzpatrick Overall 90-75 .545 37