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Women’s Basketball Quick Facts Location .....................................................................................................Hamden, Conn. Enrollment ..................................................................................................................10,000 Conference .................................................................................................................MAAC Affiliation ...............................................................................................NCAA Division I Arena ............................................................................TD Bank Sports Center (3,570) Nickname ..................................................................................................................Bobcats President ........................................................................................................ John L. Lahey Athletic Director .........................................................................................Greg Amodio Quinnipiac 2018 NCAA Tournament Second Round Supplemental Notes Head Coach ...............................................Tricia Fabbri (23rd season), Fairfield ‘91 No. 9 Quinnipiac Bobcats (28-5, 18-0 MAAC) Record at Quinnipiac .................................................................................407-281 (.591) vs. No. 1 Connecticut Huskies (33-0, 16-0 AAC) 2017-18 Quinnipiac Women’s Basketball 2018 NCAA Championship Tournament Second Round Schedule and Results All-Time Series vs. UConn: 0-1 Quinnipiac All-TimeNCAA Tournament Record: 3-3 Date Opponent Time/Result (Rec.) / TV November 2-3/0-0 Live Video: ESPN2 Fri. 10 at Iowa # L 83-67 0-1 (PxP: Adam Amin - Color: Kara Lawson) Sat. 11 vs. No. 16/16 Missouri # L 66-51 0-2 Live Audio: AM 1220 WQUN Fri. 17 at No. 9/8 Ohio State L 95-63 0-3 (PxP: Bob Mortali - Color: Diane Nolan) Wed. 22 Northern Colorado W 60-49 1-3 Tue. 28 Dayton W 72-66 2-3 December 4-2/2-0 QUICK HITS Fri. 1 at Richmond W 81-65 3-3 Sun. 3 at Hampton W 64-58 4-3 - No. 9 Quinnipiac women's basketball advanced to second round of the 2018 Wed. 6 Providence W 62-36 5-3 NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history and second season in Sat. 9 Princeton L 46-60 5-4 a row after defeating No. 8 Miami 86-72, on Saturday, March 17. Six different Bob- Mon. 18 at Michigan State L 55-74 5-5 Thu. 21 at Central Michigan W 84-70 6-5 cats scored 11 or more points in the win. It was the second season in a row where Thu. 28 Siena * W 68-54 7-5, (1-0) the Bobcats upset the Hurricanes, as last year the 12 seeded Bobcats defeated No. Sun. 31 at Manhattan * W 80-64 8-5, (2-0) 4 Miami, 85-78. Quinnipiac will have the chance to advance to its second-straight January 9-0/9-0 Sweet 16 when it takes on UConn on Monday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Gampel Thu. 4 Niagara * W 77-61 9-5, (3-0) Pavilion. Sat. 6 at Iona * W 74-38 10-5, (4-0) Thu. 11 Marist * (College Experience Day) W 62-56 11-5, (5-0) Sat. 13 Saint Peter’s * W 86-39 12-5, (6-0) - The Quinnipiac women earned an automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tourna- Mon. 15 Rider * W 73-66 13-5, (7-0) ment after defeating Marist in the MAAC Championship, 67-58. The title is the Thu. 18 at Monmouth * W 76-55 14-5, (8-0) Bobcats' fourth in the last six years (three in the MAAC, one in the NEC), and Sat. 20 Fairfield * W 77-45 15-5, (9-0) Fri. 26 at Canisius * W 84-55 16-5, 10-0 capped off a perfect season in conference play (18-0 regular season, 3-0 in MAAC Sun. 28 at Niagara * W 84-55 17-5, 11-0 Tournament) for the third time in that span. Junior forward Jen Fay was named the MAAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player, while senior guard Carly Fabbri February 7-0/7-0 Fri. 2 at Fairfield * W 58-39 18-5, 12-0 and junior guard Aryn McClure were named to the All-Tournament Team. Sun. 4 Iona * W 90-47 19-5, 13-0 Fri. 9 Canisius * W 64-39 20-5, 14-0 - Aryn McClure and Jen Fay were selected to the 2017-18 All-MAAC First Team. Sun. 11 at Siena * W 83-72 21-5, 15-0 Sun. 18 at Marist * W 2OT 80-72 22-5, 16-0 They are the first players to be named to the All-MAAC First Team since Sam Fri. 23 at Rider * W 80-59 23-5, 17-0 Guastella earned the honor after the 2014-15 season. It was also the first time in Sun. 25 Monmouth * (Senior Day) W 77-57 24-5,18-0 program history where more than one player was named to the All-Conference March 4-0/0-0 First Team. Fri. 2 #9 Monmouth+ W 83-44 25-5, 18-0 Sun. 4 #5 Rider+ W 82-62 26-5, 18-0 - Carly Fabbri was named to the All-MAAC Third Team after having a stellar se- Mon. 5 #2 Marist+ W 67-58 27-5, 18-0 nior season for the Bobcats. Fabbri averaged 9.3 points per game and 4.3 assists per Sat. 17 #8 Miami $ W 86-72 28-5, 18-0 Mon. 19 #1 UConn $ 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 game, which ranked second in the MAAC. Fabbri finished the regular season with Home games in Bold to be played at the TD Bank Sports Center * - Denotes MAAC Game a 3.10 assist-to-turnover ratio, which ranked eighth in the nation at the time. # - 2017 Hawkeye Challenge (Iowa City, Iowa) + - MAAC Tournament Game (Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y.) $ - NCAA Tournament - The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced its major award winners for 2017-18 MAAC Women’s Basketball Regular Season Standings the 2017-18 season on Friday morning, March 2, where Quinnipiac head coach MAAC W-L GB PCT W-L PCT STRK Tricia Fabbri was named The MAAC Coach of the Year for the third time in her Quinnipiac 18-0 -- 1.000 24-5 .828 W19 career. Fabbri earns her sixth career Coach of the Year honor as she led the Bobcats Marist 14-4 4 .778 18-12 .600 L1 to a 24-5 record in the regular season, making it the seventh consecutive season Siena 11-7 7 .611 16-13 .552 W2 Fairfield 10-8 8 .556 13-16 .448 W1 that the Bobcats have won at least 20 games. Rider 10-8 8 .556 13-16 .448 W1 Manhattan 9-9 9 .500 12-17 .414 L1 -With its double-overtime win over Marist, Quinnipiac clinched its fourth-consec- Niagara 9-9 9 .500 12-17 .414 W1 Canisius 8-10 10 .444 10-19 .345 L1 utive MAAC regular season championship and No. 1 seed in the MAAC Tourna- Monmouth 7-11 11 .389 9-20 .310 L1 ment. The Bobcats have won four regular season MAAC titles in five seasons. Iona 2-16 16 .111 2-27 .069 L3 Saint Peter's 1-17 17 .056 4-25 .138 L9 - Quinnipiac earned its 20th win of the season on Friday, Feb. 9, making it seven straight seasons where the Bobcats have won at least 20 games. The Bobcats are one of just 20 teams in the nation to win at least 20 games in seven straight sea- sons. Of those teams, the Bobcats have the 10th best record of the teams, going 186-51 (.784) during that span. 2017-18 Quinnipiac University Women’s Basketball Game Notes 2018 NCAA Tournament • Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, Conn. 2018 NCAA Tournament Recap No. 9 Quinnipiac 86 - No. 8 Miami 72 2018 NCAA First Round Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics The No. 9-seeded Quinnipiac women's basketball team scored 33 points in the fourth Quinnipiac vs Miami quarter to break open a close game and capture an 86-72 win over No. 8 Miami in the 03/17/18 1:17 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, Conn.) opening round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Gampel Pavilion on the campus of the University of Connecticut. Quinnipiac 86 • 28-5 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds The game was close for the entire first three quarters, and then the Bobcats used an 8-0 run to turn a 60-59 deficit into a 67-60 lead with 5:18 to play. Junior guard Edel ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Thornton contributed the final five points during the run on her way to 14 points, one 04 Strautmane, Paula f 6-11 1-3 2-3 2 4 6 4 15 2 2 1 1 35 of six Bobcats to score in double figures, the first time this season that the Bobcats have 21 Fay, Jen f 6-15 3-11 4-6 4 2 6 4 19 2 4 0 1 35 had six players with 10 or more. 05 Fabbri, Carly g 4-6 4-6 2-2 0 2 2 3 14 2 1 0 2 36 11 Thornton, Edel g 6-15 1-9 1-2 0 1 1 2 14 0 0 0 0 27 Quinnipiac (28-5) won its 23rd game in a row and knocked out Miami for the second 25 McClure, Aryn g 3-9 0-0 7-8 3 6 9 3 13 9 3 3 3 36 straight NCAA Tournament, after also beating the Hurricanes in Miami last year to 10 Ward, Jaden 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 advance to the Sweet 16. This year's win moves the Bobcats into the Round of 32, where 20 Warfel, Paige 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 13 they will meet No. 1 UConn on Monday night in only the second-ever meeting between 23 Martin, Brittany 3-4 1-2 4-4 2 2 4 3 11 0 1 0 1 17 the in-state rivals.