Women’s Basketball 2010-11 Game Notes Game One Quinnipiac (0-0) at Fairfield (0-0) WBB Contact: Chris O’Connor (Associate SID) Office: 203-254-4000 ext. 2878 Email: [email protected] Cell: 203-395-3422 The Fairfield-Quinnipiac At A Glance All-TTime Record: . .3-1 Fairfield Streak: . .W3 First Meeting: . .1978-79 Last Fairfield Win: . .66-62, 11/25/01 (AHY) First Meeting Result (Site): . .L, 75-59 (n/a) Last Fairfield Loss: . .75-59, 1978-79 (n/a) 2010-111 Fairfield Schedule 2010-111 Quinnipiac Schedule 11/12 QUINNIPIAC Side-by-Side 11/12 @ Fairfield 11/15 GEORGE MASON Fairfield Stat Quinnipiac 11/17 HOLY CROSS 11/19 CORNELL 11/21 @ St. Bonaventure 0-0 Overall Record 0-0 11/22 RHODE ISLAND 11/26-28 Vanderbilt Tourney 11/28 @ Lafayette - - - Streak - - - 12/1 VERMONT 12/2 @ Villanova 0-0 Conference Record 0-0 12/4 WAGNER* 12/5 @ Hofstra 0-0 Home Record 0-0 12/11 ARMY 12/9 @ Columbia 0-0 Away Record 0-0 12/20 @ Yale 12/19 ST. FRANCIS (NY) 0-0 Neutral Record 0-0 12/22 @ New Hampshire 12/22 ALBANY 58.0* Scoring Offense 62.1* 12/28-29 St. Joe’s Tourney 12/28 @ N.C. State 57.6* Scoring Defense 66.9* 1/4 MOUNT ST. MARY’S* 1/2 @ Canisius* 1/7 @ Monmouth* +0.4* Scoring Margin -4.8* 1/4 @ Niagara* 1/10 @ Fairleigh Dickinson* 1/8 IONA* 1257* Rebounds 1241* 1/15 CCSU* 1/10 @ Siena* 37.0* Rebounds/Game 41.4* 1/17 BRYANT* 1/14 @ Loyola* (ESPNU) 36.9* Opponents Rebounds/Game 40.0* 1/22 @ Mount St. Mary’s* 1/16 MANHATTAN* +0.1* Rebounding Margin +1.3* 1/24 @ Wagner* 1/21 CANISIUS* .392* Field Goal % .381* 1/29 ROBERT MORRIS* 1/23 NIAGARA* .314* Three-Point FG % .303* 1/31 ST. FRANCIS (PA)* 1/28 @ Saint Peter’s* .662* Free Throw % .727* 2/5 @ Long Island* 1/30 RIDER* 2/7 @ St. Francis (NY)* 6.5* Blocked Shots/Game 3.8* 2/4 @ Iona* 2/12 SACRED HEART* 2/6 MARIST* 12.4* Assists/Game 13.4* 2/14 @ Sacred Heart* 2/12 @ Rider* 6.6* Steals/Game 7.7* 2/19 @ CCSU* 2/14 SAINT PETER’S* 14.9* Turnovers/Game 21.1* 2/21 @ Bryant* 2/19 LOYOLA* +0.0* Turnover Margin -3.5* 2/26 FDU* 2/21 SIENA* 0.8* Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.6* 2/28 MONMOUTH* 2/25 @ Manhattan* * 2009-110 Stats 2/27 @ Marist* Projected Starters (2009-110 Stats) Pos. No. Name Ht/Cl Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG Notes G 12 Katelyn Linney 5-8/So. Freehold, N.J. 10.2 2.3 1.9 36.3 Preseason All-MAAC Third Team G 21 Desiree Pina 5-6/Jr. Plainville, Conn. 12.1 4.2 2.9 38.1 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team C 14 Laura Vetra 6-2/So. Riga, Latvia 0.7 0.7 0.3 4.1 First career start F 23 Taryn Johnson 5-11/Jr. Brockton, Mass. 8.9 6.9 1.4 27.2 Preseason All-MAAC Third Team F 24 Joelle Nawrocki 6-0/Sr. Unionville, N.Y. 4.8 2.9 1.8 27.1 Started 16 games in 2009-10 Off The Bench (2009-110 Stats) Pos. No. Name Ht/Cl Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG Notes G 3 Sarah Paulus 5-8/So. Manlius, N.Y. 3.8 3.5 1.5 24.0 Returning from ACL injury F 11 Brittany MacFarlane 6-1/So. Hamilton, Ontario 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.8 Has played in six games F 10 Christelle Akon-Akech 5-10/Fr. Lyon, France n/a n/a n/a n/a High School Senior G 5 Kelly Romano 5-7/Sr. Westport, Conn. 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.5 Selected team captain for 2010-11 G 13 Alexys Vazquez 5-10/Fr. Berlin, Conn. n/a n/a n/a n/a High School Senior C 32 Brittany Obi-Tabot 6-1/Fr. Watertown, Mass. n/a n/a n/a n/a High School Senior F 44 Katie Cizynski 6-2.Fr. Southbury, Conn. n/a n/a n/a n/a High School Senior Tonight’s Game: The Fairfield University women's basketball STAGS QUICK FACTS team tips-off its 2010-11 campaign - its 30th at the Division I UNIVERSITY INFORMATION level - this evening as it hosts non-conference foe Quinnipiac Location . .Fairfield, Conn. University at Alumni Hall. It is the season opener for both Founded . .1942 teams. The Stags posted a 20-14 record a year ago, advancing Enrollment . .3,300 to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Basketball Invitational, President . .Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. while the Bobcats finished the year at 12-18 and fell in the Athletic Director . .Eugene P. Doris opening game of the Northeast Conference Tournament. Conference . .Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC) Colors . .Cardinal Red The Series: Fairfield and Quinnipiac, separated by merely Nickname . .Stags length of a marathon, are meeting for only the fourth time ever Home Court . .Arena at Harbor Yard Capacity . .5,298 in women’s basketball, with the Stags leading 3-1. It marks Arena Press Row Phone . .203-345-2500 just the second meeting between the two teams at the Division Secondary Home Court . .Alumni Hall I level, with the Stags winning that meeting 66-62 on November Capacity . .2,479 25, 2001. Fairfield has won three straight games in the series, Alumni Press Row Phone . .203-254-4187 since dropping the initial contest, 75-59, during the 1978-79 COACHING STAFF season at the Division III level. The Stags grabbed their first Head Coach . .Joe Frager victory the next year, as a Division II team, 78-61, and won Alma Mater . .Connecticut, 1984 again during the 1980-81 season, 64-59. Record at Fairfield . .60-36/Fourth Season Overall Record . .249-119/13th Season Assistant Coach . .Heather Ezell (First Season) Hot Topics Assistant Coach . .Dennis Masi (Fourth Season) z A win this evening would even the Stags all-time Division I Assistant Coach . .Laura Scinto (Fourth Season) record for opening day at 15-15 Dir. of Basketball Ops. .Jacquie Fernandes (First Season) z Fairfield has won three consecutive season opening games TEAM INFORMATION under Joe Frager 2009-10 Overall Record . .20-14 z The Stags have two returning players (Desiree Pina & 2009-10 MAAC Record . .11-7 Katelyn Linney) that averaged in double-digits a year ago, after 2009-10 MAAC Finish . .3rd having no double-digit returnees last season PROGRAM HISTORY First Season . .1973-74 z The Stags have never opened a season at home under Joe First Varsity Season/Year . .1974-75/37th Frager First Division I Season/Year . .1981-82/30th z Fairfield is 494-361 at the Division I level all-time Varsity Games Played/Record . .997/563-434 Division I Games Played/Record . .855/494-361 Coming Up: The Stags continue their four-game, season-open- MAAC Regular Season Games/Record . .431/257-176 ing homestand on Monday, November 15 as they host George All-Time MAAC Tournament Record . .33-25 Mason University at 7 p.m. at Alumni Hall. Fairfield will then MAAC Regular Season Champions . .3/1990, '91, 2000 host Cornell University on November 19 in the program’s 1,000 MAAC Tournament Champions . .1988, '91, '98 varsity contest, before wrapping up the homestand versus the NCAA Appearances/last . .4/2001 University of Rhode Island on November 22. WNIT Appearances/last . .1/2000 WBI Appearances/last . .1/2010 Opening At Home: Season Openers at Home For the first time return to Alumni Hall since finishing her career as one of the since falling 58-49 to Year Opponent Result Stags all-time greats. Tricia Sacca during her 1987-91 Hall of Richmond on 1982-83 East Carolina W, 58-54 (AH) Fame Stags career, Fabbri is one of only four players in Fairfield November 11, 2006, 1983-84 Northeastern W, 73-58 (AH) history to finish with over 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. the Stags are open- 11/27/93 Brown W, 85-81ot (AH) She ranks fourth in Stags history with 1,037 career rebounds ing a campaign at 11/22/02 Penn State L, 96-50 (AHY) and is fifth with 1,622 points helping lead Fairfield to a pair of home. The 2009-10 11/19/04 Harvard L, 71-69 (AHY) NCAA Tournament appearances in 1988 and 1991. season is the Stags 11/18/05 Brown L, 72-62 (AHY) 30th at the Division I 11/11/06 Richmond L, 58-49 (AH) Stags At Alumni Hall level, and this game 11/12/10 Quinnipiac ???? (AH) z The Stags have played 281 games in the building all-time, marks only the with a 213-68 record (.758) eighth time in that history that the team will open the year with z Fairfield posted a 8-1 record at Alumni Hall during the a home game. Fairfield is 3-4 in home games that are the sea- 2009-10 season, including its last four games son opener, having lost the last four times. Fairfield is 3-1 in z Joe Frager is 18-4 in his three seasons in the building season opening home games that it has played at Alumni Hall. z The Stags are playing 12 games at Alumni Hall this season Welcome Back: Tonight’s game is a homecoming of sorts, as Whose Turn This Time?: In each of the Stags last three season Quinnipiac’s 16th-year head coach Tricia Fabbri makes her first opening wins a player has jump started the effort with a career- Fairfield Game Notes Game One vs.