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2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team

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2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball
MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record28–6 (18–0 MAAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mountain MacGillivray
  • Danielle Brennan
  • Destini Hughes
Home arenaTD Bank Sports Center
Seasons
2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Quinnipiac 18 0   1.000 28 6   .824
Marist 14 4   .778 20 14   .588
Siena 11 7   .611 17 14   .548
Rider 10 8   .556 14 17   .452
Fairfield 10 8   .556 13 17   .433
Manhattan 9 9   .500 13 18   .419
Niagara 9 9   .500 13 18   .419
Canisius 8 10   .444 10 20   .333
Monmouth 7 11   .389 10 21   .323
Iona 2 16   .111 2 28   .067
Saint Peter's 1 17   .056 4 26   .133
2018 MAAC tournament winner
As of March 19, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represented Quinnipiac University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats were led by twenty-third year head coach, Tricia Fabbri.[1] They played their home games in TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.[2][3][4] They finished the season 28–6, 18–0 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament. They defeated Miami in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round.

Previous season

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They finished the season 29–7, 17–3 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.. They upset Marquette and Miami (FL) in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champions South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.[5][6]

Roster

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2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 1 Vanessa Udoji 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Northfield Mount Hermon Randolph, MA
G 2 Taylor Herd 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lansdale Catholic Quakertown, PA
F 4 Paula Strautmane 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Latvia U16, U18 & U20 National Team
TTT Riga
Mucenieki, Latvia
G 5 Carly Fabbri 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Lauralton Hall Stratford, CT
F 10 Jaden Ward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin Dells, WI
G 11 Edel Thornton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Ireland U18 National Team
Brunell
Gurranabraher, Ireland
F 13 Sarah Shewan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Russell, ON
F 20 Paige Warfel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Downingtown East Chester Springs, PA
F 21 Jen Fay 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Lynbrook
Nazareth
Lynbrook, NY
G 23 Brittany Martin 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Timber Creek Sicklerville, NJ
C 24 Katie Grant 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Horizon Phoenix, AZ
G/F 25 Aryn McClure 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Archbishop Molloy Springfield Gardens, NY
G/F 32 Danelle Bradley 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Pickerington North Pickerington, OH
G 33 Chiara Bacchini 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Liceo Linguistico G. Marconi Parma, Italy
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: March 10, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
6:00 pm
at Iowa
Hawkeye Challenge semifinals
L 67–83  0–1
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,758)
Iowa City, IA
11/11/2017*
3:00 pm
vs. No. 16 Missouri
Hawkeye Challenge 3rd place game
L 51–66  0–2
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1,027)
Iowa City, IA
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm
at No. 9 Ohio State L 63–95  0–3
Value City Arena (3,793)
Columbus, OH
11/22/2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Northern Colorado W 60–49  1–3
TD Bank Sports Center (604)
Hamden, CT
11/28/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Dayton W 72–66  2–3
TD Bank Sports Center (556)
Hamden, CT
12/01/2017*
7:00 pm
at Richmond W 81–65  3–3
Robins Center (423)
Richmond, VA
12/03/2017*
1:00 pm
at Hampton W 62–58  4–3
Hampton Convocation Center (2,124)
Hampton, VA
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Providence W 62–36  5–3
TD Bank Sports Center (517)
Hamden, CT
12/09/2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Princeton L 46–60  5–4
TD Bank Sports Center (502)
Hamden, CT
12/19/2017*
9:00 pm
at Michigan State L 55–74  5–5
Breslin Center (4,220)
East Lansing, MI
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan W 84–70  6–5
McGuirk Arena (1,645)
Mount Pleasant, MI
MAAC regular season
12/28/2017
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Siena W 68–54  7–5 (1–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (1,068)
Hamden, CT
12/31/2017
2:00 pm
at Manhattan W 80–64  8–5 (2–0)
Draddy Gymnasium (160)
Riverdale, NY
01/04/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Niagara W 77–61  9–5 (3–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (37)
Hamden, CT
01/06/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Iona W 74–38  10–5 (4–0)
Hynes Athletic Center (556)
New Rochelle, NY
01/11/2018
10:00 am, ESPNU
Marist W 62–56  11–5 (5–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (2,514)
Hamden, CT
01/13/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Saint Peter's W 86–39  12–5 (6–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (602)
Hamden, CT
01/15/2018
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Rider W 73–66  13–5 (7–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (337)
Hamden, CT
01/18/2018
11:30 am
at Monmouth W 76–55  14–5 (8–0)
OceanFirst Bank Center (2,530)
West Long Branch, NJ
01/20/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Fairifeld W 77–45  15–5 (9–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (1,197)
Hamden, CT
01/26/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
at Canisius W 84–55  16–5 (10–0)
Koessler Athletic Center (2,196)
Buffalo, NY
01/28/2018
2:00 pm
at Niagara W 84–55  17–5 (11–0)
Gallagher Center (391)
Lewiston, NY
02/02/2018
7:00 pm
at Fairifeld W 58–39  18–5 (12–0)
Alumni Hall (652)
Fairfield, CT
02/04/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Iona W 90–47  19–5 (13–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (1,452)
Hamden, CT
02/09/2018
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Canisius W 64–39  20–5 (14–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (1,297)
Hamden, CT
02/11/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Siena W 83–72  21–5 (15–0)
Alumni Recreation Center (1,136)
Loundonville, NY
02/18/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Marist W 80–74 2OT 22–5 (16–0)
McCann Field House (2,048)
Poughkeepsie, NY
02/23/2018
7:00 pm
at Rider W 80–59  23–5 (17–0)
Alumni Gymnasium (1,241)
Lawrenceville, NJ
02/25/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Monmouth W 77–57  24–5 (18–0)
TD Bank Sports Center (2,112)
Hamden, CT
MAAC Women's Tournament
03/02/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) vs. (9) Monmouth
Quarterfinals
W 83–44  25–5
Times Union Center 
Albany, NY
03/04/2018
11:30 am, ESPN3
(1) vs. (5) Rider
Semifinals
W 82–62  26–5
Times Union Center 
Albany, NY
03/05/2018
2:30 pm, ESPNU
(1) vs. (2) Marist
Championship Game
W 67–58  27–5
Times Union Center (2,437)
Albany, NY
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
(9 A) vs. (8 A) Miami (FL)
First Round
W 86–72  28–5
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (6,154)
Storrs, CT
03/19/2018*
6:30 pm, ESPN2
(9 A) at (1 A) No. 1 Connecticut
Second Round
L 46–71  28–6
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,957)
Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Quinnipiac Women's Basketball Head Coach Tricia Fabbri Signs Contract Extension Through 2021-22 Season MAACsports.com
  2. ^ TD Bank Center
  3. ^ "Quinnipiac Bobcats Women's Basketball - Bobcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  4. ^ Quinnipiac Bobcats. "Quinnipiac Bobcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Women's basketball bound for Sweet 16
  6. ^ South Carolina Ends Quinnipiac's Magical Run With 100-58 Rout Hartford Courant
  7. ^ "Quinnipiac Athletics". Quinnipiacbobcats.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.