2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team

2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball
2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball
MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	28–6 (18–0 MAAC)
Head coach	Tricia Fabbri (23rd season);
Assistant coaches	Mountain MacGillivray; Danielle Brennan; Destini Hughes;
Home arena	TD Bank Sports Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

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

Tricia Fabbri (Fairfield)

Assistant coach(es)

Mountain MacGillivray (Temple)
Danielle Brennan (Hartford)
Destini Hughes (LSU)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

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

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV														RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	N/A												RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

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

[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.

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2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team

Previous season

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References