2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team Intercollegiate basketball season
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] TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 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 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
Schedule
[ 7]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017 *6:00 pm
at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge semifinals L 67–83 0–1
Carver–Hawkeye Arena 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 Columbus, OH
11/22/2017 *1:00 pm, ESPN3
Northern Colorado W 60–49 1–3
TD Bank Sports Center 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 Richmond, VA
12/03/2017 *1:00 pm
at Hampton
W 62–58 4–3
Hampton Convocation Center 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 East Lansing, MI
12/21/2017 *7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Central Michigan
W 84–70 6–5
McGuirk Arena 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 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 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 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 Buffalo, NY
01/28/2018 2:00 pm
at Niagara
W 84–55 17–5 (11–0)
Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY
02/02/2018 7:00 pm
at Fairifeld
W 58–39 18–5 (12–0)
Alumni Hall 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 Loundonville, NY
02/18/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Marist
W 80–74 2OT
22–5 (16–0)
McCann Field House Poughkeepsie, NY
02/23/2018 7:00 pm
at Rider
W 80–59 23–5 (17–0)
Alumni Gymnasium 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 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-
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
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
See also
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 .
