2012-13 Quinnipiac Athletics Awards Program

Quinnipiac University Athletics • 2012-2013 Athletic Awards Program

2012‐13

SCHOLAR‐ATHLETE&

ATHLETICRECOGNITION

APRIL30,20135:00PM

MASTERSOFCEREMONIESBillSchweizer&BillyMecca

INVOCATIONJillianKelley(Women’sSoccer)–FellowshipofChristianAthletes

OPENINGREMARKS&TRIBUTETOCHAMPIONSANDNATIONALFINALISTS

JackMcDonald

STUDENTATHLETEADVISORYCOMMITTEERECOGNITION

TraceyFlynnKevinCastodio(MBA),JakeCetera(MCC),SpencerKane(MBA),EmilyMason(WLA),

GregPendergast(MLA),ChristineRochester(WAT),ChristaRomano(WFH),JessicaSoja(WCC/WTK)


2012‐2013SCHOLAR‐ATHLETERECOGNITIONRichHanley,Chair,AthleticsCouncil

School of Business

Dean Matthew O’Connor

Benjamin Arnt (MIH) Biomedical Marketing2 Carmen French (MLA) Accounting1 Chiharu Naito (WSO) Marketing1

Anna Borgfeldt (WIH) Business1 Edward Greco (MLA) Business1 Gregory Pendergast (MLA) Economics1

Kevin Bui (MIH) Masters Business Administration4 Hunter Henrick (MLA) Economics1 Logan Riker (WVB) Marketing1

William Cavallo(MSO) Masters Business Administration3 Cory Hibbeler (MIH) Entrepreneurship2 Brooks Robinson (MIH) Economics1

Amanda Colin (WIH) Computer Information Systems Accounting2 Kellen Jones (MIH) Finance2 Reese Rolheiser (MIH) Masters Business Administration1

Patrick Corcoran (MLA) Business1 Spencer Kane (MBA) Finance3 Michael Sagl (MLA) Business1

Mike Dalhuisen (MIH) Entrepreneurship2 Kortney Kesses (WSB) Marketing1 Jennifer Salomon (WRU) Marketing1

Zachery Davies (MIH) Masters Business Administration3 Kayla Ketcheson (WGO) Marketing1 Matthew Siciliano (MBA) Masters Business Administration2

Gregory DiGiovine (MSO) Finance1 Jeremy Langlois (MIH) Finance1 Richard Stoliker (MCC) Economics3

Shauna Edwards (WSO) Marketing1 Alex Lazerowich (MTE) Entrepreneurship1 Zachary Tolkinen (MIH) Finance2

Kristin Engelke (WFH) Finance2 Matthew Lorenzetti (MBA) Business1 Jesse Ullrich (MBA) Finance1

Christina Fancy (WSO) Entrepreneurship2 Spencer Mannion (MCC) Accounting1 Bryce Van Brabant (MIH) Finance1

Daniel Federico (MIH) Finance1 Christopher Migani (MBA) Masters in Organizational Leadership2 Andrew Weeden (MTE) Finance3

Lauren Zimniski (WFH) Masters in Organizational Lead

School of Communications Dean Lee Kamlet

Olivia Brackett (WIH) Communications1 Olivia Grattan (WVB) Public Relations2 Jaclyn Oskam (WBB) Public Relations1

Bonnie Conklin (WVB) Public Relations2 Chelsea Guerrera (WLA) Advertising1 Jordan Paolucci (WSB) Journalism2

Mary Corrado (WSO) Public Relations2 Connor Jones (MIH) Public Relations1 Taylor Roberts (WAT) Communications Undeclared1

Stephanie Crosson (WAT) Journalism1 Ashley Kopacki (WVB) Public Relations2 Christa Romano (WFH) Public Relations2

Brittney Cyr (WSB) Public Relations1 Ryan Malki (MSO) Communications2 Jordan Samuels-Thomas (MIH) Journalism1

Thomas Donovan (MBA) Public Relations1 Aine McKeever (WSO) Communications2 Jason Vancura (MSO) Public Relations1

Breann Frykas (WIH) Public Relations1 Corey Morgenstern (MTE) Public Relations2 Gina Yeadon (WAT) Public Relations2

School of Health Sciences Dean Edward O’Connor

Danielle Allan (WFH) Physical Therapy1 Zachary Friendenreich (MSO) Physical Therapy1 Megan Osanitsch (WFH) Physical Therapy1

Gina Antonelli (WAT) Diagnostic Imaging1 Brittany Garrett (WVB) Physical Therapy1 Taylor Payne (WVB) Physical Therapy3

Courtney Armstrong (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy2 Samantha Guastella (WBB) Health Science Studies1 Katy Petrie (WTI) Athletic Training1

Danielle Burns (WAT) Physical Therapy2 Kaitlynn Hammerton (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy3 Trisha Pierce (WAT) Diagnostic Imaging1Brittanie Ellen Cannon (WBB) Physician Assistant2 Jillian Humphreys (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy3 Robinson (WVB) Biomedical Science1

Kiera Carey (WLA) Occupation Therapy2 Jillian Kelley (WSO) Physical Therapy4 Jessica Rusin (WFH) Physical Therapy2

Jacob Cetera (MCC) Physical Therapy3 Paula Kennedy (WSO) Biomedical Science3 Emily Samuelman (WLA) Occupation Therapy2

Nicholas Civale (MBA) Physical Therapy3 Rebecca Kiting (WSO) Athletic Training2 Rebecca Smith (WTR) Health Science Studies3

Megan Conaboy (WFH) Athletic Training1 Nicole Kosta (WIH) Health Science Studies1 Jessica Soja (WCC, WTR) Occupation Therapy2

Zachary Currie (MIH) Athletic Training3 Victoria Kuhn (WLA) Athletic Training1 Emily Spicka (WAT) Physical Therapy1

Amanda Danziger (WFH) Physician Assistant2 Chelsea Laden (WIH) Health Science Studies1 Samantha Stabile (WTR) Health Science Studies1

Diana DiMuro (WSO) Physical Therapy2 Lisa Lebak (WBB) Health Science Studies1 Jillian Strassner (WSO) Physician Assistant3

Hannah Donadio (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy4 Nicole Lewis (WFH) Athletic Training4 Philip Suprise (MSO) Health Science Studies2

Nancy Dunn (WRU) Health Science Studies1 Carly Loewenstein (WTE) Physical Therapy1 Samantha Tilts (WLA) Health Science Studies1

Angela Ellison (WSO) Physician Assistant1 Dale Long (MBA) Athletic Training1 Lianne Toomey (WLA) Health Science Studies2

Amanda Faust (WCC, WTR) Physician Assistant2 Jacqueline Maclearie (WRU) Physical Therapy2 Dorian Wolff (MLA) Health Science Studies1

Briana Faust (WCC, WTR) Physician Assistant2 Kelly Malloy (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy2 Ryan Wolff (MCC) Physical Therapy3

Christina Faust (WCC, WTR) Physician Assistant2 Kelsey Maroney (WLA) Occupation Therapy1 Kathryn Wood (WRU) Physical Therapy2

Kaitlyn Flynn (WTR) Physician Assistant2 Rachel Morelli (WCC, WTR) Physical Therapy4 Valerie Zielinski (WCC, WTR) Physician Assistant2

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Hans Bergman

John Binkowski (MLA) Criminal Justice3 Brandon Goode (MSO) Biology1 Marie Pescatore (WRU) Masters in Education1

Casey Block (WAT) Liberal Arts Undeclared1 Leo Horine (MLA) Biology1 Jenna Quenneville (WAT) Psychology1

Regan Boulton (WIH) Criminal Justice2 Phoebe Laplante (WLA) Biology2 Erin Reed (WAT) English3

Christopher Caldari (MBA) History1 Christina Lasto (WAT) Psychology3 Morgan Roche (WTR, WCC) Masters in Education4

Tanner Celestin (WVB) English1 Jasmine Martin (WBB) Film, Video and Interactive Media1 Nikki Schultz (WFH) Psychology1

Scott Donaghue (MBA) Legal Studies1 Emily Mason (WLA) Psychology3 Shelby Sferra (WBB) Biology3

Shannon Durkin (WRU) Film, Video and Interactive Media1 Christopher Messina (MLA) Interactive Media1 Sarah Viebrock (WTE) English3

Bridget Figmic (WSO) Mathematics2 Linday Nolan (WRU) Psychology2 Evan Weldon (MLA) Film, Video and Interactive Media1

Jennifer Forlenza (WGO) Psychology1 Kyra Ochwat (WLA) Mathematics1 Joshua Wells (MCC) Political Science1

Chivon Forrester (WAT) Psychology2 Cera Orner (WAT) English1 Kemesha Woodfine (WSO) Criminal Justice2

Kayla Fu (WLAX) Interactive Digital Design2 Zachary Palmer (MBB) Criminal Justice

School of Nursing Dean Jean Lange

Allison Boudreau (WLA) Nursing2 Nora Kate O’Brien (WRU) Nursing1 Hannah Russell (WGO) Nursing1

Michelle Dassa (WTE) Nursing1 Stephanie Palange (WAT) Nursing1 Andrea Szarkowicz (WCC, WTR) Nursing3

Megan Hannemann (WRU) Nursing1 Jessica Rotell (WGO) Nursing1 Jennalise Taylor (WFH) Nursing2

Kacie McCreesh (WFH) Nursing2

1First Year Recipient 2Second Year Recipient 3Third Year Recipient 4Fourth Year Recipient


SCHOLAR‐ATHLETESBYCLASSPresentedbyRichHanley,QUAthleticsCouncil

Freshman

JenniferMears,Women’sSoccer,4.0GPAMatthewMensher,Men’sCrossCountry,4.0GPAChandlerThornton,Women’sVolleyball,4.0GPA

KristenUlrich,Women’sTrack,4.0GPA

SophomoreGregoryPendergast,Men’sLacrosse,4.0GPAAngelaEllison,Women’sSoccer,3.93GPA

Junior

AshleyKopacki,Women’sVolleyball,3.98GPADavidVancura,Men’sSoccer,3.56GPA

Senior

SpencerKane,Baseball,3.80GPASarahViebrock,Women’sTennis,3.75GPA

POSITIVEPLAYAWARDPresentedbyLyneeneRichardson,AssociateAthleticDirectorforAcademics

2012‐2013PositivePlayChampions

BEHINDTHESCENESAWARDSPresentedbyJackMcDonald,DirectorofAthleticsandRecreationto:

AdmissionsandFinancialAid

DominicYoia,LaurieFolsom,HeatherHamilton,RogerGoulet,JoannaCelello,CassiePerfetto,MaryAnnSola,RobertaDorso,LauraMancini

JoanIsaacMohr,AndrewAntone,JoanneRobertson,RichKuchcicki,AlCarbone,LouiseHowe,CarlaKnowlton,JimKirby,BillRomano

RECREATION/FITNESSCENTERAWARDS

PresentedbyTamiReilly,AssociateDirectorofAthletics/RecreationStudentEmployeesoftheYear–AnthonyForlini,Senior,Coram,NYand

AmandaLaFalce,Senior,Clayton,NJ

INTRAMURALAWARDSPresentedbyMichaelMedina,AssociateDirectorofIntramurals

AthletesoftheYear–JessicaSchmid,Senior,CortlandtManor,NYandBenFan,Senior,EastBrunswick,NJOfficialoftheYear–DanZinkus,Senior,Worcester,MA


TEAM/PROGRAMMOSTVALUABLEPLAYERS

Team/Program TeamMVP,Year,Hometown HeadCoach/Director

AthleticsCouncilLiaison

AthleticAdvisoryBoardLiaison

Dance Fusion Lauren Kline, Senior, Brookfield, CT Tami Reilly Tami Reilly

Kickline Alyssa Hackman, Senior, Matawan, NJ Tami Reilly

Dance Company Danielle Glenn, Senior, Easthampton, MA Tami Reilly

Sideline Cheer Icecat Cheerbladers

Chloe Ambler, Senior, Oak Ridge, NJ Christina Perfetto, Junior, North Haven, CT

Michelle Coppola Michelle Coppola

Pep Band Miranda Davis, Senior, Chepachet, RI Bruce White

QU Spirit Group Joe Schiavone, Sophomore, Pearl River, NY Nick Sczerbinski

Mascot Boomer, Hamden, CT Matt Calcagni

Katie Vashon Sports Information Nick Sczerbinski, Junior, Cranston, RI Ken Sweeten Rich Hanley

Men’s Student Athletic Trainer Adam Colon, Senior, Brentwood, NY Ernie Hallbach Alicia Giaimo/Tania Blyth

Women’s Student Athletic Trainer Erin Sweeney, Senior, Spring Lake, NJ Ernie Hallbach Alicia Giaimo/Tania Blyth

Men’s Strength & Conditioning Brooks Robinson, Junior, Duncan, British Columbia

Brijesh Patel

Women’s Strength & Conditioning Stephanie Palange, Sophomore, West Springfield, MA

Brijesh Patel

Men's Cross Country Rich Klauber, Senior, Thomaston, CT Carolyn Martin John DeMezzo John DeMezzo

Women’s Cross Country Rebecca White, Senior, Natick, MA Carolyn Martin Sean Duffy John DeMezzo

Field Hockey Nicole Lewis, Senior, East Amherst, NY Becca Main Andy Delohery Jack Peters

Women’s Rugby Colleen Doherty, Senior, Ashburnham, MA Rebecca Carlson Andy Delohery/Jill Martin Jack Peters

Men's Soccer Robert McLarney, Senior, Londonderry, NH Eric Da Costa John Morgan John DeMezzo

Women's Soccer Taylor Healey, Junior, Milford, CT Dave Clarke John Morgan John DeMezzo

Women’s Volleyball Logan Riker, Senior, Bowling Green, Ohio Kris Czaplinski Lisa Burns/Rich Hanley Ann Balogh

Men’s Basketball Ike Azotam, Junior, Boston, MA Tom Moore Sue Hudd Dick Reilly

Women's Basketball Gillian Abshire, Sophomore, Washington, DC Tricia Fabbri Anne Balogh Anne Balogh

Acrobatics and Tumbling Danielle Burns, Junior, Budd Lake, NJ Mary Ann Powers Jill Martin George Sweeney

Men’s Ice Hockey Eric Hartzell, Senior, White Bear Lake, MN Rand Pecknold Mark Hoffman Bob McKiernan

Women’s Ice Hockey Kelly Babstock, Junior, Mississauga, Ontario/Toronto

Rick Seeley Jill Martin Gene Singer

Women's Indoor Track Rebecca Stabile, Sophomore, Haverhill, MA Carolyn Martin Sean Duffy John DeMezzo/Gene Singer

Women’s Outdoor Track Shameal Samuels, Freshman, Hartford, CT Carolyn Martin Sean Duffy John DeMezzo

Baseball Chris Migani, Senior, Orange, CT Dan Gooley Rich Hanley Gene Singer

Woman’s Golf Kayla Ketcheson, Senior, St. Andrews, Manitoba John O’Connor Anne Balogh/Rich Hanley Ann Balogh

Men's Lacrosse Jay Binkowski, Senior, Bethany, CT Eric Fekete Andy Delohery Ed McMahon

Women's Lacrosse Sarah Allen, Senior, Glastonbury, CT Danie Caro Carla Knowlton/Jill Martin Ed McMahon

Softball Alex Alba, Senior, Sylmar, CA Germaine Fairchild Alicia Giaimo/Angela Mattie Dick Reilly

Men's Tennis Eric Ambrosio, Sophomore, Lloyd Harbor, NY Mike Quitko Dottie Lauria/Kathy Simione Joe Canetti

Women's Tennis Sarah Viebrock Senior, Carmel, NY Mike Quitko Dottie Lauria/Kathy Simione Joe Canetti

ATHLETESOFTHEYEAR

Women‐PresentedbyTraceyFlynnMen‐PresentedbyJackMcDonald

VIDEOPRESENTATION

ByNickSczerbinski‘14

BUFFETDINNER


Men’s Cross CountryHead Coach: Carolyn MartinAssistants: Christopher Dickerson, Bart WasiolekMost Valuable Player: Rich Klauber

Season Summary: The season was highlighted by the much-anticipated return of Rich Klauber. The senior transferred back to Quinnipiac and landed three NEC Athlete of the Week honors, a spot on the All-NEC Team, and helped lead the Bobcats to a third-place finish in the NEC Championship, their highest finish since 2008. Klauber got some help from the addition of freshman Brendan Copley, who won NEC Rookie of the Week twice. Selected to finish seventh in the NEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the Bobcats proved doubters wrong, finishing just seven points behind the champions, Central Conn. St. Post-Season Honors: Rich Klauber (All-NEC), Brendan Copley (All-NEC)

Roster: Edgar Carrasco, Jacob Cetera, Brendan Copley, Thomas Dextradeur, Daniel Fox, Rich Klauber, Mike Levene, Spencer Mannion, Matt Mensher, Richard Stoliker, Josh Wells and Ryan Wolff

Women’s Cross CountryHead Coach: Carolyn MartinAssistants: Christopher Dickerson, Steven BelangerMost Valuable Player: Becca White

Season Summary: The Quinnipiac women’s cross country finished champions again, taking down their eighth consecutive NEC Championship, a conference-record for any sport. Becca White was the driving force behind another championship season as she placed first for the Bobcats in all six races she competed including a third-place finish at the NECs with a finishing time that was the second-fastest in her career. The Bobcats showed great depth as three different freshmen who claimed NEC Rookie of the Week honors (Ashley Carle, Tracy Campbell and Chelsea Savage) for the first time in program history and just the second time in the NEC’s history.

Post-Season Honors: Becca White (All-NEC), Jessica Soja (All-NEC), Morgan Roche (All-NEC) and Brianna Faust (All-NEC)

Roster: Courtney Armstrong, Tracy Campbell, Ashley Carle, Hannah Donadio, Amanda Faust, Brianna Faust, Christina Faust, Kaitlynn Hammerton, Jill Humphreys, Kristina Kethchum, Kelly Malloy, Rachel Morelli, Rebecca Morse, Medinah Nabadduka, Morgan Roche, Chelsea Savage, Jessica Soja, Andrea Szarkowicz, Abby Waight, Becca White and Val Zielinski

Field HockeyHead Coach: Becca MainAssistants: Cheryl Canada, Jaime CassesseMost Valuable Player: Nicole Lewis

Season Summary: Field hockey advanced to the Northeast Conference Tournament in 2012 for the sixth consecutive year, clinching the No. 4 seed after an outstanding season. The Bobcats’ 12 victories in 2012 tied the program’s all-time record while their seven conference wins were a new program record. The Bobcats saw banner seasons from Jess Rusin, Jennalise Taylor and Christa Romano as well as Nicole Lewis, who earned NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors.

Post-Season Honors: Nicole Lewis (NEC Goalkeeper of the Year, All-NEC First Team, All-Region. All-NEC Tournament, NEC Field Hockey Scholar Athlete of the Year), Amanda Danziger (All-NEC First Team, All-Region, All-NEC Tournament), Lauren Zimniski (All-NEC First Team), Jess Rusin (All-NEC Second Team)

Roster: Danielle Allan, Ashleigh Allen, Cate Colucci, Megan Conaboy, Amanda Danziger, Kristin Engelke, Brittany Gentile, Nicole Lewis, Kacie McCreesh, Meghan McCullough, Jessica Portal, Savanna Reilly, Christa Romano, Jess Rusin, Nikki Schultz, Haley Swartz, Jennalise Taylor, Emilie Vandeputte, Meg Williamson, Lauren Zimniski


Men’s SoccerHead Coach: Eric Da CostaAssistants: Graciano Brito, Christopher Bart-Williams, Jason GrubbMost Valuable Player: Robert McLarney

Season Summary: The men’s soccer team claimed their first regular-season title in program history and went on to host the Northeast Conference Tournament. The Bobcats were 8-1-1 in league play and 10-5-1 overall - matching the most wins in a season during the Division I era. Quinnipiac won six straight games to close out the regular season which featured a 3-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson to clinch the title. The Bobcats’ NEC Semifinal appearance was their fifth in program history.

Post-Season Honors: Philip Suprise (All-NEC, All-New England); Robbie McLarney (All-NEC, All-New England); William Daniels (All-NEC); Eric Da Costa (NEC Coach of the Year)Roster: Borja Angoitia, Machel Baker, Simon Brossier, William Cavallo, William Daniels, Greg DiGiovine, Tobi Esche, Zach Friedenreich, Stevenson Hawkey, Simon Hinde, Marijan Jurac, Justin Kody, Nick Lasewicz, Ryan Malki, Robbie McLarney, Marc Meny, Sam Nicol, Ola Ogunjobi, Erik Panzer, Tim Quigley, Marcos Spanos, Brandon Strain-Goode, Philip Surprise, Justin Ward, Jason Vancura Women’s SoccerHead Coach: Dave ClarkeAssistants: Stephen Coxon, Don Dione, Jason GrubbMost Valuable Player: Taylor Healey

Post-Season Honors: Shauna Edwards (All-NEC, All-NSCAA)

Season Summary: This past year, the women’s soccer team collected its most wins since the 2007 season and its highest winning percentage since the 2001 campaign. The senior-laden Bobcats raced out of the gates and boasted the best start through five games in program history with a 4-0-1 record. The women’s soccer team went 9-6-2 overall and 5-4-1 in the Northeast Conference - making it three out of the last four seasons with a winning record in NEC competition.

Roster: Amanda Barroca, Crystal Burns, Christina Cesarini, Mary Rose Corrado, Diana Di Muro, Shauna Edwards, Angela Ellison, Nicole Eriksen, Chrissy Fancy, Tori Graessle, Natalia Grodzki, Taylor Healey, Casey Hutchinson, Jessica Jankowski, Jill Kelley, Paula Kennedy, Beck Kiting, Shannon Larkin, Jess Lavoie, Aine McKeever, Chacha Naito, Caitlyn Shaw, Jillian Strassner, Ashley Wendland, Kemesha Woodfine, Maggie Yahn, Kat Young

Women’s VolleyballHead Coach: Kris CzaplinskiAssistants: Lynsey Somers, Lindsay Marone, David CyrMost Valuable Player: Logan Riker

Season Summary: First-year head coach Kris Czaplinski and the Quinnipiac women’s volleyball team’s season was highlighted by several individual standouts including the final season of one of the program’s most-transcendent players in Taylor Payne. The 2012 season was also another great year for Logan Riker who became program’s all-time leader in digs as she closed out the season with 1,125. Another individual standout was Brittanie Robinson who put together one of the most impressive individual games last season in the team’s first victory of the year over Providence as she led the way with a career-high 37 assists to go along with 13 digs and four blocks. Roster: Tierra Allen, Alicia Anderson, Tanner Celestin, Bonnie Conklin, Melissa Dal Pozzo, Brittany Garrett, Ashley Kopacki, Taylor Payne, Logan Riker, Brittanie Robinson, Chandler Thornton


Men’s Basketball Head Coach: Tom MooreAssistants: Sean Doherty, Eric Eaton, Scott Burrell, Mike Papale Most Valuable Player: Ike AzotamSeason Summary: The men’s basketball team accomplished many goals, individually and team-oriented, during the 2012-13 season. Quinnipiac made it eight straight appearances into the NEC Tournament, while also making some noise on a national front in the team’s first, in-season tournament in program history. In its final season as a member of the Northeast Conference, Quinnipiac earned 10 or more wins for the sixth straight year – a distinction that not one other team shares with the Bobcats. Outside of conference play, the Bobcats endured a grueling non-conference slate which featured five games against NCAA Tournament contenders. Quinnipiac went 3-2 in those games though, including a 2-0 mark against non-conference NCAA teams - beating the MAAC Champion, Iona, and the America East Champion, Albany. Post-Season Honors: Ike Azotam (All-NEC)Roster: Ike Azotam, Emanuel Binyam, Marquis Barnett, Tariq Carey, Evan Conti, Ousmane Drame, James Ford, Jr., Justin Harris, Zaid Hearst, Jamee Jackson, Dave Johnson, Samir Kalil, Kendrick Ray, Shaq Shannon, T’ziah Wood-Smith, Garvey Young

Women’s Basketball Head Coach: Tricia FabbriAssistants: Mountain MacGillivray, Danielle Brennan, Marie Warner, Kevin SokolskiMost Valuable Player: Gillian Abshire

Post-Season Honors: Tricia Fabbri (NEC Coach of the Year), Felicia Barron (NEC Defensive Player of the Year, All-NEC), Brittany McQuain (All-NEC), Jasmine Martin (All-NEC)Season Summary: This past year marked a season of firsts for the Quinnipiac women’s basketball program, which featured its first Northeast Conference Championship title. Tricia Fabbri led the Bobcats to their first 30 win season in program history, also an NEC first as well, which included a perfect 18-0 in the regular season. Quinnipiac garnered the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, making their 13th straight NEC Tournament appearance in March. The Bobcats defeated Bryant, Mount St. Mary’s and then Saint Francis University in the championship game and earned their first NCAA Tournament bid since joining Division I.Roster: Gillian Abshire, Felicia Barron, Ellen Cannon, Katie Carroll, Shaina Earle, Samantha Guastella, Lisa Lebak, Jasmine Martin, Adily Martucci, Brittany McQuain, Maria Napolitano, Jaci Oskam, Nikoline Ostergaard, Shelby Sferra, Camryn Warner

Men’s Ice HockeyHead Coach: Rand PecknoldAssistants: Bill Riga, Reid CashmanMost Valuable Player: Eric HartzellSeason Summary: Arguably the most successful season in Quinnipiac Athletics history was compiled by the 2012-13 Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey team who advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history before advancing to the University’s first NCAA Frozen Four and competing in the National Championship game for the first time in program history. On their way, the Bobcats compiled the most wins in NCAA Division I ice hockey (30), while also breaking the program record and also featured a 21-game unbeaten streak - the longest in college hockey in 2012-13. In addition, Eric Hartzell became the school’s first Hobey Hat Trick finalist while also earning All-American honors, in addition to earning ECAC Hockey Player of the Year and Goaltender of the Year. Head coach Rand Pecknold also earned ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year and All-New England Coach of the Year honors.

Roster: Ben Arnt, Alex Barron, Loren Barron, Kevin Bui, Zack Currie, Mike Dalhuisen, Zach Davies, Danny Federico, Michael Garteig, Russell Goodman, Eric Hartzell, Clay Harvey, Cory Hibbeler, Tom Hilbrich, Connor Jones, Kellen Jones, Soren Jonzzon, Jeremy Langlois, Matt Lemire, Zach Luczyk, Jacob Meyers, Matthew Peca, Brooks Robinson, Reese Rolheiser, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, Travis St. Denis, Zach Tolkinen, Bryce Van Brabant


Women’s Ice HockeyHead Coach: Rick SeeleyAssociate Head Coach: Cassie TurnerAssistant: Paul Nemetz-CarlsonMost Valuable Player: Kelly Babstock

Season Summary: The Bobcats had great success in-conference as they posted the most ECAC Hockey wins (13) in pro-gram history and another 20-win season. They earned the No. 4 seed and hosted just their second-ever ECAC Hockey playoff series. Four players made the All-ECAC Hockey Teams and three different players were honored at times throughout the season as ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, the most among any team in the conference. The team also garnered the Turfer Athletic Sportsmanship Trophy for their strong character on and off the ice. Kelly Babstock continued to dominate the sport like no other player in Quinnipiac history as she reached the 150 career point plateau. Regan Boulton became the program’s highest-scoring defenseman ever with 77 career points. Victoria Vigilanti finished her career as the greatest goalie ever to lace it up for the Bobcats leaving as the all-time leader in every statistical category including wins (71), saves (3257), goals-against average (1.68), save percentage (.931) and shutouts (25). One of the crowning moments for the season was their 4-1 domination of then-No. 4 ranked Cornell. The Bobcats’ victory was just their second-ever against a Top-5 ranked program, their first ever home victory over Cornell and their first win over the Big Red since Nov. 18,2006 (14 games). Post-Season Honors: Kelly Babstock (All-ECAC Hockey First Team, All-New England All-Star), Regan Boulton (All-ECAC Hockey Second Team, All-New England All-Star), Victoria Vigilanti (All-ECAC Hockey Second Team), Nicole Kosta (All-ECAC Hockey Third Team), Team (Turfer Athletic Sportsmanship Trophy)

Roster: Olivia Agostinelli, Kelly Babstock, Anna Borgfeldt, Regan Boulton, Olivia Brackett, Nicole Brown, Amanda Colin, Nicole Connery, Kristen Eklund, Morgan Fritz-Ward, Breann Frykas, Nicole Kosta, Chelsea Laden, Brittany Lyons, Elena Orlando, Cydney Roesler, Kristen Tamberg, Erica Uden Johansson, Felica Vieweg, Victoria Vigilanti, Lindsey West, Shelby Wignall, Ashley Winslow

Women’s Indoor TrackHead Coach: Carolyn MartinAssistants: Christopher Dickerson, Steve Belanger, Wilton WrightMost Valuable Player: Becca Stabile

Season Summary: The Bobcats close out the season after a transcendent year in which the Bobcats placed sixth at the NEC Championship, their highest finish since 2007. Head coach Carolyn Martin won her second career NEC Coach of the Year for her efforts in transforming the team this season. It was also her first coaching women’s indoor track as the other came in women’s cross country. The team also broke an astonishing 26 program records this season in eight different events as the group of underclassmen sprinters certainly gave Quinnipiac an added dynamic the program has never seen before. Post-Season Honors: Carolyn Martin (NEC Coach of the Year), Becca White (All-NEC Second Team: 3000m, DMR), Hannah Donadio (All-NEC Second Team: DMR, All-New England: 4 x 800m), Chelsea Savage (All-NEC Rookie: 800m, All-New England: 4 x 800m relay), Tracy Campbell (All-NEC Rookie: one mile run), Sam Stabile (All-NEC Second Team: DMR, All-New England: 4 x 400m relay), Morgan Roche (All-NEC Second Team: DMR), Becca Stabile (All-New England: 500m, 4 x 400m relay), Shameal Samuels (All-New England: 400m, 4 x 400m relay), Nadia Jarvis (All-New England: 4 x 400m relay), Medinah Nabadduka (All-New England: 4 x 800m relay), Katy Petrie (All-New England: 4 x 800m relay)Roster: Nia Baker, Tracy Campbell, Ashley Carle, Hannah Donadio, Christine Donnelly, Amanda Faust, Brianna Faust, Christina Faust, Kaitlyn Flynn, Kaitlynn Hammerton, Jill Humphrey, Nadia Jarvis, Kristina Kethchum, Kelly Malloy, Ra-chel Morelli, Rebecca Morse, Medinah Nabadduka, Ashley Niemiec, Katy Petrie, Kelsey Rayla, Morgan Roche, Shameal Samuels, Martha Santandreu, Chelsea Savage, Alea Simons, Rebecca Smith, Jessica Soja, Becca Stabile, Sam Stabile, Andrea Szarkowicz, Kristen Ulrich, Abby Waight, Becca White, Val ZielinskiBaseballHead Coach: Dan GooleyAssistants: John Delaney, Brett Connor, Ryan FullerMost Valuable Player: Chris Migani

Season Summary: Baseball’s 2013 season opened with a three-game sweep of George Wash-ington in Arlington, Va. and also featured non-conference victories against Richmond and Ak-ron, before splitting its first two Northeast Conference series against Monmouth and Mount St. Mary’s. In a tough intra-state battle against Hartford, Scott Donaghue and Chris Migani became the first Quinnipiac teammates to hit back-to-back home runs since 2007 while Donaghue also became the first player to homer twice in a game since 2011. Roster: Gary Binkiewicz, Mike Blumenthal, Kevin Castodio, Nic Civale, Matt DeRosa, Scott Donaghue, Tom Donovan, George Dummar, Forrest Dwyer, Nick Fabrizio, Vincent Guglietti, Steffen Herter, Spencer Kane, Derek Lamacchia, Dale Long, Matthew Lorenzetti, Chris Migani, Kyle Musco, Ryan Nelson, Kevin O’Connell, Mike Palladino, Rob Pescitelli, Brian Ruditys, Mat-thew Siciliano, Kevin Sustad, Justin Thomas, Jesse Ullrich, Ryan Walsh


SoftballHead Coach: Germaine FairchildAssistant Coaches: Amy Vaughn, Lynn LabbadiaMost Valuable Player: Alex Alba

Season Summary: QU softball’s season has been littered with individual highlights as Alex Alba now is first in career doubles and third all-time in hits while Jordan Paolucci is creeping towards the career home run record at Quinnipiac. They recently reeled off a seven-game winning streak which was their second-longest since the 2004 season. Courtney Solt has burst onto the scene with a stellar freshman year, earning two NEC Rookie of the Week hon-ors. Two other landmark achievements came on March 16 against Colgate where the team tied the program-record for runs scored with 16 and established a new record with 12 runs in the second inning.

Roster: Alex Alba, Katie Alfiere, Nikki Barba, Brittney Cyr, Dani Edmands, Bridget Figmic, Nicole Gubellini, Molly Jarrett, Abby Johnson, Kortney Kesses, Hannah Lindsley, Jordan Paolucci, Sydney Robey, Lauren Salgado, Abbey Smith, Courtney Solt, Noelle Wagner

Men’s LacrosseHead Coach: Eric FeketeAssistants: Bruce Frady, Bill TullyMost Valuable Player: Jay Binkowski

Season Summary: The men’s lacrosse team earned their fifth straight postseason appearance when they defeated Wagner on April 20th to clinch a spot in the NEC Tournament. For the first time in program history, the Bobcats were nationally ranked after a perfect 3-0 record to start the season. Quinnipiac got hot again down the home stretch winning three of four games to move up the NEC standings. The Bobcats open the Northeast Conference Tournament on Thursday, May 2. Roster: Dylan Baumgardner, Jay Binkowski, Jack Brust, Gill Conners, Pat Corcoran, Sean Damboise, Connor Devane, Matt Diehl, Jake Emms, Carmen French, Blake Gatison, Tom Gilligan, Henry Graves, Eddie Greco, Leo Horine, Ryan Keenan, Chris Kendall, Basil Kostaras, Brandon Kuring, Matt Kycia, J.B. Marston, Ivan Matson, Fran McArdle, Chris McMahon, Chris Messina, Connor Meth, Pat Mulli-gan, Colin Nesdale, Nate Nibbelink, Billy Oppenheimer, Greg Pendergast, Michael Sagl, Drew Walsh, Dylan Webster, Evan Weldon, Brendan Wilbur, Chris Williams, Dorian Wolff

Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach: Danie CaroAssistants: Brittany Hauser, Meaghan Fitzpatrick, Emily MasonMost Valuable Player: Sarah Allen

Post-Season Honors: Sarah Allen (All-NEC First Team), Krya Ochwat (All-NEC First Team), Vicki Kuhn (All-NEC Second Team) Season Summary: The women’s lacrosse team captured fifth place in the Northeast Confer-ence standings after a late surge in the final month of the season. Quinnipiac went 4-2 in April, spearheaded by the offensive prowess of Sarah Allen who became the program’s all-time leader in career points during the stretch. The Bobcats defeated Saint Francis University on the final day of the regular season to solidify a 5-4 mark in conference play. Quinnipiac made it nine straight years with a record over .500 in league play, a distinction shared by only one other NEC school.

Roster: Sarah Allen, Jillian Beucler, Maria Blois, Allison Boudreau, Aileen Carey, Kiera Carey, Dominique Compito, Kathleen DeVito, Keira Flaherty, Briana Fountain, Kayla Fu, Kaitlin Gaghan, Sarah Ganio, Chelsea Guerrera, Vicki Kuhn, Phoebe Laplante, Shana Maglio, Kelsey Ma-roney, Rachel Massicotte, Sara McCullough, Kyra Ochwat, Emily Samuelman, Kearney Sneath, Samantha Tilts, Michaela Tinsley, Lianne Toomey, Leah Walter


Men’s Tennis Head Coach: Mike QuitkoAssistants: Paula Miller, Ryan Bean, Nick WormleyMost Valuable Player: Eric Ambrosio

Season Summary: The men’s tennis team posted a 4-2 record in conference play and earned the No. 3 seed in the 2013 Northeast Conference Tournament. The Bobcats defeated Mon-mouth 4-0 in the quarterfinals to advance to their 11th straight appearance in NEC Semifi-nals. Earlier in the season, head coach Mike Quitko picked up his 500th career with when the Bobcats defeated Saint Francis University, 4-0, on Mount Carmel Campus. Quinnipiac finished the 2012-13 season with a record of 9-12. Roster: Eric Ambrosio, Sebastian Barbero, Fahoum Fahoum, Alain Grullon, Garrett Lane, Alex Lazerowich, Corey Morgenstern, Chris Nelson, Luke Roser, Andrew Weeden

Women’s Tennis Head Coach: Mike QuitkoAssistants: Paula MillerMost Valuable Player: Sarah ViebrockSeason Summary: The women’s tennis team posted a 4-1 record in conference play and earned the No. 2 seed in the 2013 Northeast Conference Tournament. The Bobcats defeated Mount St. Mary’s 4-0 in the quarterfinals and then knocked off LIU Brooklyn in the semifi-nals to advance to their 13th NEC Championship match. Quinnipiac finished the 2012-13 season with a record of 12-9, while winning nearly 60 percent of the time at singles and nearly 70 percent of the time at doubles. Roster: Rachel Cantor, Mary Chupa, Morgan Crystal, Michelle Dassa, Nicole Keklik, Ariana Launie, Carly Loewenstein, Morgan Massey, Jacqueline Raynor, Erin Suvar, Sarah Viebrock

Women’s Outdoor TrackHead Coach: Carolyn Martin, Chris Dickerson, Steven BelangerMost Valuable Player: Shameal Samuels

Season Summary: Even with three weeks remaining on the schedule, the Bobcats have already had 12 record-breaking performances this season in eighth different events. This group has carried their success from the indoor season, wherein they had 26 such perfor-mances, into the outdoor season. Andrea Szarkowicz and Christina Faust both have won events for the first time in their respective careers while Shameal Samuels now holds three school records including the top 400m time for both outdoor and indoor programs. Jess Soja, Brianna Faust and Tracy Campbell have headlined the long-distance core as they’ve all achieve personal-bests in 2013 while top indoor performer Becca Stabile has already broken school records in three events so far this season. Roster: Tracy Campbell, Ashley Carle, Hannah Donadio, Christine Donnelly, Amanda Faust, Brianna Faust, Christina Faust, Kaitlyn Flynn, Kaitlynn Hammerton, Jill Humphreys, Nadia Jarvis, Kristina Kethchum, Kelly Malloy, Rachel Morelli, Rebecca Morse, Medinah Nabad-duka, Katy Petrie, Kelsey Rayla, Shameal Samuels, Martha Santandreu, Chelsea Savage, Alea Simons, Rebecca Smith, Jessica Soja, Becca Stabile, Sam Stabile, Andrea Szarkowicz, Kristen Ulrich, Abby Waight, Becca White, Val Zielinski


Acrobatics & Tumbling Head Coach: Mary Ann PowersAssistants: Erin Trotman, Manny BonillaMost Valuable Player: Danielle Burns

Post-Season Honors: Montara Tomasetti (NCATA Rookie of the Year), Stephanie Palange (NCATA All-American)

Season Summary: The acrobatics & tumbling team posted their best record since joining the NCATA and collected the second seed in the NCATA National Championships. For the first time in program history, the Bobcats also served as the host of the tournament right here at the TD Bank Sports Center where the defeated Azusa Pacific to advance to the NCATA Championship against Oregon. Quinnipiac was 4-2 on the year, picking up multiple wins against Fairmont State and then another against Azusa Pacific. Roster: Stephanie Amaral, Gina Antonelli, Brooke Artz, Casey Block, Danielle Burns, Jordan Caval-laro, Aleshia Ceste, Victoria Cribbs, Stephanie Crosson, Alexandra Fareri, Chivon Forrester, Demi-tra Germanakos, Courtney Haskell, Diamond Hawkins, Nicolette Hemmer, Taylor Johnson, Rachel Kerr, Brittney Kusmierski, Christina Lasto, Racheal Leahy, Laura Marchetta, Kayla McCormack, Cera Orner, Stephanie Palange, Trisha Pierce, Jenna Quenneville, Erin Reed, Christine Rochester, Ashaa Russell, Catherine Toma, Montara Tomasetti, Gina Yeadon

Women’s GolfDirector: John O’ConnorAssistant Coaches: Kerry BrownMost Valuable Player: Kayla Ketcheson

Season Summary: The Quinnipiac women’s golf team once-again exceded the expecta-tions of the NEC’s coaches. The NEC Preseason Poll picked the Bobcats to finish 8th in the 11-team field. Instead, Quinnipiac finished seventh, with program records for NEC Tournament scores for Kayla Ketcheson and Krissy Unger. Unger also broke the pro-gram single-round record with a 73 on the first day of the NEC Championship. Roster: Jennifer Forlenza, Alexa Gentile, Kayla Ketcheson, Taylor Lambrou, Erin Morton, Angelica Muscatelli, Jessica Rotell, Krissy Unger, Jenn Whaley

Women’s RugbyHead Coach: Becky Carlson Assistant Coach: Michelle ReedMost Valuable Player: Colleen Doherty

Post-Season Honors: Megan Hannemann (All-Tri-State), Raechel Stimson (All-Tri-State), Natalie Kosko (All-Tri-State)

Season Summary: With recent wins against Temple, Lee University and Appalachian State, the women’s rugby team has advanced to the National Semifinals of the 2013 USA Women’s Rugby Collegiate playoffs. The Bobcats earned their spot in the National Tournament after winning the 2012 Tri-State Conference Championship with a 22-14 win over Albany back in November. Quinnipiac posted a perfect 7-0 record in league play, outscoring its opposition, 605-42 through the fall season. The Bobcats take on Winona State in the semifinals on Friday, May 3 in Stanford, California. Roster: Emily Carroll, Melissa Condo, Elisa Cuellar, Colleen Doherty, Nancy Dunn, Shannon Durkin, Jen-nifer Fremd, Allison Gnys, Megan Hannemann, Natalie Kosko, Jacqueline Maclearie, Lindsay Nolan, Nora Kate O’Brien, Elena Orlando, Krystin Orrico, Katie Partin, Marie Pescatore, Tesni Phillips, Andrea Rivera, Jennifer Salomon, Raechel Stimson, Devon Vieira, Katie Wood


Awards Banquet BookletAugust:

August 24: Jennalise Taylor’s first career goal with under a minute to play in the first half held up as the Quinnipiac field hockey team defeated Holy Cross, 1-0, in Worcester, Mass. The Bobcats’ win is their third-straight season-open-ing win as they start the year at 1-0.August 26: The Quinnipiac field hockey team defeated Towson, 3-1, in its 2012 home opener at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Turf Complex in Hamden, Conn. Junior Jennalise Taylor (Yardley, Pa.) once-again paced the Bobcats’ offense, factoring into all three Quinnipiac goals. Quinnipiac opens the season at 2-0 for the first time in the program’s Division I history.Junior Aine McKeever (Derry City, Ireland) scored the game’s lone goal early on in the first half on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University wom-en’s soccer team upended Providence College, 1-0, at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. McKeever’s blast from 20-yards out proved to be the difference en route to a season-opening victory against the BIG EAST rival.Graduate student Erin Trotman (Bristol, Conn.) and junior Christina Lasto (Oxford, Conn.) were each named to the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) All-American Team, as announced at the end of year banquet on Wednesday, April 25.August 27: Quinnipiac field hockey junior Jennalise Taylor (Yardley, Pa.) was named the Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week after leading the Bobcats to their first 2-0 start in the program’s Division I history.Senior goalkeeper Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) of the women’s soccer team was named the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week, an-nounced on Monday, August 27, 2012 by the league office. Kelley played a large role in the Bobcats victory over BIG EAST opponent Providence College in their season-opener this past weekend.

Men’s and Women’s Tennis Head Coach Mike Quitko was presented with an award at the New Haven Open on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Con-necticut Tennis Center on the campus of Yale University. Fellow Quinnipiac alumni, parents, faculty and student-athletes were in attendance for “Quin-nipiac Night” in celebration of Coach Q’s career accomplishments.Former Quinnipiac University men’s soccer goalkeeper Freddy Hall (St. George, Bermuda) made his Major League Soccer (MLS) debut with Toronto FC last week. Hall was the first player in Quinnipiac history to sign an MLS contract.

Quinnipiac field hockey junior Jennalise Taylor (Yardley, Pa.) was named the Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week after leading the Bobcats to their first 2-0 start in the program’s Division I history.August 28: Senior goalkeeper Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) of the women’s soccer team was named the College Sport Madness Conference Player of the Week, announced on Monday, August 27, 2012 by College Sports Madness.com. Kelley played an exceptional role in the Bobcats victory over BIG EAST rival Providence College in their season-opener this past weekend.August 30: Seniors William Daniels (Clackamas, Ore.) and Robbie MacLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) combined for a pair of first half goals to lead the Quin-nipiac University men’s soccer team to a 2-1 win at Holy Cross on Thursday night at the Linda J. Smith Soccer Stadium.

August 31: Senior Kemesha Woodfine (Stamford, Conn.) collected the game-winning goal on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team defeated Vermont, 2-0, at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 1-1 against the Catamounts all-time, and 2-0 on the young season.September:

September 1: Paced by the return of senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) and the sensational debut of freshman Brendan Copley (Colchester, Vt.), the Quinnipiac men’s cross country team placed second at the Stony Brook Invitational on Saturday. Overall, the Bobcats finished with 49 points and an average finishing time of 20:04.83, coming 18 points behind the host Sea-wolves and ahead of Southern Connecticut, Manhattan College, and Sacred Heart. Their highest team-finish in a race since the same Invitational in 2011, the Bobcats opened the 2012 season with a host of individual successes.The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team opened their 2012 season with a win on the road at Eastern Illinois on Saturday afternoon. The teams played a best-of-three Rugby Sevens match-up, where the Bobcats defeated the Panthers, 2-1 (5-7, 15-0, 5-0), shutting out Eastern Illinois in both of their victories. Senior flanker Nancy Dunn guided QU to the victory with the game-winning try in the best-of-three series. The Bobcats are off to a 1-0 start for the first time in program history, while the Panthers fall to 0-1 on the young season.

A pair of freshmen Bobcat runners posted impressive debuts to lead Quin-nipiac to a third place finish at the Stony Brook Invitational. Rookies Ashley Carle (Jackson, N.J.) and Chelsea Savage (Pembroke, Mass.) finished in ninth and 11th place overall on Saturday as Quinnipiac completed the race with

68 points, behind Stony Brook’s 20 points and fellow NEC competitor Sacred Heart with 49.September 2: Senior Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) recorded his second career hat trick on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soc-cer team cruised past Lafayette, 3-1, at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats claimed bragging rights in the first ever meeting between the two squads. More importantly, QU improved to 2-1 on the season, while the visiting Leopards fell to 1-2 in non-conference action.Quinnipiac women’s soccer senior forward Kemesha Woodfine’s (Stamford, Conn.) goal in the 27th minute of play was all the Bobcats needed, as they defeated Holy Cross, 1-0, at Linda Johnson Smith Stadium in Worcester, Mass. The win improves the Bobcats record to 3-0, while the loss brings the Crusad-ers’ record to 1-2-1 on the season. This is the first 3-0 start for the Bobcats since 1988.September 3: Junior libero Logan Riker was named to the Akron Invitational All-Tournament Team over the weekend as the Bobcats competed against the Zips and Montana St. The All-Tournament selectee has picked up right where she left off in 2010 as the team’s leading defensive player and one of the most impressive.September 4: Senior forward Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) of the Quin-nipiac University men’s soccer team was recently named the Northeast Conference Co-Player of the Week, announced on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by the front office. Suprise led the Bobcats to a pair of non-conference wins last week, improving the team’s overall record to 2-1 through the first three games.

Quinnipiac women’s soccer seniors Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) and Kemesha Woodfine (Stanford, Conn.) were picked as the Northeast Conference Defen-sive Player and Co- Player of the Week Player of the Week, respectively. The announcement was made on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 by the league office.Women’s soccer senior forward Kemesha Woodfine (Stanford, Conn.) was named the College Sports Madness Player of the Week, announced on Tues-day, September 4, 2012 by College Sports Madness.com. Woodfine played an instrumental role on Quinnipiac’s offensive line this past week, collecting game-winning goals in both match-ups against Vermont and Holy CrossSeptember 5: Former Quinnipiac University men’s basketball standout James Johnson (Queens, N.Y.) will begin his professional career over in Spain, as the 6-foot guard has signed a contract with Forca Lleida, announced on Mon-day, August 27, 2012 by the franchise. Terms of the contract have not been disclosed.

Freshman women’s cross country runner Ashley Carle (Jackson, N.J.) claimed the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week honor as announced by the league office on Wednesday Sep. 5. Quinnipiac are coming off a third place finish at the Stony Brook Invitational on Saturday Sep. 8, led by Carle’s overall ninth place finish.Quinnipiac men’s cross country senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) and freshman Brendan Copley (Colchester, Vt.) swept the Northeast Conference weekly awards as Klauber claimed the Co-Athlete of the Week and Copley was named the Rookie of the Week. Wednesday’s announcement from the league office marked the first time Quinnipiac men’s cross country has swept both the Athlete and Rookie of the week honors since Klauber was recog-nized with both on Sep. 23, 2008.September 8: Reigning NEC Rookie of the Week and freshman standout Bren-dan Copley (Colchester, Vt.) teamed up with reigning NEC Co-Athlete of the Week senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) to lead the Bobcats to a fourth place showing at the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Race hosted by Bryant University. Copley and Klauber finished the 8k event in 10th and 11th overall and helped lead Quinnipiac to 133 points and a fourth place team finish on Saturday.

Sophomore Sebastian Barbero (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and senior Alex Lazerowich (Stratham, N.H.) each partook in a finals match-up on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team wrapped up the Stony Brook Invitational at the SB Tennis Courts in New York.Senior Becca White (Natick, Mass.) excelled on Saturday, finishing third over-all, and led the Quinnipiac women’s cross country team to a third place team finish at the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Race hosted by Bryant University. The Bobcats finished the 5k event with all seven runners placing within the top-48 out of 183 total competitors for a team total of 108 points, behind only Harvard (28) and Boston College (104).September 9: Jess Rusin and Jennalise Taylor both scored, with Rusin setting up Taylor with the game-winner, as the Quinnipiac field hockey team defeated Vermont, 2-1, in Burlington, Vt. Quinnipiac improves to 3-2 on the season while the Catamounts drop to 0-5 for the year.Freshman Shannon Larkin (Burlington, Conn.) scored her first career goal on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team remained unbeaten with a 1-0 victory over Hartford at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 1-1 all-time against the Hawks and, more importantly, 4-0-1 overall. This marks the lon-gest unbeaten streak to begin a season in program history.


Quinnipiac women’s rugby defeated to Binghamton University 91-0 on Sept. 9 at East Gym Track Stadium Field. The Bobcats featured 12 players in the scoring column en route to the largest margin of victory in Quinnipiac rugby history.

Quinnipiac freshmen Jenn Whaley (Avon, Conn.) and Krissy Unger (New York, N.Y.) led the women’s golf team on the first day of the Tignanelli Towson Invi-tational at the Towson Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, Md. Whaley carded an 81 (+9) while Unger finished a stroke behind at 82 (+10).September 10: Quinnipiac women’s golf freshmen Krissy Unger (New York, N.Y.) and Jenn Whaley (Avon, Conn.) turned in a pair of stellar performances to complete their first collegiate competition as the Bobcats finished 14th out of 18 teams at the Tignanelli Towson Invitational at the Towson Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, Md. Unger finished at +19 for the tournament, tied for 33rd, while Whaley completed play at +20 and tied for 35th.Quinnipiac University freshman women’s soccer player Shannon Larkin (Bur-lington, Conn.) was named Northeast Conference Co-Rookie of the Week after scoring her first collegiate goal in Quinnipiac’s 1-0 victory against intrastate rival Hartford this past weekend. The NEC honor is the forward’s first of her career.

September 14: The Quinnipiac men’s basketball team recently enjoyed a trip to the Achievement First Bridgeport Academy in Bridgeport, Conn. as part of QU’s Positive Play Initiative, designed to encourage community service by Quinnipiac’s student-athletes, coaches and staff. Head Coach Tom Moore and the Bobcats addressed the fifth grade class in a morning assembly before breaking up into individual groups to discuss the significance of education.The Bobcats used inspired efforts up-and-down the roster on Friday night as the women’s volleyball squad prevailed over Providence 3-2 (15-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22, 15-12) at the Bucknell Invitational, for their first win of the season. Sophomore setter Brittanie Robinson (Fresno, Calif.), playing in her second career game as the team’s primary facilitator, had a standout night with a double-double of 37 assists and 13 digs to go along with four blocks. Sophomore right side Tanner Celestin (Norco, Calif.) played big for Quin-nipiac down the stretch and senior middle hitter Taylor Payne (Warwick, N.Y.) closed the match with a pair of block assists and two kills, including the match-winner late in the fifth set. The win moves Quinnipiac to 1-6 on the season while Providence falls to 1-14.Jennalise Taylor (Yardley, Pa.), Kristin Engelke (Medford, N.J.) and Ashleigh Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) all scored as the Quinnipiac field hockey team blanked St. Joseph’s, 3-0. The Bobcats improve to 4-2 with the win while St. Joseph’s drops to 1-4 on the season.September 15: Senior Mike Levene (Redding, Conn.) came away with a dra-matic 3rd place finish as he passed several runners in the final 100 yards to lead the Bobcats to a 2nd place finish at the Quinnipiac Invitational. Several Bobcats runners were honored beforehand as it was the final home meet for three men’s cross country seniors. NEC rival Central Conn. St. finished with 24 points to take the win while the Bobcats compiled 31 points to take second in the 8k event.Sophomore setter Brittanie Robinson (Fresno, Calif.) and freshman outside hitter Chandler Thornton (Arlington, Texas) were named to the Bucknell Invitational All-Tournament Team over the weekend as the Bobcats competed against the Bison, Providence, and Fordham. The pair combined for an im-pressive showing over the three games including the Bobcat’s first win of the 2012 season in a dramatic 3-2 victory over Providence on Friday.Junior Mary Chupa (Bradenton, Fla.) and sophomore Ariana Launie (Milton, Mass.) won the Flight “B” Doubles Championship on Saturday evening, as the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team competed in day two of the 16th annual QU Invite at the Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. With the victory, Chupa and Launie improved to 5-0 in the 2012 fall season.Freshman Jenn Whaley (Avon, Conn.) followed a birdie on the 14th hole at the Hanover Country Club with the first eagle in Quinnipiac women’s golf his-tory at the Dartmouth Invitational in Hanover, N.H. While official results and scores are not available, Quinnipiac finished at a combined 329, which stands as the all-time best team round in program history.

The Quinnipiac women’s cross country team put on an incredible display on Senior day, winning the Quinnipiac Invitational over Central Conn. St. on Saturday. Running in her final home meet, senior Becca White (Natick, Mass.) dominated the field, winning her third career Quinnipiac Invitational with a time of 18:11.1. White received plenty of help with the Bobcats taking seven of the top eight finishers as they finished with 19 points and their NEC coun-terpart Blue Devils posted 44.September 16: On Sunday, Sept. 16, Quinnipiac freshman Jenn Whaley (Avon, Conn.) broke two more program records, shooting a 76 (+4) on the second day of the Dartmouth Invitational at Hanover Country Club for the lowest score in Quinnipiac history.

Senior goalkeeper Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) registered three saves on Sunday afternoon, but an overtime goal in the 92nd minute proved to be the difference as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team suffered a 1-0 loss at Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. With the loss, the Bobcats drop to

4-2-1 on the season, while the hosting Saints improve to 2-4 in non-confer-ence competition.

Sophomore Elisa Cuellar (Palm Bay, Fla.) carried the Bobcats to a 94-0 victory over the Hawks of New Paltz on Sunday, Sept. 16 on the QU Rugby Field in Hamden, Conn. With the win Quinnipiac posts its largest margin of victory in program history, besting its 91-point win against Albany a week ago.September 17: Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) was honored with a ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League selection, as announced by the league on Friday, Sep. 15. A Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey honoree at the end of the 2011-12 season, Babstock earns her second-consecutive Preseason All-League designation. She is joined by three Cornell skaters, including defenders Laura Fortino and Lauriane Rougeau, and forward Brianne Jenner, as well as Harvard forward Jillian Dempsey and Clarkson goaltender Erica Howe.

September 21: Senior forward Kemesha Woodfine (Stamford, Conn.) scored her third goal of the season on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 1-0, at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 9-3-1 all-time against the Knights, but more importantly open Northeast Confer-ence competition with a victory and three points.Senior Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.) picked up career win #100 on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team competed in the opening day of the Army Invitational at Malek Courts in West Point, N.Y. Entering the tournament just three wins shy of the milestone, Cantor boasted back-to-back triumphs in doubles, before solidifying the feat with a win in Flight “A” singles.

September 22: Senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) picked up her 106th ca-reer win on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team continued play at the Army Invitational at Malek Courts in West Point, N.Y. Viebrock’s victory puts her in sole possession of 13th place all-time, as she remains just one win shy of Jodi Robidoux for 12th place on the list.September 23: The Quinnipiac field hockey team held on for a 3-2 win against American at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Turf Complex in Hamden, Conn. Quinnipiac led 3-1 after the first half, and after giving up a second half goal, turned back a pair of corner attempts to hold on for the win. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 5-4 on the season while American drops to 3-6 on the year.

Sophomore Elisa Cuellar (Palm Bay, Fla.) continued to lead points the Quin-nipiac women’s rugby team at Vassar. The outside center added two tries and an assist for Quinnipiac to lead them to a 36-12 win against the Brewers at Vassar Farm in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. With the victory, Quinnipiac remains unde-feated as it improves to 4-0 and 3-0 in Tri-State Conference play while Vassar drops to 1-1-1 on the year.Junior Taylor Healeyâ€™s (Milford, Conn.) first career goal proved to be the difference on Sunday afternoon; as the Quinnipiac University womenâ€™s soccer team remained undefeated in Northeast Conference competition with a 1-0 victory over Central Connecticut State University at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. The Bobcats™ second consecutive win improves their record to 6-2-1 overall and 2-0 in the league.September 24: The Quinnipiac softball team volunteered at the Connecticut Special Olympics Softball Competition and Tournament held at the Connecti-cut Sports Complex in North Branford on Saturday, Sep. 8.Senior goalkeeper Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) of the women’s soccer team was named the Northeast Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week as well as College Sports Madness Player of the Week for the Northeast Confer-ence, announced on Monday, September 24, 2012 by the league office. Kelley provided two shutouts this weekend as Quinnipiac opened conference play for the Bobcats.

Quinnipiac sophomore Danielle Allan (Riverdale, N.J.) was named the North-east Conference Field Hockey Co-Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 24 as announced by the conference office.September 26: The Quinnipiac University field hockey team defeated Brown, 3-2, in a non-conference match-up at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Turf Com-plex in Hamden, Conn. Quinnipiac improves to 6-4 while Brown drops to 2-5 on the season.

September 28: The Quinnipiac men’s cross country team put forth on of their strongest efforts of the season on Friday afternoon at the Lehigh Paul Short Men’s 8k Brown Race as they placed 12th out of 33 collegiate teams. The Bobcats amassed 379 points on the afternoon while the University of Penn-sylvania claimed first place with 47 points. Highlighting the Bobcat’s effort was senior Richard Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) who placed 6th overall (out of 225 runners) with a blazing time of 25:23.Senior Chris Nelson (Scituate, Mass.) and junior Corey Morgenstern (Old Bethpage, N.Y.) advanced to the championship match of Flight “D” Doubles on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team competed in the opening day of the UConn Invitational at the East Hartford Racquet Club in East Hartford, Conn.


The Quinnipiac women’s cross country team placed 18th at the 39th annual Lehigh Paul Short Run on Friday morning. The Bobcats competed against 39 collegiate teams in the Women’s Gold 6k Race and finished with a total of 593 points, while Cornell University won the meet with 55 points. Senior Becca White (Natick, Mass.) led the Bobcat contingent with a 74th-place finish and a time of 21:50.The Quinnipiac men’s and women’s cross country teams joined up to help run the third annual Mari’s Miles of Smiles Road Race in Cheshire held on Saturday, Sept. 22. The joint volunteer mission was part of Quinnipiac’s Posi-tive Play Initiative, designed to encourage community service by Quinnipiac’s student-athletes, coaches and staff.

September 29: The Quinnipiac women’s golf team placed three players in the top 25 at the 2012 ECAC Division I Championship. The Bobcats finished eighth overall, out of 11 competing teams, ahead of Northeast Conference rival Mount St. Mary’s, Albany and Navy.Erica Uden-Johansson scored twice to lead the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team to a 7-0 win against Cambridge in an exhibition game at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn.Five members of the Quinnipiac University tennis team advanced to the championship match of their respective flights on Saturday afternoon, as the Bobcats fared very well in day two of the UConn Invitational. Sebastian Bar-bero (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.), Garrett Lane (Reading, Mass.), John Petrini (Stamford, Conn.) and Alex Lazerowich (Stratham, N.H.) will all take the court tomorrow morning in the finals.September 30: Jess Rusin (Garwood, N.J.) had a goal and an assist as the Quin-nipiac field hockey team defeated Harvard, 2-1, in a non-conference match-up at Jordan Field in Cambridge, Mass. With the win, Quinnipiac wins its third straight to improve to 7-4 the season, giving the Bobcats their most non-conference wins in a single-season in program history. Quinnipiac previously won six non-conference games in 2011 and 2003.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team concluded competition at the NJIT Invitational on Sunday morning, as the squad featured four Bobcats on the final day of action at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility Indoor Tennis Courts in Newark, N.J.The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team garnered four titles on Sunday morning, as the Bobcats dominated the singles portion of the UConn Invi-tational up in Storrs, Conn. at the Connecticut Tennis Courts. Sophomore Sebastian Barbero (Buenos Aires, Argentina), senior Garrett Lane (Reading, Mass.), sophomore John Petrini (Stamford, Conn.) and senior Alex Lazero-wich (Stratham, N.H.) each won their respective flights in the tournament.Senior Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) scored twice and sophomore Ola Ogunjobi (London, England) added another on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team defeated St. Francis (N.Y.) in a wild finish, 3-2, at the Aviator Sports & Recreation Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. McLar-ney’s penalty kick late in the contest proved to be the difference, granting the Bobcats their first Northeast Conference win of the season.Sophomore Raechel Stimson (Cameron Park, Calif.) helped lead the Quin-nipiac women’s rugby team to a 52-0 victory over Marist at the QU Rugby Field. Stimson carried the team with three tries and added 15 points to the Quinnipiac score. Quinnipiac remains unscathed on the year as it improves to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Tri-State Conference, while Marist drops to 2-2 on the year. Through five games, Quinnipiac has outscored its opponent, 298-19, as they continue their best start in program history.

October: October 2: Quinnipiac men’s cross country combined to sweep the Northeast Conference Weekly Awards for the second time in the 2012 season. As an-nounced by the league office on Tuesday, Oct. 2, senior Rich Klauber (Thom-aston, Conn.) claimed the NEC Athlete of the Week and freshman Brendan Copley (Colchester, Vt.) was named the NEC Rookie of the Week. The duo also took home the honors in the same week on Sep. 5 after the Bobcat’s first race of the year at the Stony Brook Invitational.

October 5: Junior Tim Quigley (Ridgefield, Conn.) netted the game’s lone goal on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team up-ended Sacred Heart University, 1-0, at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats climb back to the .500 mark at 4-4-1, but more importantly improve to 2-0 in the Northeast Conference. The Pioneers, the 2011 NEC regular-season champions, fall to 5-5 overall and 1-2 in league competition.

Sophomore Christina Cesarini (Garden City, N.Y.) provided two goals against Wagner on Friday evening, as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team defeated Wagner College, 4-1, in a Northeast Conference match-up at the Wagner College Stadium. Quinnipiac’s goals were scored by three different players, improving its overall record to 7-3-2 overall, and 3-1-1 in the confer-ence. The Seahawks drop to 4-9 overall and 1-3 in the NEC.October 6: The Quinnipiac University women’s golf team finished 18th out of 21 teams at the Rutgers Invitational. The Bobcats shot a 344 on the second day of the tournament, to combine with their first-day total of 324, for a 668

for the weekend.

Junior Jordan Samuels-Thomas’ (Windsor, Conn.) goal with 1:26 remaining in regulation proved to be the difference as the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated No. 15 Maine, 2-1, at Alfond Arena in Orono, Me. Quinnipiac opens the season at 1-0-0 while Maine begins the year at 0-1-0.Two Bobcats advanced to the semifinals on Saturday evening, as the Quinni-piac University men’s tennis team continued play the 10th annual Quinnipiac Invitational at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. Freshman Luke Roser (Bernardsville, N.J.) and senior Devon Jerome (Stam-ford, Conn.) survived through the quarterfinals and will compete tomorrow morning.

October 7: There was no stopping senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) on Sunday at the New England Championships as he finished 8th overall in a race that featured a season-high 261 competitors. He led the Bobcats to a 23rd place result out of 37 collegiate teams, up 10 spots from last year’s 33rd place finish in the same event. Several Bobcats including Klauber achieved new personal-bests as the team continues to build for a successful late-season run.

It was another record breaking day for the Bobcats as junior libero Logan Riker (Bowling Green, Ohio) became just the second player in Quinnipiac women’s volleyball history to record 1,000 career digs. Also, Senior Taylor Payne (Warwick, N.Y.) recorded her 500th career kill on Saturday afternoon.The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team concluded play at the 10th annual Quinnipiac Invitational on Sunday morning at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. Freshman Luke Roser (Bernardsville, N.J.) and senior Devon Jerome (Stamford, Conn.) both took the court for the Bob-cats in the final two rounds of their respective flights.Senior Nancy Dunn (Moscow, Pa.) carried the Bobcats with three tries to lead Quinnipiac over the Seawolves of Stony Brook on Sunday, Oct.7 at the Stony Brook Campus Recreation Field. The outside center added three tries and two assists for Quinnipiac to lead them to a 66-0 win on the dreary afternoon. With the victory, Quinnipiac remains undefeated as they improve to 6-0 and 5-0 in Tri-State Conference play while Stony Brook drops to 1-4 on the year.Quinnipiac goalkeeper Nicole Lewis (East Hamherst, N.Y.) recorded her fifth career shutout to lead the Bobcats to a 2-0 win against Sacred Heart in its first Northeast Conference game of the season. The Bobcats open the year at 1-0 in NEC play while they also improve to 8-4 on the season. Sacred Heart drops to 5-6 overall and 0-1 in the NEC.The Quinnipiac women’s cross country team was one of only four other schools competing at Sunday’s New England Championships to place all seven runners in the top-100 and their great depth helped lead to a 9th place (264 points) showing (out of 37 teams). Senior Morgan Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) led the Bobcat contingent with her 40th place finish and junior Jessica Soja (Simsbury, Conn.) was right behind her in 42nd place in a field 251 run-ners deep. The Boston College women took home first place for the second consecutive year with 45 points.October 9: Senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) of the Quinnipiac men’s cross country team was named the Northeast Conference Athlete of the Week as announced by the league office on Tuesday, Oct. 9. For Klauber, the Athlete of the Week honor is his third of the 2012 season, more than any other run-ner in the NEC. It also marked his second consecutive selection and the fifth of his career.

Women’s ice hockey’s junior forward Kelly Babstock has been named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week as announced by the league office on Tues-day, October 9. She claims the honor for the fifth time in three years with the Bobcats after becoming the first Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey player to record 100 career points over the weekend.October 12: After netting six points in the team’s opening weekend series against Mercyhurst, junior forward Kelly Babstock was at it again in the Bob-cat’s 6-1 win over Maine on Friday night at the High Point Solutions Arena. Babstock netted four goals to break Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey program record for most goals scored in a game by a single player. The previous record of three had been accomplished 12 times in Bobcat history but that record fell on Babstock’s stick as she also tallied an assist to give her five points for the evening.October 13: The Quinnipiac men’s cross country team, backed by freshman sensation Brendan Copley (Colchester, Vt.), placed 20th (out of 212 competi-tors) at the Princeton Invitational on Saturday. The two-time Northeast Con-ference Rookie of the Week, Copley has finished either first or second among Bobcat runners in all four races he has competed this season. The Bobcats finished with 544 points while the winner of the Princeton Invitational is St. Joseph’s (Pa.) with 46 points.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team showed no signs of rust after a two week break from competition, as the Bobcats rolled over Northeast Conference foe St. Francis (N.Y.), 7-0, at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. Senior Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.), sophomore Jacqueline Raynor (Garden City, N.Y.), senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.), sophomore Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, N.J.) and junior Mary Chupa (Braden-ton, Fla.) each collected victories on the afternoon.


Multiple Bobcats added two wins to their career total on Saturday afternoon; as the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team swept Northeast Conference foe St. Francis (N.Y.), 7-0, at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. Sophomore Sebastian Barbero (Buenos Aires, Argentina), sophomore Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.), Garrett Lane (Reading, Mass.), senior Fahoum Fahoum (Haifa, Israel), Luke Roser (Bernardsville, N.J.) and senior Alex Lazero-wich (Stratham, N.H.) each won in singles and doubles in the team’s first win of the season.

With five weekend points already and 11 for the season, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) notched another three points (one goal, two assists) leading the Bobcats past Maine on Saturday, 5-2. Coming into Saturday as the nation’s leader in points-per-game average, Babstock kept hold of the top spot as she tallied a pair of assists early and put in an empty-net goal late to seal the Bobcat’s second win of the season (2-1-1) and sweep the series against the Black Bears (0-2-0).Loren Barron (Glendora, Calif.) had a goal and an assist while Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) recorded his sixth career shutout to lead the nationally-ranked No. 18 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team to a 4-0 win against Robert Morris at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. Quinnipiac improves to 2-0-0 with the win while Robert Morris opens the season at 0-1-0.The Quinnipiac women’s golf team placed three of its five athletes in the top half of the 22-player Delaware State University Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 13. Han-nah Russell (Monson, Mass.) finished third.Senior Becca White (Natick, Mass.) led the women’s cross country team for the fourth time in four races this season and the Bobcats finishes with 469 points and a 18th-place finish at the Princeton University Invitational. The two-time Northeast Conference Athlete of the Week this season, White crossed the finish line of the 6k event in 22:00. Columbia came away with the first-place result among the 25 competing teams with 83 points.October 14: The Quinnipiac University field hockey team honored its senior class in the best way possible on Sunday afternoon, as the Bobcats handed Rider University a 3-2 loss on Senior Day at the QU Field Hockey Turf Field on Mount Carmel Campus. Prior to the whistle, head coach Becca Main and the Quinnipiac Department of Athletics and Recreation recognized seniors Nicole Lewis (East Amherst, N.Y.), Lauren Zimniski (Dallas, Pa.) and student-athletic trainer Jaime Mor for their dedication to the program.Junior Beck Kiting (Canberra, Australia) scored in the sixth minute of the second overtime period on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s soccer team topped Northeast Conference foe Mount St. Mary’s, 3-2, in thrilling fashion on Senior Day at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. Kiting’s fifth career goal served as the golden goal, lifting the Bobcats to their fourth NEC win of the season.

Quinnipiac University Men’s Soccer Head Coach Eric Da Costa collected his 50th career win on Sunday afternoon, as the Bobcats netted a pair of goals late in the contest to pick up three points on the road at Bryant University. Senior William Daniels (Clackamas, Ore.) and sophomore Justin Ward (New Egypt, N.J.) each scored a goal with less than 10 minutes remaining to lift the Bobcats to a 2-0 vic-tory at Bulldogs Stadium in Smithfield, R.I.The Quinnipiac women’s rugby team put on an incredible offensive display on Sunday, scoring a program-record 130 points in the shutout victory over Hofstra, 130-0, at the QU Rugby Field. Senior open-side flanker Meghan Hannemann (Manchester, N.H.) and freshman wing Natalie Kosko (Cheshire, Conn.) each tal-lied a career-high four tries in an absolute blitz that featured 11 different scorers for the Bobcats. Quinnipiac extends their unbeaten streak as they move to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Tri-State Conference while the Pride move to 0-5 on the season and 0-5 in Tri-State play.The Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team raised $20,294 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which sponsors head-shaving events to fund children’s cancer research. The Bobcats collected online donations through their team page at StBaldricks.org. On Sunday, Oct. 14, the Quinnipiac student-athletes, coaches and fans shaved their heads at the TD Bank Sports Center in support of their charity drive.Freshman Krissy Unger (New York, N.Y.) finished second out of 22 individual golfers to lead the Quinnipiac women’s golf team to a second-place finish at the Delaware State University Invitational.October 16: Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mis-sissauga, Ontario) was announced the as the back-to-back winner of the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week by the league office on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Babstock becomes the first player since Harvard’s Sarah Vaillancourt on Feb. 16, 2009 to win the award in consecutive weeks as she absolutely dominated play to begin the year.

October 18: Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass) and women’s basket-ball head coach Tricia Fabbri were selected the College Sports Madness NEC Preseason Player of the Year and Coach of the Year to begin the 2012-13 season, announced by the association on Thursday, October 18, 2012. Barron was also selected to the All-Conference Preseason First team alongside junior forward Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.)October 19: The Quinnipiac women’s cross country team finished ninth among 14 competitors at the Central Connecticut State Mini Meet on Saturday in the

pouring rain. The Bobcats were led by freshman Rebecca Morse (West Newbury, Mass.) who placed 44th with a time of 11:16.24 in the 3k event.In a high-octane, pressure-packed offensive slugfest between the Bobcats and Syracuse, junior Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Sweden) found the game-winner with 6.8 seconds remaining in a 3-2 overtime victory on Friday night. After a Syracuse penalty in the waning minutes of overtime resulted in a power-play, Uden Johansson’s wrist shot deflected off the side post and beat Syracuse goalie Jenesica Drinkwater to send the Bobcat bench into hysterics. Senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) played big in net all day for the Bobcats as she picks up the victory with 36 saves. The win moves Quinnipiac to 3-1-1 and the Orange fall to 2-3 on the year.A three-goal first half propelled the Quinnipiac field hockey team to a 4-1 win against Robert Morris in Moon Township, Pa. Four different Bobcats scored for Quinnipiac who improve to 10-5 overall and 3-1 in the Northeast Conference.

October 20: Jeremy Langlois (Tempe, Ariz.) scored twice to lead the nationally-ranked No. 20 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team to a 2-0 win against Ohio State. The Bobcats improve to 3-1-1 on the season while Ohio State drops to 1-2-1 overall.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team wrapped up competi-tion in the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. Senior Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.) was the lone qualifier for the Bobcats in the Main Singles Draw.

The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team wrapped up play at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn. Four Bobcats took the court at Yale University in day three of the four-day event.Freshman Natalie Kosko (Sebastian, Fla.) propelled the Bobcats to their eighth straight victory this season providing three tries for the Bobcats adding to her 11 tries for her freshman campaign. Quinnipiac trumped fellow NCAA opponent West Chester 32-12 in Saturday’s match up against the Golden Rams. With the victory, Quinnipiac remains unde-feated as they improve to 8-0 and 6-0 in Tri-State Conference play while West Chester suffers their first loss of the year dropping to 2-1-1.October 21: Sophomore goalkeeper Borja Angoitia (Bilbao, Spain) re-corded a second consecutive shutout and three different Bobcats scored on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team downed Mount St. Mary’s, 3-0, on a windy day at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. Freshman Erik Panzer (Nelson, New Zealand) and sophomore Machel Baker (Spanish Town, Jamaica) each scored their first career goals, as the Bobcats improved to 6-5-2 overall and 4-1-1 in the Northeast Conference.

October 22: Quinnipiac men’s basketball sophomore Ike Azotam (Bos-ton, Mass.) was recently named to the College Sports Madness Northeast Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team, announced on Sunday, October 21, 2012 by the association’s committee. Azotam has received a lot of recognition early on in the 2012-13 season after completing a tremendous campaign in 2011-12.The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team brought joy to several athletes on Saturday morning, as the Bobcats attended the Connecticut Special Olympics at James Hillhouse School gymnasium in New Haven, Conn. Team members took pictures with and cheered on participants at the annual event, which featured hundreds of competitors from all over the state.

October 23: Quinnipiac freshman Krissy Unger (New York, N.Y.) became the first medalist in program history at the Quinnipiac Classic. Unger’s top individual score guided the Bobcats as head coach John O’Connor also picked up his first tournament win.October 25: Members of the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team spent some time at the Benjamin Jepson School in New Haven as a part of Quinnipiac’s Positive Play Initiative designed to encourage student-ath-lete community service. The Bobcats led class discussions on different aspects of being a student-athlete and how to best manage one’s time holding both responsibilities.

Several members of the Quinnipiac women’s volleyball team recently visited Oxford Middle School in Connecticut as a part of QU’s Positive Play Initiative. The program is designed to encourage community ser-vice by Quinnipiac’s student-athletes, coaches and staff.October 26: Junior Beck Kiting (Canberra, Australia) scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute of action to lead the Bobcats to the 2-1 victory over the Colonials of Robert Morris Friday afternoon at Joe Walton Stadium. With the victory, the Bobcats improve to 9-5-2 (5-3-1 NEC), while Robert Morris falls to 1-16-2 (1-7-1 NEC) in the season. The triumph puts the Bobcats one step closer to qualifying for a playoff bid into the postseason.


Senior William Cavallo (Londonderry, N.H.) scored his first goal of the season and sophomore Machel Baker (Spanish Town, Jamaica) scored for the second consecutive game, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team topped Saint Francis (Pa.), 2-0, at DeGol Field on Friday afternoon. In a marquis match-up that featured the NEC’s fourth and fifth ranked teams, Quinnipiac now soars into a two-way tie for second place with 16 points, currently trail-ing Fairleigh Dickinson by just one point.The Quinnipiac University field hockey team recorded a season-high five goals on Friday afternoon, as the Bobcats cruised past Siena College, 5-0, in their 2012 regular-season home finale at the QU Field Hockey Turf. Senior Cate Colucci (Gloucester, R.I.) spearheaded the Bobcats attack with two goals, improving the team’s overall record to 11-6, 4-2 in the Northeast Conference.October 27: The Quinnipiac men’s cross country team nearly came away with their first Northeast Conference Championship since 2008 on Saturday, finishing 3rd in the pressure-packed event. Senior Rich Klauber (Thomas-ton, Conn.) and freshman Brendan Copley (Colchester, Vt.) gave Quinnipiac their first All-Conference honorees since the 2009 season when Klauber was joined by two other Bobcats in an event where they finished the runners-up. The Bobcats (79 points) nearly came away with the title as they finished a mere seven points behind first-place Central Connecticut State (72 points) who claims their fourth consecutive NEC Championship.After going consecutive games without a goal the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team put on a clinic Saturday afternoon at the High Point Solutions Arena with an 8-3 trouncing of Dartmouth. Sophomore Nicole Kosta (Mis-sissauga, Ontario) tallied her first career hat trick and added an assist to set a career-high with four points. Kosta wasn’t alone as junior Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) tied a career high with four assists on her way to a five-point outing in the Bobcat victory. The win moves Quinnipiac to 4-3-1 on the year and claims their first ECAC Hockey victory (1-1-0 conference record) while Dartmouth falls to 1-1-0 in ECAC Hockey play.The Quinnipiac women’s cross country showed their impeccable depth on their way to capturing an eighth consecutive Northeast Conference Champi-onship on Saturday. The Bobcat’s eight-year championship winning streak is the longest current streak in any NEC-sponsored sport. Four Bobcats gar-nered All-Conference honors and all seven qualifying runners for Quinnipiac placed within the first 23 competitors to finish in the 5k event. Sacred Heart finished runner-up with 54 points compared to the Bobcat’s 46.October 28: The Quinnipiac field hockey team clinched the fourth and final berth in the Northeast Conference Tournament with a 3-0 win against Bry-ant. The Bobcats finish the regular season at 12-6 overall and 5-2 in the NEC while Bryant drops to 6-13 overall and 3-4 in conference play.The Bobcats’ 12 victories match the program record for wins set by the 2002 team.Freshman scrum half Devon Vieira (Kent, Wash.) lifted the Bobcats past the second ranked in the Tri-State Conference Great Danes of Albany, 27-10, Sunday, October 28. The undefeated Bobcats continue their compelling sea-son improving to 9-0 overall and 7-0 in Tri-State matchups. The Great Danes suffered their first loss of the season setting them back to 5-1-1 overall in conference play.

The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team swept all four consolation brackets at the Connecticut State Championships over the weekend, as the Bobcats concluded their fall schedule at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Conn. Seniors Garrett Lane (Reading, Mass.), Alex Lazerowich (Stratham, N.H.), Devon Jerome (Stamford, Conn.), Fahoum Fahoum (Haifa, Israel) and sophomore Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) each came out on top at the end of the tournament.

October 28: Three first half goals from the Quinnipiac University men’s soc-cer team proved to be more than enough on Sunday morning, as the Bobcats ran past Robert Morris, 3-1, and into the Northeast Conference Tournament. For the second time in three games, the offense came at the strength of three different players with freshman Erik Panzer (Nelson, New Zealand), senior William Daniels (Clackamas, Ore.) and sophomore Ola Ogunjobi (London, England) each picking up two points in the NEC match-up.

October 29: Quinnipiac field hockey raised $1,688 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation during its annual “Play for the Cure” game against Siena on Friday, Oct. 26.Sophomore goalkeeper Borja Angoitia (Bilbao, Spain) helped the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team to a pair of wins this past weekend and was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week for his efforts between the posts. It’s the first career accolade for Angoitia and marks the second time a Bobcat has received the honor this season.November:November 1: Quinnipiac field hockey senior Nicole Lewis (East Amherst, N.Y.) was named the Northeast Conference Field Hockey Goalkeeper of the Year at the 2012 NEC Field Hockey Banquet at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. The 2012 NEC Field Hockey Championship tournament is set to commence on Friday, Nov. 2 at Rider’s Ben Cohen Field.The Quinnipiac University lacrosse team is taking part in the fourth annual Lacrosse Mustache Madness, a nation-wide fundraiser working in conjunc-tion with the HEADstrong Foundation to raise money and awareness for

blood cancers. Last year the lacrosse community collected over $95,000 for the establishment, a mark they look to surpass in 2012.After recording the best statistical month of any player in Quinnipiac wom-en’s ice hockey history, junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) was announced the ECAC Hockey/Hogan Hockey Player of the Month for October. Babstock and the Bobcats (4-3-1, 1-1 ECAC Hockey) will look to ride the hot streak this weekend as they travel up to New York and take on ECAC Hockey’s Colgate and Cornell.November 2: The ECAC Hockey/Hogan Hockey Player of the Month for October Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) was at it again for Quinnipiac, netting the game-winner in the second to lift the Bobcats to a 2-1 win over Colgate on Friday at the Starr Rink. After a program-record 20 points in eight games throughout Oct., Babstock tallied another two on Friday as she added an assist on the first goal. Sophomore forward Nicole Kosta (Mississauga, Ontario) added two assists and senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) denied 13-of-14 Raider shots to preserve the victory. The Bobcats leave Hamilton, N.Y. with a 5-3-1 (2-1 ECAC Hockey) record while Colgate falls to 2-7 (0-3 ECAC Hockey).Senior Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) connected on a penalty kick in the 79th minute of play on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team inched closer to a regular-season Northeast Conference Title with a 2-1 win over Central Connecticut at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With just one game left on the schedule, the Bobcats sit alone at the top of the NEC standings and control their own destiny on Sunday afternoon.

November 3: Quinnipiac University Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald has announced that Quinnipiac’s High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center has been selected as the host site for the 2014 NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.November 4: Senior William Cavallo (Londonderry, N.H.) scored a goal in each half on Sunday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team clinched its first-ever Northeast Conference Regular-Season Title with a 3-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson at the QU Soccer Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 10-5-2 overall, 8-1-1 in league play, and will host the NEC Tournament next weekend.

The Bobcats lit up the scoreboard and had Burt Kahn Court rocking on Sunday afternoon as they claimed their first Northeast Conference victory, 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 30-28), over St. Francis (N.Y.). Quinnipiac junior Bon-nie Conklin (Plano, Texas) factored heavily in the win with a career-high 13 kills while the Bobcat’s team hitting percentage of .382 is a season-best. The victory snaps a 15-game winless streak for Quinnipiac as they move to 2-21 (1-13 NEC) while the Terrier’s loss brings them to 2-27 (2-12 NEC).Nocember 5: Quinnipiac scored two first half goals and never looked back, defeating Fairleigh Dickinson by a final score of 3-0 on Sunday afternoon to claim the Northeast Conference Men’s Soccer Regular-Season trophy and the right to host 2012 NEC Men’s Soccer Tournament. Due to inclement weather, the games will be played at the Fitzgerald Sports Complex in West Haven, Conn. It marks the first regular-season title in program history for the Bobcats, who finished their 10-game slate with an 8-1-1 record and 25 total points.

Senior William Cavallo (Londonderry, N.H.) led the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team to two wins this past weekend and helped the Bobcats clinch the 2012 Northeast Conference Regular-Season Title on Sunday afternoon. For his efforts, he was named the NEC and CollegeSportsMadness Player of the Week, announced on Monday, November 5, 2012.November 7: The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team keeps on rolling as sophomore Nicole Kosta (Mississauga, Ontario) has been announced the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week by the league office on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The dynamic right winger continued her breakout season with a five-point weekend (two goals, three assists) and was recognized amongst her peers as the conference’s most outstanding player of the week for the first time in her career.

November 8: Earning the Northeast Conference Regular-Season Title came with plenty of recognition for the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team, as the Bobcats were rewarded with four All-NEC honors at the annual NEC Championship banquet on York Hill Campus at the Quinnipiac University Club on Thursday night. Head Coach Eric Da Costa was tabbed the NEC Coach of the Year and senior Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) was named to the NEC First Team, while seniors William Daniels (Clackamas, Ore.) and Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) were named to the NEC second team.

Quinnipiac women’s soccer senior Shauna Edwards (Southington, Conn.) was selected to the Northeast Conference and the College Sports Madness North-east Conference All-Conference first team, as announced on Friday, Nov. 2.November 9: Coming off an impressive 3rd place showing at the NEC Champi-onship, the Quinnipiac men’s cross country team finished their stellar season with a 23rd place result at the NCAA Northeast Regional at Hammonassett Park. Senior Rich Klauber (Thomaston, Conn.) capped his outstanding career with another strong showing, placing 40th out of 239 runners at the 10k event to lead Quinnipiac. Iona had all five of their runners finish in the top-20 to win the event with 45 points.


Quinnipiac senior Russell Goodman (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) scored twice, including the game-winner in overtime, as the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey topped Colgate, 3-2. With the win, Quinnipiac opens ECAC Hockey play at 1-0-0 while they improve to 4-3-1 overall. Colgate drops to 0-2-1 in league play and 4-5-1 on the season.Quinnipiac women’s cross country seniors Becca White (Natick, Mass.) and Morgan Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) finished their careers in style as the Bobcats finished 20th out of 37 teams at the 2012 NCAA Northeast Regional at Hammonassett State Park. White placed 86th overall out of 250 runners to lead the way for Quinnipiac while Roche was third on the team and crossed the finish line in 108th position. The team equaled their 20th place finish from last year’s NCAA Northeast Regional and completed another successful championship season. Providence won the event with 46 points.November 10: Power forward Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) scored 17 points and Garvey Young (Washington, D.C.) added 15 as the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team opened the 2012-13 season with a 65-61 win over Hartford in the fourth annual Connecticut 6 Classic at Chase Family Pavilion. The Bobcats improved to 3-1 all-time in the CT 6 dating back to inaugural tournament back in 2009.The Bobcat defense led by senior goaltender Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) shined on Saturday afternoon at Houston Field House, staving off 30 of 32 Rensselaer shots to preserve a 3-1 victory for Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey. Three different Bobcats scored while the ECAC Hockey’s leading scorer junior Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) picked up her eighth multi-point game of the season (one goal, one assist). Quinnipiac comes away with the victory to improve to 6-4-2 (3-2-1 ECAC Hockey) while the Engi-neers fall to 2-7-1 (0-4 ECAC Hockey).The Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team defeated nationally-ranked No. 4 Cornell, 4-1, in front of capacity crowd of 3,772 at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. Quinnipiac opens the year at 2-0-0 in ECAC Hockey and 4-3-1 overall while Cornell drops to 3-2-1 overall adn 1-2-1 in league play.

November 11: Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) led the Bobcats with 23 points, two assists and five steals en route to a victory to start her final season in Bobcats’ uniform. Quinnipiac women’s basketball opened the start of their season Sunday, November 11 at 1 p.m. at the Convocation Center on the James Madison campus. The Bobcats’ 1-0 start drops JMU to 0-2 this year and marks their first loss at home since January 29, 2012, which came against Delaware. The win is also Quinnipiac’s first season-opening win since the 2008 campaign.The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team defeated Marist, 30-0, in a Tri-State Conference Semifinal match-up at Alumni Field in Hamden, Conn. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 10-0 for the year. Marist drops to 5-4 for the year. Quinnipiac will face Albany, who defeated Rutgers, 29-22, in the Tri-State Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m.November 13: Senior guard Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) of the Quin-nipiac University women’s basketball team was recently named Co-Northeast Conference Player of the Week for her performance against James Madison on Sunday afternoon in Harrisonburg, Va. announced by the league office Monday, November 12. Barron lead the Bobcats with 23 points and five steals in Quinnipiac’s season opener.November 15: College Sports Madness announced the 2012 Madness NEC Men’s Soccer All-Conference Teams which included four members from Quin-nipiac University. Head Coach Eric Da Costa was tabbed the Coach of the Year, while seniors Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Robbie McLarney (Lon-donderry, N.H.) were named to the First Team and fellow classmate William Daniels (Clackamas, Ore.) was named to the Second Team. The staff at College Sports Madness picked the nation’s top college soccer players that have made significant contributions to their teams this season.November 12: Freshman guard Kendrick Ray (Middletown, N.Y.) of the Quin-nipiac University men’s basketball team was recently named Northeast Con-ference Rookie of the Week for his performance against Hartford on Saturday night. Ray was fantastic in his collegiate debut and played a large role in the Bobcats’ season-opening win against the America East foe.November 14: Quinnipiac women’s indoor track head coach Carolyn Martin along with Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald have announced the hiring of Wilton B. Wright for the women’s indoor track program. Wright comes to Quinnipiac with an unmistaken pedigree in the sport of track & field as he has been involved with coaching for over years.November 16: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team outlasted Iona College in overtime on Saturday night, 98-92, to advance to the semifi-nals of the 2012 Paradise Jam and an intrastate clash with nationally-ranked No. 23 UConn – a game set for Sunday night that will be televised all over the world on CBS Sports Network.

Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball was featured in a college basketball blog on ESPN.com Friday, November 16, 2012. The story, written by ESPN Columnist Eamonn Brennan, highlights this weekend’s 2012 Paradise Jam Tournament and factors of success for each team.

Three seniors of the Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team – Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.), Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) and William Cavallo (Londonderry, N.H.) were recently selected to play in the 2012 New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) All-Star game announced by coaches all around the region. The game will take place on Sunday, November 25 at Harvard University (1 p.m.).The Program was founded in 2008 with the mission of providing high schools, professional and collegiate teams, and corporate organizations, with the best leadership and team building development in the country. In search of its first Northeast Conference Championship this coming season, the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team took part in various exercises in preparation for the 2013 campaign.Quinnipiac Men’s Lacrosse Eric Fekete and Director of Athletics and Recre-ation Jack McDonald have confirmed that assistant coach Bruce Frady has been promoted to Men’s Lacrosse Associate Head Coach, announced on Thursday, November 15, 2012.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey junior Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Windsor, Conn.) scored twice to lead the Bobcats to a 5-1 win against Clarkson at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, N.Y. With the win, Quinnipiac remains undefeated in ECAC Hockey at 3-0-0 while they also improve to 6-3-1 overall. Clarkson drops to 1-5-4 overall and 1-1-1 in league play.Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.), junior Brittany McQuain (In-dependence, Mo.), and sophomore Gillian Abshire (Washington, D.C.) led Quinnipiac to a 81-72 win against Massachusetts. The trio combined for 46 of Quinnipiac’s 81 points in the non-conference victory. accounting for over half of Quinnipiac’s final points against the University of Massachusetts. The Bobcats’ 2-0 start drops Massachusetts to 1-2 on their early season. The win results in Quinnipiac’s best start since the 2008 season.Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball power forward Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) was featured in the Hartford Courant on Thursday, November 15, 2012. The story, written by Hartford Courant Columnist Mike Anthony, high-lights the relationship between Azotam and UConn guard Shabazz Napier, who could potentially meet up this weekend at the 2012 Paradise Jam.After building a 3-2 lead heading into the third period, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team squandered the lead early but came back firing on all cylinders and came away with a 6-4 win over St. Lawrence from High Point Solutions Arena. The Saints scored two early in the final period to take the 4-3 lead before senior Breann Frykas (East St. Paul, Manitoba) scored the equalizer and junior Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Sweden) ripped home the game-winner with less than 10 minutes to play. The Bobcat’s victory moves them to 7-5-1 (4-3-1 ECAC Hockey) and snaps St. Lawrence’s (7-6, 5-1 ECAC Hockey) seven-game winning streak.Jeremy Langlois (Tempe, Ariz.) scored twice to lead the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team to a 6-2 win against nationally-ranked No. 16 St. Lawrence at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 4-0-0 in ECAC Hockey and 7-3-1 overall while St. Lawrence drops to 0-2-2 in league play and 5-3-2 overall. Quinnipiac is now undefeated (3-0-0) against ranked opponents.

November 18: The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team won the 2012 Tri-State Conference Championship with a 22-14 win against Albany. The Bobcats complete the season with a perfect 11-0 record after its landmark win at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Albany drops to 7-2-1 for the 2012-13 season.Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball was featured on ESPN.com Sunday, November 18, 2012 with a preview of the intrastate match-up between the Bobcats and nationally-ranked No. 23 UConn. Tip-off is set for tonight at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern Time) on the CBS Sports Network.November 19: Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball created media frenzy when the Bobcats nearly upset nationally-ranked No. 23 UConn last night at the 2012 Paradise Jam. Several media outlets including ESPN, CBS and Fox Sports highlighted last night’s game this morning, providing recaps, quotes and thoughts on the exciting finish.November 20: Quinnipiac senior captains Lauren Zimniski and Nicole Lewis were named to the 2012 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Associa-tion Division I All-Mideast Region Team. Zimniski and Lewis were also named to the NEC All-Tournament Team.

Connor Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) scored twice to lead the nation-ally-ranked No. 18 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team to a 2-0 win against Providence at Schneider Arena. With the win, its fifth straight, Quinnipiac improves to 8-3-1 on the year while Providence drops to 5-5-1.November 21: Senior guard Dave Johnson (Jackson, N.J.) was named the Col-lege Sports Madness NEC Player of the Week for his exceptional performance this past weekend at the 2012 Paradise Jam, announced on Tuesday, Novem-ber 20, 2012. College Sports Madness identifies the highest impact players nationally and from each conference in their weekly feature.

November 24: For the second time in her illustrious career, head coach Tricia Fabbri and the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team are off to a perfect 3-0 start after defeating the University of Rhode Island, 76-60, on Sat-


urday afternoon in their home-opener at the TD Bank Sports Center. Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) led the Bobcats with 17 points and three steals and helped Quinnipiac improve to 4-0 all-time against the Rams.Saturday afternoon belonged to the Bobcats and junior Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) as the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team won the Consolation Game in the ninth annual Nutmeg Classic, 6-1, over UConn from Ingalls Rink. Babstock became just the second player in program history to record two shorthanded goals in a game, joining Ashley Jaffray who accom-plished the feat on Oct. 16, 2006 against Northeastern. Three more Bobcats finished with multi-point outings to help improve Quinnipiac 8-7-2 (4-3-1 ECAC Hockey) while UConn drops to (2-12-2, 1-5 WHEA).November 26: Quinnipiac women’s basketball senior guard Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) was named College Sports Madness NEC Player of the Week for her performance against the University of Rhode Island on Satur-day, Nov. 24 at the TD Bank Center in Hamden, Conn. The announcement came from College Sports Madness on Monday, Nov. 26.November 27: Quinnipiac University Women’s Tennis Head Coach Mike Quitko has announced the signing of two players to National Letters of Intent for the class of 2017. Rachel Horton (Stamford, Conn.) and Sydney Young (Austin, Texas) will join the Bobcats in the fall of 2013.November 28: Quinnipiac women’s basketball senior guard Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) scored a team-high 16 points as the Bobcats defeated Yale, 89-62. Sophomore Samantha Guastella (Red Bank, N.J.) carried the Bob-cats front court with 13 points and nine rebounds at the John J. Lee Amphi-theater as Quinnipiac improved to 4-0 on the season.The Quinnipiac University women’s soccer program earned the National Soc-cer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for the 2011-12 academic year. Quinnipiac was one of the schools honored nation-wide by the NSCAA after posting a grade-point average (GPA) above 3.0.November 29: Quinnipiac field hockey head coach Becca Main and her 2001 team were part of the Quinnipiac Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2012, inducted on Nov. 10, 2012. Main is one of 11 coaches in Quinnipiac history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while her 2001 squad became the eighth team to be honored.

Quinnipiac men’s soccer seniors Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Marijan Jurac (Greenwich, Conn.) have been accepted to participate in the InfoSport: Pro Soccer Combine, being held in Lakewood Ranch, FL (Braden-ton/Sarasota area). The three-day event, which will run from January 8-10, 2013, brings in approximately 250 aspiring professional soccer players from around the world.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey head coach Rick Seeley and his staff has of-ficially announced the signing of seven players to National Letters of Intent. Taryn Baumgardt (Innisfail, Alberta), Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minn.), Emma Greco (Burlington, Ontario), Emma Woods (Burford, Ontario), Meghan Turner (Bedford, N.H.), Mika Nervick (Lakeville, Minn.), and Danielle Marmer (Dorset, Vt.) make up the class of 2017 and will join the Bobcats in the fall of 2013. Seeley is bringing in a group with outstanding leadership qualities as all seven held a captain position on their current and/or former teams.November 30: Jeremy Langlois scored his 50th and 51st career goals as the nationally-ranked No. 16 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated No. 7/8 Union, 4-0, in an ECAC Hockey match-up at Messa Rink. With the win, Quinni-piac remains perfect through its first five ECAC Hockey games at 5-0-0 while they also improve to 9-3-3 on the year. Additionally, the Bobcats run their unbeaten streak to seven games, 6-0-1, and are now 4-0-0 against ranked opponents this season.

One of the top scoring duos in the nation was at it again for Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey as junior Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) and sophomore Nicole Kosta (Mississauga, Ontario) combined for three goals and two assists in the Bobcat’s 4-1 ECAC Hockey win over Rensselaer on Friday from High Point Solutions Arena. Senior Brittany Lyons (Canton, Mass.) added the game-winner in the second period while senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) provided a gritty 15-save performance to lift the Bobcats. With the win the Bobcats improve to 9-7-2 (5-3-1 ECAC Hockey) while the Engineers drop to 2-11-2 (0-5 ECAC Hockey).December:

December 1: Sophomore Samantha Guastella (Red Bank N.J.) scored a game-high 13 points and 2 blocks on Saturday afternoon as the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team advanced to the championship game of the Brown Bear Classic with a 60-53 win over the University of New Hamp-shire at Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 5-0 overall and will look for their second, in-season tournament victory in as many seasons tomorrow afternoon. Quinnipiac will take on Rider University, who advanced with a 57-47 win over the hosting Bears in the early game.

Quinnipiac women’s soccer seniors Jillian Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) and Shauna Edwards (Southington, Conn.) were selected to play in the 2012 New England Intercollegiate Women’s Soccer Association (NEWISA) Senior Bowl announced by coaches all around the region. The game is set to take place on Sunday, December 2 at Merrimack College in Boston, Mass. (11 a.m.).

The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team came up with their second 4-1 victory in as many nights as four different Bobcats scoring leading to the win over Union on Saturday from High Point Solutions Arena. Freshman Nicole Brown, senior Regan Boulton, junior Shelby Wignall, and sophomore Morgan Fritz-Ward all scored in the Bobcat’s victory, the 220th of head coach Rick Seeley’s career. The win increases Quinnipiac’s winning streak to three games, improves their record to 10-7-2 (6-3-1 ECAC Hockey) and moves the Bobcats into fourth place in the conference standings with 13 points.The nationally-ranked No. 16 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team improved to 6-0-0 in ECAC Hockey play with a 3-1 win against Rensselaer at Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y. The Bobcats, in first place in the ECAC Hockey stand-ings, run their undefeated streak to eight games at 7-0-1 while improving to 10-3-2 overall. RPI drops to 3-6-3 overall and 0-5-1 in league play.Racing in their 2012-13 season debut, the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team showcased several runners at the Jay Carisella Invitational hosted by Boston University as five separate school records all were broken on Saturday. Sophomore Rebecca Stabile established a new record in the 500m while a freshmen trio in Shameal Samuels, Kristen Ulrich and Alea Simmons all recorded program records in the 400m, 200m, and 60m, respectively. The fifth record fell in the 4x400m where the foursome of Stabile, Samuels, and freshmen Ashley Niemic and Nadia Jarvis all teamed up for the relay.December 2: Led by junior Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) and sopho-more Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.), the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team defeated Rider University, 72-57, in the championship game of the Brown Bear Classic at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I. on Sunday afternoon. McQuain and Martin each finished with 20 points in the game, guiding the Bobcats to their second in-season tournament victory in as many seasons. Junior Brittany McQuain was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the tournament, while Martin was named to the all-tournament team.

Quinnipiac women’s volleyball head coach Kris Czaplinski and his staff an-nounced the signing off two players to National Letters of Intent that will join the Bobcats in the fall of 2013. Right side Jamie Paolucci (Lake Mary, Fla.) and defensive specialist/libero Cody Michaels (Lexington, Ky.) signed their Letters of Intent last week and will add to the Bobcat’s Class of 2017. Both players bring quality leadership ability as they both were captains for their high school teams this past season and played their best during their team’s respective playoff runs.December 4: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week on Tuesday, Dec. 4 while the league office.Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) and senior goaltender Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) were announced the Hogan Hockey/ECAC Hockey Player and Goaltender of the week, respectively. This announcement made by the league office marks the first time the Bobcats have won both the Player and Goaltender of the Week since Dec. 7, 2010 and only the fourth time in the team’s history.December 5: Led by the front court tandem of Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) and Jamee Jackson (Newark, N.J.), the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team improved to 3-1 all-time against Colgate University with a 67-56 victory at the TD Bank Sports Center on Wednesday night. Azotam and Jackson were two of four players in double-figures as the Bobcats improved to 3-4 on the young season.

Nationally-ranked No. 11/13 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey was named the College Hockey News Team of the Week as announced by the popular website on Wednesday, Dec. 5.December 6: Quinnipiac men’s soccer senior Philip Surprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) and field hockey senior Nicole Lewis (East Amherst, N.Y.) were named the Male and Female Athletes of the Month for the month of November, announced on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. The two seniors recently con-cluded tremendous careers with their respective programs.December 7: Quinnipiac freshman Meghan McCullough (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) was named to the Team USA Junior Women’s Indoor Field Hockey Team. Team USA will travel to Bremen and Hamburg, Germany from Jan. 9-14, 2013.The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team was locked in a battle all night with Princeton but three early goals proved just enough as the Bobcats came away with their fourth straight win, 3-2, over the Tigers from Hobey Baker Rink on Friday night. All three Quinnipiac goals were scored within the first 21 minutes of play from senior Brittany Lyons, freshman Nicole Connery, and junior Kelly Babstock. The Tigers made it tough with a pair of goals but the Bobcat defense locked tightened throughout the third to improve their record to 11-7-2 (7-3-1 ECAC Hockey) while Princeton drops to 5-8-2 (2-7-2 ECAC Hockey).

The nationally-ranked No. 11/13 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team matched its best start in ECAC Hockey play in program history with a 3-1 win against Princeton at the High Point Solutions Arena. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 7-0-0 in league play and 11-3-2 overall while the Tigers drop to 3-5-3 overall and 2-2-3 in ECAC Hockey action.


December 8: Head Coach Tricia Fabbri needed just seven games to do it, as the all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac women’s basketball history added to her resume with a 61-49 Bobcats’ victory at the TD Bank Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. In a game that was televised on NESN, Fabbri collected career win No. 250 in the triumph and Quinnipiac extended its unbeaten streak to seven straight – needing just two more to tie the record for most wins without a loss to start a season.

Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) held Princeton scoreless in a 4-0 shutout at the High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats improve to 12-7-2 overall and 8-3-1 in ECAC Hockey play.The nationally-ranked No. 11/13 Quinnipiac men’s hockey team continued their landmark season on Saturday as they improved to 8-0-0 in ECAC Hockey with a 3-0 win over Princeton from Hobey Baker Rink. The win gives the Bob-cats their best start in conference play in program history and increases their unbeaten streak to 10 games (9-0-1) which is the second longest in Quin-nipiac history. Senior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) picked up his 40th career victory in style with his ninth career shutout after saving all 18 Princeton shots. Senior Mike Dalhuisen (Nymegen, Holland) scored twice for his first career multi-goal game. Quinnipiac improves to 12-3-2 overall and takes the season series with Princeton with the Tigers falling to 3-6-2 (2-3-3 ECAC Hockey).December 10: Quinnipiac University men’s soccer seniors Philip Suprise (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) were recently tabbed to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-North Atlantic Region Team, announced Monday, December 10, 2012 by coaches around the area. Suprise and McLarney were two crucial compo-nents of the Bobcats team this past season and largely responsible for the program’s first Northeast Conference Regular-Season title.Senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) picks up her second consecutive Hogan Hockey/ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, as an-nounced by the league office on Tuesday Dec. 11. The back-to-back weekly selection makes Vigilanti the only goalie in the conference to pick up consecu-tive awards this season and the first time since Clarkson’s Erica Howe on Oct. 18 and Oct. 25, 2011.Shauna Edwards (Southington, Conn.) recently added to her list of hardware with another accolade, as the senior defender was named to the National Soc-cer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Northeast Region Team, an-nounced on Monday, December 3, 2012 by coaches around the area. Edwards concluded one of the finest careers in program history with a tremendous season in her final year of eligibility.December 17: Senior guard Garvey Young (Washington, D.C.) of the Quin-nipiac University men’s basketball team was recently selected to the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Scholarship Program, announced on Thursday, December 14, 2012 by the Greater Hartford Chapter of the NBM-BAA. Young, who is in his first year of a demanding MBA program at Quin-nipiac, was one of four individuals to earn the prestigious award.December 21: Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) scored a game-high 17 points, none bigger than the game-winning layup with 12 seconds left in regulation, to lift the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team over Albany, 59-57, at SEFCU Arena on Friday night. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 7-2 all-time against Albany - a team that was recently ranked No. 20 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.December 22: The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team defeated St. John’s, 75-72, to improve to 8-1 overall. St. John’s drops to 5-5 on the sea-son as the Bobcats knock-off their BIG EAST foe in their final home game of 2012 to improve to 3-0 on their home court. Quinnipiac featured five players in double figures, led by Felicia Barron’s (Springfield, Mass.) 19 points and Samantha Guastella’s (Red Bank, N.J.) 11-point, 10-rebound double-double.December 24: Junior Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team was named the College Sports Madness Player of the Week, announced on Monday, December 24, 2012. College Sports Madness identifies the highest impact players nationally and from each conference in the weekly feature.

December 30: Led by Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) and sopho-more Samantha Guastella (Red Bank, N.J.), the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team defeated Northeastern University, 83- 72, in the consolation game of the Fun and Sun Classic at the U.S. Century Bank Arena in Miami, Fla. Barron finished with 18 points and three steals, while Guastella posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds as well as five assists. Along with her third double- double of the season, Guastella was named to the all-tournament team.

December 29: The nationally-ranked No. 9/9 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated No. 12/13 Nebraska Omaha, 5-4, in a non-conference match-up at the High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 13-3-2 on the season while they also increase their program-record unbeaten streak to 11 games. Nebraska Omaha drops to 11-7-1 on the season. Quinnipiac is now 5-0 against ranked opponents for the year.

December 30: Nationally-ranked No. 9 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey defeated No. 12/13 Nebraska-Omaha, 3-1, to extend its unbeaten streak to 12 games –

a new program record and the longest this season in NCAA Division I hockey. The Bobcats improve to 14-3-2 overall while Nebraska-Omaha drops to 11-8-1 on the year.January:

January 1: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior Ben Arnt (Oakdale, Minn.) was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, as announced by the league of-fice on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.January 3: Quinnipiac men’s hockey senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and women’s basketball senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) have been named Quinnipiac’s December Athletes of the Month.Quinnipiac men’s hockey senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and women’s basketball senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) have been named Quinnipiac’s December Athletes of the Month.January 4: The nationally-ranked No. 5 Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team extended its program-record and NCAA-leading unbeaten streak to 13 games with a 3-2 overtime win against No. 8 Dartmouth at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. Jordan Samuels-Thomas (Windsor, Conn.) netted the game-winner with less than two minutes to play in overtime as the Bobcats improve to 15-3-2 overall while they also remain perfect in ECAC Hockey play at 9-0-0 in ECAC competition. Dartmouth falls to 8-4-2, 4-2-1 in league play.January 5: Led by Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) and Evan Conti (Bayside, N.Y.), the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team defeated defending NEC Champion LIU Brooklyn, 82-74, on Saturday afternoon at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats snapped a four-game losing streak to the Blackbirds and improved to 5-8 overall and 1-1 in conference competition.The Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team picked up right where they left off a month ago as the Bobcats came away with a 4-1 exhibition win against McGill from High Point Solutions Arena on Saturday afternoon. ECAC Hockey’s first place Bobcats (12-7-2, 8-3-1 ECAC Hockey) came into Saturday having not played since Dec. 8 due to the team’s winter break but played well throughout including a couple impressive individual standouts in the victory.In front of a sell-out crowd of 3,455 at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center, the nationally-ranked No. 5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated Harvard, 6-2, to extend it’s NCAA-leading unbeaten streak to 14 games (13-0-1). The win also brings Quinnipiac’s ECAC Hockey record to 10-0-0 and 16-3-2 overall. Harvard drops to 4-7-1 overall and 3-5-1 in league play.

The post presence of Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) and a second-half surge from Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) were too much for the LIU Blackbirds on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s bas-ketball team won its conference opener, 67-60, at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats improve to 4-0 at home and 10-2 overall – their best start since the 2007-08 campaign.January 7: Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) finished with a game-high 18 points on Monday night, as the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team cruised past St. Francis Brooklyn, 73-52, on Lender Court at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats improve to 11-2 overall, including a 2-0 mark in NEC competition, and continue the program’s best start since 2007-08 campaign.January 8: Quinnipiac senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Month for December on Jan. 3, 2013. The honor was Hartzell’s second consecutive Goalie of the Month award after he also took home the honor for November.Quinnipiac University soccer partnered with Major League Soccer (MLS) and CFC Azul to host a special “Soccer Night in Newtown” on Monday, January 7, 2013. The event was held from 4-8 p.m. at the Newtown Youth Academy Sports & Fitness Center in Newtown. More than 30 members of the men’s and women’s soccer programs participated in the event that attracted nearly 1,500 people.January 9: Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey associate head coach Cassandra Turner helped guide the Canadian National Women’s Under-22/Development Team to a gold medal victory, 8-3, over Russia at the MECO Cup in Fussen, Germany on Sunday Jan. 6. Turner landed a spot on Team Canada as an assis-tant coach and led a Canadian roster full of ECAC Hockey talent to the MECO Cup victory.Quinnipiac senior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Hartzell’s honor is the second of the season and third of his career. In addition, Hartzell has been named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for November and December.Senior shortstop Alex Alba (Sylmar, Calif.) was honored on Wednesday with a 2013 College Sports Madness All-NEC Preseason Second Team selection, as announced by the collegiate athletics website. The preseason honor is the first of Alba’s career.January 10: The nationally-ranked No. 5/5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team


was recently featured in NCAA.com’s Men’s Ice Hockey Weekly Notebook by Mark Bedics.

January 11: After over a month off, the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track picked up right where it left off breaking another school record in the high jump on Friday afternoon from the University of Rhode Island at the Go Rhody Invitational. Junior Sam Stabile (Haverhill, Mass.) established a new program record in the event with a height of 5’1 (1.55 meters) to headline the Quinnipiac contingent.

January 12: Led by power forward Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.), the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team coupled strong defense with a potent offense en route to a 74-45 win over defending NEC Champion Sacred Heart at the TD Bank Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. McQuain registered her third double-double of the season as the Bobcats improved to 12-2 overall and 3-0 in league play.No. 5/5 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey headed into the second intermission trailing 2-0 before three third period goals gave the Bobcats a 3-2 come-from-behind-win against No. 16 Union. The Bobcats improve to 11-0-1 in ECAC Hockey play and 17-3-3 overall while Union drops to 10-7-4 overall and 4-3-3 in league play. Quinnipiac also improves to 8-0-0 against ranked opponents this season while also extending its NCAA-leading unbeaten streak to 16 games at 14-0-2.January 14: The Quinnipiac University and Central Connecticut State Univer-sity men’s basketball programs plan to honor former UConn men’s basketball head coach Jim Calhoun on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the TD Bank Sports Center. Prior to their 7:30 p.m. tip-off, Calhoun will be acknowledged for his tremendous success and leadership in bringing the entire state of Connecti-cut the highest level of recognition and success in Division I men’s basketball.Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) carried the Bobcats with 19 points and four rebounds, as the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team cruised past the Bryant Bulldogs, 85-62, at the Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield, R.I. The Bobcats improve to 12-2 overall, including a 4-0 mark in NEC competition, to continue the program’s best start since 2007-08 campaign.

January 15: Junior Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week, announced on Tuesday January 15, 2013. McQuain helped the Bobcats to two straight victories over NEC opponents Sacred Heart and Bryant with back-to-back double-doubles.

January 16: Quinnipiac senior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) is featured in the Jan. 21, 2013 issue of Sports Illustrated, released on Wednes-day, Jan. 16, 2013, in the immensely popular “Faces In The Crowd” section.January 17: Quinnipiac University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Tom Moore and Assistant Coach Eric Eaton will participate in “Shots From The Heart,” a free-throw shooting contest designed to generate awareness for the growing problem of heart disease. In addition to raising heart disease awareness, the event also pays tribute to the late Skip Prosser, who passed away in July 2007 of a heart attack.

The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team boasted a 12-2 run in the overtime period and escaped with a 75-66 victory over Saint Francis University at DeGol Arena on Thursday night. Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) led all scorers with 22 points and picked up his 23rd career double-double with 10 rebounds as Quinnipiac improved to 6-11 overall and 2-3 in Northeast Conference competition.

January 18: Members of the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team recently enjoyed a trip to four of the public schools in New Haven - Barnard, Brennan, Edgewood, and Fair Haven - as part of QU’s Positive Play Initiative, designed to encourage community service by Quinnipiac’s student-athletes, coaches and staff.

The Bobcats were locked in a battle all night with the Robert Morris Colonials as a clutch goal from senior Brittany Lyons (Canton, Mass.) proved enough in a 2-1 victory for the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team. The senior banged home her 13th of the year off the post just 22 seconds into the final period to secure the victory off a pass from freshman Nicole Connery (Newmarket, Ontario). Senior netminder Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) battled in net throughout, making 21 saves in goal to preserve the win. Quinnipiac improves to 13-9-2 (8-5-1 ECAC Hockey) while Robert Morris drops to 10-7-2 (6-4 CHA).January 19: The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team added another mark to the win column on Saturday evening after they defeated Robert Morris 61-52, at the Charles L. Sewall Center. Three players hit double figures as the Bobcats improve to 14-2 overall, including a 5-0 mark in NEC competition as they continue the program’s best start since the 2007-08 campaign.For the second straight game, the Bobcats came through with another come-from-behind victory to sweep the weekend series from RMU Island Sports Center, 3-2, over Robert Morris on Saturday. Trailing 2-1 entering the final frame, two power-play goals in less than a minute pushed the Bobcats ahead and sophomore goalie Chelsea Laden (Lakeville, Minn.) came through with a clutch 22-save performance to lift Quinnipiac in the victory. The Bobcats sweep their first weekend road series since Dec. 2-3, 2011 at Brown and Yale

as Quinnipiac improves to 14-9-2 (8-5-1 ECAC Hockey) while the Colonials drop to 10-8-2 (6-4 CHA).Several individual efforts guided the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team to a 14th place finish at the Great Dane Classic from the University of Albany on Friday night. Racing in a field with several standout institutions, Quin-nipiac’s 12 points on the evening was good for the 14th best score while the winner of the event was UConn with a team score of 110.50.January 21: The Quinnipiac University men’s and women’s tennis teams joined the United States Tennis Association Connecticut (USTA-CT) in hosting ‘Serving Up For Sandy Hook,’ an afternoon of tennis, fun and games at Middle-bury Racquet Club on Sunday afternoon. All proceeds raised from this event went directly to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund through the United Way of Western Connecticut.

The Quinnipiac University men’s and women’s tennis teams joined the United States Tennis Association Connecticut (USTA-CT) in hosting ‘Serving Up For Sandy Hook,’ an afternoon of tennis, fun and games at Middlebury Racquet Club on Sunday afternoon. All proceeds raised from this event went directly to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund through the United Way of Western Connecticut.

The Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team’s incredible season progressed with its highest ranking in program history, as announced on Monday, Jan. 21. In addition to be the top team in the PairWise Rankings, Quinnipiac is ranked 2nd in the USCHO.com Division I Poll and the USA To-day/USA Hockey Magazine Polls.Senior Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) collected a career high of 28 points, leading the Bobcats to an 85-69 victory over Saint Francis (Pa.) on Monday night at DeGol Arena. Sophomore Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J) added 21 points as Quinnipiac improved to 15-2 overall, including a 6-0 mark in NEC competition as they continue the program’s best start since the 2007-08 campaign.

January 22: Quinnipiac junior Connor Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) scored the game-winning goal late in the third period to lead the nationally-ranked No. 2 Bobcats to a 2-1 win against Connecticut in a non-conference match-up at High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats’ NCAA-best undefeated streak now stands at 17 games (15-0-2) while they also improve to 18-3-3 on the year.The Quinnipiac University Women’s Lacrosse team visited third graders at Helen Street School on Friday to complete a winter reading project. Former Bobcat Laura Iannotti ’11 teaches at Helen Street and worked with the coach-ing staff to coordinate the visit. “Anytime we can get to work with children, we always have fun,” said head coach Danie Caro. “It’s an amazing experi-ence for our student-athletes to interact with young children in a classroom environment. And I think the elementary students really enjoy seeing college athletes and getting to talk to them about their sport.”

January 23: Quinnipiac University women’s basketball guard Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) was featured on CourierPostOnline.com’s ‘Blog Girlz Game’ on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The story was written by Celeste Whittaker and highlights the sophomore’s successful season so far for the Bobcats. Quinnipiac is 15-2 overall and 6-0 in NEC action – looking to match its best start in program history with a win this weekend.

January 24: Quinnipiac University men’s basketball head coach Tom Moore picked up his 100th career win on Thursday night, as the Bobcats made it eight straight wins over Central Connecticut with an 85-78 victory at the TD Bank Sports Center. Moore became the fastest coach to win 100 in the Divi-sion I era and second fastest coach all-time in program history.January 25: The Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team continued their sensational start to the 2012-13 season as four more program records fell on Friday at the Terrier Invite hosted by Boston University. With four record-breaking runs on Friday, the Bobcats push their remarkable total to 13 school records broken through five meets this season.January 26: Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) collected his 25th career double-dou-ble on Saturday afternoon to lift the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team to a 58-56 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 8-12 overall and climb back to the .500 mark at 4-4 in NEC competition.Junior Camyrn Warner (Keene, N.H.) registered her second career double-double on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s basket-ball team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson, 66-39, at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 16-2 overall and 7-0 in NEC play – matching the best start to a season in program history.

January 28: Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) finished with a game-high 25 points on Monday night, as the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team held on for an 82-73 victory on Lender Court at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 17-2 overall and now own the best start to a season in program history.

Three student-athletes from the Quinnipiac softball team were recently named National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-Americans for their performance in the classroom during the 2011-12 academic year. The


distinguished athletes include former standouts Heather Schwartzburg and Ashley Heiberger as well as current sophomore catcher Jordan Paolucci (Lake Mary, Fla.). Recipients of this award earned a minimum 3.50 cumulative GPA over both semesters last year.

January 31: Senior Nicole Lewis (East Amherst, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University field hockey team was recently one of seven Northeast Conference student-athletes to receive the 2012 Fall Scholar-Athlete Award, announced on Thursday, January 31, 2013. Lewis was tabbed this year’s NEC field hockey scholar-athlete honoree.

Senior Megan Hannemann (Manchester, N.H.), sophomore Raechel Stimson (Cameron Park, Calif.) and freshman Natalie Kosko (Sebastian, Fla.) were selected to the Tri-State Rugby All-Conference Team for the 2012-13 season, announced on Tuesday, January 29, 2013.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior goalie Eric Hartzell has been named the Hogan Hockey/ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Month for January, as an-nounced by the league office on Thursday, Jan. 31. Hartzell is the first goalie to earn monthly recognize in three consecutive months since the awards inception in 2011-12.February:

February 1: After two weeks off, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team picked up right where they left off going into their bye week with a 5-0 shutout victory over Brown on Friday night from High Point Solutions Arena. Freshman Nicole Connery (Newmarket, Ontario) and junior Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) each pumped in two goals while senior Victoria Vigi-lanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) made 12 saves in net for her 23rd career shut-out. The Bobcats win their third straight, improving to 15-9-2 (9-5-1 ECAC Hockey) and leapfrogging St. Lawrence in the point standings as Quinnipiac now sits in fourth place with 19 points.February 2: Led by 15 points from Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.), five Bobcats finished with double-figures on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac Univer-sity men’s basketball team used a balanced attack to defeat Wagner College, 74-69, at the Spiro Sports Center in New York, N.Y. With the win, Quinnipiac snaps a three-game slide against the Seahawks and climbs back to the .500 mark in NEC play at 5-5.Yet another record-breaking run highlighted the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track effort at the Dartmouth Classic on Saturday as freshman Alea Simons (Piscataway, N.J.) became the first Bobcat to run a sub-eight second 60m dash, crossing the line at 7.95 seconds. Simons’ run on Saturday moves the Bobcats’ season total to 14 school records broken through six meets as the team now prepares for the Northeast Conference Championships next weekend.

The nationally-ranked No.2 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team dug themselves out of a two-goal deficit to score six unanswered goals in a 6-2 win against No. 7 Yale at Ingalls Rink. With the win, Quinnipiac extends its NCAA-leading unbeaten streak to 19 games, 16-0-3, while it also stays undefeated in ECAC Hockey play at 12-0-2. The Bobcats also improve to 19-3-4 overall while Yale drops to 13-6-3 overall and 9-5-1 in league play.Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) scored a game-high 16 points and Quin-nipiac converted 19 offensive rebounds into 19 second chance points helping the women’s basketball team to a 74-56 victory at Wagner College on Satur-day afternoon. With the win, the Bobcats improve 11-4 at the Spiro Sports Center, but more importantly improve to 18-2 overall and remain perfect in NEC competition (9-0).February 4: Sophomore Gillian Abshire (Washington D.C.) led the Bobcats with a career-high 17 points and four assists as they defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 78-55, at the Knott Arena. Five players reached double figures in the win helping Quinnipiac improve to 19-2 overall and 10-0 in NEC competition - prolonging the program’s best start in history.February 6: Quinnipiac men’s hockey senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and women’s indoor track freshman Shameal Samuels (Hartford, Conn.) have been named Quinnipiac’s January Male and Female Athletes of the Month.

February 7: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team clicked on all cylinders on Thursday night, as the Bobcats cruised past NEC foe Monmouth University, 79-63, at the TD Bank Sports Center. Led by 18 points apiece from Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) and Shaq Shannon (Philadelphia, Pa.), Quinnipiac improved to 10-13 overall and climbed back over the .500 mark in league competition (6-5).February 8: Quinnipiac sophomore Matthew Peca (Petawa, Ontario) had a goal and an assist to lead the nationally-ranked No. 2 Bobcats to a 4-1 win against Cornell at Lynah Rink. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 20-3-4 overall, giving the Bobcats their 12th 20-win season in their 15th season at the NCAA Division I level. Additionally, Quinnipiac runs their NCAA-leading unbeaten streak to 20 games (17-0-3) while they also remain undefeated in ECAC Hockey play at 13-0-2.Quinnipiac made its first home victory over Cornell in program history a memorable one and left the fourth-ranked Big Red with their first loss in

eight games as they fell to the Bobcats, 4-1. Friday afternoon belonged to the Bobcats as the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team came into High Point Solutions Arena and dominated No. 4 nationally-ranked Cornell. The victory for Quinnipiac marks the program’s second-ever win over a Top-5 nationally ranked opponent and moves their unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1). Senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) stood tall in net all afternoon with 29 saves while the Bobcat defense limited the Big Red opportunities with 20 blocked shots in front of Vigilanti. The victory moves Quinnipiac to 16-9-3 (10-5-2 ECAC Hockey) while the Bobcats put an end to Cornell’s eight-game winning streak as the Big Red fall to 19-5 (14-3 ECAC Hockey).

The nationally-ranked No. 2 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team is featured on NCAA.com in an article written by Amy Farnum. The article, “Spelling success with a D” highlights the Bobcats’ charge to the top of the national polls, the PairWise Rankings and the ECAC Hockey standings while featured a senior-deep defense that ranks 2nd in NCAA hockey.February 9: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey junior Kellen Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) scored twice while goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) tied the program’s Division I single-season wins record as the nationally-ranked No. 2 Bobcats defeated Colgate, 3-2, at Starr Rink. The Bobcats’ NCAA-leading undefeated streak is extended to 21 games (18-0-3). Quinnipiac also remains undefeated in ECAC Hockey play at 14-0-2. Colgate goes to 13-11-3 overall and 5-8-3 in league play.February 10: The last regular season home game in the careers of six Quin-nipiac women’s ice hockey seniors ended in triumph for the Bobcats over Colgate, 4-1, from the High Point Solutions Arena on Sunday. Junior Kelly Bab-stock (Mississauga, Ontario) finished with two goals while, her third multi-goal game in the last four contests, while senior Regan Boulton (Brandon, Manitoba) passed Vicky Graham ’05 for second place all-time in career points as her two assists gives her 75 through 130 career games. Quinnipiac’s (17-9-3, 11-5-2 ECAC Hockey) unbeaten streak moves to six games (5-0-1) while they sweep the season series over Colgate (9-17-3, 4-11-3 ECAC Hockey) for the second consecutive season.The two Quinnipiac women’s indoor track relay teams carried the Bobcats on Sunday to a sixth place team finish at the Northeast Conference Champi-onship from the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex. The distance medley relay squad earned a second place finish, highest for the Bobcats on the afternoon, while the 4 x 400m relay team finishing in fourth place overall while breaking a school record in the process. Seven total runners placed on Sunday to help Quinnipiac earn a total of 45 points while Monmouth success-fully defended their championship with 140.5 total points.February 11: For the first time in program history, the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team has been ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, as announced on Feb. 11, 2013. Not only is the Bobcats’ No. 1 ranking a first in program history, but it is also the first time a Quinnipiac athletic program has been nationally-ranked No. 1.February 12: Quinnipiac freshman Soren Jonzzon (Moutainview, Calif.) has been named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The first-year Bobcat knotched his first career point on a go-ahead goal in the Bobcats’ 3-2 win at Colgate on Saturday, Feb. 9.For the second time this season, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey’s junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) and senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) were announced as the Hogan Hockey/ECAC Hockey Player and Goaltender of the Week, respectively. This announcement came from the league office on Tuesday, Feb. 12 and marks the second time this season Babstock and Vigilanti have took home the awards in the same week.

February 13: The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team earned its 20th win of the season on Wednesday night, as the Bobcats topped Central Connecticut State University, 63-53, at Detrick Gymnasium in New Britain, Conn. Quinnipiac, now 20-2 overall and 11-0 in the Northeast Conference, achieved 20 wins for the second consecutive season and for the seventh time in program history. It also marked the fourth time under the direction of head coach Tricia Fabbri.

February 14: Evan Conti (Bayside, N.Y.) scored a career high of 18 points, which included the game winner with 13 seconds remaining on Thursday night, as the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team won its third straight game with a 63-61 victory over Robert Morris at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats, now winners in five of their last six games, improved to 11-13 overall and 7-5 in the Northeast Conference, while the visiting Colonials dropped to 17-9 and 9-4 in the league. The game was televised on SportsNet New York (SNY) throughout the region.

February 15: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team was featured in the New Haven Register and the Hartford Courant on Friday, February 15, 2013. The stories highlight the Bobcats crucial Northeast Conference win over Robert Morris – a game that was televised throughout the region on SportsNet New York (SNY). Evan Conti (Bayside, N.Y.) led the way with a career high 18 points and six rebounds in the victory.February 16: Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) turned in 17 points to become Quin-nipiac’s 26th 1,000-point scorer and Evan Conti (Bayside, N.Y.) flirted with a triple-double on Saturday afternoon, as the men’s basketball team cruised


past Saint Francis University, 71-55, at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 12-13 overall and 8-5 in the NEC, and have now won four straight and six out of their last seven.Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) broke Quinnipiac’s single-season record with his 22nd victory of the season to lead the nationally-ranked No. 1 Bobcats to a 2-1 ECAC Hockey win against Clarkson. The Bobcats, who clinched the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship on Friday, Feb. 15, were presented with the Cleary Cup following its win against the Golden Knights. Quinnipiac improves to 22-4-4 overall and 15-1-2 in ECAC Hockey while Clarkson drops to 8-15-7 overall and 7-8-3 in league play.Felicia Barron (Springfield, Mass.) led all scorers with 18 points and Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) added 17, as the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team held off Saint Francis University, 61-50, Saturday at the TD Bank Sports Center. Prior to tip-off, the Bobcats honored five senior class members for their commitment to the women’s basketball program. In addition, Quinnipiac clinched a playoff berth for the Northeast Conference Tournament with the win.

February 17: The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team resumed action on Sunday afternoon, as the Bobcats opened the 2013 season on a high note with a 6-1 victory over Albany at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. Five Bobcats collected multiple wins in the match, leading Quinnipiac to its second win of the campaign.

February 18: Junior Shaq Shannon (Philadelphia, Pa.) of the Quinnipiac Uni-versity men’s basketball team was recently featured in Sports Illustrated for Kids Magazine in it’s first edition of the New Year. SI highlighted former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal and identified 10 Division I college basketball players that share his world-renowned first name.Nationally top-ranked Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey remained in the No. 1 spot in both national polls, as announced on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. The Bob-cats received 34 of 50 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and 26 of the 34 first place votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.Junior Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team was named the College Sports Madness Player of the Week for the Northeast Conference, announced on Monday, February 18, 2013. McQuain helped the Bobcats to three straight NEC victories last week, defeating Mount Saint Mary’s, Central Connecticut and Saint Francis University.The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 14 games on Monday afternoon, as the Bobcats defeated Robert Morris, 60-46, before 1,024 people at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improved 22-2 overall and 13-0 in the Northeast Conference, and tied Marist for the sixth longest active win-streak in the NCAA Division I.February 19: Junior Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week, announced on Tuesday February 20, 2013. McQuain helped the Bobcats to two straight victories over NEC opponents Saint Fran-cis University and Robert Morris, collecting double-figures in each game.February 20: The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team earned its 15th straight win on Wednesday night, as the Bobcats inched closer to a Northeast Conference Title with a 72-45 win at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, the Bobcats improved to 23-2 overall and 14-0 in league play, and remain just one win away from clinching the regular season crown.February 21: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team earned its fifth straight win on Thursday night, as the Bobcats outlasted Sacred Heart, 81-74, at the William H. Pitt Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 9-5 in the Northeast Conference and moved into sole possession of fourth place in the standings. The Pioneers fell to 9-16 overall and 7-7 in league play.February 22: A standing-room-only crowd of 4,074 at Quinnipiac’s High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center saw the nationally-ranked No. 1 Bobcats capture the 11th Annual Heroes Hat with a 4-1 win against No. 13 Yale. The Bobcats improve to 23-4-4 overall and 16-1-2 in ECAC Hockey play. Additionally, the Bobcats are a perfect 10-0-0 against ranked opponents for the year. Yale drops to 13-10-3 overall and 9-9-1 in ECAC Hockey play.The offense and defense was clicking on all cylinders for the Quinnipiac wom-en’s ice hockey team on Friday night as they posted a 4-0 shutout over Yale from Ingalls Rink. Senior Victoria Vigilanti made 12 saves in net to preserve her 24th career shutout and third of the season while juniors Erica Uden Johansson (one goal, one assist) and Kelly Babstock (two assists) carried the load on the offensive end for Quinnipiac which registered a season-high 52 shots against Yale. With St. Lawrence forcing a 2-2 tie against Harvard on Fri-day, Quinnipiac (18-10-4, 12-6-3 ECAC Hockey) holds steady in fifth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with 27 points compared to the Saints’ 28. Yale’s loss drops them to 4-20-3 (3-14-3 ECAC Hockey) on the season.The illustrious 2012-13 Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team continued their unthinkable run on Friday as three more school records fell by the wasteside in day one action at the New England Championships hosted by Boston University. Freshman Shameal Samuels (Hartford, Conn.) dazzled in the 400m, junior Rebecca Stabile (Haverhill, Mass.) shined in the 500m and the distance medley team on Friday recorded the first sub-12 minute time

in program history. With three more records falling, the Bobcats’ run their season total to 19 records broken this season in eight different events.After the most successful season in program history, Quinnipiac women’s indoor track head coach Carolyn Martin was distinguished as the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year on Thursday, as announced by the league office. The honor is the second in Martin’s four-year tenure at Quinnipiac but her first in women’s indoor track as her other Coach of the Year came in her first season with women’s cross country in 2009.February 23: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team honored its senior class in the best way possible on Saturday afternoon, as the Bobcats extended their winning streak to six straight games with a 69-58 victory over Bryant on Senior Day at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 14-13 overall and climbed over the .500 mark for the first time since November. More importantly, the Bobcats, who have won eight of their last nine games, improved to 10-5 in league play. Bryant fell to 17-9 overall and 10-5 in the NEC, now sitting alongside the Bobcats in the conference standings.

The Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team came out and put together an impressive all-around performance on Saturday to conclude the New England Championships in 16th place overall with 16 points. Three more school records were broken as sophomore Rebecca Stabile (Haverhill, Mass.) broke her 500m school record, the 4 x 400m relay team qualified for the ECAC Championships with a record-breaking run and the 4 x 800m relay team also turned in a school record on Saturday to up the Bobcats’ season total to 22 program records broken. UConn came away with a first place finish in the overall standings with 149.33 points from the host location of Boston University.Brendan Wilbur (Hingham, Mass.) recorded a hat trick and Gill Conners (Balston Spa, N.Y.) stifled the Bears offense with 20 saves in goal, as the Quin-nipiac University men’s lacrosse team used a late fourth quarter comeback to defeat Brown, 9-7, in the season-opener for both teams.For just the second time in program history, the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team clinches the No. 4 seed and will host a home ECAC Hockey Quar-terfinal series against No. 5 St. Lawrence after their 4-0 win over Brown on Saturday from Meeham Auditorium. Senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Wood-bridge, Ontario) and the Bobcat defense continued to dominate as recorded 24 saves for her second consecutive shutout, fourth of the season and 25th of her career. Quinnipiac (19-10-4, 13-6-3 ECAC Hockey) closes out the 2012-13 regular season with their most conference victories in program history while Brown finishes the season 6-20-1 (5-17 ECAC Hockey).For the second time in program history, the Quinnipiac women’s basketball team won the Northeast Conference Regular Season Championship with a 67-62 win against defending champ Sacred Heart at the William H. Pitt Center in Fairfield, Conn. The Bobcats improve to 24-2 overall with their 16th straight victory while they also remain perfect in NEC play at 15-0. The Pioneers drop to 18-8 overall and 10-3 in conference play.February 25: The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team was ranked as the No. 1 team in college hockey for the third consecutive week. The Bobcats received 37 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and 30 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team won its 17th straight game to remain perfect in Northeast Conference play (16-0) with a 74-61 win at home against Bryant. Quinnipiac improves to 25-2 overall with the win while also finishing the regular season at 12-0 at home.Junior Gill Conners (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday, February 25, 2013. Conners suited up for the first time in a Bobcat uniform this past weekend and was instrumental in Quinnipiac’s season-opening win at Brown.Febuary 26: Members of the Quinnipiac field hockey team visited North Branford’s Smith Library on Feb. 2 as part of national “Take Your Child To The Library” Day. The Bobcat student-athletes were joined by Quinnipiac’s mascot, Boomer the Bobcat.

On Monday, USA Hockey announced the names of 28 players invited to its U.S. Women’s National Team training camp and Quinnipiac junior forward Kelly Babstock was listed as one of the 15 forwards selected. The training camp is set to take place at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. from March 25-31 and will culminate with a final 23-player roster that will be selected on March 30.The Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team made its way into the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) Coaches’ Poll on Tuesday afternoon, as the Bobcats claimed the fifth spot in the weekly census. Junior Gill Conners (Ballston, N.Y.) played a key role in Quinnipiac’s season-opening win at Brown and earned NEILA Player of the Week honors as well.February 27: Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.), Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) and Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, N.J.) each collected multiple wins on Wednes-day afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team avenged its first loss with an impressive 6-1 victory over BIG EAST foe UConn at the East Hartford Racquet Club.


For the second time in her career and first since Oct. 12, 2010, Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey junior forward Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Swe-den) was honored with the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday. The Bobcats continue their impressive season as Uden Johansson is the third different Bobcat to receive Player of the Week honors this season, no other team in the league has more than two players as a weekly winner.

February 28: Fighting for seeding in the upcoming Northeast Conference Tournament, the Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team took care of business at St. Francis Brooklyn on Thursday night, as the Bobcats topped the Terriers, 78-67, at the Pope Physical Education Center. Quinnipiac, now 15-14 overall and 11-6 in league play, would solidify at least the No. 3 seed with a win at LIU Brooklyn on Saturday.

March:

March 1: Quinnipiac senior Derek Lamacchia (White Stone, N.Y.) hurled seven one-hit, scoreless innings while sophomore Vincent Guglietti (East Haven, Conn.) was 4-for-5 as the Bobcats topped George Washington, 8-3, in their first game of the 2013 season.The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team earned its first win of the 2013 season on Friday afternoon, as the Bobcats took a 5-2 decision over intrastate rival UConn at the East Hartford Racquetball Club. Senior Garrett Lane (Read-ing, Mass.) added two more wins to his collegiate resume and provided a big lift in the win.

The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team completed a 7-0 sweep on Friday evening, as the Bobcats cruised past future Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) foe Marist at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 4-1 for the first time since the 2009-10 campaign.March 2: The Quinnipiac University baseball team improved to 2-0 with a 4-2 win against George Washington at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va. With the loss, George Washington drops to 0-8 on the year. Bobcats’ senior Spencer Kane (Wolcott, Conn.) picked up the win in his first start of the season after allowing one unearned run on five hits over six innings of work. Kane walked two batters, and hit two more, while striking out four.

It was quite a day for the Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team as the Bobcats broke school records in three out of the five events they competed in today and were also able to qualify for the 4 x 800m relay finals tomorrow from the ECAC Championships at Boston University. With three more records falling, this now brings the Bobcats’ incredible total to 25 times now that program records have been bested in events this season. Graduate student Morgan Roche (Clifton Park, N.Y.) is also scheduled to run in the 3000m finals tomorrow as she joins the relay team in finals competition on Sunday.For the second week in a row, the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team used fourth-quarter heroics to overcome a deficit as the Bobcats defeated the University of Detroit Mercy, 12-10, at Titan Field in Detroit, Mich. Basil Kostaras (Southlake, Texas) and Michael Sagl (West Islip, N.Y.) each recorded hat tricks for the Bobcats, who improved to 2-0 for the first time since the 2008 campaign.Redemption tasted oh-so-sweet for the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team as junior Amanda Colin lit the lamp over eight minutes into the third overtime period to send the No. 4 seeded Bobcats past the No. 5 Saints, 3-2, and force a deciding Game Three of their ECAC Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals series on Sunday, Mar. 3. Colin’s goal was incredibly dynamic as she toe-dragged past one defender and then beat St. Lawrence goalie Car-men MacDonald five-hole for the game-winner. Quinnipiac will now face-off against the Saints on Sunday at 2 p.m. from High Point Solutions Arena with the winner advancing to the ECAC Hockey Semifinals.The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team worked its way in the Northeast Conference record-book again on Saturday afternoon, as the Bobcats cruised past LIU Brooklyn, 66-45, at the Wellness, Recreation and Athletics Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 26-2 overall and matched the Northeast Conference record for most overall wins in a single season.

March 3: Mike Blumenthal (Dix Hills, N.Y.) drove in a pair of runs with a triple in the top of the ninth as the Quinnipiac baseball team erased a 2-1 deficit to defeat George Washington, 4-3, at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va. The win completes the three-game sweep of the Colonials as the Bobcats open the year at 3-0 while George Washington drops to 0-9.The Quinnipiac women’s indoor track team closed out its 2012-13 season in style as they broke another school record, their 26th record-breaking run on the year, as they finished their season at the ECAC Championships. The Bobcats’ distance medley relay team scored a time of 11:49.62 to obliterate the previous school record broken a week earlier at the New England Cham-pionships. The 4 x 800m relay team also put together an eighth place finish to earn the Bobcats one point on the afternoon.

March 4: Quinnipiac softball freshman outfielder Courtney Solt (Boyertown,

Pa.) was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday, March 4. The honor is the first for any Bobcat since Jordan Paolucci claimed her second such award on May 2, 2011.Quinnipiac softball freshman outfielder Courtney Solt (Boyertown, Pa.) was named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday, March 4. The honor is the first for any Bobcat since Jordan Paolucci claimed her second such award on May 2, 2011.The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey was ranked No. 1 in the national polls for the fourth consecutive week, as announced on Monday, Mar. 4. The Bobcats received 36 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I Poll and 25 first-place votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll.The Quinnipiac University field hockey team was honored by the SGI/Nation-al Field Hockey Coaches Association with a 2012 Gladiator Division I National Academy Team Award for posting a combined grade-point average of 3.00.The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team became just the fourth team to complete a perfect Northeast Conference regular season on Monday night, as the Bobcats improved to 18-0 with a 73-54 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn at the Pope Physical Education Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improved to 27-2 overall which also gives them the NEC record for most wins in a single season.

Sophomore Michael Sagl (West Islip, N.Y.) of the nationally-ranked No. 20 Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast Confer-ence Offensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday, March 4, 2013. Sagl provided the Bobcats with his third career hat trick on Saturday afternoon, helping Quinnipiac to a 12-10 win over Detroit Mercy.Quinnipiac freshman Steffen Herter (Amherst, Mass.) has been named the Northeast Conference Baseball Rookie of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013.March 5:For the second consecutive season, junior Ike Azotam (Boston, Mass.) of the Quinnipiac men’s basketball team was named to the Northeast All-Conference Second Team, announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Azotam was the driving force behind an 11-7 record in league play and the program’s eighth straight trip to the NEC Tournament. Azotam was also selected to the College Sports Madness NEC Second Team as well.

Quinnipiac sophomore Vincent Guglietti (East Haven, Conn.) has been selected as CollegSportsMadness.com’s Northeast Conference Player of the Week, as announced by the website on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013.March 6: Quinnipiac field hockey was recently honored with 16 recipients named to the 2012 Gladiator by SGI/NHFCA Division I National Academic Squad.Quinnipiac senior Lianne Toomey (Hicksville, N.Y.) scored the game-winning goal in overtime as the women’s lacrosse team defeated Iona, 13-12, for its first win of the 2013 season. Toomey scored twice in the game to reach the 100-point mark for her career. Quinnipiac is now 1-2.March 7: Quinnipiac women’s basketball junior Brittany McQuain and men’s ice hockey senior Eric Hartzell have been named Quinnipiac’s February Athletes of the Month.

Sophomore Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, N.J.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team has been named February’s Northeast Conference Player of the Month, announced on Wednesday, March 7, 2013 by the league office. Dassa’s play has sparked the Bobcats early on, lifting Quinnipiac to a 4-2 record through the month of February into March.Quinnipiac senior Nicole Lewis (Amherst, N.Y.) was honored as a Division I Scholar of Distinction, as announced by Gladiator by SGI in partnership with the Nation Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA).

Highlighted by head coach Tricia Fabbri and senior guard Felcia Barron (Springfield, Mass.), four members of the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team earned Northeast All-Conference accolades for the 2012-13 season. Fabbri secured her third Brenda Reilly NEC Coach of the Year honor, while Barron retained her NEC Defensive Player of the Year crown and was tabbed to the NEC First Team. Brittany McQuain (Independence, Mo.) was named to the All-NEC Second Team and Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) earned a trip to the third team.

March 8: The nationally-ranked No. 20 Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team remained unbeaten on Friday night, as the Bobcats defeated the Univer-sity of Vermont, 10-6, at Severna Park High School in Maryland. Quinnipiac, now 3-0 for the first time since 2008, received multiple goals from three different players and a career-high five assists from Michael Sagl (West Islip, N.Y.).

March 9: Junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) along with three other members of the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team garnered All-ECAC honors for the 2012-13 season. Babstock earned her second career All-ECAC First Team distinction while senior defenseman Regan Boulton (Brandon, Manitoba) and senior goalie Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontar-io) were placed on the All-ECAC Second Team and finally sophomore forward Nicole Kosta (Mississauga, Ontario) was placed on the All-ECAC Third Team


for the first time in her career. The Bobcats also were distinguished by the league with the Turfer Athletic Sportsmanship Trophy.

The Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team mounted a furious comeback on Saturday afternoon, as the Bobcats erased a five-goal deficit, including the game-winner with just 2.5 seconds left, to defeat the University of Vermont, 12-11, at Virtue Field. Freshman Maria Blois (Cheshire, Conn.) scored in the waning seconds to lift Quinnipiac to a second straight win in thrilling fashion.

March 10: The top-seeded Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team will serve as one of four NEC teams to play again on Wednesday night, as the Bobcats defeated the eighth-seeded Bryant University Bulldogs, 79-55, on Sunday in the NEC Quarterfinals at the TD Bank Sports Center. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 28-2 overall and has now matched the most wins in a single season in program history.

March 11: For the fifth consecutive week, the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team was ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll. The Bobcats also remain in the top spot in the PairWise Rankings, which they have held since Jan. 19, 2013.Sophomore Samantha Tilts (Port Washington, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac wom-en’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday March 11, 2013. The Port Washington, N.Y. native was instrumental for the Bobcats, leading the team to two non-confer-ence wins on the road.

For the second time this season, junior Gill Conners (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday, March 11, 2013. Conners has been one of the nation’s best goalies this season and an instrumental piece to Quinnipiac’s success.The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team battled back from a 1-0 deficit on Monday afternoon and defeated Jackson State University, 5-2, in the first game of the Bobcats spring break trip in Orlando, Fla. Quinnipiac won five matches in singles, including three win in a deciding set, to improve to 3-5 on the season.

March 12: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach Rand Pecknold has been announced as one of three finalists for ECAC Hockey’s 2013 Tim Taylor Award, given to the league’s Coach of the Year, as voted on by his peers.The Quinnipiac softball team snapped an eight-game losing streak on Tues-day with a 6-5 win over Maine.March 13: Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) matched a career high of 22 points on Wednesday night, as the top-seeded Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team punched a ticket to Northeast Conference Championship game with a 63-56 victory over the sixth-seed Mount St. Mary’s at the TD Bank Sports Center. Saint Francis University upended Sacred Heart in the other semifinal match-up – setting the stage for the Bobcats and the Red Flash to square off on Sunday, March 17th at 5 p.m. on Lender Court.Wednesday’s match was quite an offensive showcase as the Quinnipiac softball team and UT-Chattanooga combined for 25 hits and 19 runs but the Bobcats finished ahead on the scoreboard, 11-8, from the Eddie C. Moore Complex. Quinnipiac totaled a season-high 14 hits as a team to go along with 11 runs which is their most in any game this season. Seven runs in the sixth, all with two outs, proved to be the different for the Bobcats in the victory. Winners of two of their last three games, Quinnipiac improves to 4-13 while the Mocs drop to 14-11 on the season.Senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team has been named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week, announced on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by the league office.March 14: The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team picked up a 7-0 sweep of host Savannah St. on Thursday afternoon from the Florida-Star Island. The Bobcat squad reached a pair of milestones against the Tigers as graduate student Carly Loewenstein (Armonk, N.Y.) scored her 10th career win in her first match of the season at the No. 5 singles slot while senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) picked up two victories to become just the 13th player in program history to reach 125 career victories on Thursday. With the win, the Bobcats jump back over the .500 mark at 5-4 on the season while Savannah St. falls to 2-11.March 15: The Quinnipiac University baseball team defeated Akron, 4-1, in a non-conference match-up at the 2013 Chanticleer Classic hosted by Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 5-4.The Quinnipiac Women’s Lacrosse team visited Helen Street School in Ham-den on Thursday, March 14, to help the third graders of Laura Iannotti’s class celebrate the end of CMT testing. Iannotti, a Quinnipiac alum and four-time member of the women’s lacrosse squad, invited the Bobcats to participate in an afternoon of ice cream sundaes and puzzles.The nationally-ranked No. 1 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team was featured on NHL.com on Friday, Mar. 15, 2013. The article, written by Tal Pinchevsky, discusses Quinnipiac’s run to the NCAA’s.

March 16: The Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey team defeated Cornell, 10-0, in the second game of its ECAC Hockey Championship Quarterfinals series to force a deciding Game three on Saturday, Mar. 17. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 25-6-5 while Cornell drops to 15-15-3. The winner of Game three, which is set for a 7:30 p.m. start, will advance to the ECAC Hockey Championship Semifinals on Friday, Mar. 22, 2013 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.

March 17: For the first time in program history, the Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team solidified a spot in the NCAA Tournament with a 72-33 win over Saint Francis University Sunday in the NEC Championship. In a game that was nationally televised on ESPNU, the Bobcats improved to 30-2 overall and will partake in the opening round of the Big Dance on either Friday, March 22nd or Saturday, March 23rd.The Quinnipiac softball team split their doubleheader at the City of Clearwa-ter Spring Invitational but did so in spectacular fashion. The Bobcats tied a program record with 16 runs to beat Colgate, 16-7, in five innings including a program record 12 runs in the third inning alone. Sophomore Jordan Paolucci (Lake Mary, Fla.) banged her second grand slam in the past week to highlight the victory while every Quinnipiac starter finished with at least one base hit. Quinnipiac fell in the second game of the doubleheader to Dartmouth, 3-0, as the Bobcats’ record moves to 5-16 on the season.Quinnipiac senior Kevin Bui (Edmonton, Alberta) scored midway through the second-overtime of the Bobcats’ Quarterfinal match-up at High Point Solutions Arena to lift the No. 1 Bobcats to a 3-2 win against Cornell. The win clinches the best-of-three series and sends Quinnipiac to the ECAC Hockey Tournament Semifinals for the second time since the Bobcats joined the league in 2005-06. The Bobcats will face tournament No.7-seed Brown on Friday Mar. 22 at 4 p.m. at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.March 18: The Quinnipiac Women’s Basketball team has been featured by multiple media outlets across the state of Connecticut after the Bobcats were recently crowned 2013 Northeast Conference Champions on Sunday, March 17. The Bobcats beat the Red Flash of Saint Francis University, 72-33, which marked a new NEC tournament record for margin of victory that was previ-ously set at 33. With the title, Quinnipiac has earned its first NCAA tourna-ment berth in program history after going 30-2 on the season, including a perfect 21-0 record against NEC competition.Quinnipiac softball’s senior shortstop Alex Alba (Sylmar, Calif.) and freshman outfielder Courtney Solt (Boyertown, Pa.) were announced as the Northeast Conference Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively. This an-nouncement by the league office marks the first time the Bobcats have seized both weekly awards since March 3, 2008 and just the second time in program history.

The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team was ranked No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Division I poll for the sixth straight week, earning 23 first-place votes to Minnesota’s 11. In the USCHO.com poll, Quinnipiac slipped to No. 2 behind Minnesota despite receiving 27 of the 50 first-place votes, with Minnesota receiving 22 first-place votes.March 21: All 21 current members of the Quinnipiac field hockey team vol-unteered at the 4th annual Be The Match – Quinnipiac Bone Marrow Drive on Wednesday, March 20. The Bobcats partnered with the sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta to sponsor the event held on the Mount Carmel campus.At the annual ECAC Hockey Awards Reception, held on the eve of the league championship tournament, Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach Rand Pecknold was honored as the Tim Taylor Coach of the Year by ECAC Hockey.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was honored as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year as well as the Goalie of the Year, while also garnering All-ECAC First Team honors. In addition to Hartzell, Zach Davies (Smithers, British Columbia) was given the Best Defensive Defenseman in ECAC Hockey, earning Third Team honors. Jeremy Langlois (Tempe, Ariz.) was also named to the ECAC Hockey Third Team.March 23: Quinnipiac senior goalie Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) recorded his program-record 10th career shutout in a 3-0 win against Yale in the ECAC Hockey Tournament Consolation Game at Boardwalk Hall in Atlan-tic City, N.J. Quinnipiac improves to 27-7-4 overall while Yale goes to 18-12-3.March 24: The Quinnipiac baseball team split a Northeast Conference doubleheader at Monmouth, with the Hawks taking the first game 5-1, before Quinnipiac responded with a 5-1 win in the second game. Quinnipiac is now 7-7 overall and 2-2 in the NEC.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team remained perfect in confer-ence play on Sunday afternoon, as the Bobcats defeated NEC foe Bryant University, 7-0, at the Bryant Tennis Complex in Smithfield, R.I. Quinnipiac, who climbed back over the .500 mark (6-5) with the triumph, also snatched career win No. 494 for head coach Mike Quitko.March 25: The Quinnipiac University men’s basketball team recently took part in a fundraiser for Hamden Youth Services on Friday, March 22, located at the Keefe Community Center on Putnam Avenue. The Hamden Youth Ser-vices Bureau hosted its annual 2013 March Madness event, which featured two hours of basketball, live entertainment and local guest appearances.The nationally-ranked No. 1 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey - also the top seed


in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament - was featured on ESPN.com in a column written by Brion O’Connor.The Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team retained its top rank in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll and also returned to the top spot in the USCHO.com Poll a day after the Bobcats were announced as the top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

March 27: Strong offense and clutch pitching was the recipe for success for the Quinnipiac softball team on Wednesday afternoon as they took down UConn, 4-3, from Burrill Family Field. The Bobcats totaled 12 hits on the day while the pitching effort of freshman Sydney Robey (Glenmoore, Pa.) and sophomore Hannah Lindsley (Narragansett, R.I.) helped strand the game-tying run at third with just one out in the bottom of the seventh. The victory snaps the Bobcat’s three-game losing streak as they improve to 6-18 while the Huskies fall to 12-11 on the season.March 28: Freshman Maria Blois (Cheshire, Conn.) netted the game-winning goal with just 10 seconds remaining on Thursday night, as the Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team outlasted Bryant University, 16-15, at Bull-dog Stadium in Smithfield, R.I. The Bobcats, now 1-1 in NEC play, received hat tricks from three different players, including a season high seven points from senior Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.).

Senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) upped her career win total to 130 on Thursday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team earned its second straight win with a 6-1 decision over Fairfield at the Fairfield Tennis Courts. Viebrock won twice on the day and moved into a two-way tie with Mary Wilson ’10 for eighth place on the all-time wins list at Quinnipiac.

Just one day removed from the court, the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team responded nicely to its quick turnaround with a 5-2 victory over Fair-field University at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. Led by its senior class, the Bobcats erased a 1-0 deficit with five wins in the singles segment for the team’s fourth victory of the seasonMarch 29: Coming off one of the best indoor track seasons in program history, the Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team posted an impressive start to the 2013 campaign in Day One action of Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invitational. Senior Andrea Szarkowicz (Watertown, Conn.) won the 3000m Steeplechase event while junior Brianna Faust (Macungie, Pa.) churned in a personal best in the 5000m on her way to a fourth place finish. Overall the Bobcats had five Top-10 finishers on the afternoon to kickstart their 2013 season.March 30: The Quinnipiac University baseball team defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 18-8, in a Northeast Conference baseball match-up in Emmitsburg, Md. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 9-10 overall and 4-4 in the NEC while Mount St. Mary’s goes to 6-16 overall and 2-6 in conference play.The No. 1 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team scored three unanswered goals in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit and defeat Canisius, 4-3, to advance to the NCAA Tournament East Regional Final on Sunday, Mar. 31. The Bobcats improve to 28-7-5 for the year, breaking the program record for wins in a season. The win is also the first NCAA Tournament victory any Quinni-piac team at the Division I level.In a day that saw the Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team break six school records, freshman Shameal Samuels (Hartford, Conn.) dazzled with a record-breaking 400m to highlight the Bobcats’ effort in Day Two of the Fred Hardy Invitational. Coming off an impressive Day One showing that saw senior Andrea Szarkowicz (Watertown, Conn.) win the 3k Steeplechase, Samuels picked up where she left off from the indoor season and tore up the course with her 400m run.March 31: Quinnipiac senior captain Kayla Ketcheson (St. Andrews, Manitoba) led the women’s golf team with a tie for 10th place at the Hawk Invitational hosted by Monmouth University at Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune, N.J.

Powered by a natural hat trick from Matthew Peca, the nationally-ranked No. 1 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team defeated No. 13 Union, 5-1, to advance to the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Bobcats improve to 29-7-5 overall and 14-0-0 against ranked opponents. Quinnipiac will face St. Cloud State on Thursday, Apr. 11.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey sophomore Matthew Peca was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter for his third-period goal in the Bobcats’ 4-3 win against Canisius in the NCAA Tournament East Regional on Saturday, Mar. 30.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey sophomore Matthew Peca was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter for his third-period goal in the Bobcats’ 4-3 win against Canisius in the NCAA Tournament East Regional on Saturday, Mar. 30.April:

April 1:Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey sophomore Matthew Peca’s incredible natural hat trick - the fastest hat trick in NCAA Tournament history - is cur-rently in the running for ESPN’s “Best of the Best”. Vote now!April 2: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach Rand Pecknold has been named the Division I Coach of the Year by the New England Hockey Writers Association.

Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior goalie Eric Hartzell has been named a 2012-13 New England All-Star Goaltender as announced by the New England Hockey Writers Association on Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2013.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey goalie Eric Hartzell has been named to the Col-legeHockeyNews.com First Team, as announced by the website on Tuesday, Apr. 9.Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior Eric Hartzell has been announced as one of the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2013 Hobey Baker Memorial Award.

April 3: The undeniably tragic story of Sandy Hook Elementary School has sent shockwaves across the world. Hundreds of thousands of supporters have lent a hand through the aftermath in hopes of rebuilding a town and mem-bers of the community back to the once vibrant town. On Saturday, March 23 members of the Quinnipiac field hockey team did their part as they joined thousands of volunteers, 15,000 runners and 30,000 spectators for the Sandy Hook Run for the Families 5K.Junior forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) and senior defenseman Regan Boulton (Brandon, Manitoba) have both been named to the 2012-13 New England Division I Women’s Ice Hockey All-Star Team, as announced by the committee on Tuesday, April 2. The recipients, consisting of six forwards, four defensemen and two goaltenders, were chosen by administrators and media members.

April 4: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach Rand Pecknold has been announced as one of the seven finalists for the prestigious Spencer Penrose Award, given to the top Division I men’s ice hockey coach.April 5: Quinnipiac senior Chris Migani (Orange, Conn.) was 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Bobcats to a 4-1 win against Sacred Heart at QU Baseball Field. The Bobcats improve to 5-4 in NEC play and 10-12 overall while Sacred Heart drops to 9-13 overall and 5-4 in league play.The Quinnipiac University soccer programs, led by women’s soccer head coach Dave Clarke and men’s soccer head coach Eric Da Costa, were featured in The New York Times on Friday, April 5, 2013. The story, written by John Pettit, highlights Quinnipiac’s unbelievable progress in the relief efforts of Sandy Hook - in particular the #26 Uniforms Auction and Soccer Night in Newtown.

The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team backed a superb effort in doubles with five points in singles to claim a 6-1 victory over Northeast Conference foe Sacred Heart at the Pioneer Tennis Courts in Fairfield, Conn. With the win, the Bobcats climbed back to the .500 mark in NEC play (2-2) and picked up career win No. 498 for head coach Mike Quitko - now just two away from his 500th victory.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team improved to 3-1 in Northeast Conference play with a convincing 6-1 victory over Sacred Heart on Friday afternoon at the Pioneer Tennis Courts in Fairfield, Conn. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 8-6 overall, picking up career win No. 497 for head coach Mike Quitko - leaving him just three shy of 500 for his career.Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) finished with four goals and five assists for a career high of nine points on Friday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team climbed back to the .500 mark in conference play with a 20-11 victory over LIU Brooklyn at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field.Quinnipiac University President John Lahey, Director of Athletics Jack Mc-Donald and Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold will be featured on ESPN Radio’s The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap on Friday, Apr. 5 at 10 p.m.

April 6: Matt Diehl (Towson, Md.) finished with two goals and two assists and Billy Oppenheimer (Conshohocken, Pa.) handed out a career high three assists on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 12-8, at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field on Mount Carmel Campus.

The Quinnipiac University soccer programs, led by women’s soccer head coach Dave Clarke and men’s soccer head coach Eric Da Costa, were featured in The New York Times on Friday, April 5, 2013. The story, written by John Pettit, highlights Quinnipiac’s unbelievable progress in the relief efforts of Sandy Hook - in particular the #26 Uniforms Auction and Soccer Night in Newtown.

The Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team completely dominated the 3000m event on Saturday at the George Davis Invitational hosted by UMass Lowell as five Bobcats placed in the Top-10 to highlight what was a brutally cold day of action. Freshman Shameal Samuels (Hartford, Conn.) also broke a school record in the 200m in her first career attempt at the event as the team has now accumulated six record-breaking results in six different events.The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team blanked Temple University on Saturday afternoon, as the Bobcats earned their seventh shutout of the season with a 44-0 victory at the QU Rugby Field on Mount Carmel Campus. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 12-0 on the season and has earned a trip to the National Round of 16 in Annapolis, Md. which is set to begin next


weekend.

April 7: Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) added another piece of hardware to her collection on Sunday afternoon, while helping the Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team to its second straight NEC win with a 13-7 decision over Wagner College at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field. Allen tallied four points on a goal and three assists to become the program’s all-time leader in career points.

April 8: With wins at four of six singles matches, and two of three doubles, the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team won its second straight confer-ence match with a 5-2 victory over NEC foe Monmouth University on Monday evening. The Bobcats improve to 3-2 in league play, while the Hawks fall below the .500 mark to 1-2.For the third time this season, junior Gill Conners (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team was named the Northeast Confer-ence Defensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday, April 8, 2013. Con-ners has been one of the nation’s best goalies this season and an instrumental piece to Quinnipiac’s roster.April 10: Several members of the Quinnipiac Women’s Lacrosse team visited Conte Hills West Magnet School in New Haven this past Tuesday, April 9, to teach fourth graders about the sport of lacrosse. The students are studying local Native American tribes and have learned that the sport of lacrosse was originally played by many tribes throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

The Quinnipiac softball team continued their stellar play down the stretch as their winning streak increased to three games after a 6-4 win over Fairfield from the Alumni Softball Field on Wednesday. With the score tied 4-4 heading into the seventh, freshman Dani Edmands (Northborough, Mass.) knocked a go-ahead RBI single and sophomore pitcher Hannah Lindsley (Narragansett, R.I.) shook off the nerves and retired the final two Stag batters after runners reached second and third with one out. The Bobcats now move to 10-23 as their winning streak reaches a season-high while Fairfield falls to 15-15 on the season.

April 11: The No. 1 Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team punched themselves a ticket to the 2013 Men’s Ice Hockey Division I National Championship game with a 4-1 win on Thursday over No. 4 St. Cloud State from CONSOL Energy Center. Thursday’s Frozen Four win marks the first time any Quinnipiac athletic program has advanced to an NCAA National Championship as the Bobcats will play cross-town foe Yale on Saturday. Quinnipiac continues to improve on their record-breaking season with their program-best 30th win as they improve to 30-7-5 in 2012-13.April 12: Kayla Ketcheson (St. Andrews, Manitoba) led the way for the Bobcats on Friday afternoon as the Quinnipiac University women’s golf team competed in the seventh annual Roar-ee Invitational at the Spook Rock Golf Course. The event, hosted by Columbia University, witnessed rainy conditions all morning, sometimes extremely heavy, but 18 holes were able to be played in Suffern, N.Y.

Quinnipiac senior Eric Hartzell (White Bear Lake, Minn.) has been named to the 2012-13 AHCA/CCM Men’s Division I Hockey All-American First Team, as announced by the American Hockey Coaches Association on Friday, Apr. 12.April 13: Sophomore Michael Sagl (West Islip, N.Y.) netted the game-winner in triple overtime to lift the Quinnipiac men’s lacrosse team to a crucial NEC win over Sacred Heart, 13-12, at Campus Field Saturday night. With the result, both teams move to 2-1 in league play and into a tie for second place in the standings.

The Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team took to Brown Stadium for the Brown University Invitational where junior Christina Faust (Macungie, Pa.) and freshman Shameal Samuels (Hartford, Conn.) shined on Saturday with stellar individual performances. Three more school records fell by the waste side as Samuels bested her program record established earlier this season in both the 200m and 400m while the 4 x 400m relay team also posted another program-best on Saturday.

Quinnipiac University men’s and women’s tennis head coach Mike Quitko reached a significant personal milestone on Saturday afternoon as the Bobcats swept Saint Francis University to seal his 500th career win. Both the men’s and the women’s teams’ each won with 4-0 decisions en route to the historic win for Coach Quitko.

The Bobcats were outscored by a combined score of 8-4 throughout the first five innings of both games but the Quinnipiac softball team willed their way to a pair of clutch victories over Wagner, 6-4 and 6-5, to earn the Saturday sweep at Wagner Field. Quinnipiac stormed all the way back from 4-0 down in the first game and also pulled out the deciding hit of game two in the sixth inning with the score tied, 4-4. With the two victories, Quinnipiac improves to 12-23 but more importantly move their conference record to 5-3 which currently sits in fourth place in the NEC standings.

The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team topped Lee University on Saturday afternoon, 25-20, at the Brigade Sports Complex on U.S. Naval Acad-emy Campus. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 13-0 on the season and has earned the chance to play Appalachian State, tomorrow, April 14, in the National Quarterfinals at 11 a.m.

April 14: The Quinnipiac softball team continued their magical run as they pushed their winning streak to seven games with a pair of victories over Sacred Heart, 6-0 and 4-3, on Sunday from Pioneer Park. The Bobcats were on the ropes once again, down 3-0 heading into the sixth in game two, but two runs in each of the closing innings pushed them ahead for their fourth come-from-behind victory during the seven-game winning streak. Quinnipiac improves their record to 14-23 while their NEC mark moves to 7-3, good for fourth place in the conference standings.

The Quinnipiac women’s tennis team honored its senior class in the best way possible on Sunday afternoon, as the Bobcats defeated Hofstra University, 5-2, on Senior and Alumni Day at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts on Mount Carmel Campus. The women’s tennis team honored Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.), Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.), Erin Suvar (North Massapequa, N.Y.), Morgan Crystal (Ridgefield, Conn.) and Carly Loewenstein (Armonk, N.Y.) for their hard work and dedication to the program.

In front of family and friends on Mount Carmel Campus, the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team breezed past Hofstra University, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon while celebrating Senior and Alumni Day at the QU Outdoor Tennis Courts. Prior to the match, Quinnipiac honored its senior class members, Garrett Lane (Reading, Mass.), Alex Lazerowich (Stratham, N.H.), Chris Nelson (Scituate, Mass.) and Fahoum Fahoum (Haifa, Israel), for their dedication and commitment to the men’s tennis program.April 15: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey goalie Eric Hartzell has signed a one-year entry-level contact with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

The Quinnipiac University soccer programs’ world-wide fundraiser for the town of Newtown enjoyed remarkable success as the Bobcats surpassed the $30,000 mark when the auction closed on Sunday, April 14 at 10 p.m. The Bobcats began their auction for #26 jerseys on March 14, 2013, which saw jerseys donated by soccer teams from around the world, to raise money for a scholarship fund in memory of Rachel Marie D’Avino - the cousin of former Quinnipiac captain, Lauren Carmody-Grenier ‘02.April 16: Quinnipiac sophomore Scott Donaghue (Marlboro, N.J.) homered twice - including the second of a back-to-back run with teammate Chris Migani (Orange, Conn.) - but Quinnipiac fell to Hartford, 8-5, at QU Baseball Field in Hamden, Conn.

The Quinnipiac women’s volleyball team joined a force of over 1,000 students and volunteered their time in the Big Event held on-campus Saturday, April 6. The Bobcats created a volunteer team composed of members from the 2012 squad and volunteered with community service projects all of Saturday morning into the afternoon.

Sophomore Eric Ambrosio (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team was recently named the Northeast Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, announced on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Ambrosio helped the Bobcats to a 2-1 record last week while posting a perfect 6-0 mark during the three matches.

Senior Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.) of the Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team was recently named the Northeast Conference Women’s Ten-nis Player of the Week, announced on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Cantor was perfect on the week, recording a 6-0 mark en route to a 2-1 weekly record for the Bobcats.

Garvey Young (Washington, D.C.), a former men’s basketball player and current graduate student at Quinnipiac University, took home first prize in Quinnipiac University’s Business Plan Competition which was held on Friday, April 12, 2013. Young has dedicated his time to developing a business for prospective college basketball players and seems to be headed in the right direction.

April 17: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey head coach Rand Pecknold received the Clark Hodder Coach of the Year Award at the New England Hockey Writers Association annual banquet at Prince Restaurant in Saugus, Mass. on Tuesday, Apr. 16.April 18: The Quinnipiac University women’s rugby team defeated Appala-chian State University on Saturday afternoon, 22-10, at the Brigade Sports Complex on U.S. Naval Academy Campus. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 14-0 on the season and has advanced to the National Semifinals which is to be hosted on Friday, May 3rd at Steuber Rugby Stadium (Stanford University) in Stanford, CA.

April 19: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey senior Mike Dalhuisen has been signed by the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders, as announced by the or-ganization on Friday, Apr. 19. Dalhuisen will report to the Bridgeport (Conn.) Sound Tigers, the Islanders’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, for the 2013-14 season.The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team continued its dominance in the Northeast Conference Tournament on Friday morning, as the Bobcats defeated Mount St. Mary’s, 4-0, to advance to the semifinals of the single-elimination playoff. With the win, Quinnipiac has progressed into the last four for the 15th straight year.


The Quinnipiac University men’s tennis team was nearly flawless on Friday afternoon as the Bobcats cruised past Monmouth University, 4-0, in the NEC Tournament Quarterfinals at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Wind-sor, N.J. With the win, the third-seeded Bobcats advance to the semifinals for the 11th straight year where they will take on the Knights of Fairleigh Dickinson University.Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) dished out a game-high six assists and Kyra Ochwat (Farmingdale, N.Y.) had five goals as the Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team kept its playoff hopes alive with a 16-15 win over Robert Morris Friday afternoon at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field. The Bobcats improve to 4-4 on the season but still need a win on Sunday and help around the league for a chance in the NEC Tournament.

April 20: Dylan Webster (Brampton, Ontario) scored the game-winning goal with 1.8 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to lift the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team over Wagner, 11-10, on Senior Day at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field Saturday afternoon. The win clinches a playoff spot for the Bobcats as they head into the final weekend with a 3-1 mark in Northeast Conference play.

The Quinnipiac University women’s tennis team earned a spot in the North-east Conference Championship match, as the Bobcats defeated LIU Brooklyn, 4-2, Saturday morning at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, N.J. For the third year in a row, Quinnipiac will meet Fairleigh Dickinson in the finals which will take place tomorrow, Sunday, April 21 at 10 a.m.Three more school records fell as the Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team continued their stellar campaign at the Larry Ellis Invitational hosted by Princeton University at Weaver Stadium. Sophomore Becca Stabile (Haver-hill, Mass.) certainly impressed, running a personal and school-record in her signature event, the 400m hurdles. The Bobcats continue to make strides in both the short and long distance events as the NEC Conference Championship looms in just two weeks.April 21: At the Annual Quinnipiac Men’s Ice Hockey Awards Banquet at the University Club at the TD Bank Sports Center, head coach Rand Pecknold announced Eric Hartzell as the team’s Most Valuable Player for the 2012-13 season. Pecknold also recognized Travis St. Denis (Trail, British Columbia) as the team’s Rookie of the Year. Dan Federico (Acton, Mass.) and Clay Harvey (Gull Lake, Saskatchewan) were honored with the 7th Player Award while Kevin Bui (Edmonton, Alberta) was given the Coaches’ Award. Zach Davies (Smithers, British Columbia) earned this year’s Academic Award.Senior Lianne Toomey (Hicksville, NY) collected the 100th goal of her career on Sunday afternoon as the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team defeated the Saint Francis University Red Flash, 20-8, on Senior Day. Despite the win, the Bobcats playoff chances were dashed as Bryant earned the No. 3 seed with a win over Mount St. Mary’s who landed the No. 4 and final playoff spot. The Bobcats finish the 2013 season at 7-9 with a 5-4 mark in NEC action. The loss for the Red Flash drops them to 4-13 overall and 1-8 against NEC opponents.April 22: For the fourth time this season, junior Gill Conners (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) of the Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team was named the North-east Conference Defensive Player of the Week, announced on Monday, April 22, 2013. Conners has been one of the nation’s best goalies this season and an instrumental piece to Quinnipiac’s roster.Senior Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) of the Quinnipiac Women’s Lacrosse team was named the Northeast Conference Player of the Week, announced on Monday April 22, 2013. The Glastonbury, Conn. native was instrumental for the Bobcats this past weekend, leading the team with 15 points on five goals and 10 assists in two games.The Quinnipiac Women’s Soccer team will be holding a “Take Me Out” fund-raiser event on Monday, April 22, to help benefit the Herron Project. The team has planned a night of fun to take place with other participating student-athletes based on the popular dating show. The event will be open to students around campus and will begin at 9 p.m. at Burt Khan Court. A $2 fee will be collected at the door with all proceeds going directly to the Herron Project.April 23: Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey goalie Eric Hartzell was honored as USCHO.com’s Player of the Year while also earning All-USCHO.com First Team honors.

Quinnipiac stand-out Eric Hartzell dressed for his first career NHL game on Monday, Apr. 22. Hartzell backed-up Tomas Vokoun in goal in the Penguins 3-1 win against the Ottawa Senators.April 24: Head coach Danie Caro has announced the Quinnipiac University Women’s Lacrosse team’s final fundraising total for their “Stick It To Cancer” event held on the weekend of April 5-7, 2013. The Bobcats raised $6,680.50 through the CT Coaches vs. Cancer program. All donations directly benefited the American Cancer Society.

Senior Taylor Healy (Milford, Conn.) was named the Quinnipiac University Women’s Soccer Player of the Year at the Quinnipiac men’s and women’s soc-cer program’s annual banquet on Saturday, April 20. Senior Shauna Edwards (Southington, Conn.) received the Players’ Player of the year accolade. While freshman Nicole Eriksen (Stamford, Conn.) was honored as the Newcomer of the Year. Additionally Angela Ellison (Peabody, Mass.) was selected as the Academic Player of the Year and senior Jill Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) earned

Team Player of the Year for the second year in a row.April 25: The Quinnipiac University acrobatics & tumbling team claimed two NCATA Individual National Championships on Thursday evening, as the Bob-cats opened competition of the three-day event at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn. Quinnipiac shared national titles in two out of the three pyramid events, accomplishing the feat for the second consecutive year.The Quinnipiac University women’s lacrosse team had three players named to the All-Conference teams, announced on Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Northeast Conference officials. Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Kyra Ochwat (Farmingdale, N.Y.) were tabbed to the NEC’s First Team, while Vicki Kuhn (East Hampstead, N.H.) was named to the NEC’s Second Team.Competing in the world’s most-illustrious track meet other than the Olym-pics, the Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team posted two more school-records in what was an overall impressive outing on Thursday from the Penn Relays at Franklin Field. The Bobcats were led by an inspired effort from senior Andrea Szarkowicz (Watertown, Conn.) who completed her event with a Top-10 finish and new school record in the 3000m steeplechase while Quin-nipiac’s distance medley group also posted a new school-record on Thursday.April 26: The Quinnipiac University men’s soccer team held its annual banquet on Saturday, April 20, 2013 where the team announced its indi-vidual award winners for the 2012 season. Held at Laurel View Country Club in Hamden, Conn, Robbie McLarney (Londonderry, N.H.) was the man of the evening as the senior midfielder took home men’s soccer Player and Newcomer of the Year honors. Along with McLarney, William Cavallo (Lon-donderry, N.H.) was named the team’s Players’ Player of the Year, while Zach Friedenreich (Edison, N.J.) earned his second straight Academic Player of the Year accolade.

Quinnipiac freshman Krissy Unger (New York, N.Y.) finished in second place on the first day of the Northeast Conference Championship, while the Bobcats finished in fourth place out of the 11 team field after the tournament’s first 18 holes at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.The Quinnipiac women’s acrobatics and tumbling team defeated Azusa Pa-cific, 275.03- 269.945, at the TD Bank Sports Center on the York Hill Campus. The Bobcats took five out of the six events of the meet (Compulsory, Acro, Pyramid, Tumble and Team). This will be the first time in program history that the Bobcats advance to the NCATA National Championship Match.April 27: Quinnipiac University hosted its 30th annual Senior Awards Cer-emony on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Recreation Center on Mount Carmel Avenue, a banquet that recognizes academic, athletic and extracurricular achievements by selected students. Senior Spencer Kane (Wolcott, Conn.) of the baseball team and senior Sarah Viebrock (Carmel, N.Y.) of the women’s tennis team were honored as the two recipients of the prestigious Scholar-Athlete award.

The Quinnipiac women’s acrobatics and tumbling team was defeated by the University of Oregon Ducks, 277.885- 273.655, in the NCATA National Championship match at the TD Bank Sports Center. The Bobcats completed a successful season with a 5-3 overall record and advancing to the NCATA Championship round for the first time in program history.After already breaking two outdoor school records on Friday, the Quinnipiac women’s outdoor track team capped their stint at the illustrious Penn Relays on Saturday with yet another record-breaking run. The 4 x 800m relay team was the only Bobcat group in action on Saturday and the squad put together a sensational run that beat an eight-year-old outdoor record. The Bobcats will certainly look to carry the positive momentum into next weekend’s NEC Championships.

The Quinnipiac women’s golf team followed a record-breaking performance on the first day of the NEC Championship with their second-best round in program history. The Bobcat are currently fourth of out 11 teams at the con-ference championship at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.The Quinnipiac University women’s golf team exceded the expectations of the Northeast Conference’s coaches for the second straight year, finishing seventh at the NEC Championship tournament after being picked to finish eighth.Quinnipiac University Director of Athletics Jack McDonald will receive the St. Francis Award from the Franciscan Life Center at the 28th Annual Franciscan Sports Banquet. The annual dinner will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, Conn.


Quinnipiac’s Athletes of the Year1995-96Bryan Jackson Men’s TennisKerri McMahon Softball

1996-97 Tim Belcher BaseballAlicia Longobardi Softball

1997-98Roland Lavallee Men’s Cross CountrySharon Polastry Women’s Soccer 1998-99Roland Lavallee Men’s Cross CountryShannon Dublin Volleyball

1999-2000Shawn Mansoff Men’s Ice HockeyCatie Canetti Field Hockey/Women’s Lacrosse

2000-01Joseph Baglio Men’s LacrosseElisa Goncalves Women’s Soccer

2001-02Everson Maciel Men’s SoccerJulie Smith Field Hockey

2002-03 Jamie Holden Men’s Ice HockeyAshlee Kelly Women’s Basketball

2003-04Albert Marano BaseballKim Piazza Women’s Tennis

2004-05Rob Monroe Men’s BasketballKatie Gwyther Women’s Cross Country/Track

2005-06Reid Cashman Men’s Ice HockeyKatie Gwyther Women’s Cross Country/Track

2006-07Reid Cashman Men’s Ice HockeyKristen Stevens Women’s Cross Country/Track

2007-08Graciano Brito Men’s SoccerTiffany Manzi Women’s Lacrosse

2008-09Graciano Brito Men’s SoccerErin Kerner Women’s Basketball

2009-10Justin Rutty Men’s BasketballKatie Latonick Women’s Lacrosse

2010-11Justin Rutty Men’s BasketballKelly Babstock Women’s Ice Hockey

2011-12Connor Jones Men’s Ice HockeyHeather Schwartzburg Softball

2012-13 Quinnipiac Athletes of the Month

AugustJill Kelley Women’s Soccer Will Daniels Men’s SoccerSeptemberJess Rusin Field Hockey Rich Klauber Men’s Cross CountryOctoberBecca White Women’s Cross CountryBorja Angoitia Men’s SoccerNovemberNicole Lewis Field Hockey Philip Suprise Men’s SoccerDecemberFelicia Barron Women’s BasketballEric Hartzell Men’s Ice HockeyJanuaryShameal Samuels Women’s Indoor TrackEric Hartzell Men’s Ice HockeyFebruaryBrittany McQuain Women’s BasketballEric Hartzell Men’s Ice HockeyMarchBrittany McQuain Women’s BasketballMatthew Peca Men’s Ice Hockey

2012-13 Quinnipiac Athletics Awards Program

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