By Andrew Fletcher
The Quinnipiac women’s basketball team is facing Providence College at the TD Banknorth Sports Center this afternoon at 1 p.m.
WQAQ Sports’ Andrew Gau and Michael Feldstein will bring the action live on our sports stream at that time.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Women's Basketball
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule
By Robert Schilling
The women’s basketball suffered their first defeat of the season Sunday afternoon at the hands of Michigan State. The Spartans routed the Bobcats in the final of the TD Banknorth Classic in Burlington, Vt., by a score of 81-48.
Senior Erin Kerner led Quinnipiac with 13 points, but she was the only Bobcat to hit double figures. The shooting percentages for each team told the story of the afternoon, as QU shot just 26.2 percent from the field, and an icy 12 percent from three-point range. The Spartans were the polar opposite, shooting 62.2 percent from the field and 50 percent from downtown. Allyssa DeHaan led the Spartans with a game-high 21 points.
The Bobcats (3-1) will look to rebound when they take on Delaware (2-1) Tuesday night at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Basketball · Robert Schilling
Tagged: Erin Kerner
By Andrew Fletcher
The Quinnipiac Bobcats women’s ice hockey team lost to Clarkson 2-0 last night to fall to 2-12-1 overall and 1-3-1 in ECAC Hockey play.
They will look to split this weekend’s series this afternoon against St. Lawrence at 4 p.m. Justin Cohen and Andrew Gau will bring you the action live on our sports stream at that time.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule
By Andrew Fletcher
Even though most people have fled Hamden, Conn., for Thanksgiving Break, we’re not taking any time off. We will be broadcasting games throughout the break, including tonight’s women’s hockey game at the TD Banknorth Sports Center against Clarkson.
Quinnipiac head coach Rick Seeley is facing his former team for the first time tonight at 7 p.m. Jamie Palatini and Justin Cohen will bring you the action live on our sports stream at that time.
Stay tuned to WQAQ Sports for information on our next broadcast.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule, Rick Seeley
Photo Credit: QuinnipiacBobcats.com
By Steven Ceruti
After a huge weekend for the Quinnipiac men’s hockey team which included two big wins over Union and RPI, senior forward Bryan Leitch is this week’s pick for WQAQ Athlete of the Week. Leitch lead the Bobcats with three goals and two assists against Union in their 6-3 win Friday, and added two more assists in the 5-1 win over RPI on Saturday. The five points he tallied against Union were the most in his career and it was also his first hat trick as a member of the Bobcats.
The Bobcats had a tough time scoring this season and when Leitch scored his first goal of the game in the first period, the flood gates seemed to open for the QU. That goal broke a 194-minute scoreless streak for Quinnipiac, and gave them the confidence they carried through their huge weekend with two conference wins. They had been shut out in the three previous games but exploded for 11 goals over the weekend, seven of which Leitch was involved with.
On the season, Leitch has been a huge player for the Bobcats with three goals along with his team leading 10 assists. He is +1 overall, and now that the offense seems to be coming around, look for Leitch to make an even bigger mark on the offensive end. Quinnipiac has another big weekend coming up on the road in New York. They take on a tough Clarkson team on Friday at 7 p.m. and then go to St. Lawrence on Saturday when they will battle the Saints at 4 p.m. Leitch will look to continue his offensive success and keep the Bobcats winning streak alive.
Categories: Athlete of the Week · Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey · Steven Ceruti
Tagged: Bryan Leitch
By Kevin Lo
(HAMDEN, Conn.) – With just 2.2 seconds left on the clock, Jeremy Baker crashed the boards, tipping in a missed lay-up, giving Quinnipiac its first home victory of the season, 66-64 in overtime. Coincidentally this happened to be many of a first for Quinnipiac as it was also their first time in Division I history starting the season 2-0.
“We’re just trying to change the culture brick by brick trying to build a program,” said Coach Tom Moore.
The two teams were neck and neck the whole way in overtime. With 1:24 left to go the score was 64-62. Army hit a baseline jumper with 20.2 seconds to play to tie it at 64. In the last play of the game, Queens bred point guard James Johnson came off a pick and roll drawing a bigger slower defender and blew by him for a chance at a lay-up. It was off but Baker was there for his eighth board of the game as well as the winning tip-in.
Baker finished the night 8-for-11 from the field with 18 points and eight boards. James Feldeine went 8-for-12 from the field (4-for-6 from three-point territory) led the team in scoring with 24 points.
Army had a chance to capitalize off a Quinnipiac turnover and take the lead in regulation but failed to score. Instead Quinnipiac took a timeout with 46.3 to go and Johnson hit a pull up jumper with 24.9 to go making it 56-53. Army refused to give in hitting a 3-pointer to send it into overtime.
The two teams exchanged buckets deep into the second half as Quinnipiac was only able to muster a one point lead with 1:32 left in the half despite leading by as many as 14 at the start of the half. Moore contributed the Black Knights comeback to a lack of stamina.
“We hit the wall physically in the second half,” Moore said. “We were terrible defensively because of the fatigue, but offensively we never looked panicked on offense, I like that about these guys.”
Quinnipiac looked shaky out of the gates as Army got off to a 15-4 run to start the second half.
The Bobcats struggled on the offensive end and failed to pressure Army’s shooters on the opposite end of the floor. The Bobcats were careless with the ball, committing several turnovers allowing the Black Knights to creep back into the game.
The Bobcats led at the half by a score of 39-25. Good defensive play was key during the first half as Quinnipiac was able to pull away thanks to a slew of steals and hard-nosed defense. Feldeine helped provide most of the offense in the first half as he contributed 16 points, hitting two threes in a row in the first half, while Johnson took care of things on the other end with three steals in a physical first half.
The Bobcats next travel to New York, N.Y., for the Columbia Tournament hosted by Columbia University. They will take on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County on Friday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. The Bobcats will then face either Bryant University or Columbia the following day.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Kevin Lo · Quinnipiac Men's Basketball
Tagged: James Feldeine, James Johnson, Jeremy Baker, Tom Moore
By Andrew Fletcher
The men’s basketball team will open up their 2008-09 home schedule at the TD Banknorth Sports Center tonight against the Black Knights of Army at 7 p.m.
Co-Sports Directors Mike Radomski and Mike Silverman will have the call for you live on our sports stream at that time.
Categories: Andrew Fletcher · Quinnipiac Men's Basketball
Tagged: Broadcast Schedule
By Jamie Palatini
(HAMDEN, Conn.) – Junior forward Samson Maljani’s goal early in the first half proved to be the difference maker, as the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights defeated Quinnipiac’s men’s soccer team 2-0 in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament, ending the Bobcats’ playoff run. With the loss, the Bobcats end the season with an overall record of 10-5-4. FDU advances to the NEC championship game where they’ll play the fourth seeded Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, who upset the top seeded Monmouth Hawks earlier in the afternoon.
Despite the loss, Quinnipiac head coach Eric Da Costa was proud of his team’s effort against a very talented FDU squad.
“These moments are never easy,” Da Costa said. “We wanted more out of today and played well enough to win, but Fairleigh Dickinson is a good team and very deserving.”
The Knights jumped on the board at the 14 minute mark of the first half. Maljani received a pass at the top of the box from teammate Serge Zulu. He spun and fired a shot into the upper right corner that eluded Quinnipiac goalkeeper Freddy Hall to give FDU the 1-0 advantage. The goal was the first that Hall had allowed in over 369 minutes.
With their one-goal lead, FDU sat back and stifled the Bobcats’ offense. Quinnipiac had three shots on goal in the first half, none of which troubled FDU goalkeeper Majdi Zaineh. NEC Player of the Year Graciano Brito was draped with two or three Knights’ defenders every time he touched the ball and was only able two shots on goal.
FDU sealed the fate of the Bobcats with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. Following a Quinnipiac foul, the Knights had a free kick just outside the penalty box, and made the most of it. Fernando Huthmacher took the free kick and Zulu, whose shot made it past a diving Hall to give the Knights the two goal lead.
With the season ending on Friday, the Bobcats lost more than just the game. They said goodbye to a player who has been one of the most prolific scorers in the NEC in Graciano Brito. Over his four-year career, Brito tallied 40 goals and 92 points, both of which are Quinnipiac records. This year he also broke the school’s single-season scoring record with 18 goals, topping the mark of 17 set by Everson Marciel in 2001.
Although Quinnipiac will lose Brito next season, things aren’t as bad as they may seem for Eric Da Costa’s team. They’ll return the rest of their starters for the 2009 season when they’ll look to build off of this season’s success.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Jamie Palatini · Quinnipiac Men's Soccer
Tagged: Eric Da Costa, Freddy Hall, Graciano Brito
By Jamie Palatini
(HAMDEN, Conn.) – Maybe all they needed was a change of scenery.
After going over 193 minutes without scoring a goal at the TD Banknorth Sports Center in Hamden, it only took Quinnipiac’s men’s ice hockey team just 1:15 to score on Union goaltender Corey Milan in Schenectady, N.Y. The Bobcats would go on to add five more goals, including a hat trick from senior forward Bryan Leitch, en route to a 6-3 win against the Union Dutchmen on Friday night. With the win, Quinnipiac improves to 3-4-1 overall, and 1-2-1 in ECAC Hockey. The loss drops Union to 4-3-1, and 1-2-0 in ECAC Hockey. Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold was pleased with his team’s effort and understood how important this game was for the Bobcats.
“I thought we played well against Colgate and Princeton,” Pecknold said, referring to the Bobcats’ last two games in which they didn’t score. “But tonight our guys bought in. We played well and executed well. It’s important that we got a win here tonight, because if we didn’t we were in a lot of trouble. Hopefully we’ll build off of this tomorrow night.”
Leitch’s goal at the 1:15 minute mark was his first of the season. Junior forward Eric Lampe took a one-time shot from the left faceoff circle which was saved by Milan, but deflected right to Leitch who put home the rebound to give Quinnipiac the 1-0 lead.
The Bobcats increased the lead to 2-0 six minutes later on the power play. The play started with Leitch, who moved the puck to sophomore defenseman Zach Hansen by the blue line of the Union zone. Hansen slid the puck across to senior defenseman Matt Sorteberg, who one-timed a shot into the top right corner of the net for his first goal of the season to give Quinnipiac a two goal advantage. Union’s Matt Cook pulled the Dutchmen within one after he scored on freshman goaltender Nick Pisellini late in the first period to make it 2-1.
In the second period, Quinnipiac outscored Union by that same margin. Hansen added his first goal of the season, which came on the power play to make it a 3-1 Quinnipiac lead. Union’s Jason Walter scored at the 7:56 mark of the period to cut into the deficit, but Leitch added his second goal of the game five minutes later, also on the power play, to keep it a two-goal Quinnipiac lead at 4-2.
With just five minutes remaining in the game, Leitch capped off his five point night with his third goal of the game for his first career hat trick.
“Bryan worked a little bit harder tonight than he has been,” volunteer assistant coach Graham Johnson said. “When he had the opportunities, he buried them. I think overall, he worked a little harder and showed that little extra bit of effort.”
Union’s Lane Caffaro added a goal just 36 seconds later to make the score 5-3, but Sorteberg squashed any hopes of a Union comeback when he scored an empty netter with just over one minute remaining. It was the first multi-goal game of Sorteberg’s career. But for the Bobcats’, Friday night’s game represented a huge monkey being lifted off their backs.
“We knew the goals were going to come at some point, we have a lot of skill up front,” Johnson said. “We had chances in those three home games, but tonight we came out tonight and put a few in, which was a big help for us.”
Quinnipiac will look to build off this win tomorrow night when they continue their road trip in the Capital Region, this time in Troy N.Y., against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. That game will be broadcast on 1220 WQUN, with the puck set to drop at 7 p.m.
Click here to view the box score from this game.
Categories: Jamie Palatini · Quinnipiac Men's Ice Hockey
Tagged: Bryan Leitch, Eric Lampe, Graham Johnson, Matt Sorteberg, Nick Pisellini, Rand Pecknold, Zach Hansen
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