At noon, Justin Cohen will broadcast softball’s doubleheader against Bryant on our softball sports stream.
At 1 p.m., Andrew Gau, Jeremy Schilling and Aaron Tanguay will call women’s lacrosse against Mount St. Mary’s on our lacrosse sports stream.
Also at 1 p.m., Mike Radomski will have the baseball call against Mount St. Mary’s on our baseball sports stream.
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The Quinnipiac Bobcats women’s lacrosse team is playing Bryant today at 4:15 p.m.
Jamie Palatini, Corey Hersch and Glenn Taylor will being you all of the action live on our lacrosse sports stream at that time.
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We’ll be busy broadcasting games all afternoon today.
The men’s lacrosse team is playing Detroit Mercy at 11 a.m., with Justin Cohen, Corey Hersch and Robin Schuppert broadcasting on our lacrosse sports stream. The women’s lacrosse team will follow at 2 p.m. against Sacred Heart.
At 1 p.m., the baseball team is taking on Holy Cross with Mike Radomski and Tom Butto on the call. The broadcast will begin at 11:50 on our baseball sports stream.
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Mike talked about today’s simulatenous broadcasts in the previous post.
At 2:30 p.m., Corey Hersch, Aaron Tanguay and Mike Radomski will call women’s lacrosse against Detroit Mercy on the lacrosse sports stream.
Tom Butto, Miles McQuiggan and Jamie Palatini will then have softball against UConn on the softball sports stream at 3:30.
Enjoy and help us make WQAQ history!
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NEC Women’s Lacrosse Champion Decided in Classic Fashion
By TJ Buzzeo
April 29, 2008
HAMDEN — Many expected that the re-match between the Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart women’s lacrosse teams would be a great game, however few thought it would be a classic.
The lead flipped back and forth between both teams several times, with goals being scored almost at will until the 16:33 mark in the game. After sophomore midfielder Lyndsey Banach scored to tie the game for the Bobcats at 13, the game was scoreless until the 2:18 mark when the Pioneers senior attack Liz Ottey scored to regain the lead for Sacred Heart.
Junior midfielder Tiffany Manzi tied the game for the Bobcats with her third goal of the game with just 32 seconds remained in the game. However, the excitement would not stop there as sophomore attack Kelly Bruneau had two shots on goal with 14 seconds remaining and was unable to give the Bobcats the lead.
Sophomore goalie Chelsea Wagner was able to stop both of Bruneau’s shots and get the ball up to her offense with just enough time for junior attack Amanda Williams to set up sophomore attack Carissa Hauser for her fifth goal of the game to win it for the Pioneers.
The first seven minutes of the game were sloppily played as seven goals were scored and a numerous amount of penalties called. At the end of that seven minute span Quinnipiac held a 4-3 lead, but would be without senior attack Katy Delagi who left the game with a leg injury immediately following her second goal of the game which came with 24:17 remaining in the first half.
Although the quality of game play improved as the first half went along, gaols were still being scored almost at will. The Bobcats had their biggest lead of the game with 4:12 remaining in the first half, when junior midfielder Ashley Valentine was able to beat Wagner to extend the lead 10-7. Any thoughts of a comfortable win for Quinnipiac were thrown out the window almost immediately when Sacred Heart scored two quick goals to cut the deficit to one at the half.
The second half was very similar to the first with the lead changes and the inability of either team to pull away from the other. Then, with three seconds left and overtime looming overhead Hauser was able to sneak a shot past sophomore goalie Hannah Nelson to win the game for the Pioneers.
Quinnipiac played well in their first ever NEC title game, but as Quinnipiac head coach Danie Caro put it, “Sacred Heart made plays when it counted.”
After the game the All-Tournament team was announced and three Bobcats were honored. They were Manzi who had five goals and an assist in the two games, Delagi who had three goals and an assist, and senior defender Jamie Zeitler who added a goal in the championship game to go along with her tremendous defense.
With only Delagi and Zeitler graduating, and having the NEC Player of the Year (Manzi), the NEC Defender of the Year (Nelson) and the Coach of the Year (Caro) returning the Bobcats are in a position to make another run at the NEC Championship again next year.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse Advances to the Championship Game
By TJ Buzzeo
April 25, 2008
HAMDEN — Earlier today the Quinnipiac’s women’s lacrosse team beat Mount St. Mary’s 12-11 to advance to the NEC Championship. The slim victory marks the first playoff win for the Bobcats in their NEC history.
The Mount came out red hot to start the game and took an early 7-2 lead in the first half. Then Head Coach Danie Caro called a timeout and got her team’s act together. The Bobcats came out of the timeout and scored the last four goals of the half cutting the deficit to one.
Junior, Midfielder Katelyn Catanese and sophomore, Attack Ashley “AJ” Johnson scored six of the seven goals for Mount St. Mary’s. Catanese put four in the back of the net while Johnson added two.
Junior, Attack Ashley Valentine was able to keep the Bobcats in the game with both of her goals on free position shots.
Mount St. Mary’s came out of the break strong with a goal in the first 33 seconds of the half. That would be the only goal for the Mount for about 15 minutes as Quinnipiac would go on a tear, scoring five unanswered goals to take a 11-8 lead. The three goal lead would not last long as Johnson would pick up her fourth goal of the game followed by a goal by senior, Midfielder Rebecca Douglass, who scored her first goal of the game cutting the lead to one. Quinnipiac would score the 12th and deciding goal when sophomore, Attack Katie Latonick put one in the back of the net.
Douglass added the final goal of the game, but it was all for naught because sophomore, Goalie Hannah Nelson was able to shut out the Mount for the last 2:52 of the game.
Five Bobcats had multiple point games led by Valentine’s hat trick and sophomore, Attack Kelly Bruneau added two goals and an assist. Junior, Midfielder and recently named NEC Player of the Year Tiffany Manzi added a couple of goals. Freshmen, Lauren Matuszczak had a goal an assist in the victory. Senior, attack Katy Delagi and Latonick each added two goals also.
Although Nelson started off slow giving up seven goals in the first 24:26 minutes of the game. After that the 2008 NEC Defensive Player of the Year and only gave up four goals in the last 37:34 of the game and gave her team a chance to comeback and win the game.
Junior, Midfielder Meghan Latonick said, “We had to dig from deep inside ourselves,” when speaking about her team’s comeback.
Head Coach Danie Caro, the 2008 NEC Head Coach of the Year, spoke about her team’s first ever playoff win saying, “It felt good, but it wasn’t the prettiest win.”
In the Bobcats previous five playoff appearances they had lost in the first round each time. This year the Bobcats are the one seed and broke their playoff losing streak, which included a loss to the Mount last year in the first round when the seeds were reversed.
The Bobcats will play the championship game against Sacred Heart, who defeated Monmouth 12-11 later on Friday. The game will take place at 12 p.m. on Sunday at the Turf Complex, and can be heard on the Bobcats Sports Network presented by WQAQ.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse wins share of NEC regular season crown
By TJ Buzzeo
April 16, 2008
HAMDEN — Going back to the end of March Quinnipiac’s Women’s Lacrosse team has not lost a game. Now going into its last game of the regular season it is on a seven game winning streak.
On Friday April 4, the Bobcats were going for their third consecutive win as they took on Robert Morris. The Colonials were looking up at the Bobcats early and often in the game as Quinnipiac took a 3-0 lead within the first five minutes of action. The first half was all Quinnipiac all the time as they took a commanding 9-2 lead into the locker room.
The second half was much like the first. The Bobcats stayed in control all half and outscored the Colonials by seven goals again. Each team would score one less goal as Quinnipiac won the second half 8-1, and the game 17-3.
12 Bobcat players scored points and six had multi-point games. Sophomore attack Kelly Bruneau accumulated six points with five goals and one assist. Junior midfielder Tiffany Manzi, and Freshman midfielder Lauren Matuszcak also added 3 points with two goals and one assist each.
Sophomore goaltender Hannah Nelson played tremendously in the net for Quinnipiac. Nelson made 12 saves while only allowing three goals as she picked up her fifth win of the year, extending her 10 plus saves a game streak to six. She also added five groundballs in the game.
St. Francis (PA) would visit the Bobcats on Sunday April 6, and would be sent home very disappointed. The Bobcats kept rolling and kept St. Francis (PA) winless on the year with a 19-3 drubbing.
In the first half Quinnipiac dominated opening up with a 16-1 lead. The first goal of the game for St. Francis did not come until there was only 30 seconds remaining in the first half. The second half was much closer, but still in favor of the Bobcats 3-2.
16 different Bobcats scored points and eight put up multiple points. Senior attack Katy Delagi led the way for Quinnipiac with four points, putting up three goals and one assist. Manzi also had another very good game with two goals and an assist. Freshman attack Christine Sinnigen also added her first goal at the college level.
Central Connecticut State visited Hamden on Wednesday April 9 and the Bobcats were not very good hosts as they sent Central home with a 17-4 loss. The Bobcats made their gusts feel unwelcome right away as they took a commanding 11-1 lead into the locker room and did not allow the Blue Devils to score from the 26:47 mark in the first half until the 20:53 mark in the second. The second half was not as one sided as the Bobcats only outscored Central Connecticut by three goals.
The Bobcats again had over eleven people scoring points with 11 and out of those 9 scored more than one point. Leading the way for Quinnipiac were Manzi and Matuszcak who each had four points. Manzi had three goals and assist, while Matuszcak had one goal and three assist.
Nelson only made five saves while letting three goals go through on route to her seventh win of the season, as the team improved its record to 7-4.
After three straight home games the Bobcats went on the road to keep their winning streak alive when they went to nearby Sacred Heart on Friday April 11. More than just the Bobcats win streak was on the line however, as both teams were also battling for first place in the NEC.
The Bobcats would not roll to an easy victory like they had in their past four wins, as the Pioneers jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. Quinnipiac battled back in the first half to make it 6-4 as the intermission horn sounded.
The second half was another battle for both teams, but this time Quinnipiac would strike first. The Bobcats scored the first four goals of the half to take a two goal advantage. The lead did not last long as Sacred Heart came back to force a tie at nine with 8:53 left in the game. With 4:37 remaining Matuszcak would score the final goal of the game giving the Bobcats a 10-9 advantage as the game ended.
Manzi and Bruneau were the leaders for Quinnipiac each collecting 3 points. Manzi had the hat-trick with three goals while Bruneau added one goal and two assist. Nelson also played another great game in goal for the Bobcats as she ended her two game skid and made ten saves.
In an attempt to make it seven consecutive wins and win at least a share of the NEC regular season title Quinnipiac would need to be victorious over Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Md. After a very close game against Sacred Heart, the Bobcats wanted to get back to winning comfortably and that is just what they did.
The team jumped out to a 7-2 lead after playing one half and was able to keep The Mount at bay in the second outscoring The Mount 5-2. The comeback seemed like a possibility at the beginning of the second half as Mount St. Mary’s scored two goals quickly to narrow the lead to three. However, the Bobcats buckled down and shut out The Mount the rest of the way while putting up five goals of their own as they picked up their seventh win in a row.
Bruneau and Manzi headed the victory yet again for Quinnipiac each with four points apiece. Bruneau had two goals and two assists, while Manzi got all four of hers by putting the ball in the back of the net.
Nelson had another strong performance stopping nine shots while only allowing four goals and added four groundballs as well.
With the win the Bobcats clinched at least a share of the regular season NEC title as their conference record went to 7-1. The team still has one more out of conference game when Colgate visits Hamden on Sunday April 20 before the beginning of the NEC playoffs.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
Women’s Lax Ends Skid with a Couple of Wins
By TJ Buzzeo
March 30, 2008
HAMDEN – The Quinnipiac Women’s Lacrosse team opened up NEC play on Saturday March 22 with their fourth consecutive loss.
Monmouth University came to Hamden on the 22nd and left with a nail-biting victory. The Bobcats started off strong opening with a 3-0 lead over the Hawks. With 13:24 left in the half Monmouth went on a run, and eventually took the lead 4-3. Sophomore midfielder Lyndsey Banach tied the game at four with her first goal of the season with 5:52 left in the half.
The Hawks outplayed Quinnipiac in the first portion of the second half taking a 9-6 lead after a 3-0 Monmouth run. Quinnipiac scored two quick goals to cut the lead, but the Hawks extended it back to three. The Bobcats would not go down quietly as junior midfielder Ashley Valentine and junior midfielder Tiffany Manzi each scored goals to bring the score to 11-10 in favor of the Hawks. The Bobcats could not push another goal in over the final 4:28 of the game as 11-10 would be the final score in favor of the visitors from New Jersey.
Valentine and junior attack Nicole Fiore each had hat-tricks to lead the Bobcat offense.
Sophomore goalkeeper Hannah Nelson played well for Quinnipiac, stopping 10 shots and putting up a season-high seven groundballs.
The Bobcats got back to their winning ways on Friday March 28, with a victory over NEC rival Long Island.
Quinnipiac came out strong, dominating the first half and taking a 7-1 lead into the break. The second half was more evenly played as the Bobcats again outscored the Blackbirds 7-5, and won the game 14-6.
Three Bobcats put up four points each for the first time this year. Valentine scored four goals in the game, including three in the first half. Senior attack Katy Delagi put up two goals and two assists. Her two goals were the opening and closing goals for the Quinnipiac scoring. Sophomore attack Kelly Bruneau posted one goal and three assists.
Nelson made 10 saves while only giving up five goals before being pulled from the game with 6:50 remaining.
The Bobcats picked up their first NEC win of the season, and snapped a four game losing streak with the win.
On Sunday March 30, the Bobcats continued their winning ways by blowing out the Wagner College Seahawks 23-12 on Long Island.
Wagner took an early 2-1 lead, and then Quinnipiac woke up and scored 11 of the next 14 goals taking a commanding 12-5 lead into halftime. The Seahawks and Bobcats traded four goals apiece to start the second half. Then the Seahawks went on a 3-1 lead making the score 17-12 in favor of Quinnipiac, who washed away any comeback thoughts by scoring the last six goals of the game.
After Manzi did not get any points for the first time all season in the victory over Long Island, she picked up seven in the Wagner game, with four goals and three assists. Valentine put up a six point game with five goals and an assist. Delagi also added six points with a hat-trick and three assists. Fiore also put up a great game with four points — all of them goals.
Nelson had another solid game for the Bobcats posting her fifth consecutive 10 save game and her seventh in eight games.
Valentine and Manzi have been the leaders all season for the Bobcats and their efforts have shown in the NEC rankings. Valentine is third in goals per game (2.88), fourth in points per game (3.50), and sixth in shots per game (5.25). Manzi’s 2.12 goals per game ranks her sixth in the NEC, she is also third in draw controls per game (2.62) and is first in caused turnovers per game (2.00).
Nelson has been very effective in net for Quinnipiac. She ranks third in goals against average (10.71), second in save percentage (.509), fourth in saves per game (10.75), and second in ground balls per game (3.12). She has started all eight games for the Bobcats this season.
The Bobcats are currently 4-4 overall, 2-1 in NEC play, and currently are tied in third with Monmouth in the conference standings. The Bobcats look to improve on those numbers with three straight home games against three NEC rivals. Robert Morris comes to Hamden on April 4, St. Francis (PA) follows on April 6, and Central Connecticut wraps up the homestand on April 9. All three games can be heard on the Bobcats Sports Network presented by WQAQ.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
Difficult Spring Break for Women’s Lax
By TJ Buzzeo
March 16, 2008
HAMDEN- The month of March started off on a high note for Quinnipiac’s Women’s Lacrosse team as they defeated UCONN for the first time in school history and improved to 2-0. However, the team’s winning ways stopped during Spring Break as the team dropped all three games they had.
On Tuesday March 6, the Bobcats outscored the UCONN Huskies 10-6. Junior Midfielders, Janelle Lopez, Tiffany Manzi, and Ashley Valentine led the scoring output for the Bobcats each scoring two goals.
At the 20:57 mark in the first half Katy Ryan of UCONN scored to tie the score at one. After Ryan’s goal, the Bobcats went on a 5-0 scoring run making the score 6-1, and was leading 6-2 going into the half. For the second game in a row the Bobcats split goals with their opponents in the second half and were able to hold on for the 10-6 victory
Bobcat Goalie Hannah Nelson picked up her second victory of the season stopping 11 of 17 shots.
Over Quinnipiac University’s Spring Break the Bobcats traveled to California for a pair of games. On Monday March 10 they took on UC Davis, and on Friday March 14 they took on UC Berkeley.
The Bobcats ended up on the wrong end of a shootout with the Aggies 16-14, marking the Bobcats first loss of the season. Manzi and Valentine scored goals early to give the Bobcats an early 2-1 lead. The lead would not last long as UC Davis would quickly extend the lead to7-3, however the Bobcats battled back to tie the score at seven, but gave up UC Davis’ Katie McMahon scored her third and fourth goals of the game giving the Aggies a 9-7 lead going into the half. The Bobcats battled tough in the second half, but for every goal they scored the Aggies would answer right back, and for the third straight game the Bobcats would play to a tie in the second half. Unfortunately for Quinnipiac they did not have the lead going into the half.
Manzi and Valentine each put up a hat-trick and Sophmore, Attacker Katie Latonick scored two goals to lead the offensive strike for the Bobcats. Nelson made eight saves in her first loss of the season.
UC Berkeley would make sure that Quinnipiac would return to the east coast at 2-2, as they would outscore the Bobcats 14-8.
Berkeley jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, but that was combated with two quick Bobcat goals. The Bears went on a 4-1 run extending their lead to 6-3. The Bobcats fought back to outscore the Bears the rest of the first half to cut the deficit to two going into half time. Berkeley came out firing to start the second half scoring six of the first seven goals and the Bobcats would never be able to recover, dropping their second straight game.
Manzi, Senior Attacker Katy Delagi and Sophmore Attacker Kelly Bruneau lead the Bobcat Offense with two goals each. Nelson added 11 saves in her second consecutive loss of the season.
The Bobcats returned home today March 16, to face Harvard, hoping for a different outcome being back on the east coast. However, the change of scenery from Northern California to Hamden, CT would not make a difference as the Bobcats lossed their third straight game.
The Crimson offense scored early and often in the first half outscoring the Bobcats 10-3, but that story would change in the second half. The Bobcats defense stepped up their game and held Harvard to only three second half goals and the offense woke up and scored seven goals and ending the blow out and making it a close game. The offense was unable to score in the last 10 minutes of the game and Harvard was able to hold on to their slim lead.
Katie Latonick recorded a hat-trick for the Bobcats and Valentine added two goals and three assists to go along with a pair of goals from Junior Attacker Nicole Fiore. Nelson made 11 saves in her third consecutive loss of the season.
Tiffany Manzi has definitely been the offensive leader for the Bobcats through the first five games of the season. Manzi has 12 goals and 3 assists, she also has 2.40 goals a game ranks her fifth in the NEC and her 3.00 points per game ranks her sixth in the NEC.
Hannah Nelson has started all five games of the season in Goal for the Bobcats and has accumulated 55 saves. Her 11.31 goals against average puts her second in the NEC and .500 save percentage is third in the NEC.
The Bobcats return to action 12p.m. on Saturday March 22 when they begin NEC play with Monmouth visiting the Quinnipiac Field Hockey/ Lacrosse Turf Field.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
Women’s Lax Opens Season with Win
By TJ Buzzeo
March 2, 2008
HAMDEN — On Wednesday, February 27, the Women’s Lacrosse team began their quest for a fifth consecutive playoff birth the right way with a 16-9 victory over Iona at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey/Lacrosse Turf Complex.
The scoring was early and often for the Bobcats as they scored six goals in the first 11 minutes of the game to give them a 6-0 lead and they added four more in the half, to only three for Iona.
Iona tried to battle back in the second half as the Gaels were able to put six in the back of the net. However, Quinnipiac was able to match them goal for goal to hold onto their lead and win the game 16-9.
The offensive attack of the Bobcats was led by two junior midfielders. As, Tiffany Manzi netted four goals and also added an assist and a four groundballs, and Ashley Valentine contributed with three goals of her own with a groundball. The young Quinnipiac team also saw four players score their first career goals. Freshman Defender Kaitlyn Kelly scored the first goal of the game just a 1:10 into the game to go along with two groundballs. Freshman Midfielder Laura Iannotti came off the bench to score her first career goal with 18:50 remaining in the first half. Freshmen Midfielder Jennifer Skipper scored at the 16:01 mark to get her first collegiate goal, she also added a groundball in the contest. And last, but definitely not least Freshman Midfielder Lauren Mastusczczak had two assist and a groundball to go along with her first career goal which came with just 1:24 remaining in the first half.
Sophomore Goalie Hannah Nelson guided the defense to only give up nine goals on the day. Nelson had 14 saves while only giving up six goals on 20 shots on goal, and picked up her first victory of the season before giving way to freshman Alexandra DeStefano who made 5 saves and gave up 3 goals while facing 8 shots.
The Bobcats try to open up the season 2-0 when they go to Storrs, to take on UCONN Tuesday.
Categories: Quinnipiac Women's Lacrosse
