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Quinnipiac Bobcats softball

{{Short description|College softball team}}

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|university = Quinnipiac University

|conference = Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

|conference_short = MAAC

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|city = Hamden

|stateabb = CT

|state = Connecticut

|coach = Hillary Smith

|tenure = 6th

|stadium = Quinnipiac Softball Field

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|nickname = Bobcats

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The Quinnipiac Bobcats softball team represents Quinnipiac University in NCAA Division I college softball. The team participates in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), having joined in 2014. From 1988 until 1998, Quinnipiac was a member of the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) at the Division II level.{{cite web | url=https://www.northeast10.org/sports/sball/2022-23/files/Softball_Record_Book_2023.pdf | title=Northeast 10 Athletics }} The program transitioned to Division I in 1999, joining the Northeast Conference (NEC) where they were a member until 2013. The Bobcats are currently led by head coach Hillary Smith. The team plays its home games at Quinnipiac Softball Field, which is located on the college's campus.{{Cite web|url=https://gobobcats.com/facilities/quinnipiac-softball-field/4|title=Facilities|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics}}

History

The Bobcats had some success as an NCAA Division II program, winning the Northeast-10 Conference regular season title in 1996. The team won two individual awards in the NE-10, with coach Frank Kafka winning NE-10 Coach of the Year in 1994 and Alicia Longobardi winning Freshman of the Year in 1996. After the 1998 season, the athletic program transitioned to NCAA Division I.{{cite news | url=https://www.ctinsider.com/college/article/quinnipiac-division-ii-national-hockey-champion-17889948.php | title=How Quinnipiac hockey went from Division II to a national title | newspaper=Ct Insider | last1=Fornabaio | first1=Michael }}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/03/sports/plus-colleges-quinnipiac-college-school-enters-division-i-ranks.html | title=PLUS: COLLEGES -- QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE; School Enters Division I Ranks | work=The New York Times | date=3 September 1998 }}

Since transitioning to Division I in 1999, Quinnipiac has failed to win either a conference regular season title or a conference tournament championship. In doing so, the Bobcats have also failed to reach the NCAA Division I softball tournament. Quinnipiac has finished as high as second in the Northeast Conference standings twice, doing so under coach Germaine Fairchild in the 2004 and 2012 seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://northeastconference.org/schedule.aspx?schedule=7369|title=2012 Quinnipiac Softball Schedule - Northeast Conference|website=northeastconference.org}}

Fairchild was replaced by Jill Karwoski on August 26, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://quchronicle.com/44290/sports/new-softball-coach-announced-fairchild-out/|title=New softball coach announced; Fairchild out|author= |date=August 28, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2014/2/27/2_27_2014_4735#:~:text=%E2%80%93%20Quinnipiac%20University%20Director%20of%20Athletics,head%20softball%20coach%20on%20Aug.|title=Quinnipiac Softball's Jill Karwoski Promoted to Head Coach|website=gobobcats.com}} Fairchild's firing became the subject of a lawsuit carried out by the former coach against the university, citing a violation of Title IX.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/almID/1202652864488/|title=Fairchild v. Quinnipiac University|website=Connecticut Law Tribune}} A previous lawsuit had been filed in 2009 against the university after the school had announced the elimination of several sports, notably women's volleyball, and the addition of a Division I cheerleading team.{{Cite web|url=https://clearinghouse.net/case/12318/|title=BIEDIGER V. QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse|website=clearinghouse.net}} Fairchild's lawsuit claimed that she was fired after testifying at the preliminary injunction hearing related to the 2009 lawsuit, which she was subpoenaed to testify as a witness. The hearing took place three weeks before Fairchild was fired on July 11, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://sportslitigationalert.com/quinnipiac-comes-up-empty-again-in-title-ix-litigation/|title=Quinnipiac Comes up Empty Again in Title IX Litigation | Sports Litigation Alert}} A federal judge ruled against Quinnipiac's motion to dismiss Fairchild's claim on June 13, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://ecf.ctd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2013cv1877-24|title=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT|website=ecf.ctd.uscourts.gov}}

After spending the first 15 years of their time in Division I in the NEC, it was announced in 2012 that the Bobcats would be leaving to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference starting in the 2013–14 academic year.{{Cite web|url=https://quchronicle.com/36712/sports/quinnipiac-moves-to-maac/|title=Quinnipiac moves to MAAC|author= |date=December 14, 2012}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Quinnipiac-accepts-invitation-to-join-MAAC-11519014.php|title=Quinnipiac accepts invitation to join MAAC|author=Chip Malafronte|date=December 14, 2012|website=New Haven Register}}

=Coaching history=

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| 1988–1998

Frank Kafka258–197–3{{winpct|258|197|3}}
1999–2000Maribeth Clifford40–42{{winpct|40|42|0}}{{Cite web|url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2014/2/27/2_27_2014_4735|title=Quinnipiac Softball's Jill Karwoski Promoted to Head Coach|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics}}
2001–2013Germaine Fairchild276–322–1{{winpct|276|322|1}}
2013–2018Jill Karwoski117–188{{winpct|117|188|0}}{{Cite web|url=https://friars.com/sports/softball/roster/coaches/jill-karwoski/771|title=Jill Karwoski - Softball Coach|website=Providence College Athletics}}
2019–presentHillary Smith56–124{{winpct|56|99|0}}

Roster

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Pitchers

  • 54 – Jaclyn Gonzalez – Junior
  • 12 – Lauren Hilliard – Freshman
  • 1 – Sydney Horan – Junior
  • 20 – Tori McGraw – Junior
  • 17 – Taylor Walton – Junior
  • 22 – Julia Woeste – Senior

Catchers

  • 11 – Mac Davis – Sophomore
  • 9 – Hannah Davis – Graduate Student
  • 42 – Kennedy Demott – Sophomore
  • 10 – Amanda Engel – Junior
  • 38 – Abby LaClair – Freshman
  • 20 – Riley Potter – Freshman
  • 26 – Sydney Rosenkranz – Freshman

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Infielders

  • 27 – Natalia Apatiga – Sophomore
  • 14 – Ashley Garcia – Freshman
  • 44 – Brooke Hilliard – Junior
  • 5 – Ella McGalliard –Junior
  • 2 – Sofia Vega – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 4 – Mary Fogg – Sophomore
  • 23 – Ally Hochstadter – Sophomore
  • 16 – Gianna Palmisano – Senior
  • 3 – Noelle Reid – Sophomore
  • 34 – Karolyn Walker – Senior

Utility

  • 12 – Bridget Nasir – Graduate Student
  • 24 – Jaelyn Gonzalez – Freshman

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Season by season results

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Quinnipiac Bobcats

|startyear=1988

|conference=Northeast-10 Conference

|endyear=1998

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1988

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 23–23

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 17–21

| conference = 8–8

| confstanding = T–5th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1990

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 25–18

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1991

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 19–22

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1992

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 18–16

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1993

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 18–19

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1994

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 30–20

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 33–11–1

| conference = 15–3

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1996

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 30–15

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 24–13

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998

| name = Frank Kafka

| overall = 21–19–2

| conference = 13–6–1

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

|name=Quinnipiac Bobcats

|startyear=1999

|conference=Northeast Conference

|endyear=2013

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999

| name = Maribeth Clifford

| overall = 23–21

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000

| name = Maribeth Clifford

| overall = 17–21

| conference = 10–10

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 17–26

| conference = 10–12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 16–22

| conference = 9–11

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 34–19

| conference = 13–8

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2004

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 23–28

| conference = 16–4

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 19–29–1

| conference = 12–8

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 19–37

| conference = 11–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 18–27

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 20–36

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 18–30

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2010

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 28–24

| conference = 15–5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 32–26

| conference = 13–7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012

| name = Germaine Fairchild

| overall = 32–18

| conference = 13–7

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 16–34

| conference = 9–11

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|

|name=Quinnipiac Bobcats

|startyear=2014

|conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

|endyear=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 11–36

| conference = 6–14

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 17–33

| conference = 8–12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 28–29

| conference = 11–9

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2017

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 23–27

| conference = 9–11

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2018

| name = Jill Karwoski

| overall = 22–29

| conference = 9–11

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2019

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 17–33

| conference = 8–12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2020

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 2–9

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding = N/A

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}} Season cut short due to COVID-19 Pandemic

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 8–28

| conference = 8–28

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 12–29

| conference = 5–15

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 17–25

| conference = 5–15

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024

| name = Hillary Smith

| overall = 0–0

| conference = 0–0

| confstanding =

| postseason =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 747–873–1 ({{Winning percentage|747|873|4}})

| confrecord =

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}{{Cite web|url=https://northeastconference.org/sports/2011/9/22/softball_510.aspx?path=softball|title=NEC Softball Standings (1998-2022)|website=northeastconference.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://maacsports.com/sports/2017/6/29/SB_0629170649.aspx?id=2443&=|title=Softball Standings 1986-2022|website=maacsports.com}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.qu.edu/}}

{{Quinnipiac University}}

{{Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference softball navbox}}

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