Field Hockey
- Title:
- Field Hockey Head Coach
- Email:
- becca.main@qu.edu
- Phone:
- (203) 582-5319
- Four-time Coach of the Year (2015 (MAAC); 1998, 2004 (NEC); 1997 (Northeast-10))
- Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular-Season Co-Champions (2013, 2015)
- 2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament Champions
- Three-time NCAA Field Hockey Tournament Participant (2001, 2003, 2013)
- 94 All-Conference Student-Athletes
- 27 NFHCA Mideast All-Region Selections
In 2022, Quinnipiac field hockey head coach Becca Main completed her 28th season at the helm of a program that she has built into an perennial power that translated into an invitation to join the BIG EAST Conference for the 2016 season.
The 2022 campaign was one for the books for the Bobcats, as the Bobcats earned earned wins on the campaign, a five-win increase from the season prior. That season, the Bobcats notched two wins over ranked opponents, marking the first time in program history where that has happened in a single season. In the wins over No. 22 Maine and No. 24 Penn, the Bobcats shut out both opponents.
Quinnipiac logged four shutouts on the season, marking the most by the team in a single season since 2013 (7). Of the four shutouts recorded, first year goalkeeper Cristina Torres was responsible for three of them, including the two over ranked opponents. Torres also logged 57 minutes in the team shutout victory in the season finale against Sacred Heart. As a first year, Torres was named BIG EAST Rookie of the week twice.
Aiding the team in the four shutouts was graduate student Amanda Funaro. In 2022, Funaro appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts. She tallied all five of Quinnipiac's defensive saves this season, leading the BIG EAST and ranking seventh in the nation as an individual. However, her five defensive saves alone placed Quinnipiac 27th in the nation in the category. Her stellar season allowed Funaro to be named to the NFHCA Senior Game, marking the first Quinnipiac field hockey player to make the game since Elisa Ruiz Martinez played in the contest in 2018. It also marked the fifth Quinnipiac field hockey player to make the NFHCA Senior Game since 2015 as Ruiz Martinez (2018), Michelle Federico (2017), Angie King (2016) and Graham Conaboy (2015) were all selected in previous seasons.
Quinnipiac was anchored by junior Stella Tegtmeier (8G, 8A, 24P) and sophomore Emilia Massarelli (8G, 4A, 20P), as the duo garnered All-BIG EAST honors. Tegtmeier earned First Team honors, while Massarelli earned Second Team honors for the second consecutive season. The duo also earned NFHCA All-Region honors.
The Bobcats earned three wins in 2021, led by All-BIG EAST Second Team Selection Emilia Massarelli as a first-year. Along with Massarelli earning all conference honors, 26 Bobcats earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors.
Over seven seasons since joining the BIG EAST, the Bobcats have been in the hunt for a playoff spot nearly season. The 2020-21 season was no different for the Bobcats are they were just two wins away from earning the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Tournament. The Bobcats were anchored by Second Team NFHCA All-Mideast Region and All-BIG EAST selection Jess Halley as well as first year standout goalkeeper Nina Santore. Quinnipiac has had at least one All-BIG EAST selection since joining the league and one NFHCA All-Region selection since 1997. Defender Amanda Funaro came up big defensively as she led the nation with eight defensive saves.
In 2019, the Bobcats finished one spot outside of making the playoffs. The team was led by Second Team All-BIG EAST and Second Team NFHCA All-Mideast Region selected Bianka Strubbe with nine goals and 21 points.
In 2018, Main coached Elisa Ruiz Martinez to selections on the second team All-BIG EAST and NFHCA Second Team All-Mideast Region teams. In addition to Ruiz Martinez, her sister Ines was crowned the NCAA Statistical champion with nine defensive saves, Quinnipiac's third individual statistical championship in the past four seasons for defensive saves.
A formidable regional opponent for years, Main's program continues to ascend to new heights as the Bobcats are just five years removed from the first MAAC Championship in the history of Quinnipiac Athletics in 2013, in addition to the best record in program history (14-7). In 2015, Quinnipiac captured its second MAAC Regular-Season Championship in three seasons in the league. Main was recognized by her peers as the 2015 MAAC Coach of the Year.
With field hockey being added as a sport to the MAAC on July 1, 2013 a new era of field hockey was born. Main's program continues to ascend to new heights and has found itself with the likes of Quinnipiac basketball and ice hockey as a recently upgraded Sport of Emphasis at the university. The new Tier 1 upgrade to sport of emphasis promises a new premier playing field and additional support for the program.
Main's leadership was a driving force behind the Bobcats’ MAAC Co-Regular Season Championship, preceding her team’s spirited run in claiming the first MAAC Championship in school history. Her team scored back-to-back wins over Bryant and Robert Morris to secure the MAAC Championship and earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. Quinnipiac finished the 2013 season with the most victories (14) in a single season in the program’s 19-year history and saw seven players named All-Conference.
In the Bobcats' second season as a member of the MAAC in 2014, Quinnipiac posted an 8-11 overall record and was 3-2 in conference play. Advancing to the postseason conference tournament for the 18th time in 20 years, Quinnipiac was ultimately bounced from the MAAC Semifinals in a loss to Rider. Significant milestones reached during the 2014 season included the Bobcats' first penalty stroke victory which fell on Oct. 19 in what was a crucial conference win over Bryant. Quinnipiac and Bryant played through two scoreless overtime periods before the Bobcats dispatched the Bulldogs, 3-1, in a five-round penalty stroke shootout. Another program-first came on Nov. 2 in the regular season finale as the Bobcats defeated Villanova, 4-2, marking the first win for Quinnipiac over a BIG EAST foe in program history (0-13 previous record). Two Bobcats - Megan Conaboy (First Team) and Danielle Allan (Second Team) - were honored with NFHCA All-Mideast Region All-American honors
During Main’s tenure in Hamden, she has coached 89 All-Conference players, 23 NFHCA Mideast All-Mideast Region selections, three Northeast Conference Players of the Year, three NEC Goaltenders of the Year, one Rookie of the Year and a Defensive Player of the Year, as well as three NEC Tournament MVP’s and seven NFHCA North-South Senior Game participants.
In 24 years, Main has tallied a record of 196-241, winning her 100th game in 2006 versus St. Francis (PA) and her 150th in 2013 at home against St. Joseph’s. A highly respected member of the field hockey community, she has reached the end of her six-year stint as President of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association after four years as the First-Vice President of the NFHCA. Main was also the National Chair of the NFHCA All-American Committee and Hall of Fame Committees.
In 2012, Quinnipiac advanced to the NEC Tournament for the sixth time in eight years after Bobcats matched their all-time best mark for wins (12). Main's team featured the 2012 NEC Goalkeeper of the Year in Nicole Lewis, who was joined on the NEC First Team by Lauren Zimniski and Amanda Danziger while Jess Rusin earned Second Team honors.
In 2011, Main led a squad that featured the 2011 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in Kimberly Cuniff, as well as three all-Northeast Conference selections in Cunniff, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Megan McCreedy. The Bobcats advanced to the Northeast Conference Tournament for the fourth straight season.
In 2010, Main’s Bobcats featured five all-Northeast Conference honorees, at Tina Watkins and Kim Cunniff earned first-team honors while Lauren Zimniski, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Katie Van Nostrand landed on the second team. In addition, Watkins was named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team.
In 2009, Jenna Grossman was named the NEC Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season. Grossman headlined a list of four Bobcats to earn all Northeast Conference honors this year, including fellow First Team selection Megan McCreedy and Brandy Longacre. Senior Bonnie Shea was named to the All-NEC Second Team.
In addition, Grossman and Longacre were named to the 2009 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team. Off the field, the Bobcats featured 15 NEC Academic Honor Roll selections and 13 NFHCA Academic squad honorees, while Quinnipiac was named an NFHCA Academic Team for the sixth straight year.
In 2008, four players earned All-NEC honors, headlined by NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors for Jenna Grossman, the second of her career. Lauren Hartnett, Megan Sciascia and Katie Van Nostrand were also honored by the NEC. Grossman also became the Bobcats’ 12th NFHCA Mideast All-region player. The team had 12 players earn NFHCA Academic squad honors while posting a 3.33 GPA to receive NFHCA National Academic Team honors.
In 2007, four players earned All-NEC awards (Megan Dahle, Megan Sciascia, Megan McCreedy and Jenna Grossman) with also one also earning Regional All-American honors (Dahle). Quinnipiac also continued to excel in the classroom, as ten players earned NFHCA National Academic squad honors and the team earned NFHCA National Academic Team recognition for the fourth year in a row with an overall team G.P.A of 3.29. In addition, senior Megan Dahle joined Lisa Scavotta as the team’s second NEC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award when she notched a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall of 2007.
In 2006, the team also made the history books with the garnering of its first National All-American as goalkeeper Erin McKay earned NFHCA Third team National All-American status. In 2006, the Bobcats lost to the eventual NEC Champion in the semifinals of the NEC tournament where Quinnipiac had been in 8 of the last 9 conference championships.In 2004, Quinnipiac matched its single-season with 12 wins a year ago, closing with a 12-8 mark. For her efforts, she was recognized as the NEC Coach of the Year for the second straight season.
Quinnipiac reached the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons in 2003 by virtue of a 2-1 win over Rider in the NEC tournament finals. The Bobcats played one of the toughest schedules in the nation in 2003 and nearly upset ACC member Virginia on the road in early October. In all, six players earned All-NEC honors under Main ’s guidance, with two more taking Regional All-America honors.
The 2002 season produced another milestone for Main, who guided the Bobcats to a perfect 11-0 mark in NEC action. It was the first time in league history that a team closed the regular season undefeated. The Bobcats also reached the NEC championship game for the fourth straight season in 2002, losing to conference rival Rider, 2-0.
The 2001 campaign was a magical one for Quinnipiac, as the Bobcats reached the NCAA Play-in game before falling to Cal-Berkeley. Quinnipiac closed the year with a 12-8 mark, setting a new benchmark for wins in a season.
In their inaugural Division I season in 1998, the Bobcats finished with a 9-9 record and a share of the Northeast Conference regular-season title (6-2, tied with Sacred Heart) in 1998. Main was awarded with NEC Coach of the Year honors.
In Quinnipiac’s final season in Division II (1997), Main led her team to its second straight seven-win season and a berth in the Northeast-10 semifinals, while garnering the conference’s “Coach of the Year” award. In just its second year as a varsity sport in 1996, Main guided Quinnipiac to seven wins and a third-place finish in the Northeast-10.
A 1994 graduate of Penn State, Main was a four-year standout for the Lady Lions, earning Mideast Regional All-America status three times and leading the team to three Final Four appearances. The Big Ten Conference “Defensive Player of the Year” recipient in 1993, Main also earned NFHCA All-America honors in both her junior and senior campaigns. A standout student as well, she was a three-time Academic All-America selection as she earned a B.S. in health education and exercise science.
After graduation, Main competed on the U.S. National Elite Team, traveling to San Diego, Holland, Argentina, and Ireland, where she was a reserve member of the squad that earned a bronze medal at the 1994 World Cup.
A member of the NFHCA and U.S. Field Hockey Association, Main was an active participanet in the Futures program and the High Performance Trainer Centers as a coach and player for the New England Fury.
A native of Yardley, Pa., and Pennsbury High School - a three sport athlete (field hockey, basketball, track) at Pennsbury, Main was inducted into the Pennsbury Athletic Hall of Fame in October of 2006. Main also served as the head coach of the women’s lacrosse program at Quinnipiac from 1996-2000 and in 2002.
Many of Quinnipiac’s Field Hockey players have gone on to coach throughout the Northeast region including Julie Ryan (Smith) a 2002 graduate of Quinnipiac. Ryan currently serves as Head Coach at Babson University in Massachusetts after completing coaching stints at Yale University, Springfield College and Boston College. A 2005 graduate for the Bobcats, Jill Disanti is currently serving as first Assistant at Monmouth University in New Jersey after a two year stint as an assistant with her alma mater. Cheryl Torino Canada, a 2006 graduate from Quinnipiac spent a year at her high school, North Branford, Connecticut, and helped coach them to their first CIAC state title in 20 years. Torino Canada went on to coach at the University of Rochester before returning to her alma mater where she was recently named the Bobcats’ associate head coach in Jan. 2014. Another former All-NEC performer Eileen Gallagher served as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac from 2004-08 before taking the head coaching position at Cheshire High School where she is currently entering her seventh season at the helm. Former All-NEC standout Jaime Cassesse has been on the Bobcats' staff for the last four seasons while last year's NEC Defensive Player of the Year and All-NEC student-athlete Kimberly Cunniff joined the Bobcats' coaching staff for the 2012 season. Kaitlyn Notarianni also joined the coaching ranks as a member of the staff at William & Mary in 2012-13 and is now coaching at the Fieldston Academy located in the Bronx, N.Y.
| Year | Overall Record | Conference Record |
| 1995 | 1-4 | - |
| 1996 | 7-8 | 3-3! |
| 1997 | 7-11 | 4-2! |
| 1998 (First Div. 1 Season) | 9-9 | 6-2^! |
| 1999 | 10-10 | 7-1^$# |
| 2000 | 9-12 | 6-4^ |
| 2001 | 12-8 | 10-2^$# |
| 2002 | 12-8 | 11-0^$ |
| 2003 | 9-11 | 3-2^# |
| 2004 | 5-14 | 4-4 |
| 2005 | 9-10 | 5-3^ |
| 2006 | 10-9 | 6-2^ |
| 2007 | 5-13 | 3-4 |
| 2008 | 5-13 | 3-4^ |
| 2009 | 6-12 | 5-3^ |
| 2010 | 8-10 | 4-3^ |
| 2011 | 11-8 | 5-2^ |
| 2012 | 12-7 | 5-2^ |
| 2013 | 14-7 | 5-1~%+ |
| 2014 | 8-11 | 3-2~ |
| 2015 | 9-11 | 5-1~% |
| 2016 | 5-13 | 3-4& |
| 2017 | 6-12 | 3-4 |
| 2018 | 7-10 | 2-5 |
| 2019 | 5-13 | 2-5 |
| 2020-21 | 2-7 | 2-7 |
| 2021 | 3-12 | 1-6 |
| 2022 | 8-11 | 2-5 |
| All-Time (28 Seasons) | 214-284 (.430) | 118-83 (.587) |
| DI (25 Seasons) | 199-261 (.432) | 111-78 (.587) |
| ! – DII Northeast-10 Conference Record | ||
| ^ - Northeast Conference Tournament Participant | ||
| $ - Northeast Conference Regular Season Champion | ||
| # - Northeast Conference Tournament Champion | ||
| ~ - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Participant | ||
| % - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Regular Season Champion | ||
| + - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champion | ||
| & - BIG EAST Conference Participant | ||
All-Time All-BIG EAST Selections
| 2022 | Stella Tegtmeir (First Team) | |||
| Emilia Massarelli (Second Team) | ||||
| 2021 | Emilia Massarelli (Second Team) | |||
| 2020-21 | Jess Halley (Second Team) | |||
| 2019 | Bianka Strubbe (Second Team) | |||
| 2018 | Elisa Ruiz Martinez (Second Team) | |||
| 2017 | Lauren Belskie (First Team) | |||
| Elisa Ruiz Martinez (Second Team) | ||||
| 2016 | Savanna Reilly (Second Team) | |||
| Angie King (Second Team) | ||||
All-Time All-MAAC Selections
| 2015 | Megan Osanitsch (First Team) | |||
| Megan McCullough (First Team) | ||||
| Angie King (Second Team) | ||||
| 2014 | Danielle Allan (First Team) | |||
| Megan Osanitsch (First Team) | ||||
| Megan Conaboy (Second Team) | ||||
| Angie King (Second Team) | ||||
| Lea Dietrichs (Second Team) | ||||
| Savanna Reilly (Second Team) | ||||
| 2013 | Jess Rusin (First Team) | |||
| Cate Colucci (First team) | ||||
| Amanda Danziger (First Team) | ||||
| Christa Romano (First Team) | ||||
| Jennalise Taylor (First Team) | ||||
| Meg Conaboy (Second Team) | ||||
| Danielle Allan (Second Team) | ||||
All-Time All-NEC Selections
| 2012 | Nicole Lewis (First Team) | |||
| Amanda Danziger (First team) | ||||
| Lauren Zimniski (First Team) | ||||
| Jess Rusin (Second Team) | ||||
| 2011 | Kimberly Cunniff (First Team) | |||
| Megan McCreedy (First Team) | ||||
| Kaitlyn Notarianni (Second Team) | ||||
| 2010 | Kimberly Cunniff (First Team) | |||
| Tina Watkins (First Team) | ||||
| Kaitlyn Notarianni (Second Team) | ||||
| Lauren Zimniski (Second Team) | ||||
| Katie Van Nostrand (Second Team) | ||||
| 2009 | Megan McCreedy (First Team) | |||
| Brandy Longacre (First Team) | ||||
| Jenna Grossman (First Team) | ||||
| Bonnie Shea (Second Team) | ||||
| 2008 | Lauren Hartnett (First Team) | |||
| Jenna Grossman (First Team) | ||||
| Megan Sciascia (Second Team) | ||||
| 2007 | Megan Dahle (First Team) | |||
| Megan McCreedy (Second Team) | ||||
| Megan Sciascia (Second Team) | ||||
| Jenna Grossman (Second Team) | ||||
| 2006 | Jaime Cassesse (First Team) | |||
| Meghan DeCesaris (First Team) | ||||
| Jenna Grossman (First Team) | ||||
| Jennifer Kinchla (Second Team) | ||||
| Ann Maria Mangano (Second Team) | ||||
| 2005 | Danielle Avenoso (First Team) | |||
| Jaime Cassesse (First Team) | ||||
| Kara Weber (Second Team) | ||||
| 2004 | Jill DeSanti (Second Team) | |||
| 2003 | Jill DeSanti (First Team) | |||
| Erin McKay (First Team) | ||||
| Meredith Klein (Second Team) | ||||
| Chelsea Osbrey (Second Team) | ||||
| Eileen Gallagher (Second Team) | ||||
| Kara Weber (Second Team) | ||||
| 2002 | Chelsea Osbrey (First Team) | |||
| Courtney Ryan (First Team) | ||||
| Jackie Langenstein (First Team) | ||||
| Danielle Avenoso (Second Team) | ||||
| Jill DeSanti (Second Team) | ||||
| Erin McKay (Second Team) | ||||
| 2001 | Heather Caby (First Team) | |||
| Julie Smith (First Team) | ||||
| Kristin Crosby (First Team) | ||||
| Courtney Ryan (First Team) | ||||
| Julie Champagne (First Team) | ||||
| Jackie Langenstein (Second Team) | ||||
| Sarah Mathers (Second Team) | ||||
| 2000 | Catie Canetti (First Team) | |||
| Kristin Crosby (First Team) | ||||
| Courtney Ryan (First Team) | ||||
| Jamie Glendening (First Team) | ||||
| Erin Begley (Second Team) | ||||
| Sarah Mathers (Second Team) | ||||
| 1999 | Denice Horsfield | |||
| Lauren Labrecque | ||||
| Sarah Mathers | ||||
