QU Women’s Basketball Names Maria Napolitano, Adily Martucci, Katie Carroll and Carly Fabbri 2015-16 Team Captains
10/6/2015 1:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HAMDEN, Connecticut – As voted on by the players and staff members of the Quinnipiac women's basketball team, four captains have been announced for the upcoming 2015-16 season. Senior Maria Napolitano (Cincinnati, Ohio), redshirt junior Adily Martucci (Waterford, Connecticut), senior Katie Carroll (Westlake, Ohio) and sophomore Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut) will lead the Bobcats as they look to defend their 2015 MAAC Championship and advance to a fourth straight conference championship game.
Quinnipiac women's basketball's announcement places each player with an official leadership title for the first time in their respective collegiate careers. This four-player group of captains is the largest in head coach Tricia Fabbri's 21-year coaching career and also the first without departed seniors Gillian Abshire and Jasmine Martin, who served as co-captains for three straight years, since the 2011-12 campaign.
"I'm excited to be working with our four new captains this season," Coach Fabbri said. "It's a big change in leadership for this program. As a staff, we knew we possessed solid individual leaders but we also know how critical it is to our success this year to quickly establish our new leadership identity and we feel these four individuals will lead this team to reach our full potential."
Napolitano, the 2014-15 MAAC Sixth Player of the Year, is coming off the best season of her career averaging 6.9 points across 16.3 minutes per game for the Bobcats last year. Appearing in all 35 games off the bench, she led the Bobcats' "Gold Rush" unit off the bench, leading a Quinnipiac team in bench scoring that led the MAAC in total bench points (906) as well as bench points per game (25.9 PPG) in 2014-15. Primarily a threat from behind the arc, Napolitano finished third on the team in three-pointers per game (1.4) while she enters her senior season ranked seventh all-time at Quinnipiac in career made three-pointers (112).
Martucci combined with Napolitano in 2014-15 to make for a dangerous one-two punch for the Bobcats coming off the bench. She posted career-highs across the board as a junior last season, averaging 6.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.8 steals in 14.5 minutes per game. Her 40.1 field goal percentage (75-187 FG) last season led all Quinnipiac guards who appeared in at least 80 percent of the team's games while she also finished second among the backcourt members in three-point percentage (37.7) and free throw percentage (75.6).
Itching to get back to the floor this season, Carroll played an integral role as a behind-the-scenes voice for the Bobcats throughout the 2014-15 campaign. Having to miss the entire season due to an elbow injury last year, Carroll returns as a senior in 2015-16 itching to make an impact for a depleted roster that is losing six seniors off a trip to the NCAA Tournament and MAAC Championship. With career averages of 1.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.1 minutes across 38 career games played, Carroll figures to take a giant step up in her final season as a Bobcats.
Undoubtedly one of the team's most vocal leaders both on and off the court, Carly Fabbri steps in as a team captain in just her second season with the Bobcats. Carly looks to gain more minutes on the floor in 2015-16 while continuing to provide excellent leadership throughout practice. In her first season with the Bobcats, Carly posted a stat line that included 1.4 points in 4.2 minutes per game in 18 appearances in 2014-15.
"Maria (Napolitano), Adily (Martucci), Katie (Carroll) and Carly (Fabbri) each bring their different styles and strengths of leading, thus making this a strong group of young ladies to guide this program for the upcoming season," Coach Fabbri said. "Practice is officially underway and we already see signs that this group can take us to where we need to be. Everyone's itching for the season to start and I'm confident in this team and the leaders we have now set in place."
Quinnipiac will open the season on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 at Army on 4 PM. The Bobcats' home opener is slated for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 against Hartford at 11 AM.
Quinnipiac women's basketball's announcement places each player with an official leadership title for the first time in their respective collegiate careers. This four-player group of captains is the largest in head coach Tricia Fabbri's 21-year coaching career and also the first without departed seniors Gillian Abshire and Jasmine Martin, who served as co-captains for three straight years, since the 2011-12 campaign.
"I'm excited to be working with our four new captains this season," Coach Fabbri said. "It's a big change in leadership for this program. As a staff, we knew we possessed solid individual leaders but we also know how critical it is to our success this year to quickly establish our new leadership identity and we feel these four individuals will lead this team to reach our full potential."
Napolitano, the 2014-15 MAAC Sixth Player of the Year, is coming off the best season of her career averaging 6.9 points across 16.3 minutes per game for the Bobcats last year. Appearing in all 35 games off the bench, she led the Bobcats' "Gold Rush" unit off the bench, leading a Quinnipiac team in bench scoring that led the MAAC in total bench points (906) as well as bench points per game (25.9 PPG) in 2014-15. Primarily a threat from behind the arc, Napolitano finished third on the team in three-pointers per game (1.4) while she enters her senior season ranked seventh all-time at Quinnipiac in career made three-pointers (112).
Martucci combined with Napolitano in 2014-15 to make for a dangerous one-two punch for the Bobcats coming off the bench. She posted career-highs across the board as a junior last season, averaging 6.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.8 steals in 14.5 minutes per game. Her 40.1 field goal percentage (75-187 FG) last season led all Quinnipiac guards who appeared in at least 80 percent of the team's games while she also finished second among the backcourt members in three-point percentage (37.7) and free throw percentage (75.6).
Itching to get back to the floor this season, Carroll played an integral role as a behind-the-scenes voice for the Bobcats throughout the 2014-15 campaign. Having to miss the entire season due to an elbow injury last year, Carroll returns as a senior in 2015-16 itching to make an impact for a depleted roster that is losing six seniors off a trip to the NCAA Tournament and MAAC Championship. With career averages of 1.0 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.1 minutes across 38 career games played, Carroll figures to take a giant step up in her final season as a Bobcats.
Undoubtedly one of the team's most vocal leaders both on and off the court, Carly Fabbri steps in as a team captain in just her second season with the Bobcats. Carly looks to gain more minutes on the floor in 2015-16 while continuing to provide excellent leadership throughout practice. In her first season with the Bobcats, Carly posted a stat line that included 1.4 points in 4.2 minutes per game in 18 appearances in 2014-15.
"Maria (Napolitano), Adily (Martucci), Katie (Carroll) and Carly (Fabbri) each bring their different styles and strengths of leading, thus making this a strong group of young ladies to guide this program for the upcoming season," Coach Fabbri said. "Practice is officially underway and we already see signs that this group can take us to where we need to be. Everyone's itching for the season to start and I'm confident in this team and the leaders we have now set in place."
Quinnipiac will open the season on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 at Army on 4 PM. The Bobcats' home opener is slated for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 against Hartford at 11 AM.
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