Saturday, February 18
Hampton, Va.
9:00 A.M.
Quinnipiac University
vs
Lehigh University
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QU Opens Season on the Road in Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament
2/17/2023 10:00:00 AM | Softball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-0, MAAC) vs. Lehigh Mountain Hawks (3-0, Patriot League)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 18
Time: 9:00 AM
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-0, MAAC) vs Hampton Pirates (2-2, Big South Conference)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 18
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: NSU Pirates Stadium
@QU_Softball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team will open the 2023 season at the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament held in Hampton and Norfolk, VA on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Bobcats are slated to face off against Lehigh at 9 a.m. and Hampton at 11 a.m.
Looking Ahead
Next Time Out
Date: Saturday, Feb. 18
Time: 9:00 AM
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-0, MAAC) vs Hampton Pirates (2-2, Big South Conference)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 18
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: NSU Pirates Stadium
@QU_Softball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac softball team will open the 2023 season at the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament held in Hampton and Norfolk, VA on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Bobcats are slated to face off against Lehigh at 9 a.m. and Hampton at 11 a.m.
Looking Ahead
- QU returns to action for the 2023 season on the road at the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament in Virginia.
- The Bobcats will be facing off against Lehigh, Hampton, UMass Lowell, and Bucknell throughout the tournament.
- The Bobcats have met the Hawks four times throughout their program's histories.
- QU is 3-1 against Lehigh with their last meeting happening in 2018 in Tampa, Fla.
- The Bobcats won 4-2 against Lehigh.
- Averaging 2.25 runs per contest, Quinnipiac has nine total runs against the Hawks.
- Quinnipiac and Hampton have only met twice in program history, with a 1-1 overall record.
- The last time the two met was in 2016 at the Lady Pirate Classic with the Bobcats winning 8-1 over the Pirates.
- QU welcomes seven fresh faces to the pack ahead of the 2023 season.
- First years Sofia Vega, Mary Fogg, Mac Davis, Ally Hotchstadter, Natalia Apatiga, and Kennedy Demott.
- Amanda Engel transferred to Quinnipiac from San Francisco State where she was named an NFCS All-American Scholar Athlete during her time there.
- Mary Fogg is the younger sister of senior Serena Fogg.
- The six new Bobcats have combined to bring in seven years of experience in leadership roles as team captains, five different All-League selections, and three MVP awards among other distinguished honors.
- Head Coach Hillary Smith enters her fifth season with the Bobcats after being named the eighth coach in program history.
- Coach Smith has brought in six new faces to the program and welcomed back two graduate students for their fifth years.
- Assistant coach Mandie Perez enters her second season with the Bobcats.
- Perez helped Smith see the Bobcats earn two All-MAAC honors at the end of the 2022 season.
Next Time Out
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Sunday, Feb. 19 against UMass Lowell and Bucknell for the last stretch of the Hampton/Norfolk State Tournament.
- First pitch from game one is set for 10 a.m.
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