
Quinnipiac Opens Home Slate With St. John's
11/10/2025 2:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game #3: Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-1, 0-0 MAAC) vs. St John's Red Storm (1-1, 0-0 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Hamden, Connecticut | M&T Bank Arena
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Bobcats continue their non-conference schedule as they welcome the St. John's Red Storm on Tuesday, November 11th. Tip-off from M&T Bank Arena is slated for 5 PM and can be seen on ESPN+. Tuesday's matchup marks the second time the two teams are facing off in their Division I history.
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BOBCATS FALL TO RUTGERS
- The Quinnipiac women's basketball team dropped their non-conference game to Rutgers on Thursday, Nov. 6, 64-55.
- Jackie Grisdale led the Bobcats with 19 points on 7-for-13 (53.8%) from the field and knocked down four three-pointers on seven attempts.
- Ella Ryan got her first start of her collegiate career and dropped 14 points in the effort.
- Ella O'Donnell racked up seven points, five rebounds, and five assists. Her five assists are a single-game high.
- Emma Lizotte and Ella O'Donnell tied for the team lead with five rebounds each.
- Quinnipiac shot 9-for-24 (37.5%) from beyond the three-point arc in the loss to Rutgers.
SCOUTING THE RED STORM
- St. John's is led by head coach Joe Tartamella in his 14th season at St. John's. Tartamella is 240-174 all-time as a head coach.
- Early this season, St. John's holds a 1-1 record. St. John's defeated Le Moyne, 68-53, on Monday, November 3rd, to start their season.
- St. John's followed their win with a 61-56 loss at the hands of Harvard on Friday, November 7th.
- Brooke Moore led the Red Storm in scoring in their season opener with 15 points in 30 minutes of action. Moore shot 5-for-12 from the field and 5-for-6 from the charity stripe.
- Shaulana Wagner led St. John's in scoring in their loss at Harvard, scoring 19 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the floor.
- The Red Storm are outscoring their opponents 124-114 (+10) so far this season.
- As a team, St. John's is averaging 62.0 points per game, while shooting 42.6% (46-108) from the field and 25.6% (10-39) from three-point range.
- St. John's is allowing their opponents to average 57.0 points per game so far this season.
- The Red Storm averages 36.5 rebounds per game and allows their opponents to average 35.5 rebounds per game.
- Janeya Grant and Brooke Moore are tied for the team lead in scoring so far this season, averaging 12.0 points per game each.
- Grant is shooting 47.4% from the field, and Moore is shooting 44.4% from the floor so far this year.
- Moore is shooting 40.0% (2-for-5) from three-point range, and Grant is shooting 35.7% (5-for-14) from beyond the arc.
DIV. I HISTORY VS. ST. JOHN'S
- Tuesday's matchup marks the second time the Bobcats and Red Storm are facing off in their Division I history.
- The Bobcats are 1-0 against St. John's, defeating them back on December 22, 2012 (75-72).
PRESEASON NEWS
- The Quinnipiac women's basketball team was picked to finish 2nd in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Quinnipiac received 155 total points, finishing behind only Fairfield, who were unanimously selected to finish first in the conference.
- Anna Foley was named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team after averaging 10.9 PPG and 5.4 RPG last year in Hamden.
- Jackie Grisdale was also named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team after averaging 10.8 points per game last year.
- Junior guard Karson Martin was selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Second Team after averaging 9.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 33 contests last year.
WHO'S BACK?
- The Bobcats return two players who started every game last season, Anna Foley and Jackie Grisdale.
- Anna Foley averaged 10.9 points per game, while shooting 46.2% from the field and 29.4% from three-point range in 33 contests last season. Foley ranked second on the team in points per game, rebounds, and assists.
- Jackie Grisdale was third on the team with an average of 10.8 points per game and led the team with a three-point percentage of 40.1%. Grisdale led the team with an average of 36.4 minutes per game.
- Karson Martin returns for her junior season after starting 32 games last season. Martin averaged 9.8 points per game in 30.9 minutes per game.
- Ella O'Donnell rounds out the returners who appeared in every game last season. O'Donnell had a solid MAAC Tournament as she was named to the MAAC Tournament team.
- Other returners include Paige Girardi (32 games), Ava Sollenne (27 games), Maria Kealy (9 games), Emma Lizotte (6 games), and Reagan Sipla (Redshirted).
2024-25 SEASON RECAP
- The Quinnipiac women's basketball team's season came to an end last year in the first round of the WBIT Tournament as the Bobcats fell to the Seton Hall Pirates 57-40 (March 20, 2025).
- Quinnipiac went 28-5 last season, their highest win total since the 2017-18 season.
- The Bobcats went 18-2 in conference play last year, with their only losses coming to Mount St. Mary's (69-64 OT) and Fairfield (72-63).
- QU entered the 2025 MAAC Tournament as the 2-seed and faced the 10-seed Iona Gaels in the MAAC Quarterfinals. Quinnipiac defeated the Gaels 79-51 and advanced to the MAAC Semifinals.
- The Bobcats took down the Merrimack Warriors in the MAAC Semifinal, 65-51, to punch their ticket to the MAAC Title Game.
- Quinnipiac fell to the Fairfield Stags, 76-53, in the MAAC Championship Game.
LEADER OF THE PACK
- Head coach Tricia Fabbri is in her 31st season at the helm of the Bobcats in 2025-26.
- A six-time Coach of the Year and all-time winningest coach in program history, Fabbri has totaled 545 career victories, thus far.
- With the win over Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 16, 2023, Fabbri became the 90th coach in Div. I women's basketball history to reach 500 career wins and the 22nd to accomplish the feat at one institution without coaching at another.
- Of her 545 wins, 530 have come in Quinnipiac's Div. I era.
- In 2024-25, Fabbri led the Bobcats to 28 wins and their first WBIT Appearance.
- With 20 wins in 2022-23, Fabbri secured the program's 12th straight winning season under her guidance.
- Fabbri's Bobcats have reached the 20-win plateau in 13 seasons, including a run of eight straight seasons from 2011-2019.
- With five NCAA Tournament appearances along with five WNIT berths, Fabbri has led QU to 11 postseason national tournaments in her tenure.
- She has led Quinnipiac to five conference titles in the last 12 seasons and earned five consecutive MAAC Regular Season titles from 2015-2019.
JUST WIN BABY, WIN!!
- M&T Bank Arena, home of the Quinnipiac Bobcats, has long been one of the most difficult arenas to play at in the country.
- Since the 2012-13 season, Quinnipiac owns a record of 145-34 (.810) in games played at home.
- In that same span, the Bobcats own a mark of 106-21 (.835) in conference play (NEC & MAAC) at home.
- Quinnipiac owns a 164-76 (.683) mark since November 22, 2017.
- The Bobcats stand with a mark of 96-21 (.821) at home in league games since joining the MAAC in 2013-14.
- The Bobcats are 89-18 (.832) at M&T Bank Arena in conference games since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.
CLOSING TIME
- Quinnipiac has enjoyed a great deal of success over the past five seasons when building a first-half lead.
- After starting 2016-17 with a mark of 2-0 when owning a halftime lead, the Bobcats saw one of their most impressive streaks in program history come to an end in a 71-68 loss at Temple.
- The undefeated streak, which lasted throughout three seasons, came to an end at 46 straight wins for the Bobcats when holding a halftime lead.
- Quinnipiac went undefeated in both 2014-15 (24-0) and 2015-16 (19-0) and for the first two games of 2016-17 before suffering the defeat.
- Overall, the Bobcats own a mark of 192-19 (.910) since the start of 2014-15 in games in which Quinnipiac leads at the half.
LEADERSHIP GROUP
- Head Coach Tricia Fabbri announced the leadership group ahead of the 2025-26 season.
- Graduate student Jackie Grisdale, senior Ella O'Donnell, and junior Anna Foley were named team captains.
BRAND NEW BOBCATS
- Quinnipiac Head Coach Tricia Fabbri built on her returning foundation, bringing in three newcomers, including a class of two first-year students.
SYDNEY RYAN TRANSFERS TO QU
- Sydney Ryan joins the Bobcats after three seasons at Furman University.
- Ryan finished last season with the third-highest three-point percentage on the team, 32.0% (62-for-194).
- The Nashville, TN native played a large portion of minutes for Furman, as she averaged 31.8 minutes per game in her junior season.
- Ryan comes to the Bobcats and brings scoring and rebounding, ranking within the top five on her squad in both categories.
- Sydney Ryan comes to Quinnipiac and reunites with her younger sister, Ella Ryan.
ELLA RYAN COMES TO CT
- Ella Ryan comes to Quinnipiac from Brentwood High School in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Ryan holds the record at Brentwood for the Most Career Points (2,321), Most Career Rebounds (600), Most Career Three-Pointers Made (309), Most Career Steals (275), Most Points in a Single Season (689), and Most Points in a Single Game (40).
- Ryan is a four-time All-District Team Selection, a two-time All-Region Team Selection, a two-time TSWA 4A All-State Selection, and a one-time Region MVP (2024).
- Ryan averaged 25 PPG, 5 RPG, 3 APG, 3 SPG, and shot 38% from three-point range in her senior season.
- Ryan will play alongside her older sister, Sydney Ryan, for the first time since high school.
NEAL JOINS THE SQUAD
- Aniyah Neal comes to Quinnipiac after attending the Loomis Chaffee School.
- Neal is a two-time Founder League Champion, a two-time NEPSAC Class-A Champion, a 2025 All-NEPSAC Honorable Mention, a 2022-23 NYSPHSAA Section III Class A All-Tournament Selection, a 2022-23 New York State All-CNY First Team Selection, and a 2021-22 NYSPHSAA Section III Class A All-Tournament Team Selection.
- Neal is a native of Syracuse, New York, and comes to Hamden for her first season in 2025-26.
ANOTHER FABBRI ON THE STAFF
- Head Coach Tricia Fabbri announced the addition of her daughter and former player, Carly Fabbri '18, to the staff ahead of the 2025-26 season.
- Fabbri had a four-year career in Hamden and earned multiple MAAC All-Tournament Honors and an All-MAAC Third Team distinction in her senior season.
- In her senior season in Hamden, Fabbri averaged 9.6 points per game and was ranked 11th in the nation with a 2.90 assist-to-turnover ratio, recording 142 assists and 49 turnovers.
- Fabbri was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and the MAAC All-Academic Team after a stellar senior year.
- In her junior campaign, Fabbri recorded 11 PPG, dished out three assists per game, and grabbed three rebounds per game at the MAAC Tournament to earn All-Tournament honors.
- Fabbri was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team after her sophomore season. Fabbri ranked 12th in the MAAC in assists per game, tied for sixth in three-point percentage, and tied for 12th in three-pointers made per game (1.5).
NEXT TIME OUT
- The Bobcats head back on the road as they make the short trip to New Haven to take on the Yale Bulldogs on Tuesday, November 18th.
- Tip-off from the John J. Lee Amphitheater is slated for 5 PM and can be seen on ESPN+.
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