2017-18 Women's Rugby Roster
Roster
Maricich, Jessica
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Jersey Number 5
Jessica Maricich
- Position:
- Prop
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lansing, IL
- High School:
- Thornton Fractional South
- Position:
- Prop
Bio
As a Senior in 2017:
- Became Quinnipiac’s all-time leading tackler with a solo stop on the opening kickoff at AIC.
- Played in all 12 matches for the Bobcats this season.
- Had a 12-tackle outing against Norwich.
- In the NIRA quarterfinals against Norwich (Nov. 11), she became the first Bobcat in program history to reach 200 career tackles.
- Scored her lone try of the season in Springfield, Massachusetts when Quinnipiac visited American International College.
- Led Quinnipiac with 76 total tackles (59 solo)
- Had 13 tackles (12 solo) in the second regular season meeting with AIC
- Tallied 10 tackles (four solo) in the national championship win over Central Washington, after tallying nine solo tackles in the semifinals against Army.
- Had 11 tackles (eight solo) in the regular season against Central Washington and 10 tackles (eight solo) against Notre Dame
- Tallied three tries on the season
- Appeared in all 13 matches for the Bobcats
- Led Quinnipiac in solo tackles with 92
- Had a season-high 13 solo tackles against Norwich in the national semifinals
- Tallied 11 solo tackles against Central Washington
- Just missed double figures with nine solo tackles in her Quinnipiac debut against Notre Dame College
- Had eight solo tackles in a match on four different occasions during the regular season (Army, Norwich, Life, West Chester)
- Added a try against Norwich
- Transferred to Quinnipiac from Eastern Illinois University.
- As a freshman at Eastern Illinois in 2014-15, she led the team in total tackles (74), and steals-at-tackle (8) while ranking third in assisted tackles (20).
- Her 20 tackles at the College of Notre Dame on Nov. 8, 2014 were a single-game high for EIU.
- Her three steals-at-tackle against Purdue was also a single-game high for the Panthers.
- Competed in swimming, track & field and softball at Thornton Fractional South.
- Set two school records in swimming.
- Captain of both swimming and track & field teams.
- Earned the Lions Club award, honored as SSC Scholar-Athlete while also earning All-Conference and All-Area honors.
- Four-time Academic Achievement and Outstanding Student award winner.
- Four-year Eligible Merit Recognition Scholarship Nominee and Outstanding Academic Achievement honoree.
- Daughter of Barbara and Charles Maricich
- Majoring in business management with a public relations minor
- Dean's List member at both EIU and Quinnipiac
- Hobbies include rugby, reading, working out (running, bike rides, lifting weights), riding a motorcycle/scooter and spending time with animals
- Spent the summer (2017) in Sydney, Australia.at an international internship through the Quinnipiac School of Business and worked at etouches, which is an event management software company, while taking a class at Arcadia University to learn more about the people and the history of Australia.
- Served as a freshman Resident's Assistant and as the Public Relations Chairman of QUAD (QU After Dark).
- Lists "Decision Making" with Professor McKeon as the most interesting class she has taken at Quinnipiac ("The class was challenging but I learned a lot about computer software that has helped me in many other classes.").
Women's Rugby: Quinnipiac vs. Brown
Saturday, September 06
Women's Rugby vs. Dartmouth (10/26)
Saturday, October 26
Women's Rugby vs. Army (10/19)
Saturday, October 19
Women's Rugby vs. AIC
Saturday, October 12
