{"id":274,"date":"2018-02-18T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/02\/18\/2018218i2wjn4u918gbkxcmrrcgkyulyekx43-twmid\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:48:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:48:40","slug":"2018218i2wjn4u918gbkxcmrrcgkyulyekx43-twmid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2018\/02\/18\/2018218i2wjn4u918gbkxcmrrcgkyulyekx43-twmid\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinnipiac women&#8217;s basketball team aims for momentum after Fabbri&#8217;s 400th win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nicholas Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>**UPDATE: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sidearmstats.com\/marist\/wbball\/\">Quinnipiac won Sunday afternoon&#8217;s game<\/a> against Marist, 80-74, in double overtime. The victory clinches the fourth consecutive Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season championship for the Bobcats, who move to 22-5 overall and 16-0 in conference play. Aryn McClure led the Bobcats with a season-high 25 points, while Jen Fay added 21.**<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac University women\u2019s basketball head coach Tricia Fabbri collected her 400th career win Feb. 11 against Siena College. It is unlikely that this is on her mind now, as her team prepares to face off this afternoon against arch-rival Marist College \u2014 the only Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference team that has challenged the Bobcats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/maacsports.com\/tournaments\/?id=1521\">As the MAAC tournament approaches on March 1<\/a>, every game is important as teams jockey for control of the conference \u2014 a position the Bobcats (21-5, 15-0 MAAC) are firmly in. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fabbri is already a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com\/inductee\/2002\/tricia-sacca-fabbri\">Connecticut Women\u2019s Basketball Hall of Fame<\/a> as a player for Fairfield and, now with 400 wins, is adding to an impressive 22-year coaching career. Fabbri certainly seemed to enjoy the moment for a few minutes in this video posted on Quinnipiac\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team Twitter page.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QUCoachFabbri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@QUCoachFabbri<\/a> collected her 400th victory yesterday on the road at Siena. Hear from coach Fabbri about what this milestone means to her: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b5xgj3T4Jy\">pic.twitter.com\/b5xgj3T4Jy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; QU Women&#39;s Basketball (@QU_WBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QU_WBB\/status\/963117640037339136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the video, Fabbri spoke about sharing the victory with everyone around her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team is not I, and it\u2019s shared with everybody. I don\u2019t do this by myself,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carly Fabbri, a senior guard and the coach\u2019s daughter, said staying focused game to game is the key to the team\u2019s success this season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hate to lose. I think that\u2019s what fuels us,\u201d the young Fabbri, who is averaging 4.3 assists per game, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you start focusing too much on the future, that\u2019s when you\u2019re going to get picked off in MAAC play.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As her mother collected her 400th win, Fabbri and the team are also on a 16-game win streak. In case that wasn\u2019t good enough, the team is also unbeaten in conference play amassing a perfect 15-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s just that mentality (that) everyone\u2019s going to have their chance if they put in the work and they buy into the system,\u201d Carly Fabbri said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her mother\u2019s system, which includes five-player substitutions known as the \u201cgold rush,\u201d was put on display when Quinnipiac made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament last spring when it upset Marquette and the University of Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac has three games remaining on its schedule before the MAAC Tournament opens in Albany, New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bobcats face MAAC opponents Marist, Rider and Monmouth starting today at 2 p.m. in Poughkeepsie, the place that Carly Fabbri called \u201cone of the loudest places to play.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fans can watch the game online at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/_\/id\/3252473\/quinnipiac-vs-marist-w-basketball\">ESPN3<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her 22nd season as Bobcats&#8217; head coach, Tricia Fabbri has accomplished much. She clinched her 401st career victory and the program&#8217;s fourth, consecutive regular-season championship Sunday when her team topped arch-rival Marist, 80-74, in double overtime in Poughkeepsie, New York. 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