Quinnipiac Men's Hockey @ Providence

QBSN: James Johnson

QBSN Athlete of the Week: James Johnson

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are awarded to James Johnson (Queens, N.Y.) of Quinnipiac University’s men’s basketball team.

Johnson, a junior guard, continued his outstanding play this past week, helping the Bobcats recover from a tough home loss against the University of Massachussets to win two straight home games against Mount St. Mary’s and Lehigh. Johnson tallied 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, along with 5 threes in the game. Johnson shined in the latter stages of the game, where he scored 8 points in the final minute of the game.

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Johnson hit two major, three pointers, including one that tied up the game with 28 seconds left. Then, with the game tied at 75 and the Bobcats needing a stop, Johnson stole the ball away from Julian Norfleet of the Mountaineers with 5 seconds remaining and hit a game winning layup as time expired to give the Bobcats their first conference win of the season.

Against Lehigh on last Tuesday night, Johnson put up 18 points, with 6 assists, 3 rebounds, and another 4 steals. Johnson’s leadership helped the Bobcats win their second game in a row with a 84-78 victory, improving Quinnipiac’s overall record on the year to 6-2, 1-0 in the NEC.

On the year, Johnson is averaging 18.3 points, 5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.1 steals. Johnson entered the year as one of the top players in the NEC, with many publications listing him, along with senior forward Justin Rutty (Newburgh, N.Y.) as the best guard – forward combo in the league. Johnson averaged 12.1 points, along with 4 assists and 3 rebounds last season for the Bobcats.

Quinnipiac ends their five game home stand this Saturday, when they take on the University of Rhode Island Rams at the TD Bank Sports Center at 3 p.m. The Rams are 6-3 on the season, coming off of a 79-63 win over Northeastern University. All the action can be caught right here on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network.

(courtesy of Marc "Palatial" Schwartz)

WHOK vs. Yale Live Blog

Athlete of the Week

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Kate Wheeler

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are presented to Kate Wheeler (Oakville, Ontario) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s ice hockey team.

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Wheeler, a junior forward, was voted MVP of the Nutmeg Classic Tournament this past weekend after her big two games against Sacred Heart University and Yale University. In a 9-1 rout of the SHU Pioneers, Wheeler netted one goal to go along with three assists.

With that win, the Bobcats advanced to the Tournament Championship against Yale. With just five seconds left in the first period against Yale, Wheeler got her second goal of the weekend to help the Bobcats get the win. Quinnipiac’s victory over Yale earned the Bobcats their second-ever Nutmeg Classic Tournament Championship. The two weekend wins improved the Bobcats record on the season to 11-6-1 overall.

(Quinnipiacbobcats.com)

In addition to QBSN’s Athlete of the Week honors, Wheeler was also awarded the ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Player of the week. This is the third time this year that Wheeler has won this award.

On the season, Wheeler is second on the team in goals (8), points (18), and tied with Erica Uden Johansson for second on the team in assists (10). This comes a year after Wheeler finished fifth on the team in points (14).

The Bobcats are home this weekend at the TD Bank Sports Center, hosting ECAC rivals Brown University and Yale University. Both games are set to drop puck at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both games will be broadcasted live here on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network.

(courtesy of Marc "Palatial" Schwartz)

Basketball Broadcasts

Listen in to the women's basketball game against Vermont right now!

Marc Schwartz and Robin Schuppert have the call.

At 7 pm, Miles McQuiggan and Andrew Gau have the call of the men's basketball game against UMASS.

Mandi's March

Amanda Pugliese reports on Quinnipiac and Yale joining forces to support a cancer-stricken Yale women's hockey player



You can check out all of Amanda's work here.

Live Blog: MBB vs. Hartford

Men's Basketball Preview Part 2

With today's Men's Basketball home opener at 7:00, take a look at Part 2 of Amanda Pugliese's preview of the 2010-2011 season.




You can check out all of Amanda's work here.

Women's Hockey vs. Dartmouth

Hey Bobcat fans,

Listen in to the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network at 4:00 ET to follow the game against visiting Dartmouth! Click the link to the left of this post to listen live.

Alex Birsh and Robin Schuppert have the call.

Live Blog WHOK vs. Harvard

Men's Basketball Season Preview

Hey Bobcat fans, check out QBSN's Men's Basketball 2010 season preview! It includes preseason picks, our own pundits' predictions, and more!

Just click the Men's Basketball link above this post.

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Pierre Soubrier

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are presented to Pierre Soubrier (Aurignac, France) of Quinnipiac University’s men’s soccer team.

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Soubrier, a senior defender, was instrumental in his second-to-last collegiate game ever this past weekend; a 4-3 win against Central Connecticut St. University. Soubrier recorded two assists and one goal in the Bobcats last win of the season. His goal was the game winning goal; scored in the 93rd minute off of a free kick opportunity. It was his second career game winning goal, with the first coming against Sacred Heart on October 18, 2009.

Soubrier’s big game vaulted him into the team lead in assists with five, and second on the team in overall points with nine. With his two goals on the year, it marked the second straight year that Soubrier led all Quinnipiac defensemen in goals and points.

With higher expectations after they year, the Bobcats disappointing season culminated in a 1-1 tie against #11 Monmouth University last Sunday. On the year, the Bobcats finish with a record of 4-11-2 overall, and 3-6-1 in conference play. After a season where Quinnipiac lost a close match to Monmouth in the Northeast Conference Tournament Championship, the Bobcats failed to make the tournament this year.

Women's Basketball Preview

Hey Bobcat fans,

Check out QBSN staff writer Luke Mauro's Women's Basketball season preview.

(quinnipiacbobcats.com)

Click on the Women's Basketball tab above this post so you can be ready for Bobcats basketball!

Men's Basketball Preview

QBSN's Amanda Pugliese talked to Men's Basketball head coach Tom Moore and his team as they look to improve on what was the best season in program history last year.  You can see all of Amanda's work here.

Women's Basketball Preview

QBSN's Amanda Pugliese takes a look at the Quinnipiac Women's Basketball team and previews their 2010-2011 season.  You can check out all of her work here.

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Jillian Kelly

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are awarded to Jillian Kelley (Simsbury, Conn.) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s soccer team.

Kelley, the junior goalkeeper, had perfect back-to-back games for the Bobcats in one of their most important weekends of the season. Kelley goal-tended two straight shutouts against Northeast Conference rivals Sacred Heart University and Farleigh Dickinson University. She recorded two saves in a 1-0 win over Sacred Heart, and followed that performance up with a six save outing against FDU.

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Kelley finishes off her impressive junior season with 6-6-3 record; recording 79 saves for a .806 save percentage. She only allowed 1.12 goals per game, while providing five shutouts on the year.

The two wins for the Bobcats clinched a Northeast Conference Tournament appearance. Quinnipiac needed both wins to get into the tournament, with Kelley and the Bobcats delivering. Quinnipiac finishes off the regular season on a hot streak, winning three of their last four games, with all three wins coming in their final three conference games.

The NEC Tournament berth marks Quinnipiac’s seventh tournament appearance in their brief Division I history. The Bobcats have a 3-5 overall record in the NEC Tournament; not having won a game since the 2000 season. That year, the Bobcats defeated Long Island University in the semi-finals 1-0, and then overcame Monmouth University in the championship game by a score of 4-0 to earn their first and only appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

(courtesy of Marc "Palatial" Schwartz)

Live Blog WHOK vs. Princeton

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Kellen Jones

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are awarded to Kellen Jones (Montrose, British Columbia) of Quinnipiac University’s men’s ice hockey team.

(QU Chronicle)

The freshman forward, and top recruit for the Bobcats this year, had a career day this past weekend, putting on a show for the 3,891 fans packed into the TD Bank Sports Center, a non-conference opponent attendance record. Jones netted two goals on the afternoon against Holy Cross; his first two goals of his collegiate career. The Bobcats wound up winning the game 3-1. The other goal came from junior forward Spencer Heichman (Yorba Linda, Calif.), his second of the season.

With his two goals, Jones jumps up to tie Heichman for the team lead in goals with two, and is now in sole possession of the team lead in points with five. Second on the team in points is Kellen’s twin brother, Connor Jones (Montrose, British Columbia), who has four points on the year.

In the offseason, Kellen Jones was drafted in the 7th round of the NHL Amateur Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Jones passed on the opportunity to sign with the Oilers, and instead opted to come to Quinnipiac and play alongside his brother, whom he has played with his entire life.

The win over Holy Cross for the Bobcats improved their record to 3-1 on the year, as they now embark on a six game road trip. Next up for Quinnipiac is a two game set this Friday and Saturday night against No. 17 St. Cloud State in St. Cloud, Minn. The Huskies are 2-3-1 on the year, but remain the highest ranked opponent that the Bobcats have played so far this season. Quinnipiac’s next home game falls on Nov. 19th, when they play host to the Dartmouth College Big Green. That game will be broadcasted live here on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network.

(courtesy of Marc Schwartz)

Listen NOW!

Hey Bobcat fans,

Take a listen RIGHT NOW to the Men's Soccer game, brought to you by QBSN co-director Corey Hersch (who's on the play-by-play).

Click the link directly to the left of this post!

Men's Hockey vs. Holy Cross Live Blog

QU Womens' Hockey vs. #7 Boston College

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Regan Boulton

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week is presented to Regan Boulton (Brandon, Manitoba) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s ice hockey team.

The sophomore defender had a career week up in Orono, Maine this past weekend for the Bobcats. Boulton tallied five points against the Blackbears of the University of Maine, as the Bobcats split the weekend series, winning Friday night, and losing Saturday afternoon. Friday night was a career night for Boulton, as she recorded her first career hat trick, netting three goals past Maine goaltender Candice Currier (Goffstown, N.H.). Along with her hat trick, Boulton also had an assist on a goal scored by freshman forward Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario).

Friday night produced Boulton’s largest point total in a game ever, with four points recorded. Her previous high point total for a night came back on February 20, 2010, when she recorded two assists in an 8-1 Bobcats win over Brown University.

(QU Chronicle)

Boulton was not done producing for the Bobcats after Friday night in Maine. She came out on Saturday and got another assist on a goal scored by junior defender Bethany Dymarczyk (Hamden, Conn.). The assist gave her five points for her career weekend.

The monster weekend improved Boulton’s stats for the year to four goals and four assists. Those numbers place Boulton third on the team in goals scored, assists, and overall points tallied. Boulton also leads all Quinnipiac defenders on the team in goals.

Thanks to her play, Boulton was awarded the ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Player of the Week, her first ECAC Hockey recognized award of the season.

Boulton and the Bobcats takes on #7 Boston College next, this Friday night at 5 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports Center. The game will be broadcasted live here on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network, with Brian Farrell and Nick Sczerbinski on the call.

Following the game, make sure to stay up at the TD Bank Sports Center to help the school celebrate Quinnipiac’s Midnight Madness, a palatial pep rally for all Quinnipiac athletic teams held in the basketball arena at the Bank.

(Courtesy of Marc "Palatial" Schwartz)

Listen Live at 1:00

Hey Bobcat fans,

Listen in to the field hockey broadcast as they take on Monmouth. Kyle Brennan and Tom Butto have the call at 1:00 pm ET.

Click the link directly to the left of this post to listen live at 1:00pm !

Live Blog: Men's hockey vs. Bentley

How to Shoot a PK

Quinnipiac men's soccer player Pierre Soubrier teaches QBSN's Amanda Pugliese how to shoot a Penalty Kick

Athlete of the Week: Erica Uden Johansson

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Erica Uden Johansson

This week’s QBSN Athlete of the Week honors are presented to Erica Uden Johansson (Sundsvall, Sweden) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s ice hockey team.

(courtesy of Matt Eisenberg)

The freshman forward Uden Johansson had a career week as she helped improve the Bobcats record to 4-0 on the year. In only her second collegiate week, Uden Johansson tallied four goals and one assist, with three of those goals coming in the form of a hat trick against Sacred Heart University Sunday at the TD Bank Sports Center. She also had a goal and an assist Friday, when the Bobcats took down The Northeastern Huskies.

With her impressive week, Uden Johansson took the team lead in goals with five, and tied for second on the team in assists with three. Only fellow freshman sensation Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) has more assists and total points then Uden Johansson, with six assists and ten points.

(quinnipiacbobcats.com)

In addition to winning QBSN Athlete of the Week honors, Uden Johansson was paramount in Quinnipiac sweeping all of the ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates awards for the second straight week. Uden Johansson was awarded both the ECAC Hockey/MLX Skates Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors. With sophomore Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) winning her second straight Goaltender of the Week honors, the Bobcats continued their ECAC Hockey award dominance.

This Friday, the Bobcats travel up to the Harold Alfond Sports Arena in Orono, Me. to take on the University of Maine Blackbears. Quinnipiac and Maine will face off Saturday afternoon as well, before the Bobcats travel back home for a four game home stand at the TD Bank Sports Center. All Bobcats home games will be broadcasted live here on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network.

(courtesy of Marc Schwartz)

Listen Live at 5:00 pm

Listen in now to the broadcast of Women's Hockey taking on Sacred Heart! Brian Farrell and Nick Palumbo are on the call.


Click the link to the left of this post to listen live!

Listen Live at 12:00

Listen to Marc Schwartz and Nick Dench as they have the call for the Women's Soccer game versus Mount St. Mary's, starting at 12:00 pm.

Click the link to the left of this post to listen live!

Listen at 7:00

Men's Hockey takes on Ohio State in game two of the season series against the Buckeyes. Listen live at 7 pm as Alex Birsh and Kyle Brennan have the call on QBSN.

Click the link directly to the left of this post to listen live!

Missed the Pre-Game?

Hey Bobcat fans,

If you missed our 45 minute pre-game show, click on the link below to listen to what was the first show to be held in the lobby of the TD Bank Sports Center. Enjoy!

http://athleticsmedia.quinnipiac.edu/athletics/Podcasts/QBSN/QBSN-PreGame-10-8-10.mp3

Thanks!

From all of us at QBSN, we thank all who helped out with Friday's insane amount of activities. Three broadcasts in one day in not the easiest of tasks, especially if one of them is a first of its kind (like the Winter Season Kickoff was).

So, again, thanks go out to the Athletic Director Jack McDonald, Athletics as a whole, Sports Information, Griff's Chicken Shack, Eric Grgurich, Lila Carney, Nicole Pappas, Jess Abreu, and so many others who helped out even a little. Today was a great success, in large part because of everyone behind the scenes.

Thank you, and we hope to have another day like it soon!

Listen to Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer takes on Monmouth University at 3:30. Click the link on the top left corner of the page to listen live to Miles T. McQuiggan and Marc Schwartz call the action.

Athlete of the Week: Kelly Babstock

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Kelly Babstock

This week’s athlete of the week honors belong to Kelly Babstock (Mississauga, Ontario) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s ice hockey team.


The freshman forward was lights out this past weekend in her first collegiate games, when the Bobcats traveled to upstate New York to face on the Niagara University Purple Eagles. Babstock recorded a goal and an assist in the Friday game; a 3-0 Quinnipiac victory. She followed up her impressive collegiate debut with another goal and two assists in the Saturday game; a 3-1 Quinnipiac victory.


In addition to QBSN Athlete of the Week honors, Babstock was awarded ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week. The Bobcats wound up sweeping all of the ECAC Hockey awards for the week, as junior Kate Wheeler (Oakville, Ontario) won Player of the Week, and sophomore Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario) won Goaltender of the Week.


The sweep of Niagara gets the Bobcats off to an impressive 2-0 start; in a season where expectations for the team are at an all time high. Quinnipiac returns home for their first home weekend of the season, as they take on Northeastern University at the TD Bank Sports Center Saturday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m., and Sacred Heart University Sunday, Oct. 10 at 5 p.m.. 


Both games will be broadcasted on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network, as Brian Farrell and Peter Rossi have the call Saturday, with Brian Farrell and Nick Palumbo on the call for Sunday.


(courtesy of Marc Schwartz)

Listen Live at 4:00 pm ET

Hey Bobcats fans,

Listen in to the broadcast of Quinnipiac Field Hockey taking on the visiting Brown Bears. Click on the link directly to the left of this post at 4:00 pm ET to listen live.

Andrew Gau and Zach Daly have the call.

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Juliet Labarthe

This week’s QBSN athlete of the week honors are rewarded to Juliet LaBarthe (Oklahoma City, Okla.) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s tennis team.

LaBarthe, a freshman sensation for the Bobcats, has gotten off to a very impressive start to her collegiate career. Last week at the West Point Eastern Tennis Invitational, Labarthe won her first three matches to advance to the Class C singles championship match, where she lost. In all of LaBarthe’s wins, she defeated her opponents in straight sets.

Going into the West Point Eastern Tennis Invitational, LaBarthe was 10-1 in her first 11 collegiate matches. Her loss in the latest championship match ended her streak of seven consecutive matches won. 

Labarthe earned the NEC Player of the Week honors also, thanks to her performance at West Point. This was awarded to LaBarthe in conjunction with her third straight NEC Rookie of the Week honors. 

The Bobcats get a bit of a breather in the month of October, as their next matchup comes October 20^th, when Quinnipiac travels to Storrs, Conn. to take on the University of Connecticut.

(Courtesy of Marc Schwartz)

Listen Live at 12:00

Hey Bobcats fans,

Take a listen to the broadcast of Men's Soccer taking on Mount St. Mary's today at 12:00 pm.

To listen, click the link at the top left side of this web site. Once you do so, you will hear Scott Sheahen and Peter Rossi have the call of all the action from the QU soccer field.

Enjoy!

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Furtuna Velaj

This week’s QBSN athlete of the week honors are presented to Furtuna Velaj (Stamford, Conn.) of Quinnipiac University’s women’s soccer team.

The junior forward accounted for all 3 goals against Dartmouth College on Sept. 17, leading to a 3-1 out of conference win for the Bobcats; their first of the year. Velaj’s hat trick was her fourth of her impressive collegiate career. She also contributed seven shots, five on goal in the contest.

(courtesy of Matt Eisenberg)

Velaj also earned the Adidas/Northeast Conference Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her career, sharing the honor with Central Connecticut’s Beth Lloyd. Velaj also contributed four shots, two on goal in the Bobcats latest matchup against Rhode Island.

Last year, Velaj recorded 11 goals to go along with eight assists to lead the Bobcats in both categories. The closest Bobcat to Velaj in those categories was then-freshman Jillian Strassner (Avon, Conn.), recording four goals and three assists.

The Bobcats two game winning streak this week improved their overall season record to 2-4. Their next game is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 26 against NEC rivals Central Connecticut State here at Quinnipiac. That game kicks off the Bobcats conference play, and will be broadcasted on the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network live at 12:00 p.m. with Miles T. McQuiggan and Nick Dench on the call.

Courtesy of Marc Schwartz

We Have a New Stream!

We apologize for some technical difficulties over the past week, but they have been solved by the creation of our new stream.

Check it out on the left side of this page to listen to our broadcasts!

MSOC vs. Yale

Due to technical difficulites, Tuesday's Men's Soccer game against Yale can be heard on our volleyball stream, which can be found here.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

QBSN Athlete of the Week: Kimberly Cunniff

This week’s QBSN athlete of the week honors belong to Kimberly Cunniff (Walpole, Mass) of Quinnipiac University’s field hockey team.

The junior defense played a huge role in the Bobcats latest win, a 2-1 victory over Colgate. Cunniff scored the game winning goal in the 60^th min off of an assist from senior captain Tina Watkins (Sweet Valley, Pa.). Her goal capped off an exciting comeback effort for the Bobcats. The win ended a three game losing streak for Quinnipiac, and improves their record for the year to 2-3.

Cunniff’s goal was her first of the season, after being tied for tied for the team lead in goals last season with four. She also had four shots, with two of them being on goal in the contest.

The Bobcats travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. this weekend to take on #19 Albany and the University of Michigan. Quinnipiac does not begin conference play until October 10, when they travel to Fairfield, Conn. to take on their NEC rivals Sacred Heart.

(courtesy of Marc Schwartz)

Take a Look at Our New Photos!

Hey Bobcat fans, check out the photos by QBSN photographer Matt Eisenberg. The freshman is already contributing in a big way, take a look for yourself!

We Have New Beat Writers!

Hello everyone,

This year, in QBSN’s inaugural year, we are privileged to have an abundance of beat writers for each fall sport we cover. Listed below are the young men and women who will be following men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, and field hockey.

Men's Soccer: Angelique Fiske, Zack Daly, Tim Schulze, Nick Pasacreta, Dominic Lancella

Women's Soccer: Anson Marler, Kevin Noonan, Michael Desjardins, Ben Dias

Field Hockey: Nick Sczerbinski, Michael Arnaudo, Jesse Ott

Volleyball: Matt Margon, Kevin Adler, Peter Rossi

Make sure to check in on these teams and their writers throughout the fall, as QBSN will undoubtedly have the best fall coverage of QU sports one can find!

We would like to thank each and every one of them for helping out not only QBSN, but Quinnipiac athletics as a whole.

Corey Hersch and Alex Birsh

Co-Directors of QBSN

Welcome to the New Era

This is the start of a new chapter in sports broadcasting at Quinnipiac University. Starting with our first meeting on Wednesday, September 1st at 9:30 pm, the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network will officially hit the ground running as its own entity.


For those who wish to continue the same sports broadcasting practices as years past (when we were a part of the radio station, WQAQ), do not fret; we will be running things very similarly. For those who have just found our organization: we welcome you to join us in our inaugural year, a true milestone in Quinnipiac student media history.


This blog will be home to the many beat reports by our department, something that the once “sports department of the radio station” takes pride in. As we branch out to become out own organization, we will continue to keep track of the local athletics on campus by way of the virtual page.


But, as always, what we truly take pride in is the ability to broadcast nearly each sport that Quinnipiac University has to offer, and we will continue to follow through in that regard thanks to our incredibly loyal and talented personnel. Field hockey, men’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, and much more will be brought to you by passionate journalism students of QU who wish to get real-life experience in their collegiate environment.


So, in conclusion, we hope you find the time to listen to the streams (which will be available on our web site, qbsn.org) and also read the great entries to this blog. Just remember: whichever medium you choose to entertain yourself with, or (if you are an interested student) help us report in, you will be part of a new era in Quinnipiac history.


Let the games begin!


Corey Hersch and Alex Birsh
Co-Directors of the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network