Quinnipiac University Wins MAAC Women's Basketball Regular Season Title
MAAC Sports
EDISON, NJ – The Quinnipiac University women’s basketball team has won the 2015-16 MAAC regular season title with its 69-53 win over Iona College on the last day of the regular season. Quinnipiac has earned the top overall seed in the upcoming 2016 MAAC Basketball Championship.
By clinching the regular season title and number one overall seed, the Bobcats earn a first round bye in the 2016 MAAC Championship. They will face the winner of the #8 vs #9 matchup on Friday, March 4 at 12:00 p.m. Quinnipiac University won its final 17 games to close out the 2015-16 campaign en route to winning its second consecutive MAAC regular season title. The Bobcats are the first team since the 2003-04 Marist Red Foxes to lose its first three conference games and win the regular season title by winning out the rest of the way. The Red Foxes won its final 15 games that season.
The 2015-16 MAAC season culminates at the 2016 MAAC Basketball Championships, March 3-7, at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The 2016 MAAC Women’s Championship title game will take place on Monday, March 7 at 2:30 p.m. and will air live on ESPNU with the winner earning the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
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