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Quinnipiac Bobcats | |
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University | Quinnipiac University |
Conference | MAAC (primary) ECAC (ice hockey) Big East (field hockey) NIRA (women's rugby) NCATA (acrobatics and tumbling) |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Greg Amodio |
Location | Hamden, Connecticut |
Varsity teams | 21 |
Basketball arena | M&T Bank Arena |
Ice hockey arena | M&T Bank Arena |
Baseball stadium | Quinnipiac Baseball Field |
Soccer stadium | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium |
Mascot | Boomer the Bobcat |
Nickname | Bobcats |
Fight song | The Bobcat Roar |
Colors | Navy and gold |
Website | gobobcats |
The Quinnipiac Bobcats are the 21 sports teams representing Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut in intercollegiate athletics. The Bobcats compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, joining on July 1, 2013, after being in the Northeast Conference. [1]
The Bobcats compete outside the MAAC in three sports. Despite the MAAC sponsoring field hockey, the Bobcats moved their field hockey team into the Big East Conference in 2016. [2] In ice hockey, a sport not sponsored by the MAAC for either men or women, both Quinnipiac teams play in ECAC Hockey. In the Spring of 2017, Quinnipiac announced they were partnering with Adidas to provide athletic wear for all varsity teams.
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Baseball | Acrobatics and tumbling |
Basketball | Basketball |
Cross country | Cross country |
Ice hockey | Field hockey |
Lacrosse | Golf |
Soccer | Ice hockey |
Tennis | Lacrosse |
Rugby | |
Soccer | |
Softball | |
Tennis | |
Track and field† | |
Volleyball | |
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor |
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