Quinnipiac University Women's Field Hockey

Main completed her 21st season at the helm of a program that she has built into an perennial power, previously in the Northeast Conference and now in the newly formed Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. A formidable regional opponent for years, Main's program continues to ascend to new heights as the Bobcats are just two years removed from recording the best record in program history (14-7) in 2013 as well as the first MAAC Championship in the history of Quinnipiac Athletics.This past season, Quinnipiac captured its second MAAC Regular-Season Championship in three seasons in the league. She was recognized by her peers as the 2015 MAAC Coach of the Year.   With field hockey being added as a sport to the MAAC on July 1, 2013 a new era of field hockey was born. Main's program continues to ascend to new heights and has found itself with the likes of Quinnipiac basketball and ice hockey as a recently upgraded Sport of Emphasis at the university. The new Tier 1 upgrade to sport of emphasis promises a new premier playing field and additional support for the program. Main broke out in 2013 as her leadership was a driving force behind the Bobcats MAAC Co-Regular Season Championship, preceding her teams spirited run in claiming the first MAAC Championship in school history. Her team scored back-to-back wins over Bryant and Robert Morris to secure the MAAC Championship and earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. Quinnipiac finished the 2013 season with the most victories (14) in a single season in the programs 19-year history and saw seven players named All-Conference. In the Bobcats' second season as a member of the MAAC in 2014, Quinnipiac posted an 8-11 overall record and was 3-2 in conference play. Advancing to the postseason conference tournament for the 18th time in 20 years, Quinnipiac was ultimately bounced from the MAAC Semifinals in a loss to Rider. Significant milestones reached during the 2014 season included the Bobcats' first penalty stroke victory which fell on Oct. 19 in what was a crucial conference win over Bryant. Quinnipiac and Bryant played through two scoreless overtime periods before the Bobcats dispatched the Bulldogs, 3-1, in a five-round penalty stroke shootout. Another program-first came on Nov. 2 in the regular season finale as the Bobcats defeated Villanova, 4-2, marking the first win for Quinnipiac over a BIG EAST foe in program history (0-13 previous record). Two Bobcats - Megan Conaboy (First Team) and Danielle Allan (Second Team) - were honored with NFHCA All-Mideast Region All-American honors A four-time Coach of the Year and three-time Northeast Conference Coach of the Year, Main has also brought Quinnipiac to three NCAA tournament appearances (2001, 2003, 2013). She had established the program as one of the elite in the Northeast Conference and is looking to build her team back up into a threat looking to reclaim the MAAC Championship in 2015. In 17 seasons as a Div. I program, Quinnipiac has registered an 91-41 (.689) mark against intra-conference opponents in regular-season play and has advanced to the conference tournament in 15-of-17 opportunities. During Mains tenure in Hamden, she has coached 88 All-Conference players, 22 NFHCA Mideast Region All-Americans, three Northeast Conference Players of the Year, three NEC Goaltenders of the Year, one Rookie of the Year and a Defensive Player of the Year, as well as three NEC Tournament MVPs and six NFHCA North-South Senior Game participants. After just three seasons as a member of the MAAC, Main has had 17 of her players named All-Conference, one Offensive Player of the Year, one Co-Player of the Year, two Co-Goalkeeper of the Year, and one MAAC Tournament MVP in addition to 22 All-Academic honorees.   In 21 years, Main has tallied a record of 178-206 winning her 100th game in 2006 versus St. Francis (PA) and her 150th in 2013 at home against St. Josephs. A highly respected member of the field hockey community, she has reached the end of her six-year stint as President of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association after four years as the First-Vice President of the NFHCA. Main was also the National Chair of the NFHCA All-American Committee and Hall of Fame Committees. In 2012, Quinnipiac advanced to the NEC Tournament for the sixth time in eight years after Bobcats matched their all-time best mark for wins (12). Main's team featured the 2012 NEC Goalkeeper of the Year in Nicole Lewis, who was joined on the NEC First Team by Lauren Zimniski and Amanda Danziger while Jess Rusin earned Second Team honors.  In 2011, Main led a squad that featured the 2011 Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in Kimberly Cuniff, as well as three all-Northeast Conference selections in Cunniff, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Megan McCreedy. The Bobcats advanced to the Northeast Conference Tournament for the fourth straight season.  In 2010, Mains Bobcats featured five all-Northeast Conference honorees, at Tina Watkins and Kim Cunniff earned first-team honors while Lauren Zimniski, Kaitlyn Notarianni and Katie Van Nostrand landed on the second team. In addition, Watkins was named to the Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team.  In 2009, Jenna Grossman was named the NEC Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive season. Grossman headlined a list of four Bobcats to earn all Northeast Conference honors this year, including fellow First Team selection Megan McCreedy and Brandy Longacre. Senior Bonnie Shea was named to the All-NEC Second Team.  In addition, Grossman and Longacre were named to the 2009 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Mideast Region Second Team. Off the field, the Bobcats featured 15 NEC Academic Honor Roll selections and 13 NFHCA Academic squad honorees, while Quinnipiac was named an NFHCA Academic Team for the sixth straight year.  In 2008, four players earned All-NEC honors, headlined by NEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors for Jenna Grossman, the second of her career.  Lauren Hartnett, Megan Sciascia and Katie Van Nostrand were also honored by the NEC. Grossman also became the Bobcats 12th NFHCA Mideast All-region player. The team had 12 players earn NFHCA Academic squad honors while posting a 3.33 GPA to receive NFHCA National Academic Team honors. In 2007, four players earned All-NEC awards (Megan Dahle,  Megan Sciascia, Megan McCreedy and Jenna Grossman) with also one also earning Regional All-American honors (Dahle). Quinnipiac also continued to excel in the classroom, as ten players earned NFHCA National Academic squad honors and the team earned NFHCA National Academic Team recognition for the fourth year in a row with an overall team G.P.A of 3.29.  In addition, senior Megan Dahle joined Lisa Scavotta as the teams second NEC Scholar Athlete of the Year Award when she notched a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the fall of 2007.   In 2006, the team also made the history books with the garnering of its first National All-American as goalkeeper Erin McKay earned NFHCA Third team National All-American status. In 2006, the Bobcats lost to the eventual NEC Champion in the semifinals of the NEC tournament where Quinnipiac had been in 8 of the last 9 conference championships.In 2004, Quinnipiac matched its single-season with 12 wins a year ago, closing with a 12-8 mark. For her efforts, she was recognized as the NEC Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Quinnipiac reached the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons in 2003 by virtue of a 2-1 win over Rider in the NEC tournament finals. The Bobcats played one of the toughest schedules in the nation in 2003 and nearly upset ACC member Virginia on the road in early October. In all, six players earned All-NEC honors under Main s guidance, with two more taking Regional All-America honors. The 2002 season produced another milestone for Main, who guided the Bobcats to a perfect 11-0 mark in NEC action. It was the first time in league history that a team closed the regular season undefeated. The Bobcats also reached the NEC championship game for the fourth straightseason in 2002, losing to conference rival Rider, 2-0. The 2001 campaign was a magical one for Quinnipiac, as the Bobcats reached the NCAA Play-in game before falling to Cal-Berkeley. Quinnipiac closed the year with a 12-8 mark, setting a new benchmark for wins in a season. In their inaugural Division I season in 1998, the Bobcats finished with a 9-9 record and a share of the Northeast Conference regular-season title (6-2, tied with Sacred Heart) in 1998. Main was awarded with NEC Coach of the Year honors. In Quinnipiacs final season in Division II (1997), Main led her team to its second straight seven-win season and a berth in the Northeast-10 semifinals, while garnering the conferences Coach of the Year award. In just its second year as a varsity sport in 1996, Main guided Quinnipiac to seven wins and a third-place finish in the Northeast-10. A 1994 graduate of Penn State, Main was a four-year standout for the Lady Lions, earning Mideast Regional All-America status three times and leading the team to three Final Four appearances. The Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year recipient in 1993, Main also earned NFHCA All-America honors in both her junior and senior campaigns. A standout student as well, she was a three-time Academic All-America selection as she earned a B.S. in health education and exercise science. After graduation, Main competed on the U.S. National Elite Team, traveling to San Diego, Holland, Argentina, and Ireland, where she was a reserve member of the squad that earned a bronze medal at the 1994 World Cup. A member of the NFHCA and U.S. Field Hockey Association, Main was an active participanet in the Futures program and the High Performance Trainer Centers as a coach and player for the New England Fury. A native of Yardley, Pa., and Pennsbury High School - a three sport athlete (field hockey, basketball, track) at Pennsbury, Main  was inducted into the Pennsbury Athletic Hall of Fame in October of 2006.  Main also served as the head coach of the womens lacrosse program at Quinnipiac from 1996-2000 and in 2002. Many of Quinnipiacs Field Hockey players have gone on to coach throughout the Northeast region including Julie Ryan (Smith) a 2002 graduate of Quinnipiac. Ryan currently serves as Head Coach at Babson University in Massachusetts after completing coaching stints at Yale University, Springfield College and Boston College. A 2005 graduate for the Bobcats, Jill Disanti is currently serving as first Assistant at Monmouth University in New Jersey after a two year stint as an assistant with her alma mater. Cheryl Torino Canada, a 2006 graduate from Quinnipiac spent a year at her high school, North Branford, Connecticut, and helped coach them to their first CIAC state title in 20 years. Torino Canada went on to coach at  the University of Rochester before returning to her alma mater where she was recently named the Bobcats associate head coach in Jan. 2014. Another former All-NEC performer Eileen Gallagher served as an assistant coach at Quinnipiac from 2004-08 before taking the head coaching position at Cheshire High School where she is currently entering her seventh season at the helm. Former All-NEC standout Jaime Cassesse has been on the Bobcats' staff for the last four seasons while last year's NEC Defensive Player of the Year and All-NEC student-athlete Kimberly Cunniff joined the Bobcats' coaching staff for the 2012 season. Kaitlyn Notarianni also joined the coaching ranks as a member of the staff at William & Mary in 2012-13 and is now coaching at the Fieldston Academy located in the Bronx, N.Y.   In 2015, Quinnipiac field hockey head coach Becca Main completed her 21st season at the helm of a program that she has built into an perennial power, previously in the Northeast Conference and now in the newly formed Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. A formidable regional opponent for years, Main's program continues to ascend to new heights as the Bobcats are just two years removed from recording the best record in program history (14-7) in 2013 as well as the first MAAC Championship in the history of Quinnipiac Athletics.This past season, Quinnipiac captured its second MAAC Regular-Season Championship in three seasons in the league. She was recognized by her peers as the 2015 MAAC Coach of the Year.  

Allan begins her first season as a volunteer assistant coach in 2015. Having graduated from Quinnipiac in 2015 as one of the greatest field hockey players in program history, Allan has the opportunity to continue to leave her mark on the same field in which she came to dominate from 2011-15 in her time as a Bobcat. "As we turn now to focus on building our 2015-16 team into a high-caliber MAAC program, I am delighted to add Danielle Allan to our coaching staff," said Quinnipiac head coach Becca Main. "Her devotion and loyalty to Quinnipiac University coupled with her stellar playing career will make her a pivotal piece in our quest for the 2015 MAAC title. Danielle will be responsible for individual player development, goalkeeper preparation and game analysis through film and individual player performance meetings." Allan comes to the Quinnipiac coaching staff after a stellar career with the Bobcats in which she appeared in 74 games throughout her four years. During her time as a player, Allan helped lift Quinnipiac to the 2013 MAAC Championship and the first NCAA Tournament berth for the Bobcats since 2003. In that 2013 season, Allan was named to the All-MAAC Second Team as she compiled 23 points (nine goals, five assists) which ranked as the third-most on the team. Coming into her senior year in 2014, Allan was named one of the three team captains and she put together an impressive final campaign as she led the Bobcats in all major offensive statistical categories. Named to the All-MAAC First Team and the NFHCA All-Mideast Region Second Team, Allan racked up team-highs in points (20), goals (eight), assists (four) and shots-on-goal (33) while leading the Bobcats to the conference postseason tournament for the 18th time in 20 seasons. For her career, Allan graduated ranking in the Top 5 for every major offensive statistical category in Quinnipiac field hockey history. Allan ranks 4th at Quinnipiac in goals (29), tied for 5th in assists (18) and 3rd in points (76). Named an All-Conference player three times throughout her career, Allan distinguished herself in the classroom as she was named a member of the Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Div. I National Academic Squad all four years in her time as a Bobcat. A native of Riverdale, New Jersey, Allan was a four-year letterwinnter in field hockey and softball at Pompton Lakes (N.J.) High School. A two-time North Jersey Field Hockey Player of the Year, she set a school record with 56 goals in 2010 while leading Pompton Lakes to the No. 1 ranking in the North Jersey Top 5 won and won the Northeast Field Hockey League Division I Championship. She holds the Pompton Lakes career record with 144 goals and 56 assists. In four years of high school, she helped the team to four league championships. Allan will continue to work towards her masters degree in physical therapy at Quinnipiac University. Danielle Allan Field Hockey Volunteer Assistant Coach A familiar face to the Quinnipiac faithful, Danielle Allan begins her first season as a volunteer assistant coach in 2015. Having graduated from Quinnipiac in 2015 as one of the greatest field hockey players in program history, Allan has the opportunity to continue to leave her mark on the same field in which she came to dominate from 2011-15 in her time as a Bobcat. "As we turn now to focus on building our 2015-16 team into a high-caliber MAAC program, I am delighted to add Danielle Allan to our coaching staff," said Quinnipiac head coach Becca Main. "Her devotion and loyalty to Quinnipiac University coupled with her stellar playing career will make her a pivotal piece in our quest for the 2015 MAAC title. Danielle will be responsible for individual player development, goalkeeper preparation and game analysis through film and individual player performance meetings." Allan comes to the Quinnipiac coaching staff after a stellar career with the Bobcats in which she appeared in 74 games throughout her four years. During her time as a player, Allan helped lift Quinnipiac to the 2013 MAAC Championship and the first NCAA Tournament berth for the Bobcats since 2003. In that 2013 season, Allan was named to the All-MAAC Second Team as she compiled 23 points (nine goals, five assists) which ranked as the third-most on the team. Coming into her senior year in 2014, Allan was named one of the three team captains and she put together an impressive final campaign as she led the Bobcats in all major offensive statistical categories. Named to the All-MAAC First Team and the NFHCA All-Mideast Region Second Team, Allan racked up team-highs in points (20), goals (eight), assists (four) and shots-on-goal (33) while leading the Bobcats to the conference postseason tournament for the 18th time in 20 seasons. For her career, Allan graduated ranking in the Top 5 for every major offensive statistical category in Quinnipiac field hockey history. Allan ranks 4th at Quinnipiac in goals (29), tied for 5th in assists (18) and 3rd in points (76). Named an All-Conference player three times throughout her career, Allan distinguished herself in the classroom as she was named a member of the Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Div. I National Academic Squad all four years in her time as a Bobcat. A native of Riverdale, New Jersey, Allan was a four-year letterwinnter in field hockey and softball at Pompton Lakes (N.J.) High School. A two-time North Jersey Field Hockey Player of the Year, she set a school record with 56 goals in 2010 while leading Pompton Lakes to the No. 1 ranking in the North Jersey Top 5 won and won the Northeast Field Hockey League Division I Championship. She holds the Pompton Lakes career record with 144 goals and 56 assists. In four years of high school, she helped the team to four league championships. Allan will continue to work towards her masters degree in physical therapy at Quinnipiac University. Danielle Allan Field Hockey Volunteer Assistant Coach A familiar face to the Quinnipiac faithful, Danielle Allan begins her first season as a volunteer assistant coach in 2015. Having graduated from Quinnipiac in 2015 as one of the greatest field hockey players in program history, Allan has the opportunity to continue to leave her mark on the same field in which she came to dominate from 2011-15 in her time as a Bobcat. "As we turn now to focus on building our 2015-16 team into a high-caliber MAAC program, I am delighted to add Danielle Allan to our coaching staff," said Quinnipiac head coach Becca Main. "Her devotion and loyalty to Quinnipiac University coupled with her stellar playing career will make her a pivotal piece in our quest for the 2015 MAAC title. Danielle will be responsible for individual player development, goalkeeper preparation and game analysis through film and individual player performance meetings." Allan comes to the Quinnipiac coaching staff after a stellar career with the Bobcats in which she appeared in 74 games throughout her four years. During her time as a player, Allan helped lift Quinnipiac to the 2013 MAAC Championship and the first NCAA Tournament berth for the Bobcats since 2003. In that 2013 season, Allan was named to the All-MAAC Second Team as she compiled 23 points (nine goals, five assists) which ranked as the third-most on the team. Coming into her senior year in 2014, Allan was named one of the three team captains and she put together an impressive final campaign as she led the Bobcats in all major offensive statistical categories. Named to the All-MAAC First Team and the NFHCA All-Mideast Region Second Team, Allan racked up team-highs in points (20), goals (eight), assists (four) and shots-on-goal (33) while leading the Bobcats to the conference postseason tournament for the 18th time in 20 seasons. For her career, Allan graduated ranking in the Top 5 for every major offensive statistical category in Quinnipiac field hockey history. Allan ranks 4th at Quinnipiac in goals (29), tied for 5th in assists (18) and 3rd in points (76). Named an All-Conference player three times throughout her career, Allan distinguished herself in the classroom as she was named a member of the Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Div. I National Academic Squad all four years in her time as a Bobcat. A native of Riverdale, New Jersey, Allan was a four-year letterwinnter in field hockey and softball at Pompton Lakes (N.J.) High School. A two-time North Jersey Field Hockey Player of the Year, she set a school record with 56 goals in 2010 while leading Pompton Lakes to the No. 1 ranking in the North Jersey Top 5 won and won the Northeast Field Hockey League Division I Championship. She holds the Pompton Lakes career record with 144 goals and 56 assists. In four years of high school, she helped the team to four league championships. Allan will continue to work towards her masters degree in physical therapy at Quinnipiac University.