The 2026–27 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team will represent Quinnipiac University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by first-year head coach Roman Owen, will play their home games at M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Connecticut and compete as a member of the newly renamed Metro Conference.
Previous season
The Bobcats finished the 2025–26 season 27–7 overall and 19–1 in MAAC play, to finish as regular season co-champions, sharing the title with Fairfield. Both teams' only regular season losses in the conference came from each other, with Quinnipiac losing to the Stags 63–75 at home in late January.
As the top seed in the MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 8 Manhattan in the quarterfinals, before narrowly avoiding an upset as they defeated No. 4 Iona 63–62 in overtime to advance to their second straight conference final. In a rematch of January's matchup, as well as last year's championship game, the Bobcats fell 44–51 to Fairfield.
As regular season champions who did not win their conference tournament, the Bobcats earned an automatic bid to the WBIT, their second straight appearance, where they were unseeded in the BYU Bracket. They defeated No. 3 seeded George Mason in the first round, before losing to No. 2 Stanford 69–81 in the second round to end their season.
On March 16, head coach Tricia Fabbri announced that she would be retiring from the program following the conclusion of the season after thirty one years. Fabbri retired as the winningest coach in program history, with 572. On April 7, UNLV associate head coach Roman Owen was announced as the program's new head coach. Owen spent six years with the Lady Rebels, and helped lead the team to three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2022 to 2024.
Offseason Departures Quinnipiac departures Ella Ryan 2 Guard 5'8" Freshman Brentwood, TN Transferred to Arizona State Aniyah Neal 3 Guard 5'11" Freshman Syracuse, NY Transferred to Saint Peter's Ella O'Donnell 12 Forward 6'3" Senior Shankill, Ireland Graduated Emma Lizotte 14 Forward 6'3" Sophomore Saco, ME Transferred to Holy Cross Karson Martin 15 Guard 5'7" Junior Woodstock, GA Transferred to Tennessee Tech Sydney Ryan 20 Guard 5'10" Senior Brentwood, TN Graduated Jackie Grisdale 21 Guard 5'9" Graduate Student Poland, OH Graduated Reagan Sipia 22 Guard 6'1" Sophomore St. Charles, IL Transferred to IU Indy Anna Foley 23 Forward/Center 6'3" Junior Andover, MA Transferred to Villanova
Incoming transfers Quinnipiac incoming transfers Lilly Thomas 0 Center 6'1" Sophomore El Reno, OK Missouri Southern State (D-II) Leila Washington 1 Forward 5'10" Junior Garber, OK Cloud County CC (NJCAA) Kayla Hopson 2 Guard 5'8" Junior Harlem, NY Gulf Coast State (NJCAA) Payton Dulin 3 Guard 5'9" Sophomore Baldwin, NY George Washington Ana Ramos Pires 8 Forward 6'2" Senior São Paulo, Brazil Georgia State Elle Snyder 15 Guard/Forward 5'9" Junior Latrobe, PA Evansville
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Roster Years are listed according to the new NCAA age-based eligibility model.
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Metro Conference regular season
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