Spring Break
EAST HARTFORD - Over the past four years, the blueprint for success against West Virginia has been simple - knock Pat White out of the game. The Mountaineers' only two losses last season came when White was regulated to the bench. With a little over four minutes remaining in Saturday's match-up to decide first place in the Big East, White was just where UConn wanted him - on the sidelines, with his helmet off, as backup Jarrett Brown commanded the West Virginia offense. (1) comment
EAST HARTFORD - After a lack of playmakers at wide receiver dragged down an already-pedestrian offense all last season, coach Randy Edsall dubbed the receiving position wide open only minutes after UConn dropped the ball in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Nine games and several dropped passes in Saturday's 35-13 loss to West Virginia was all Edsall needed before putting out another APB for capable pass-catchers. (0) comments
Things were not going UConn's way Friday night against Seton Hall. Shots were missing by inches, referees were not making obvious calls, and at one point two consecutive shots bounced off the crossbar. Something had to give, and with eight minutes left, Dori Arad broke a 1-1 tie with his third goal of the year to close out the regular season with a 2-1 win over the Pirates (6-8-4, 2-5-4 Big East) at Morrone Stadium. (0) comments
The volleyball team went two matches without losing a set this weekend en route to earning their 17th and 18th victories of the year. The Huskies handed Seton Hall their 12th loss of the season Friday night and then followed it up with an impressive 3-0 win over Villanova Sunday afternoon. (0) comments
Freshman Karen Gurnon and junior Annie Yi scored in the first 21 minutes of the second half as UConn came back to stun Georgetown, 2-1, in the quarterfinal round of the Big East tournament in Washington, D.C., Sunday In a rematch of last year's quarterfinal at Morrone Stadium - won by Georgetown, 1-0 - the Huskies (7-8-5) fell behind early. (0) comments
In the 42nd minute of Friday night's men's soccer game, senior captain Dori Arad took the ball to the center of the goal box. He was 18 yards out, looking across into Seton Hall goalkeeper Paul McHenry. Arad took a step, connected with the ball and fired a bullet into the box. (0) comments
EAST HARTFORD - Darius Butler has done it all for UConn. The senior captain has been entrenched as a starting cornerback since his freshman season and has contributed as a wide receiver, kick returner, punt returner and even an emergency quarterback in his tenure with the Huskies. (0) comments
Game of the Week: Women's Soccer 2, Georgetown 1 (Sunday) - With two goals in the second half, the Huskies knocked off Georgetown, the No. 2 seed in the National Division, in the Big East tournament, avenging a loss to the Hoyas in last season's quarterfinals. (0) comments
Game of the Week: Texas Tech 39, Texas 33 (Saturday) - An instant classic. Texas Tech finished off arguably the most exciting college football game of 2008 with a last-second game-winning touchdown catch by Michael Crabtree. This was all after Texas had rallied from a 19-0 deficit earlier in the game and took a 33-32 lead with just 1:29 to go. (0) comments
Lauren Aird scored a pair of goals to help No. 7 UConn win a share of the Big East regular season title with a 4-0 victory over Villanova Saturday in Villanova, Pa. In a game in which UConn coach Nancy Stevens earned her 300th win since taking the head coaching position at UConn in 1990, the Huskies (16-2, 5-1) took the lead with under 10 minutes left in the first half. (0) comments