Game 3-4-103: Men's Soccer Exhibition vs. Stony Brook

What: Men's soccer exhibition vs. Stony Brook

Stony Brook (red) and
UConn (blue) before a
corner kick

When: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 7:00 PM

Where: Morrone Stadium

Result: Tie 0-0

Exhibitions are usually nothing special. But this game was unique. First of all, we were wearing our blue road uniforms while Stony Book was wearing their red uniforms. We did that last year against the Seawolves too. And we wore our blue uniforms vs. UMass in the first exhibition. Not sure if it means anything for the regular season.

Andre in his plain
white T-shirt.

As for the game itself, there was no scoring. 0-0 draw, although we had A LOT of chances. We need to beat teams like Stony Brook, but it was an exhibition, so I guess it's ok.

The interesting part was when Andre Blake got a controversial yellow card that he probably didn't deserve. Speaking of Blake, he was wearing a plain white t-shirt to signify he was the goalkeeper. No number or team name. We in the Goal Patrol were discussing why he was wearing that. Did he lose his goalie shirts and simply grab the first thing in his drawer? I don't know.

There were only a few students in the Goal Patrol but we were joined by a few little kids late in the game. They joined us in calling the goalie names like "weenie with hot sauce". Actually, only they did that. But it's a kind of cool name. We should remember it for the future. The first regular season game is this Saturday vs. St. Francis. I will finally attend my first regular season game in ANY sport today at 1:00 PM as the women's soccer team takes on Vermont. I attended the UCLA women's soccer game, but it didn't count.

UConn Sports Roundup, Wednesday, October 27th

Freshman phenom Andre
Blake has been amazing
in goal this year. Can he
get some help?

Men's Soccer: The Huskies fell to #5 in the nation following a tough week.That's still pretty good though. Tonight, they will  face off with Marquette in their final home game of the year, at 7:30 PM. The Huskies are currently in second place in the Blue Division, four points behind the Golden Eagles and one ahead of Georgetown and Providence. Remember, the top two in each Division get byes, so this is a crucial game for the Huskies. It can be heard on WHUS or seen on the UConnHuskies All-Access.

Football: The Huskies will head to Pittsburgh at 8:00 PM tonight. That game will be on ESPN. That's right, folks. A football game on a Wednesday Night! Why on earth would you want to do that? Oh wait, I know... Money! Because ESPN likes exploiting student athletes so they can put their football games on TV. They don't care if Pitt students can't go to games because they have class the next day. As long as they're getting money (and they are), they keep doing it. Crazy. But that's the way it is. Also, the Syracuse-UConn game on November 5th will start at noon on ESPNU.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies will face Holy Cross at home tomorrow at 7:05. You can look GameTracker on the Huskies website or paid video is available too shortly. The Huskies are 2-2-1 this year and 1-0-0 in AHA. The Huskies will also host Army on October 29th at 7:05.

New Blog Feature: UConn Awards, Plus the Awards from October 3rd-9th

So, after just posting about three Huskies that won awards, I've decided to add a new feature to this blog: Awards. They will be given out to one UConnplayer and one UConn team (both can be of either sex) every week, plus one at the end of every month to an exceptional player/team from that month. I will also name a possibly varying number of runners-up (for now I'm starting at three for the players and none for the teams), in order of virtue. I might also do an "All Fall Sports" team, and "All Winter Sports" and "All Spring Sports" teams when those seasons end. Plus maybe a an "2011-12 UConn First Team". We'll see. For now though, here are the award winners for the week of October 3rd-9th:

Player of the Week: Andre Blake, Men's Soccer GK:

The freshman phenom continued to wow fans this week, as Blake recorded his 9th straight shutout. The Jamaican has now gone 880 minutes without allowing a goal, and is two games short of tying the NCAA all-time record for shutouts in a row. During the week, the Huskies went 1-0-1, beating Manhattan 3-0 and drawing Notre Dame 0-0 on the road in 2OT.

Runners-Up (In Order of Rank)

1. Chloe Hunnable, F, Field Hockey, 3 goals and 1 assist


2. Brant Harris, FW, Men's Ice Hockey, 3 goals


3. Mattison Quayle, Women's Volleyball, 17 kills and 7 digs in narrow loss to USF

UConn Team of the Week: Men's Soccer

The Huskies started the week off on Wednesday night, October 4th, with an easy 3-0 win over Manhattan, also recording their 8th straight shutout and tying a school record. On Saturday afternoon, they played to a scoreless draw with Notre Dame in South Bend, breaking the shutout record and drawing within two of the NCAA record. Once again, the Huskies were voted #1 in the nation this week as well.