UConn Player and Team of the Week

As I started last week, it's time for this week's UConn Player and Team of the Week. Additionally, three honorable mention players are named, plus up to one honorable mention team. (None is included this week). Here we go. Additionally, I'm going to start a "points system" for players, with five points for winning POW, three for a HM1, two for an HM2, and one for HM3. Being on a Team of the Week will also earn the player one point, but I will not include those totals for players who have not won POW.

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Player of the Week: Byron Jones, Defensive Back, Football
Jones had the critical play in the Huskies 16-10 Homecoming victory over South Florida. In the fourth quarter, with the Bulls winning 10-9, he recovered a USF fumble and ran it 10 yards to give the Huskies a lead they would not relinquish.

The Huskies' defense as a whole was also dynamic, forcing three additional turnovers en route to the win. For the second year in a row, we defeated South Florida without an offensive touchdown. It was this fantastic showing that earned Jones the Big East Defensive Player of the Week.

Honorable Mentions

1) Mattison Quayle, OH Women's Volleyball: Averaged 5.3 Kills per set over UConn's two victories, vs. Fordham and St. John's. Matched career highs in both games. She was named the Big East Player of the Week.

2) Anne Jeute, FW Field Hockey: Jeute scored two goals in a 3-1 victory over Princeton.

3) Lyle McCombs, RB, Football: McCombs totaled 130 yards on the ground in the 16-10 victory.

Team of the Week: Football

 

The Huskies got the win on Homecoming and defeated the USF Bulls, 16-10. The defense was great and managed to pull it out. The Huskies obtained their first Big East Victory of the year and are now 3-4. We started slow the last few years. Let's try to change it.

 

HM: Women's Volleyball for their two wins.

UConn Huskies Sports Wrapup October 16th, 2011 (Part 2)

Here's the wrap-up for today's games.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies fell to #20 West Virginia, 2-1. Riley Houle scored the Huskies' only goal while Jess Dulski recorded five saves. Connecticut was tied with the Mountaineers at 1-1, but in the 55th minute, Blake Miller gave WVU a lead they would not relinquish. Connecticut and Providence will face off on Saturday at 1:00 PM in Rhode Island. A Huskies win puts them through to the Big East Tournament, but they cannot get a first-round bye. Instead, they will host Notre Dame, Villanova, or Seton Hall on Thursday, October 27th. With a loss, the Huskies can still make the Tournament, if St. John's fails to beat Syracuse. If they tie, the Huskies would go through, but a St. John's win would earn the Red Storm the #4 seed and force the Huskies to play on the road.

Field Hockey: The #4 Huskies defeated the Princeton Tigers 3-1 at George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex, as Anne Jeute scored two goals. UConn improves to 13-1 on the season. Next up, the Huskies will play their second weeknight game of the season, hosting Boston University at 7:00 PM on Wednesday. Video is available on All-Access. Then comes the big game, the one we've been waiting for all season. Senior Day against Syracuse on Sunday, October 23rd at 12:00 PM to determine the Big East regular season champion. But, that does not mean they will avoid Louisville, who will likely get the #4 seed. That being said, the Cardinals have lost four of their last five, and playing them in the First Round might not be such a bad thing. In other news, the #1 Old Dominion Monarchs lost to #7 Duke and #3 Maryland lost to the Monarchs, so there's a chance UConn could move up in the rankings when they are released on Tuesday.

Last week I introduced the weekly UConn Awards segment of this blog. I will post this week's winners later tonight.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup for October 16th, 2011

Yesterday was a great day for Husky Sports. There is even more fun action today. Let's check it out.

Football: On Homecoming, the Huskies defeated USF 16-10 yesterday, in spite of not scoring an offensive touchdown. Dave Teggart kicked three field goals and Lyle McCombs rushed for 130 yards. We improve to 1-1 in Big East play and 3-4 overall. Next up is Pitt in a Wednesday night game on October 26th at 8:00 PM on ESPN. That will be our last road game before a three team, four week, homestand.

Men's Soccer: The Huskies improved to 13-0-1 on the season thanks to a 1-0 victory over Pittsburgh. Allando Matheson scored the game winner in the 61st minute for his third game-winning goal of the season. Next up, the Huskies begin a very challenging stretch of Big East games. First, on Tuesday at 7:00 PM, they will head to Morgantown to face West Virginia. The Mountaineers are tied for third place in the Big East Blue Division. Then, on October 22nd and 26t, the Huskies will host Georgetown and Marquette. The Hoyas are tied with WVU, four points back of the Huskies, and the Golden Eagles lead the Division at 5-0-0 in conference play but have struggled outside the division. All three games are on WHUS and the home games are also on All-Access.

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies fell to 0-4-2 on the year, losing 6-1 to Minnesota-Duluth. Sarah McDonnell scored the lone goal for the Huskies in the second period. The Bulldogs managed 48 shots on the contest.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies won their first first Big East game of the season, defeating St. John's 3-1. For the second straight game, Mattison Quayle had 20 kills, thus tying her career high. The Huskies are now 1-5 in Big East and 11-10 overall. Next up on Friday the 21st, the Huskies will travel to Villanova at 7:00 PM, followed by a Sunday matchup with Georgetown at 2:00 PM.

Women's Soccer: It's Senior Day today at Morrone Stadium as the Huskies host West Virginia at 1:00 PM. West Virginia is tied for first in the Big East American Division at 8-1-0. Should the Huskies pull off the upset win, they will clinch a spot in the Big East Women's Soccer Tournament. However, in order to avoid playing in the 4-5 opening round game, they will have to gain four points on Syracuse over the last two games. The Orange face #7 nationally Marquette today, and then travel to St. John's on Friday, October 21st. But keep in mind, if St. John's, Syracuse, and UConn, all finish with 18 points (due to UConn getting four points, and St. John's getting six while Syracuse gets none) St. John's will get the three seed, UConn the four, and Syracuse the five. The Red Storm host USF today.

Field Hockey: The #4 Huskies host Princeton today at 2:00 PM. No video, but Gametracker will be available. Next Sunday is a huge game to decide the Big East regular season champ, as the Huskies host Syracuse at 12:00 PM. All-Access will be available. The winner is guaranteed the Big East regular season title. However, this does not mean they will avoid #20 Louisville in the first round as we mentioned previously. The Cardinals were upset by Villanova, and could easily finish with the #4 seed now. There are a bunch of tiebreaker scenarios involving all five of those teams (besides UConn and Syracuse), which are too complicated for me to discuss.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup for October 15th, 2011

Good early morning everybody. This is the first post to be originally posted on the Blogger site. So welcome all on this Homecoming Saturday.

Football: It's the Homecoming Game today in East Hartford. The South Florida Bulls roll into The Rent to take on the Huskies, who were clobbered last week by West Virginia. The Bulls are 4-1 on the season, but are 0-1 in conference after a loss to Pittsburgh. UConn is 2-4 overall and 0-1 in conference, and if we want much of any chance of making a bowl game, we probably have to win today. Kickoff is at 3:30 PM today on SNY and Big East Regional Television. For more information on TV, see here.

Men's and Women's Basketball: First Night was held last night to kick-off the 2011-12 season. I watchedd about five minutes on ESPN3 then remembered why I didn't like it last year either. Incredibly pointless show.

Men's Ice Hockey: In their AHA opener, the Huskies defeated Army, 5-0. Goalkeeper Garret Bartus earned his first career shutout and Cole Schneider scored two goals en route to the victory. Last week's AHA Player of the Week Brant Harris scored a goal as well. The Huskies are now 1-1-1 on the year (1-0-0 AHA) and will face UMass-Lowell on the road in a non-conference game Tuesday at 7:00 PM.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies defeated Pittsburgh 1-0 last night at home to improve to 7-6-2 overall and 4-3-2 in the Big East. Linda Ruutu scored for the Huskies as Jessica Dulski recorded a shutout. With the Providence loss to West Virginia yesterday, UConn can clinch a berth in the Big East tournament if they beat West Virginia on Sunday at 1:00 PM. That Senior Day game will be aired by Huskies All-Access and WHUS. The Mountaineers are second in the American Division. A Providence loss or tie to Pittsburgh would also send the Huskies through. If UConn loses/ties and Providence wins, it will come down to next Saturday's matchup in Providence.

Women's Ice Hockey: UConn made a valiant effort against #5 Minnesota-Duluth, but just couldn't get it done, losing 5-4.  It was a hard-fought game throughout, good considering the Bulldogs played us twice last year and beat us by a combined score of 12-0. The two teams square off again today at 4:00 PM before the Huskies open up Hockey East play next weekend against Maine. On Friday at 7:00 and on Saturday at 2:00, the Black Bears roll into Freitas Ice Forum. Both game are available on All-Access.

Men's Soccer: The shutout streak may be over, but we're still #1 and will look to keep it that way tonight at 7:30 PM against Pittsburgh. That game is on Huskies All-Access, but apparently not WHUS (who has the football game). The Panthers are 2-2-0 (but only 4-8-1 overall), good for fifth place in the Blue Division. The Huskies are 3-0-1 in Big East play, which places them in second place in the division, behind Marquette, who is 6-5-2 overall but 4-0-0 in Big East play. Georgetown and West Virginia are right behind the Huskies, at 3-1-0. UConn has yet to play any of those three teams, and following the Pitt game, will play all three of them consecutively.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies look to win their first Big East game tonight as they host the St. John's Red Storm at Gampel Pavilion at 7:00 PM. St. John's is 9-13 overall and 0-5 in Big East play, so this could easily be our first win of the year. Next weekend, we head to Villanova on Friday at 7:00 PM before taking on Georgetown Sunday at 2:00 PM. 

Field Hockey: The #4 Huskies will host Princeton tomorrow at 2:00 PM. Gametracker is available through the UConnhuskies.com website. The bigger game is next Sunday at Sherman as the Huskies host the #5 Syracuse Orange. That game will determine who wins the Big East Field Hockey Regular season championship. Of course, that team will face a much easier First Round matchup at J.S. Coyne Field on November 4th, while the other one will likely face #20 Louisville just to get to the Championship game. And there will likely only be one regional hosted by a Big East team this year, so UConn and Syracuse both will be looking to win the title. Not to mention, the Orange came to Sherman last year for the Big East Tournament and beat us in the final, so we'll be looking to get revenge.

Live on Blogger

And we are live on Blogger now. Phew. A little hiccup along the way, but we're good. Nice new layout.

For those Looking for 2012 Baseball Schedule Info...

My sources (read: stats) tell me that a lot of people are coming to this site looking for info on the 2012 UConn baseball schedule, which I have written about. It can now be found here. That is a tentative schedule. I had been updating it regularly, but now, I have a full (albeit tentative schedule) there. If I get any updates, they will appear there. Once again, for a full, tentative, 2012 UConn baseball schedule, click here.

Thursday Morning UConn Huskies Roundup (October 13th, 2011)

Good morning, UConn fans! It's starting to get chilly here in the Northeast. But it's now just over three months until I go back to school from medical leave. Here's your roundup.

Men's and Women's Basketball: First Night is this Friday night at 7:00 PM, with doors opening at 6:00. Pretty much the only remotely interesting thing they do all night is introduce this year's players.  They also have giveaways that with several thousand fans competing, you're probably not winning. If you don't want to waste an hour or more of your time just watching this overrated garbage, there's plenty of other sports stuff you can do Friday night at 7:00 PM. Read on for more.

Football: The homecoming game is this Saturday at 3:30 PM vs. USF. Forecast is mostly sunny and a high near 67. The Huskies are 2-4 on the season and 0-1 in Big East play. If we want any chance of going to a bowl this season, we probably have to win this game. Otherwise, we need to go 4-1 down the stretch, which is doubtful. Even 3-2 I doubt we can do. But if we start 2-5, we're almost certainly not going bowling this December.

Men's Soccer: Well, the shutout streak is over. After 961 minutes and 32 seconds, the Huskies conceded a goal on a bad angle shot that Andre Blake really should have saved. Nevertheless, thanks to two goals by Mamadou Doudou Diouf, the Huskies won 2-1. This was almost a disaster for UConn, however. With the score 2-1 and time running out, Andrew John-Baptiste headed a ball away from danger just before it crossed the goal line. That would have made it 2-2 and the Friars would have had all the momentum heading into Overtime. Instead, a win's a win, and the Huskies will take it. Next up, the Huskies will host Pittsburgh on Saturday at 7:30 PM. That game will be on All-Access, but evidently not WHUS. With a 3-0-1 record in Big East play (and 12-0-1 overall), the Huskies are in second place in the Blue Division, two points behind Marquette and one ahead of Georgetown and West Virginia. The Huskies have not faced any of those teams yet, and will face the Mountaineers in Morgantown and the other two at home.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies will conclude their home schedule with two games this weekend. First, on Friday night at 7:00 PM (First Night time), they will host the Pittsburgh Panthers at Morrone Stadium. Then on Sunday at 1:00 PM, it's Senior Day, as the American Division leading West Virginia Mountaineers come rolling in. The Huskies are 3-3-2 on the season in Big East play, and 6-6-2 overall. This puts them a mere two points ahead of Providence for the final Big East Tournament spot. The Huskies and Friars will square off in Providence on Saturday, October 22nd, in the final game of the season for both teams. As UConn's travel partner, the Friars will also host West Virginia and Pitt this weekend. So, it's a critical end to the year. As for game coverage, the West Virginia game will be on All-Access, while Pitt will not be. Both games will be on WHUS, however.

Women's Ice Hockey: On Friday and Saturday, the Huskies will play host to the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs. Friday's game will be at 7:00 PM (First Night time), while Saturday's will be at 4:00 PM. UMD is ranked #7 in the country, so these games will be a major challenge for us.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies open Atlantic Hockey play on Friday night at 7:05 as they travel to West Point to face Army. Live video is available on Army's website. The Black Knights have played one game this year, an 8-1 loss to Union.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies will return to Gampel Saturday night at 7:00 PM to face St. John's. The Red Storm also do not have a win in Big East play, so this is a very winnable game to get back on the right track.

Field Hockey: The Huskies host Princeton on Sunday at 2:00 PM for the first of two non-conference meetings this year. The Tigers have had a very disappointing season and will look to prove something against the #4 Huskies. Next Sunday is an even bigger game for UConn, as they host #5 Syracuse in a contest that will almost certainly decide the Big East regular season champion.

UConn Sports Roundup, October 12th

Only a couple sports on the ticket today. 

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies wrapped up their non-conference season with a 3-1 win over Fordham. The Rams won the first set 25-23, but the Huskies won the next three, 25-19, 25-18, and 25-20. Additionally, Mattison Quayle tied a career high with 21 kills. The Huskies went 10-5 in non Big East games and are now 10-10 overall. They will continue their Big East schedule Saturday at 7:00 PM against St. John's.

Men's Soccer: Due to potential inclement weather, the game vs. Providence today has been moved up to 4:00 PM. The last time Providence came to Morrone Stadium was in the 2009 Big East Tournament, when they knocked us out. We'll be looking to avenge that here today. The game will still be on WHUS and All-Access.