Almost Back

So, it's now only 20 days until I return to UConn. I will be moving in to my dorm on January 15th, a Sunday. Those who like reading my chronicles should know that the first game I'll attend will be women's basketball against UNC on Monday, January 16th at 7:00 PM. My first men's game will be at Gampel against Cincinnati that Wednesday at 7:00. Unfortunately, I have night classes on Thursdays, so unless that gets canceled due to snow (thinking back to last year, I wouldn't rule it out), I'm not going to the women's game on Thursday vs. the Bearcats. Then there are two men's and one women's ice hockey game that weekend. I'll post a preliminary schedule for the first week back some time after the New Year. But for now, it's good for it to be getting close. Go Huskies!

2012 UConn Huskies Baseball Schedule Posted to SuperScoreBoard

The UConn "Super Scoreboard" now shows the 2012 baseball schedule. This may not be official, but enjoy.
Edit: It is now listed on the UConn website, though no press release yet. See here.

Big East - Big Ten Challenge:
Fri, Feb. 17: vs. Indiana at St. Petersburg, Fla, 4:00 PM ("away" game)
Sat, Feb. 18: vs. Purdue at St. Pete, 10:00 AM ("away" game)

UConn co-captain Ryan Fuller will look to lead the
Huskies to a repeat Big East regular title in 2012.

Sun, Feb 19: vs. Ohio State at Clearwater, Fla, 1:00 PM  ("home" game)


Cougar Invitational, Mt. Pleasant, SC:
Fri, Feb 24: at Xavier, 1:00 PM
Sat, Feb 25: at College of Charleston, 1:00 PM
Sun, Feb 26: vs. Rhode Island, 11:00 AM



Mississippi State Tournament, Starkville, MS:
Fri, Mar 2: vs. Lipscomb, 2:30 PM
Fri, Mar 2: at Mississippi State, 6:30 PM

He will be joined by fellow captains Billy Ferriter
(above) and Tim Martin. I think Ferriter is underrated
and that he could have a breakout year as a junior.

Sat, Mar 3: at. Charleston Southern, 11:00 AM
Sat, Mar 3: at Mississippi State, 2:30 PM
Sun, Mar 4: vs. Lipscomb, 11:00 AM



Nike Showcase, Eugene, Ore:
 Fri, Mar 9: vs. Oklahoma, 5:00 PM 
Sat, Mar 10: at Oregon State, 10:00 PM
Sun, Mar 11: at Oregon, 6:00 PM


Mon, Mar 12: at Seattle, 7:00 PM

Coastal Tournament, Conway, SC
Fri, Mar 16: at UAB, 12:00 PM
Sat, Mar 17: at Coastal Carolina, 1:00 PM
Sun, Mar 18: vs. Michigan, 11:00 AM


Wed, Mar 21: vs. Yale, 3:00 PM (HOME OPENER)
Fri, Mar 23: at West Virginia, 5:00 PM
Sat, Mar 24: at West Virginia, 3:00 PM
Sun, Mar 25: at West Virginia, 12:00 PM



Tue, Mar 27: vs. Hartford, 3:00 PM
Wed, Mar 28: vs. Central Connecticut State, 3:00 PM

Our first Big East home series is against Seton Hall.
Thankfully, as the road team, the Pirates will not
be wearing these hideous costumes.

Fri, Mar 30: vs. Seton Hall, 3:00 PM
Sat, Mar 31: vs. Seton Hall, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 1: vs. Seton Hall, 1:00 PM
Mon, Apr 2: at UMass, 3:00 PM
Tue, Apr 3: at Boston College, 3:00 PM

 Thu, Apr 5: at Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM
Fri, Apr 6: at Pittsburgh, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 7: at Pittsburgh, 1:00 PM
Mon, Apr 9: at Quinnipiac, 3:00 PM

Wed, Apr 11: at Brown, 3:15 PM

The Huskies will travel to archrival St. John's April 13-15th.
Those are always exciting games to watch. This could be
the first real test for a young Huskies team. If
we can survive, we'll be in good shape.

Fri, Apr 13: at. St. John's, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 14: at St. John's, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 15: at St. John's, 1:00 PM



Tue, Apr 17: at Fairfield, 3:30 PM
Fri, Apr 20: vs. Rutgers, 3:00 PM
Sat, Apr 21: vs. Rutgers, 1:00 PM (at Dodd)
Sun, Apr 22: vs. Rutgers, 1:00 PM


Tue, Apr 24: vs. Bryant, 3:00 PM
Fri, Apr 27: at Louisville, 6:00 PM
Sat, Apr 28: at Louisville, 1:00 PM
Sun, Apr 29: at Louisville, 1:00 PM


Sat, May 5: DH vs. Cincinnati at Dodd, 3:00 and 6:00 PM
Sun, May 6: vs. Cincinnati, 12:00 PM

Wed, May 9: vs. Northeastern, 3:00 PM
Fri, May 11: at USF, 7:00 PM
Sat, May 12: at USF, 6:00 PM
Sun, May 13: at USF, 1:00 PM

Tue, May 15: vs. Rhode Island, 11:00 AM (at Dodd)
Thu, May 17: vs. Notre Dame, 3:00 PM
Fri, May 18: vs. Notre Dame, 6:00 PM (in New Britain)
Sat, May 19: vs. Notre Dame, ??? (time is listed as 10:00 PM, I'm guessing either 1:00 PM or 10:00 AM)

May 23-27: Big East Tournament in Clearwater, Florida. 

Some notes:

Tim Martin could be a pleasant surprise
this year as well. If he is inspired
by  his Captain role, he could
by our #1 player in more than
just his uniform.

• We have five home games in six days in late March, then none for 19 days. Strange. 
• I will be on campus for the Seton Hall and Rutgers series. No word yet on whether buses will be provided to students to Dodd. Unlikely though, during Spring Weekend, if they stick with they "no school sanctioned events" policy. 
• Let's hope the home opener doesn't end in a tie again. If it does though, it's a Wednesday so I don't have night class.
• Speaking of which, I have a class Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM next semester, which means if any games are called 2-2 at 7:02 PM in the 16th inning, I'll have to leave early. Once again, let's hope that doesn't happen.
• I have never seen UConn home baseball games against any of the teams that come to Storrs this year. 
• In the same vein, in that vein I have seen no UConn games in ANY sport against CCSU, Rutgers, or Bryant. However, with women's basketball playing the Scarlet Knights on February 4th, it appears I will see RU for the first time prior to April 20th.
• Rutgers is the only Big East team I have yet to see against UConn.
• However, I did see their Field Hockey team play Syracuse in the Big East semifinals
• Looking forward to a great season. Go Huskies!

UConn Baseball Schedule Updates, November 27th

Recently I made a post about the UConn baseball schedule. Below is an updated form, with some updates. 

According to someone I received an email from a reader of this blog, here is a complete (but unofficial) UConn baseball schedule for 2012. It was apparently distributed at the Alumni Baseball game a few weeks ago. After it, you will find some comments by me.

Preseason Tournaments

Feb 17-19 at Clearwater...Purdue, Ohio State and Indiana
Feb24-26 at College of Charleston Xavier, C ofC, Rhode Island
Mar 3-5 at Miss State ..against Lipscomb(Sat), Lipscomb and Miss State (Sunday), Miss State (Monday)
Mar 9-11 at Oregon (Nike Showcase) Oklahoma (9th), Oregon State(10th), Illinois(10th) and Oregon(11th)
Mar 16-18 at Coastal Carolina Coastal, Michigan and UAB

Regular Games (Big East Games have a *)

Mar 13 at Sacred Heart (Harbor Yard, Bridgeport)
Mar 21 Yale, 3:15 PM

The Huskies no longer have George Springer
 (first photo, right) or Matt Barnes (above)
 but will look to repeat as Big East regular
 season champions and reach the
NCAA Tournament.

Mar 23-25 at WVU *
Mar 27 Hartford
Mar 28 CCSU
Mar 30-Apr 1 Seton Hall *
April 2/Apr 25 at UMass (see below)
Apr 3 at Boston College
Apr 5-7 at Pitt * (Thurs and Fri - 3:00 PM, Sat - 1:00 PM)
Apr 9 at Quinnipiac, 3:00 PM

Apr 11 at Brown, 3:15 PM
Apr 13-15 at St John's *
Apr 17 at Fairfield, 3:00 PM

Apr 18/May 9 Northeastern (see below)
Apr 20-22 Rutgers *
Apr 24 Bryant,  3:30 PM
Apr 27-29 at Louisville  * (Fri - 6:00 PM, Sat and Sun - 1:00 PM)
May 5-6 Cincinnati (DH on 5th at Norwich or Dodd) *
May 11-13 at USF *
May 15 vs. URI at Dodd Stadium, 11 AM
May 17-19 Notre Dame (17th and 18th in New Britain or Norwich) *

May 23-27: Big East Tournament, Clearwater, Florida


My Thougts:

• From the last game of the Seton Hall series on April 1st until we host Northeastern on April 18th, we do not have a single home game. Additionally, from March 24th until April 14th, our women's lacrosse team does not have a single home game. (I said this yesterday). I wonder if this is intentional or not. Probably not.
• A game at Sacred Heart on the 13th that is listed on Sacred Heart's schedule is not listed here. I'm not sure if this is a mistake on Sacred Heart's schedule or ours or if the source simply forgot to include it. This was an error by the source. He confirmed this.
• The two Big East teams who we do not face are Georgetown and Villanova, the two worst teams from last year. 
• I'm not sure if the Cincinnati DH is the only game(s) in Norwich/New Britain. I've heard other reports saying we may play one game vs. Rutgers and/or Notre Dame there. Update: It appears we are playing the Irish in New Britain or Norwich on the 17th and 18th.  The game on the 19th will be in Storrs. 
• Our last home game during the academic year is April 24th vs. Bryant. 
• UConn typically releases their baseball schedule very late, so don't expect them to release this via a press release for at least another month. 
• Of course, it's unofficial at this point as well.

Edit from before: The Northeastern schedule shows the game between us as being on May 9. I cannot confirm which is correct. We will see. It is possible that they moved it to May 9th to add another game on the 18th. We'll see. Schedule should be officially released within the soon future.
Update 2 (11/27):

• UMass's baseball schedule says they play us on April 2nd, in contradiction to the previous date of the 25th of April. However, I could find no official announcement on UMass's website so I will assume it is tentative. This would give us five games in five days with Seton Hall x 3 before and Boston College after, plus it would give us eight games in nine days due to the Pitt series, so I'm guessing BC got moved. However, they have not announced their schedule yet.
• URI's schedule states that their game vs. us on May 15th is at 11:00 AM at Dodd Stadium. 
• The Quinnipiac game time (3:00 PM) has been confirmed by Quinnipiac's website.
• Ditto for Fairfield (also 3:00)
• The Thursday and Friday games at Pittsburgh will be played at 3:00 PM, and the Saturday game at 1:00 PM, per their website.
• In contradiction to the reports of a Saturday Doubleheader, we will play at Louisville Friday the 27th under the lights at 6:00 PM, before 1:00 PM showdowns on Saturday and Sunday.
• Bryant's website states that the April 24th game at JOC is at 3:30 PM. I'm going to assume that's correct.
• Brown hosts us at 3:15 PM (schedule)
• Yale's schedule shows our home opener as a 3:15 PM start, and explicity notes that it is a "9-inning game".

Some Updates

Unfortunately, with fall season slowing down and not as many winter sports, there isn't as much to cover here. So, I likely won't be making daily posts at the moment. However, I return to school in 51 days, and will be attending UConn-UNC in 52 days for women's basketball. That is exciting. For now though, it's just tracking the men's soccer team through the NCAA tournament, watching the struggling football team, and hoping our basketball teams can do well again. Go Huskies!

UConn Sports Roundup, November 18th

Alex Gerke and UConn got
the blowout win.

Men's Ice Hockey: On Wednesday night, Alex Gerke recorded a Hat trick in a 8-3 blowout over Sacred Heart. Good to see the Huskies win again. Next up is a game at Yale tomorrow at 7:00 PM. It will be on WHUS.

Men's Basketball: The Huskies defeated Maine 80-60 last night. Maine was within six at halftime, but the Huskies did a great job pulling away in the second. I didn't get a chance to watch anything but highlights so i can't comment much, but we're 3-0 against three weak teams that we should have done better against.

Men's Soccer: Monmouth beat Stony Brook on Penalty Kicks last night, so we will face them Sunday at 1:00 in the Second Round o the NCAA Tournament. The game will be on WHUS and UConnHuskies.com. Winner will face either Wake Forest or #14 James Madison next Sunday.

Field Hockey: The Huskies currently lead UNC 3-0 with 15 minutes to go in the National Semifinal. Winner will face the late game winner (Maryland or Old Dominion) for the championship on Sunday at noon. Watch today's game here. Update 3:22 PM: Goal UNC. 12:20 left and it's 3-1.Update 3:30 PM: UNC scored another goal apparently making it 3-2, but it was wiped off for being too high. Still 3-1, under five minutes to go. Tar Heels have a man advantage since they pulled the goalie.Update 3:35 PM: 3-2. 56.5 seconds left.Update 3:36 PM: And the Tar Heels get another goal. 23.6 seconds left in regulation and a 3-3 tie. I'll post a fuller summary when it's done.Update 4:00 PM: UConn successfully defends two penalty corners to wrap up a scoreless OT1. Fifteen more minutes of sudden victory and then penalty strokes if we're still tied.Update 4;11: Goal Tarheels. UNC wins 4-3.

Football: Gameday vs. Louisville is tomorrow at noon. More on that tomorrow.

Women's Volleyball: Jordan Kirk earned all Big East second team honors. More here.

UConn Sports Roundup, November 16th

I've been a bit busy lately, but I'll try to update this more regularly.

Men's Soccer: By now you've probably heard it, but the men's soccer team made it to the Big East Final before losing 1-0 in OT to St. John's. They will face the winner of Monmouth and Stony Brook in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday at 1:00 PM. That game is free on uconnhuskies.com. It will also be on WHUS.

UConn hockey faces
Sacred Heart tonight in
a rematch of Hockey Fest
last year at Rentschler.

Men's Ice Hockey: Gets underway at 7:05 PM tonight from Freitas against Sacred Heart. The Huskies will look to get back to winning ways after a tough weekend. That game will be live on WHUS as well.

Women's Hockey: Continues to struggle, having been shut out three straight games and has one win this whole season. They need to turn it around quickly. They will face Boston University on the road this Saturday at 3:00 before hosting Vermont Sunday at 2:00.

UConn beat Pacific last night
by over 50 points.

Football: The Huskies are 4-5 and need to win two of three to get a bowl bid. They will host Louisville and Rutgers before heading to Cincinnati. All games will be at noon on Saturdays, with the Louisville one being on SNY/Big East Regional Network. We may get a bowl bid, but we don't deserve one. In any case, hopefully Scott McCummings gets more action this weekend after his comeback vs. Syracuse.

Men's Basketball: The Huskies are 2-0 after wins over Columbia and Wagner and will head to XL Center for the first time tomorrow when they host Maine at 7:00 on SNY. They should win that game, but the Wagner game was closer than it should have been, so you never know.

Women's Basketball: The  #4 Huskies routed Pacific last night, 112-53. Those are the Huskies we're used to, blowing teams out. Kareena Mosqueda-Lewis led the way with 25 points, while Bria Hartley added 18. Kelly Farris had six steals. Next up is #5 Stanford on Monday at 7:30 on ESPNU. Big game for the Huskies at home.

Field Hockey: The #4 seeded Huskies will face the #1 overall seed UNC in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament at Trager Stadium in Louisville. That game will be at 2:00 PM Friday and video can be seen here at that time. In the later game, unseeded powerhouse Maryland faces Old Dominion, with the winner facing the Huskies or Tarheels on November 20th (Sunday) at Noon for the championship.

UConn Sports Roundup, November 12, 2011

Stephane Diop led the Huskies
to victory vs. Louisville last
night.

Men's Soccer: We're on to the Big East Final! We defeated Louisville 1-0 yesterday thanks to a perfect strike from distance off the foot of Stephane Diop in the 81st minute. We will face St. John's in the final tomorrow at noon. That game is available nationally on CBS Sports Network and locally on SNY and other regional television.

Field Hockey: The Huskies defeated Princeton, 3-2 earlier today. They will face the winner of Penn State-Northeastern in the Quarterfinals tomorrow at 2:00. Anne Jeute scored two goals for the Huskies and Chloe Hunnable added a third.

UConn handled Columbia fairly easily last night, but
could have done better.

Men's Basketball: The Huskies opened up the season by beating Columbia, 70-57.  Jeremy Lamb led the way with 30 points. The Huskies will next face Wagner on Monday at 7:30. That game will be at Gampel Pavilion and air on SNY. A 13 point win over a .500 team from the Ivy League is decent, but we hardly blew them out of the water. Also, the championship banner was unveiled, but not before technical difficulties delayed the dropping of the tarp.

The Huskies and Crusaders last
faced off in last year's opener.
UConn won 117-37.

Women's Basketball: It's opening day for the Huskies tomorrow at 2:00 as they host the Holy Cross Crusaders. That game will be on CPTV live from Gampel. It should be an easy win.

Weekend Preview November 11th-13th, 2011

A big weekend coming up. Big East Soccer Championship, opening rounds for Field Hockey NCAA Tournament, and of course, BASKETBALL OPENING NIGHT!!!!!! Let's take a look.

Red Bull Arena will host the
Big East Tournament today
and Sunday.

Men's Soccer: The Big East Championship semifinal is tonight at 5:00 PM against Louisville. That game is live from Red Bull arena on CBS College Sports Network. The Huskies defeated Louisville 1-0 earlier this season. Of course, the winner will get the winner of St. John's-Villanova on Sunday at noon. That game is on CBSCS and BigEast.tv. We will also be heading to the NCAA Tournament next weekend, and will likely be hosting straight through to the quarterfinals if we can win this tournament. Even if we lose today or Sunday, we might. Also, seven Huskies won postseason conference awards. See here for more details.

Field Hockey: The Huskies will be hosting the First and Second Rounds of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday and Sunday. At 11:30 AM on Saturday UConn will take on the Princeton Tigers. At 2:00 PM on the same day, Penn State faces Northeastern. The winners square off at 2:00  on Sunday. The winner of that game advances to the National Semifinal on November 18th in Louisville. Any UConn games during the semifinals or final will be on All-Access free.

Jeremy Lamb looks to lead
the Huskies.

Men's Basketball: Huskies open up the season tonight vs. Columbia. It should be a blowout. We're ranked #4 in the nation, and they are at the bottom of the Ivy League. Kemba may be gone, but this is still an excellent team. I just hope we have the team chemistry to win games. That's my biggest concern.

Women's Basketball: The women open on Sunday vs. Holy Cross. Another blowout. We beat them by 80 last year. We  may not have Maya Moore, but we're still a Top 5 program. And the fact that we're surprised to "only" be #5 should say something about how great our program is.

UConn Sports Roundup November 9th

The NCAA Tournaments are getting underway. Let's hope
the Huskies can do well.

Field Hockey: The Huskies will host a regional as the #3 overall seed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They will host Princeton at 11:30 AM on Saturday, to be followed by Northeastern vs. Penn State. A webstream of both games will be available on All-Access for FREE! The winners meet on Sunday to go to the Final Four. This could be a great Tournament for the Huskies. Two home wins away from the Semifinals. And we beat Princeton and Penn State already. And Northeastern shouldn't be very hard to beat if they can upset the Nittany Lions. I like our chances. Go Huskies!

Caroline Doty looks to return
triumphantly.

Women's Basketball: Exhibition tonight vs. Pace at XL Center. Get ready for a blowout with nobody there. Regular season gets underway Sunday vs. Holy Cross

Let's beat Cards!

Men's Soccer:  We will face Louiville Friday at 5:00 PM in the Big East semifinal. That game will be on CBS College Sports. This should be exciting as well. Huskies are awesome. Why can't I be on campus this semester?

UConn Sports Roundup, November 7th

Big weekend just ended. Here we go...

The Huskies, led by Tony Cascio, got the win against Rutgers.
They will look to beat Louisville on Friday.

Men's Soccer: The Huskies advanced to the Big East semifinals by defeating Rutgers, 3-1. The Scarlet Knights led 1-0 at halftime, but UConn battled back to win 3-1. Things got a bit chippy at the end with perhaps some punches being thrown. No word yet on suspensions. In any case, the Huskies will advance to the Big East semifinals Friday at Red Bull Arena, where they will face Louisville at 5:00 PM. Winner gets the winner of Villanova-St. John's on Sunday at noon.

Field Hockey: The Huskies lost to Syacuse, 3-2 in the Big East Championship game. The selection show for the NCAA tournament is tomorrow at 8:00 PM on the NCAA's website. The Huskies went down 3-0 early, but almost managed another comeback. Oh well. Let's do better in the NCAA Tournament.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies lost 3-1 to West Virginia. This eliminates their slim postseason hopes. We do, still, have two road games at Rutgers and Seton Hall next weekend.

Men's Basketball: Former UConn player Kevin Freeman has joined the team as a coaching staff. More info here. Also, the Huskies beat C.W. Post, 91-61 in an exhibition. The real season starts Friday night vs. Columbia on ESPNU at 7:00 PM.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup, November 6th

I'm going to keep it short today since I'm busy. But I'll be back tomorrow. 


Men's Soccer: Quarterfinal today at 1:00 PM at Rutgers. You can watch it here. Winner faces winner of Louisville and Marquette Friday at 5:00.

Field Hockey: The Huskies will go for the Big East title today at 1:00. That can be seen here.

Women's Volleyball: Faces Pttsburgh today at 2:00 PM.

UConn Sports Roundup, November 4th, 2011 (UPDATED 2:03 PM)

J.S. Coyne Field in Syracuse is the setting for this
weekend's Big East Field Hockey Tournament. 

Men's Soccer: The Huskies dominated DePaul in the Big East first round, 4-0. UConn outshot the Blue Demons 26-4 and Carlos Alvarez added two goals, including one on a penalty kick. And frankly, this could have been even more of a blowout. Let's hope the Huskies can keep it up when they head into Rutgers on Sunday at 1 for the quartefinals.

Women's Basketball: Tiffany Hayes and Stephanie Dolson each had a double-double as the Huskies defeated Assumption 89-30 in an exhibition match. This should come as no surprise given that Assumption is Division II. But let's hope we can do well in the real season. Next up, we host Pace in an exhibition on Wednesday, before opening the Season vs. Holy Cross on Sunday, November 13th.

The Huskies will look to
beat Rutgers on Sunday in the Big
East soccer tournament. .

Field Hockey: The Big East Tournament gets underway today at 12:30 as the Huskies take on the Louisville Cardinals at J.S. Coyne Field in Syracuse. After that, the Orange will host Villanova. The two winners will square off at 1:00 PM on Sunday. The Orange will look to take home field advantage, while the Huskies want revenge from last year's beating at home on the hands of Syracuse. All games can be seen on Bigeast.tv

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies play a home-and-home with Northeastern starting tonight. The leg in Boston will be today at 7:00 PM,  while the red and black Huskies come to Freitas tomorrow at 4:00. The home game can be seen on Huskies All-Access.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies are in Erie, Pa this weekend as they face Mercyhurst tonight and Saturday. Both games are at 7:05.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies will host their final two home games of the season as they face West Virginia (tonight, 7:00 PM) and Pittsburgh (Sunday, 2:00 PM). The Huskies are 3-7 in Big East play, while West Virginia and Pitt are 4-7. Also, the Huskies have won two straight.

Football: The Huskies host the Orange tomorrow at noon on ESPNU. If they want any shot of making a bowl game, the Huskies need to win. A 3-6 start plus games vs. Rutgers and at Cincinnati, and we're done. But we're two point favorites. Let's hope we can win.

UPDATE 2:03 PM: The Huskies trailed 2-0 to Louisville early, but came back to win 3-2. Next up is Cuse or Nova. Summary to follow.

UConn Sports Roundup, November 3rd, 2011

Here's to great years for both of our hoops teams!

Men's Basketball: Good showing in the exhibition last night as the Huskies beat  American International by a convincing score of 78-35. Jeremy Lamb had 17 points and Shabazz Napier had 15. Ryan Boatright did not play due to eligibility issues. Let's look forward to the actual season, but first the second exhibition, Sunday vs. CW Post at XL Center. The first real game is Friday, November 11th vs. Columbia at 7:00 PM.

Women's Basketball: The women host Assumption in an exhibition at 7:30 PM at Gampel. Coverage is on UConnHuskies.com and WTIC.

Men's Soccer: The first round of the Big East Tournament will be tonight at 6:00 PM at Morrone Stadium. The Huskies will host DePaul. With a win, we will face off on Sunday afternoon at Rutgers at 1:00 PM. Currently, the Huskies are #4 in the RPI computer rankings but only 7th in the Coaches' Poll. Top four teams in the NCAA Tournament are assured of home games through the quarterfinals and then the neutral-site College Cup. If we can win the Big East Tournament, we have a good chance of being one of them.

Field Hockey: And of course, the Field Hockey Big East Tournament is this weekend. Tomorrow at 12:30, the Huskies face the Louisville Cardinals at 12:30 PM. Then, the host team Syracuse will play Villanova at 3:00 PM. The winners face off on Sunday at 1:00 and all games are free live online at Bigeast.tv.

November 1st UConn Huskies Sports Roundup

Internet is finally back here! And we've got a very busy sports week coming up...

These DePaul fans are happy. Let's
hope it's not because they're going to
beat us. 

Men's Soccer: The men will take on DePaul in the opening round of the Big East Tournament on Thursday at a time TBA. With a win, the Huskies would move to the quarterfinals and face Rutgers on the road on Sunday at 1:00 PM. The Thursday game will be on WHUS. We just have to hope not to lose on Penalty Kicks again. Or at all. Let's not have another late season collapse, ok? Plain ridiculous how this happens every year. It shouldn't.

Football: It's Syracuse gameweek, as the Huskies will host the Orange on Saturday at noon on ESPNU. Weather is to be sunny with a high of 49 degrees. Better than October snow. The Huskies are 3-5 and desparately need a win in order to go to a bowl. Syracuse is 5-3 overall and 1-2 in Big East games.

Do these oranges intimidate you? No.
Nor should they. We can b
eat the Orange.

Field Hockey: The #4 ranked Huskies will play Louisville in a Big East Tournament semifinal on Friday afternoon at 12:30. You can see that game on BigEast.tv. The winner will face the winner of Syracuse-Villanova, which will be played at 3:00. The championship will be Sunday at 1:00. All games can be seen on Bigeast.tv. Also, the Huskies are ranked #4 in the RPI. Hopefully, this means we can get a national seed in the Tournament and host a regional. That would give us a huge boost towards the Final Four. But let's focus on this tournament first. Syracuse essentially has home field advantage, but we had it last year and the Orange beat us in the final. Let's get revenge.

Finally time for Hoops! Yay!

Men's Basketball: The exhibition opener vs. American International is tomorrow night at 7:30 PM on Huskies All-Access and WTIC-1080. The Huskies obliterated the Yellow Jackets last year and should do so this year too. But it's nice to see players in game action for the first time. Plus we get to see the walk-ons for the only time. And Jim Calhoun gets to laugh at his alma mattter when he beats them.

Women's Basketball: Not to be outdone, the women will host Assumption on Thursday night, also at 7:30 PM. Can we "bounce back" from our "poor" Final Four season and win another championship? Well it starts in two days...

Men's Ice Hockey: Not much to report since the Army game on Sunday was postponed. It will be on February 7th at 7:05 PM. That's a Tuesday and the only other Husky contest is when the women's hoops team heads to Louisville. The Huskies will travel to Mercyhurst this Friday and Saturday night. Both games start at 7:05 PM. Let's hope the long layover between games doesn't hurt our hot streak.

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies look for their second win of the season as they face Northeastern on Saturday afternoon at 4:00. That game will be on Huskies All-Access.

UConn Sports Rounup, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween, everybody. Internet is still out in the Koch household so I am here at Starbucks. Here is the rundown...


Men's Soccer: The Huskies' late-season collapse continued yesterday, as they lost 1-0 to Seton Hall. The Pirates had previously been winless in Big East play. Nevertheless, they pulled off their second major upset of the year, following the 0-0 tie with then-#1 Maryland. We will earn the #3 seed in the Big East Tournament, and will host DePaul with the date and time TBD, though it will likely be Wednesday or Thursday.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies pulled off their second straight win, defeating DePaul, 3-1. After falling in set 1, 25-14, the Huskies beat the Blue Demons the next three times, 26-24, 25-21, and 25-20. Next up, we host West Virginia and Pitt on Friday and Sunday at 7:00 PM and 2:00 PM, respectively. The Mountaineers and Panthers rank in the bottom of the Big East standings. Then, we wrap up with Rutgers and Seton Hall on the road, both of whom are at or below .500. With a little help, we could theoretically make the Big East Tournament by winning out.

Men's Basketball: Just three days until the Huskies open their exhibition schedule with a contest against American International. That game is at 7:30 PM on UConnHuskies.com and WTIC.

Husky Sports Roundup, October 30th 2011

No internet, phone, or tv at my house due to the storm. I'm here at Fishkill All-Sport writing this post on the wi-fi. 

Men's Soccer: The game against Seton Hall was changed to 6 PM tonight. Marquette beat Pitt and West Virginia beat Notre Dame, so a win against the Pirates nets us second place in the Blue Division wile a loss or draw nets us third. As the #3 seed, we would host DePaul in the First Round for the second year in a row and if we win, we will play at Rutgers in the quarterfinals. If we get the #2 seed, we will host the winner of St. John's and either Notre Dame of Georgetown, depending on whether the Fighting Irish can beat the Pirates tomorrow. 

Field Hockey: The game today vs. Princeton was canceled since Princeton needs to play Cornell today due to the snow yesterday. Big East Tournament Semifinal vs. Louisville is next on Friday at 12:30 PM.

Men's Ice Hockey: The game against Army has been postponed and will be Tuesday, February 7th at 7:05 PM. 

UConn Sports Roundup from October 29th, 2011

Snow in October? Come on, man! But for now, it's the UConn Sports Roundup.'

Field Hockey: The Huskies clinched the Big East regular season title outright with a 5-0 win over Rutgers yesterday. Anne Jeute scored two goals, and Rayell Heistand, Jestine Angelini, and Marie Elena Bolles added one each. This game was not close, nor was it expected to be. The Huskies improve to 6-0 in Big East play and 16-1 overall and will wrap up the regular season at Princeton on Sunday at 2 PM. Next Friday, the Huskies will "host" Louisville at 12:30 PM in the first Big East Semifinal. That game will be played at Coyne Field in Syracuse and will air on BigEast.tv. The winner will face the winner of Syracuse-Villanova on Sunday at 1 PM.

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies lost to Syracuse 4-0 in a non-conference matchup. Nicole Paniccia made 30 saves, but it wasn't enough as Syracuse outshot the Huskies 34-17. The two teams will square off again today at 4:00.

Men's Soccer: The Huskies will wrap up the regular season today at Seton Hall. A win clinches them a bye in the first round of the Big East Tournament followed by a home quarterfinal. They can win the Blue Division regular season title with a win and a Marquette loss or draw to Pittsburgh. The Pirates have not won a Big East game this year, so this should be an easy win for us. Then again, that's what Maryland says and they played to a 0-0 draw. And we've had some poor offense in some games this season. Don't count out a trap game. In any case, it will air on WHUS and Live Stats can be found on the Huskies' website.

Women's Volleyball:The Huskies host Notre Dame today at 2:00 PM. That game will be on Huskies All-Access, as will tomorrow's game vs. DePaul, also at 2:00 PM. The Huskies need wins to keep their extremely slim postseason hopes alive.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies host Army tonight at 7:05, looking to improve to 3-0 in Atlantic Hockey play. They are 3-2-1 overall right now. Next weekend, the Huskies will play two 7:05 games at Mercyhurst on Friday and Saturday night.


Update 1:39 PM - Lots of weather cancellations. Field Hockey has been cancelled since Princeton needs to play today's conference game tomorrow. Men's soccer will be played tomorrow at 6 PM.

UConn Sports Roundup, October 28th

Busy weekend. Let's look ahead

Cole Schneider scored a
goal in last night's 4-2 UConn
victory over Holy Cross.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies defeated Holy Cross, 4-2, in the Atlantic Hockey opener home opener. Garret Bartus had 26 saves in the victory, and Billy Latta added the game-winner. Brant Harris, Cody Sharib, and Cole Schneider added goals for the Huskies. They improve to 3-2-1 overall and 2-0-0 in AHA play. Next up, the Huskies will host Army on Saturday at 7:05.

Field Hockey: The Huskies are in New Brunswick today to face Rutgers as they wrap up their Big East schedule. That game will begin at 3:00 PM. Gametracker can be viewed on Rutgers' website. A win would clinch the Big East regular season title outright for the Huskies, who are 15-1 overall and 5-0 in Big East play. Next up, the Huskies will face Princeton on Sunday at 2:00. Then, they will head up to Syracuse on Friday the 4th and Sunday the 6th for the Big East Tournament. Louisville will be the "road" team against the Huskies, and Villanova will face Syracuse in the 3-2 matchup, with the winner of this weekend's game between those two teams being "home". All Big East Tournament games will be on BigEast.tv

Owen T. Carroll Field, home of
Seton Hall's soccer and baseball teams
will host UConn's final regular season
game tomorrow at 1:00. 

Men's Soccer: The Huskies wrap up the regular season facing the Seton Hall Pirates tomorrow at 1 PM. That game will be on WHUS. A win clinches us a bye in the first round and a home quarterfinal and a home quarterfinal on Saturday, November 5th. And with a Marquette loss or tie to Pitt, we will also win the Blue Division. We should win this game. Key word "should". Seton Hall managed a scoreless tie with Maryland at home earlier this year. Don't be surprised to see us fall victim to a trap like we nearly did against Boston University and Yale.

Women's Ice Hockey: Fresh off their first win of the year, the Huskies head up to Syracuse to face the Orange. Tonight's game starts at 7:00 PM, and tomorrow they will play at 4:00. Syracuse is 3-6 on the season while UConn is 1-5-2. Next weekend, the Huskies have a Friday-Saturday home-and-home with Northeastern as Hockey East play continues.

Women's Volleyball: Tomorrow and Sunday, the Huskies will open their final homestand of the season, facing Notre Dame and DePaul. Both games will be at 2 PM. The Huskies are currently 1-7 in conference and 11-12 overall. Theoretically, UConn is not eliminated from Big East contention, but they would need a miracle to work. Both of this weekend's games are on Huskies All-Access. Next weekend, the Huskies play their last two home games of the year. They host Pitt on Friday, November 4th, and West Virginia two days later.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup, October 27th, 2011 (UPDATED)

Here we go again. Heading into a big weekend, here is today's roundup.


Men's Soccer: In a crucial Blue Division matchup, the Huskies defeated Marquette, 3-0. The Huskies are now 14-1-2 on the season. Allando Matheson opened the scoring and Mamadou Doudou Diouf added two more as UConn rolled to victory. This pulls us within one point of the Golden Eagles for first place in the Blue Division. If we can beat Seton Hall Saturday night, then with a Golden Eagles loss or tie to Pittsburgh, we will win the Blue Division outright. A win would earn us a first-round bye and a home quarterfinal as the #2 see regardless of what Marquette does. The game vs. the Pirates gets underway at 7:30 PM and will be on WHUS. The Golden Eagles will host Pitt at 8:05 Eastern, or 7:05 PM CT local. And really, we should beat Seton Hall. They're 0-7-0 in Big East play. Then again, they did manage a scoreless tie with Maryland. This could be a trap. Update: According to the Seton Hall athletic website, the game will now start at 1:00 PM. It should still be on WHUS, though I have not confirmed tis.

Football: An ugly loss for the Huskies last night, falling 38-20 to Pittsburgh. So much for turning this season around. We now fall to 3-5 overall and 1-2 in Big East Play. In order to get to a bowl, we will need to get through Syracuse, Louisville, Rutgers, and Cincinnati with at most one loss. Not happening. This season is likely over for us.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies will play their first home game of the year tonight when Atlantic Hockey foe Holy Cross comes to Freitas Ice Forum at 7:05 PM. The action will continue Saturday night at 7:05 as they face Army at home. Currently, UConn is 2-2-1 and 1-0-0 in AHA play.

Field Hockey: The Huskies will look to clinch the Big East regular season title outright tomorrow at 3:00 PM when they face Rutgers. Gametracker will be available on Rutgers' website, but no webcast. The Huskies will hen face Princeton on Sunday at 2:00 PM to wrap up the regular season.

Baseball: Just a reminder, the tentative 2012 baseball schedule is up on my site here.

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.

UConn Huskies Player an Team of the Week for October 17-23

Here we go again...


Player of the Week: Nicole Paniccia, GK, Women's Ice Hockey:

Nicole Paniccia is our UConn Player of the Week.

Alexandra Garcia struggled in goal on Friday night against Maine, so Heather Linstad pulled her and brought in Paniccia, the young sophomore  Paniccia played 44 minutes and made 21 saves while allowing only a single goal. On Saturday, she was back in the lineup against the Black Bears, and recorded a shutout as the Huskies notched their first win of the year, 3-0. She was also named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts.










Honorable Mentions (in order)


1. Marie Elena Bolles, W, Field Hockey: Bolles notched the game winner against Syracuse in a 3-2, double OT win. The Huskies clinched at least a share of the Big East title and will have the #1 seed in the conference tournament.
2. Anne Jeute, F, Fiel Hockey: Jeute was named Offensive Player of the Week in the Big East thanks to scoring two goals and an assist this past week. Jeute scored a goal against BU on Wednesday night and added one against Syracuse on Sunday. She then assisted on Bolles' game winner vs. the Orange to help them win.
3. Mattison Quayle, OH, Women's Volleyball: Quayle recorded her third straight double-double on Friday and had 15 kills on Sunday.

Team of the Week:

As mentioned above, the Huskies went 2-0 and clinched a share of the Big East regular season title. They will face Rutgers and Princeton away next weekend before heading up to Syracuse for the Big East Championship. Then, it's on to the NCAA's and hopefully host a regional.

UConn Huskies Sports Wrapup, October 24th, 2011

It's still Sunday Night, but here we go. Exciting day, indeed.

Marie Elene Bolles scored the
game winner to lead the
 Huskies to victory

Field Hockey: The Huskies defeated Syracuse in Double Overtime, 3-2. They thus clinched at least a share of the Big East title and secured at least a share of the regular season title. They can clinch it outright by beatng Rutgers next Friday. The Huskies are now an amazing 15-1 on the season. The game was very exciting throughout. Cara Silverman got things started in the 14th minute off a Penalty Corner but the Orange scored two goals within two minutes of eachother early in the second half to go up 2-1. The Huskies bounced back, however, as Anne Jeute scored at 49:37 to even the game. It would go to overtime, and eventually in the second OT,  Jeute played a long ball into the circle and Marie Elene Bolles poked it home for the game winner.

Women's Volleyball: A tough loss for the Huskies today. They lost to Georgetown 3-2. The Huskies lost the first set but took the next two. But Georgetown won set #4 25-20 and #5 went 15-11 in favor of the Hoyas. So went the match. The Huskies are now 1-7 in the conference and 11-12 overall. Jordan Kirk had 15 kills while Mattison Quayle and Devon Maugle each had 14. Next up, the Huskies host Notre Dame and DePaul, next Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.

Football: Gameday is only two days away (from Monday) as the Huskies will roll into Pittsburgh to face the Panthers. I'll write more on that tomorrow along this week's awars.

UConn Sports Roundup, October 23rd 2011

Farewell Tony Cascio. You will be missed.
Other seniors, good bye to you too.

Men's Soccer: On Senior Night, the #1 Huskies took on the Georegtown Hoyas in a crucial Big East Blue Division showdown. However, in spite of outshooting GU 18-8, UConn managed only a scoreless draw. Sure, we had plenty of opportunities.  A lot of shots seemed to sail just wide or just high. We also nearly allowed a last-second goal (literally) but it sailed just over the bar as time expired.  Bad luck for us tonight. Let's hope this two-game winless streak doesn't become a trend. The Huskies are still in second place in Blue Division with 14 points and are one point ahead of Notre Dame and Providence for the last bye. Marquette has 18. The Huskies will face the Golden Eagles Wednesday at 7:30 PM. That game is on WHUS and All-Access.

Laura Diclemente dashed
UConn's hopes and dreams
today.

Women's Soccer: A heartbreaking finish to the season for the Huskies. Jessica Shufelt gave the Huskies a 1-0  edge for much of this contest, but ultimately, they surrendered two goals in the final nine minutes to lose 2-1. Needing only a draw to advance to the Big East Tournament, it looked like the Huskies would get it done, But Laura Diclemente scored at 80:59 to tie it, and again with 38 seconds left to win it. Once again, bad luck for us tonight.

Women's Ice Hockey: Finally, some good news! UConn defeated Maine yesterday, 3-0. Sami Evelyn, Taylor Gross, and Christine Bauer all netted goals for the Huskies. Nicole Paniccia started in goal after relieving Alexandra Garcia yesterday. She made 32 saves and did not allow a goal. I would not be too surprised if she started from here on out. Next up, the Huskies will be in Syracuse for two non-Conference games Friday and Saturday. Friday will be at 7:00 PM and Saturday at 4:00 PM. This was our first win of the year, improving us to 1-5-2, and 1-1-0 in Hockey East.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies fell 5-0 to Merrimack in a non-conference game. For the first 19 minutes, it looked like it would be close as it was 0-0. But Merrimack scored a goal and kept them coming. But they're the #12 team in the nation so this was hardly unexpected.

Syracuse will be looking to celebrate again. The Huskies
want to stop them. Tune in today at Noon and see
who wins the Big East regular season title. 

Field Hockey: The day has finally arrived. UConn vs. Syracuse. Winner wins the Big East regular season title. But it looks like Louisville is going to get the #4 seed, thus making it less illustrious than we first thought. Of course, Syracuse gets to host the tourney either way, so we'll be looking for revenge from last year when they came to us. The winner of the Big East Tournament will also likely host an NCAA Regional. If they're the #1 seed in the Big East Tournament as well, they almost certainly will. So let's hope we win this game. It will be on All-Access at noon. Next weekend, we head to Rutgers on Friday at 3:00 to wrap up Big East play, then face Princeton Sunday, October 30th at 2:00 PM to wrap up the regular season.

Women's Volleyball: Huskies are in Georgetown today. Video is available on the Hoyas' website. Next up, the Huskies will host Notre Dame and DePaul on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM, respectively.

UConn Sports Roundup, October 22nd (UPDATED 10:05 PM)

Maine beat the Huskies on Friday
but it was a close contest.

Women's Ice Hockey: A Huskies' comeback fell just short in their Hockey East opener against Maine, falling to 0-5-2. The Huskies lost 4-3. The Black Bears led 3-1 after the first period and added an additional goal in the second to go up 4-1. Rachel Ferrel and Caitlin Hewes cut the deficit to 4-3, but it wasn't enough as the Black Bears moved on to victory in this contest. The two teams will meet again today at 2:00 PM. You can see that game on All-Access.

Mattison Quayle has been
amazing for the Huskies this year
even when the rest of the team has
struggled.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies fell to Villanova on Friday night, 3-1. The two teams split the first two sets, with the Wildcats winning 25-18 in number 1 and the Huskies taking the second, 25-22. But the Wildcats would win the next two easily and take the contest. Mattison Quayle recorded 10 kills and 16 digs. This is her third straight double-double. And she still has one year left after this, as she is only a junior. She could be very impressive if we could get some other players. The rest of our team has struggled, but Quayle has been one of the few bright spots. Lets hope she can keep it up through next season when she graduates.



Men's Soccer: As I mentioned yesterday, tonight at 7:30PM  is SENIOR NIGHT!!!! The game is sold out already. The Huskies will face Georgetown in a crucial Blue Division showdown. Providence beat West Virginia last night, 2-1, which moved them (for now) into a tie with us for second place in the Division with 13 points. Marquette has 15 and will head to Seton Hall today at 1:00. Georgetown and West Virginia are right behind with 12 points. Of course, the Friars and Mountaineers have played one more game than everybody else. So this will be a very exciting stretch run. The Huskies will host Marquette Wednesday at 7:00 before heading off to Seton Hall to wrap up the season.

In a New England rivalry,
the Huskies will face the
Friars today at 1 PM. 

Women's Soccer: Last night, St. John's defeated Syracuse 2-0. So, now they have 15 points to our 14 and Providence's 13. And the Huskies will face the Friars today in Rhode Island. With a win, the Huskies would host Rutgers from the National Division in the first round, and if they win, would face either Louisville or Georgetown (depending on if the Cards can beat Cincinnati today) in the Quarterfinals. With a tie, the Huskies get a #5 seed upon tying with St. John's and losing the tiebreak. In this case, they would face West Virginia again if they win. A loss to the Friars sends the Friars and Red Storm through instead of the Huskies. Opening round games would be on Thursday afternoon/evening sometime.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies head to Merrimack today at 7:00 PM. The Warriors are 3-0 and are heavy favorites in this game. You can view live state here or tune your radio to WLLH 1400 AM out of North Andover, MA. Also, for those not in Northern Mass, you can listen to the Merrimack audio here. (RealPlayer is required).

Bring it on, Otto. You'll
never match us!

Field Hockey: Tomorrow is the big showdown - Huskies and Orange for the Big East marbles. At least, the regular season marbles. The winner will win the regular season crown and likely face Louisville in the first round. The Cardinals hammered Providence 6-0 yesterday, but have struggled mightily recently. They'll be looking to get revenge, but it probably won't happen. But I'll be writing more on this

Update 3:17 PM: The Huskies lost to Providence 2-1, thanks to two goals in the last nine minutes. The Huskies led 1-0, but Laura Diclemente scored in the 81st and 89th minute to give the Friars the win. The Huskies are now eliminated from the playoffs. Also, the women's hockey team looks to be on the way to their first win of the season, leading 3-0 after two periods. Sophomore Nicole Paniccia got the start after relieving Alexandra Garcia last night for the last 42 minutes. Don't be surprised if she's the full-time starter soon.

Update 3:57 PM: Huskies defeat Black Bears 3-0 is the final. Paniccia gets the shutout. Huskies get their first win of the year. All is well. UConn is 1-5-2 on the year and will head up to Syracuse for two games. Game 1 is Friday the 28th at 7:00, and Game 2 is Saturday the 29th at 4:00.

Update 9:53 PM: 0-0 after one OT period at Morrone for the Huskies vs. Hoyas. Getting ready to start the second and final one. A goal ends it. If nobody scores, it's a scoreless draw.

Update 10:05 PM: And 0-0 is your final. Georgetown almost scored a last-second goal (literally!) but it sailed over the bar. Full write-up tomorow.

UConn Sports Update, October 21st

Let's take a look ahead to the weekend. The football team is off, but that doesn't mean there isn't anything going on.

The Huskies will host the Maine Black
Bears tonight and tomorrow.
(Goblackbears.com)

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies open up their Hockey East schedule at home tonight as they face the Maine Black Bears. The Huskies are 0-4-2 while the Black Bears are 4-2-0 so this should be a very tough matchup. Face-off is at 7:00 PM on WHUS and Huskies All-Access. The two teams will meet again tomorrow at 2:00 PM, also on All-Access.

Women's Volleyball: Fresh of their first conference win of the season, the Huskies will go on the road tonight and Sunday. Tonight at 7:00, they travel to Villanova, where they face the 13-8 (5-2 Big East) Wildcats. Video is available on 'Nova's website. Then, on Sunday afternoon, they'll be in Georgetown for a 2:00 PM contest. The Hoyas are 2-5 in Big East and 10-10 overall. Video for that is on the Georgetown website.

Senior Midfielder Tony
Cascio will be honored on
Saturday night as a fitting
end to a great career as a
Husky. (New England Soccer
News)

Men's Soccer: It's Senior Night at Morrone Stadium tomorrow evening at 7:30. The Huskies will host the Georgetown Hoyas in a crucial Big East Blue Division Showdown. Also, the game has SOLD OUT! Lionel Brown, Nickardo Blake, and Tony Cascio will be honored before the game. UConn suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday night to West Virginia and will look to bounce back. Currently, the Huskies are two points back of Marquette at the top of the Big East Blue Division, and one point ahead of the Hoyas and Mountaineers. This will be a critical stretch run, ending with the game vs. Marquette on Wednesday night (the Huskies wrap-up their season on Saturday the 29th at Seton Hall, but the Pirates are in last place in the Blue Division and have not won a conference game yet, so that should be an easy win). In any case, tomorrow's game will be on WHUS as well as on All-Access.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies will wrap up their season on Saturday as they head to Providence for a 1:00 PM contest on WHUS. Those in Rhode Island can watch this game on Cox Sports, but everyone else will have to listen to audio or use GameTracker. With a win or tie, the Huskies will clinch a spot in the Big East Tournament,  and will play in an Opening Round match on Thursday afternoon. If they win today, that match will definitely be at home. With a tie, St. John's can overtake them on the tiebreak if they beat Syracuse, and the Huskies will go on the road. Should the Huskies lose, they would still make the Tournament if St. John's doesn't beat the Orange, but once again, that would be a road game. The Red Storm play at 7:00 PM tonight against Syracuse. You can watch that game on the Red Storm website. This means that come tomorrow, we will know exactly what we need to do to get a home game in the Tournament, and to get a game at all.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Men's Ice Hockey team heads to Merrimack tomorrow at 7:00 PM. I have yet to find information on coverage of that game, so check back when it ends.

Field Hockey: The field hockey team hosts Syracuse Sunday at noon in a huge Big East contest. The winner, of course, will clinch the Big East regular season title, so this is likely a preview of the Championship Game, which will be in Syracuse on November 6th. But for all we said about avoiding Louisville, it may not even apply or matter. The Cardinals have lost five of six and are in fourth place in the conference, tied with Rutgers for the last Tournament spot. The Cards do own the tiebreak, however and their remaining opponent is Providence while the Scarlet Knights have to host us a week from today. We will wrap up the regular season a week from Sunday at Princeton, before heading up to the Big East Championship in Syracuse Friday-Sunday.

Women's Basketball: For the first time since 2005, the Huskies are not pre-season favorites to win the Big East. Notre Dame edged the Huskies in the poll by a mere three points, 219-216, with 9-7 on first place votes. The Huskies' first game is November 13th vs. Holy Cross.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup, October 20th, 2011

Field Hockey: The #4 Huskies defeated Boston University under the lights, 2-1. UConn improves to 14-1 on the year. Anne Jeute scored a goal for the Huskies early, and Chloe Hunnable added the game-winner in the 39th minute. Next up is the biggest game of the regular season, as we host the Syracuse Orange on Sunday at noon. Coverage is available on All-Access. The winner will win the Big East regular season crown. However, that is not as good as we once thought as they still might play Louisville. But the Cardinals have been struggling, so that's not too bad.

Men's Basketball: UConn and Syracuse were voted co-favorites in the Big East pre-season poll. The Huskies received seven first place votes and 209 total. The season opens on November 2nd with an exhibition vs. American International.

Men's and Women's Tennis: Both teams won a dual match at Quinnipiac. The women took their end 4-3, an the men won 5-2. The men swept their doubles, 3-0. Read more here.

Unofficial 2012 UConn Baseball Schedule

According to someone I received an email from a reader of this blog, here is a complete (but unofficial) UConn baseball schedule for 2012. It was apparently distributed at the Alumni Baseball game a few weeks ago. After it, you will find some comments by me.

Preseason Tournaments

Feb 17-19 at Clearwater...Purdue, Ohio State and Indiana
Feb24-26 at College of Charleston Xavier, C ofC, Rhode Island
Mar 3-5 at Miss State ..against Lipscomb(Sat), Lipscomb and Miss State (Sunday), Miss State (Monday)
Mar 9-11 at Oregon (Nike Showcase) Oklahoma (9th), Oregon State(10th), Illinois(10th) and Oregon(11th)
Mar 16-18 at Coastal Carolina Coastal, Michigan and UAB

Regular Games (Big East Games have a *)

Mar 13 at Sacred Heart (Harbor Yard, Bridgeport)
Mar 21 Yale

The Huskies no longer have George Springer
 (first photo, right) or Matt Barnes (above)
 but will look to repeat as Big East regular
 season champions and reach the
NCAA Tournament.

Mar 23-25 at WVU *
Mar 27 Hartford
Mar 28 CCSU
Mar 30-Apr 1 Seton Hall *
April 2/Apr 25 at UMass
Apr 3 at Boston College
Apr 5-7 at Pitt *
Apr 9 at Quinnipiac
Apr 11 at Brown
Apr 13-15 at St John's *
Apr 17 at Fairfield
Apr 18/May 9 Northeastern (see below)
Apr 20-22 Rutgers *
Apr 24 Bryant
Apr 28-29 at Louisville (DH on 28th) *
May 5-6 Cincinnati (DH on 5th at Norwich or Dodd) *
May 11-13 at USF *
May 15 vs. URI at Dodd Stadium, 11 AM
May 17-19 Notre Dame (17th and 18th in New Britain or Norwich) *

May 23-27: Big East Tournament, Clearwater, Florida


My Thougts:

• From the last game of the Seton Hall series on April 1st until we host Northeastern on April 18th, we do not have a single home game. Additionally, from March 24th until April 14th, our women's lacrosse team does not have a single home game. (I said this yesterday). I wonder if this is intentional or not. Probably not.
• A game at Sacred Heart on the 13th that is listed on Sacred Heart's schedule is not listed here. I'm not sure if this is a mistake on Sacred Heart's schedule or ours or if the source simply forgot to include it. This was an error by the source. He confirmed this.
• The two Big East teams who we do not face are Georgetown and Villanova, the two worst teams from last year. 
• I'm not sure if the Cincinnati DH is the only game(s) in Norwich/New Britain. I've heard other reports saying we may play one game vs. Rutgers and/or Notre Dame there. Update: It appears we are playing the Irish in New Britain or Norwich on the 17th and 18th.  The game on the 19th will be in Storrs. 
• Our last home game during the academic year is April 24th vs. Bryant. 
• UConn typically releases their baseball schedule very late, so don't expect them to release this via a press release for at least another month. 
• Of course, it's unofficial at this point as well.

Edit: The Northeastern schedule shows the game between us as being on May 9. I cannot confirm which is correct. We will see. It is possible that they moved it to May 9th to add another game on the 18th. We'll see. Schedule should be officially released within the soon future.
Edit 2 (11/27): UMass's baseball schedule says they play us on April 2nd, in contradiction to the previous date of the 25th of April. However, I could find no official announcement on UMass's website so I will assume it is tentative. This would give us five games in five days with Seton Hall x 3 before and Boston College after, plus it would give us eight games in nine days due to the Pitt series, so I'm guessing BC got moved. However, they have not announced their schedule yet. Also, URI's schedule states that their game vs. us on May 15th is at 11:00 AM at Dodd Stadium