UConn Huskies 2013 Schedules and Known Games

Here are the known games and schedules for the UConn Huskies for 2013.

Women's Soccer:

Full schedule is here or below

Saturday, August 17: vs. Massachusetts, 7:00 PM (exh.)
Friday, August 23: vs. Wisconsin, 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 25: vs. Stanford, 6:00 PM
Wednesday, August 28: at Boston College, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 1: vs. Central Connecticut State, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 6: vs. Maine, 5:00 PM (Doubleheader with men vs. Boston University most likely)
Sunday, September 8: vs. Syracuse, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 13: at Boston University, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 15: vs. Dartmouth, 1:00 PM
Thursday, September 19: vs. LaSalle, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 22: vs. Georgetown, 1:00 PM
Thursday, September 26: vs. SMU, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 29: vs. Houston, 1:00 PM
Friday, October 4: at UCF, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 6: at USF, 1:00 PM
Friday, October 11: vs. Temple, 7:00 PM
Thursday, October 17: vs. Cincinnati, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 20: vs. Louisville, 1:00 PM
Thursday, October 24: at Rutgers, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 27: at Memphis, 1:00 PM

According to Chris Jones, the semifinals and final for the Big East Tournament will be at Central Florida, probably November 8 and 10. First Round at higher seed October 31, quarterfinals at higher seed November 3. 

Men's Soccer:
Full schedule here or below

Sunday, August 18: vs. Iona, TBA (source) (exh)
Saturday, August 24: vs. NJIT, 7:00 PM (source) (exh)
Friday, August 30: vs. St. Francis (NY), 7:00 PM
Monday, September 2: vs. William & Mary, 7:00 PM
Friday, September 6: vs. Boston University, 7:30 PM (source) **
Tuesday, September 10: vs. Washington, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 14: vs. Bradley, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 17: at Syracuse, 7:00 PM (source)
Saturday, September 21: vs. St. Louis, 7:00 PM
Friday, September 27: at USF, TBA
Wednesday, October 2: at Temple, 3:00 PM (source)
Saturday, October 5: vs. Central Florida, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 9: vs. Rutgers, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 12: vs. Memphis, TBD (source)
Tuesday, October 15: vs. Columbia, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 19: at Louisville, 7:00 PM (source)
Tuesday, October 22: at Yale, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 26: vs. Cincinnati, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 30: vs. TBD, TBD *
Sunday,  November 2: at SMU, 8:00 PM (source)

There will be away games at USF and Yale and home games vs. Central Florida, Cincinnati, and Rutgers. All other non-conference games are home. AAC Tournament is at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas for Semifinals and Finals. 8-9 matchup will be at location of #1 seed November 8, followed by Quarterfinals November 9 at higher seed. Thanks to Tim Fontenault.

The AAC Tournament will be November 8 - 17
* - We will apparently be hosting somebody, but I don't know who yet. It probably won't be St. John's, since they released their schedule and we're not on it. Too bad. I've heard rumors it might be Boston College.
** -  WILL BE DOUBLEHEADER WITH WOMEN'S GAME VS. MAINE at 5:00 PM MOST LIKELY

Field Hockey (full schedule here or below):
Note: It appears we play all the old Big East teams, plus associate member Old Dominion and new member Temple. However, at the moment Villanova, Georgetown, and Providence are not marked as conference games. Other press releases indicate they are, however. Also, the Providence schedule lists the games against UConn and the other AAC schools as conference games.)

Update: It appears that all former Big East Teams (except Syracuse) plus Temple and Old Dominion will play in the BIG EAST next year.

Saturday, August 24: vs. New Hampshire, 2:00 PM (exh.)
Saturday, August 31: at Stanford, 2:00 PM
Sunday, September 1: at California, TBA
Sunday, September 8: at Penn State, 12:00 PM
Friday, September 13: vs. Fairfield, 6:00 PM
Sunday, September 15: vs. Lafayette, 12:00 PM
Wednesday, September 18: vs. Massachusetts, 6:00 PM
Saturday, September 21: at Rutgers, TBA
Saturday, September 28: vs. Villanova, 12:00 PM
Sunday, September 29: vs. Princeton, 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 5: at Providence, 12:30 PM
Sunday, October 6: vs. Boston College, 2:00 PM
Friday, October 11: vs. Louisville, 6:00 PM
Sunday, October 13: vs. Boston University, 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 19: at Georgetown, 1:00 PM
Sunday, October 20: at American, 1:00 PM
Friday, October 25: at Old Dominion, 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 26: vs. North Carolina in Norfolk, Va. 1 PM (source)
Saturday, November 2: vs. Temple, 12:00 PM
Sunday, November 3: at Yale, 2:00 PM
According to the Old Dominion schedule, the BIG EAST tournament will be in Storrs, the Quarterfinals will be on Friday, November 8, the Semifinals that Saturday, and the Championship on Sunday. I do not know if the quarterfinals will feature all 8 teams or not.

Women's Volleyball:

Friday, August 30 - Saturday, August 31: IPFW Invitational vs. IPFW, Southern Illinois, and Duquesne. Duquesne game is August 31 at 11 AM. IPFW will be August 31 at 7:00 PM. Southern Illinois is unknown but will probably be Friday before Duquesne. (Source)
Friday, September 6 - Saturday, September 7: UConn Classic vs. Pittsburgh, Northeastern, and Albany. Northeastern game is probably Friday at 7:30 PM. Albany game is probably Saturday at 12:30 PM. Pittsburgh game is confirmed for Saturday at 7:30 PM. (source)
Friday, September 13 - Saturday, September 14: Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic vs. Georgia Tech, Troy, and St. John's. Georgia Tech is Saturday at 7:00 PM. Other times unknown. (source)
Friday, September 20 - Saturday, September 21: Tournament @ Dartmouth, other teams are Minnesota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Dartmouth. Dartmouth game is 7:30 PM on the 21st, New Hampshire game is the 20th at 12:30 PM, Minnesota is the 21st at 12:00 PM, Rhode Island unknown. (source) (source)
Sunday, September 29: vs. Houston, TBA (Source)
Friday, October 4: at Central Florida, 7:00 PM (source)
Sunday, October 6: at USF, 12:00 PM
Tuesday, October 8: vs. Sacred Heart, TBA (source)
Friday, October 11: vs. Rutgers, 7:00 PM (Source)
Friday, October 18: at Temple, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 20: at Memphis, 2:00 PM
Friday, October 25: vs. Cincinnati, 7:00 PM (source)
Sunday, October 27: vs. Louisville, 2:00 PM (source)
Friday, November 1: at Houston, 8:00 PM
Friday, November 8: vs. USF, 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 10: vs. Central Florida, 2:00 PM
Friday, November 15: at Rutgers, 7:00 PM
Friday, November 22: vs. Memphis, 7:00 PM
Sunday, November 24: vs. Temple, TBA
Wednesday, November 27: at Louisville, 7:00 PM
Friday, November 29: at Cincinnati, 1:00 PM

We will play a double round robin (home and home) with each team. There is no American Conference Tournament - the regular season champion gets the autobid.

Women's Basketball:

Friday, November 1: vs. Gannon, TBA (exh)
Wednesday, November 6: vs. Philadelphia University, TBA (exh)
Saturday, November 9: vs. Hartford, TBA
Monday, November 11: vs. Stanford, TBA
Friday, November 15: at Maryland, TBA
Sunday, November 17: at Penn State, TBA
Wednesday, November 20: vs. Oregon, TBA
Friday, November 22: vs. Boston University, TBA (Hall of Fame Classic)
Saturday, November 23: vs. Monmouth, TBA (Hall of Fame Classic)
Sunday, November 24: vs. St. Bonaventure, TBA (Hall of Fame Classic)
Sunday, December 1: vs. Ohio State in Springfield (Hall of Fame Classic)
Thursday, December 5: vs. UC Davis
Tuesday, December 17: at Duke, TBA
Sunday, December 22: vs. California at Madison Square Garden
Monnday, January 13: at Baylor, TBA

Other games include round robin home-and-home with teams in AAC. Conference Tournament is March 7 - 10 at Mohegan Sun.

Men's Basketball:

Friday, November 8: vs. Maryland @ Barclay's Center, Brooklyn (source)
Monday, November 11: vs. Yale (source)
Monday, December 2: vs. Florida (source)
Wednesday, December 18: vs. Stanford (source)
Saturday, December 28: vs. Eastern Washington

Other non-conference games include vs. Harvard,  at Washington (probably), and 2K Sports Classic. The semifinals and final of the 2K Sports Classic will be at Madison Square Garden on November 21 and 22 against Boston College and either Indiana or Washington, respectively. The host schools are us, Boston College, Washington, and Indiana. (source) We will play two preliminary games against Detroit and Boston University at UConn. There is also a game against Loyola (MD) on the schedule (Source)

Like the women, the men will play home-and-home with teams in the AAC. According to this, we will also host UMass-Lowell, who is transitioning to D1. I would assume this is a regular-season game, but since we played them in an exhibition last year, this could be a previously-scheduled exhibition game.

Conference Tournament March 12 - 15 in Memphis at FedEx Forum.

Men's Ice Hockey:

According to tweets from Will Moran, the non-conference schedule will be (in no particular order) 

2 games At Minnesota State; At Boston University; vs. Union; At Providence; Vs. Sacred Heart (non-league); Vs. Quinnipiac or UMass (Holiday Tournament)

However, it is possible Sacred Heart is a conference game in the first round of the Holiday Tournament, as that usually happens. Actually, it was due to a scheduling error that they decided to keep. Sacred Heart will NOT count as a conference game. (see this tweet)

Tentative schedule is available here or below.

Known dates:

Friday, October 18: at Minnesota State, 8:37 PM (source)
Saturday, October 19: at Minnesota State, 8:07 PM
Friday, October 25: vs. Union, TBA
Friday, November 1: vs. Army, 7:05 PM  (source)
Saturday, November 2: vs. Sacred Heart, TBA
Friday, November 15: vs. Bentley, TBA
Sunday, November 17: at Boston University, TBA
Saturday, November 23: at American International, TBA
Friday, November 29: at Canisius, TBA
Saturday, November 30: at Canisius, TBA
Friday, December 6: vs. Niagara, TBA
Saturday, December 7: vs. Niagara, TBA
Saturday, December 14: vs. Holy Cross, TBA
Sunday, December 29: UConn Hockey Classic vs. Sacred Heart, TBA (NOT a conference game)
Monday, December 30: UConn Hockey Classic vs. Quinnipiac or UMass, TBA
Friday, January 3: vs. RIT, TBA
Saturday, January 4: vs. RIT, TBA
Friday, January 10: vs. Robert Morris, TBA
Saturday, January 11: vs. Robert Morris, TBA
Friday, January 17: at Mercyhurst, TBA
Saturday, January 18: at Mercyhurst, TBA
Friday, January 24: at American International, TBA
Saturday, January 25: at American International, TBA
Friday, January 31: vs. Air Force, TBA
Saturday, February 1: vs. Air Force, TBA
Friday, February 7: vs. Bentley, TBA
Saturday, February 8: at Bentley, TBA
Tuesday, February 11: at Providence, 7:00 PM (source) *
Friday, February 14: vs. Holy Cross, TBA
Saturday, February 15: at Holy Cross, TBA (source)
Friday, February 21: vs. Army, 7:05 PM
Saturday, February 22: at Army, 7:05 PM

Friday, February 28: at Sacred Heart, TBA
Saturday, March 1: vs. Sacred Heart, TBA

* - contrary to tentative schedule and a Hartford Courant article which say November 9, but the Providence schedule appears to be official. Also, it shows another game for the Friars that day.

Women's ice hockey:

Saturday, September 28: vs. Union, 2:00 PM (source)
Friday, October 25: vs. RPI, 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 26: vs. RPI, 2:00 PM (source)
Friday, November 1: vs. Vermont, 2:00 PM (source) *
Tuesday, November 19: at Brown, 7:00 PM (source)
Friday, November 29: vs. Yale at Nutmeg Classic in Hamden, CT, 1:00 PM (source)
Saturday, November 30: vs. RIT or Quinnipiac at Nutmeg Classic in Hamden, 1:00 PM or 4:00 PM
Sunday, November 10: vs. Providence, 2:00 PM
Tuesday, November 19: at Brown, 7:00 PM (source)
Friday, January 10: at Vermont, 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 11: vs. Vermont, 4:00 PM
Saturday, January 18: vs. New Hampshire, 1:00 PM

Sunday, January 19: at New Hampshire, 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 25: vs. Providence, 2:00 PM
Sunday, January 26: at Providence, 2:00 PM (source)

Sunday, February 9: vs. New Hampshire, TBD

* - the early start time on a weekday is believable because the men host Army at 7:05 the same day.

Baseball:

February 21-23: Tournament at Coastal Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina, George Mason, Illinois, and Wichita State
February 28-March 2: at Lipcsomb
March 7-9: at Florida
April 4-6: Home non-conference series, 2 games vs. Bryant, 1 vs. Stony Brook
The American Conference Tournament will be May 21-25 at Bright House Field in Clearwater.  According to Chris Jones, there will be two pools. Teams will play everyone in their pool and the winners play for the championship. AAC Home Series against Temple, Houston, UCF and Rutgers. AAC Away Series at Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis, and USF. USF will be the back end of spring break.
All Baseball via @jonesccj unless noted otherwise.
There will be a spring break tournament in Philadelphia against LaSalle, Villanova, and St. Peter's.

Softball:

The American Conference Tournament will be hosted by Houston May 8 - 10 on campus.

Game 3-3-102: Women's Field Hockey exhibition vs. Quinnipaic

What: Field Hockey exhibition vs. Quinnipiac
Where: Sherman Family Sports Complex
When: Thursday August 16, 12:00 PM
Result: Win, 6-1

The players warming up
before the match.

From 10:00-11:35, I was in philosophy class for the last time before the final. Fortunately, my class was in the Classroom Building, a two minute walk from the Sherman Family Sports Complex. I stopped by the Student Union to have a quick lunch, then walked across the street to Sherman.

Field hockey exhibitions are a bit different from regular season games. They have three periods of 25 minutes, instead of two halves of 35 minutes. Also, the scoreboard reset the score after each period. We lost the first period 1-0, won the second period by the same score, and won the third period 5-0. The total above reflects the combined score.

There was a family sitting behind me, and their daughter was on the team, I guess. They were cheering really loudly when she scored a goal. Unfortunately, I don't know who "she" is, because there were no roster sheets and no P.A. system. However, the player was laughing about it, and about how vocal her family was. Reminds me of my family. :-)

Melissa Gonzalez (left, in white)
and an unknown fan (in blue).

Surprisingly, as I said, we were down 1-0 after the first period to a far lesser team in the Bobcats. But we evened the score in the second on a penalty stroke, and scored five goals in the third to win 6-1. One of those goals came on a penalty stroke. Strange to have two penalty strokes in the same game.

Early in the first period, UConn alumnus Melissa Gonzalez came into the stands, fresh off her Olympic performance. She was wearing her Team USA Warmup jersey. It's hard to tell in the photo, but there was a really big Nike Swoosh on there on the right side, as well as some bizarre lime green piping in the collar area. Seemed kind of weird. Lime green is not a national color, why is it on our USA warmups?

In any case, Gonzalez got a warm welcome from the fans, most of whom recalled her time as a player. In an otherwise ordinary exhibition, Gonzalez added some excitement to the fans in the seats. Even though USA finished last among 12 teams, it's still impressive that she made the team, went to London, and competed.

Known UConn Games 2012 Season

Below is the updated list of known UConn games for 2012 fall season.  This is based on other teams' released schedules and media reports. All games are confirmed except for those marked by (?) which will be played as listed if the Big East schedule matrix remains the same. Games have been updated as of Thursday, June 28, 2012. At that time, women's basketball had released its non-conference schedule and home and away conference games (though not dates for the latter), and all fall sports as well as hockey had released their full schedules. Additionally, there are a few known men's basketball games.


Women's Soccer:


Full schedule is up at http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-soccer/sched/conn-w-soccer-sched.html

Friday, August 10: vs. Northeastern (exh), 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 12: vs. Long Island U (exh), 1:00 PM
Friday, August 17: vs. UCLA, 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 19: vs. Vermont, 1:00 PM
Friday, August 24: vs. Boston College, 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 26: vs. Maine, 7:00 PM
Friday, August 31: vs. North Carolina in South Bend, IN, 5:00 PM
Sunday, September 2: vs. Santa Clara in South Bend, 11:00 AM
Wednesday, September 5: vs. Marist, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 9: at Central Connecticut State, 1:00 PM
Thursday, September 13: at Syracuse, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 16: at St. John's, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 21: at Georgetown, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 23: at Villanova, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 28: vs. DePaul, 5:30 PM
Sunday, September 30: vs. Notre Dame, 12:00 PM
Friday, October 5: vs. USF, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 7: vs. Marquette, 1:00 P
Thursday, October 11: at Pittsburgh, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 20: vs. Providence, 7:00 PM

Additonally, the Big East Semifinals and Final will be hosted by Morrone Stadium November 2 and 4. First round will be at campus sites October 25, followed by quarterfinals at campus sites October 28.

Comments: Very unusual. Four home games to open the regular season, but then 6 of 7 away. Then 5 of 6 at home to end it. I'm also looking forward to the Marist game since I'm from Poughkeepsie. That will be the first time I've seen a Marist-UConn game. I'll be on campus for the summer as well, to take summer courses. So I will get to see both exhibitions as well as UCLA and Vermont. BC and Maine are WOW Weeekend. Presumably this means the men play at home Saturday night again.  Pittsburgh is now listed as a road game on UConn's website, instead of a home game as was earlier stated. This concurs with what it says on Pitt's website, as well as with the 5-5 format.

Men's Soccer:


Saturday, August 25: vs. St. Francis (NY), 7:00 PM
Friday, August 31: vs. Dartmouth, 7:00 PM
Monday, September 3: at Michigan State, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 7: vs. Washington, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 9: vs. Boston University, 7:00 PM
Friday, September 14: at Harvard, 4:00 PM
Tuesday, September 18: vs. Boston College, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 22: vs. St. John's, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 25: at Yale, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 29: vs. Notre Dame, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 3: at Georgetown, 3:00 PM
Saturday, October 6: at Marquette, 8:05 PM
Tuesday, October 9: vs. Iona, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 17: vs. Seton Hall, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 20: at Pittsburgh, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, October 24: at Providence, 3:00 PM
Saturday, October 27: vs. Providence, 7:00 PM

The First Round of the Big East Tournament will be October 31 on campus sites, followed by the quarterfinals on Saturday, November 3rd, also on campus sites. The semifinals and final will be November 9th and 11th at Red Bull Arena.

-
Note:

1. There will be 8 conference games, not 9. 7 within your division + one crossover. (This has been confirmed)
2. Everyone in the Blue Division will play their travel partner home-and-away due to the loss of West Virginia. Pitt, WVU's travel partner, will play two cross-over games and no home-and-away.

Field Hockey:


Complete schedule is available here or below as it has been released.


Thursday, August 16: vs. Quinnipiac, 12:00 PM (exh)
Sunday, August 19: vs. Boston College, 12:00 PM (exh)
Saturday, August 25: vs. Bucknell, 12:00 PM
Sunday, August 26: vs. Sacred Heart, 1:00 PM
Friday, August 31: vs. Penn State, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 8: vs. Michigan in Albany, NY, 2:00 PM
Sunday, September 9: at Albany, 2:00 PM
Saturday, September 15: vs. Rutgers, 12:00 PM
Sunday, September 16: vs. Yale, 2:00 PM
Friday, September 21: vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 23: at Villanova, 12:00 PM
Friday, September 28: vs. Providence, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 30: at Boston University, 5:00 PM
Wednesday, October 3: at UMass, 6:00 PM
Saturday, October 6: at Louisville, 12:00 PM
Saturday, October 13: vs. Georgetown, 12:00 PM
Sunday, October 14: vs. Stanford, 1:00 PM
Thursday, October 18: at Boston College, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 21: at Princeton, 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 27: at Syracuse, 1:00 PM

The Big East Tournament will be November 2-4 in Louisville

Comments: More ight games this year than in past years. Penn State is the same time as the soccer game vs. Dartmouth. New Hampshire doesn't have any know conflicts (as of May 30). Providence will start while women's soccer is wrapping up. That may also be "First Night". And there are several road night games as well. Last home game is October 14, although we may host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament again. Two games over WOW Weekend should be nice.

Men's Basketball:


Friday, November 9: vs. Michigan State at Ramstein AFB, Germany, TBD
Tuesday, November 13: vs. Vermont, TBD (probably at Gampel)
Friday, November 16: vs. Wake Forest, 6:30 PM in Virgin Islands Paradise Jam
Saturday, November 17 or Sunday, November 18: vs. Iona-Quinnipiac loser, 6:30 PM (Sat) or vs. Iona-Quinnipiac winner (Sun), 9:00 PM
Monday, November 19: vs. George Mason, Mercer, New Mexico, or Illinois Chicago at Paradise Jam, time TBA
Tuesday, December 4: vs. NC State at Madison Square Garden, 9:00 PM
Saturday, December 29: vs. Washington, TBD
Unknown Dates: Stony Brook (H), New Hampshire (H), Fordham (H)

Conference home/away matchups (dates TBD):


Home: Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away: Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, USF

Women's Basketball:


Friday, November 2: vs. Indiana U of Pennsylvania, TBD (exh)
Wednesday, November 7: vs. Holy Family, TBD (exh)
Sunday, November 11: vs. College of Charleston, TBD
Sunday, November 18: at Texas A&M, TBD
Tuesday, November 22: vs. Wake Forest, 6:00 PM in Virgin Islands (Paradise Jam)
Wednesday, November 23: vs. Marist, 8:15 PM @ VI
Thursday, November 24: vs. Purdue, 8:15 PM @ VI
Monday, November 28: vs. Colgate, TBD
Monday, December 3: vs. Maryland, 7:00 PM (XL)
Thursday, December 6: vs. Penn State, TBD
Wednesday, December 19: vs. Oakland, TBD
Saturday, December 22: at Hartford, TBD
Monday, December 31: at Oregon, TBD
Dates TBD: Home games. vs. Baylor and Duke
Conference home games (Date TBA): Notre Dame, Marquette, DePaul, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Seton Hall, Villanova
Conference road games (Date TBA): Notre Dame, Marquette, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, USF


Men's Ice Hockey:


Full schedule (link here)


Friday, October 12: At UMass, 7:00 PM
Friday, October 26: at Holy Cross, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 27: vs. Union (NY), 7:00 PM
Friday, November 2: at Niagara, 7:05 PM
Saturday, November 3: at Niagara, 7:05 PM
Friday, November 9: vs. Sacred Heart, 7:05 PM
Saturday, November 10: at Merrimack, 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 17: at Bentley, 7:05 PM
Friday, November 23: vs. Air Force, 7:05 PM
Saturday, November 24: vs. Air Force, 7:05 PM
Friday, November 30: vs. Canisius, 7:05 PM
Saturday, December 1: vs. Canisius, 7:05 PM
Friday, December 7: vs. Army, 7:05 PM
Saturday, December 29: Toyota UConn Classic - Minnesota State vs. Brown, 4:05 PM. UConn vs. American International, 7:15 PM
Sunday, December 30: Toyota UConn Classic Third Place Game and Final, TBD
Friday, January 4: vs. Penn State, 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 5: vs. Penn State, 7:00 PM
Friday, January 11: at Robert Morris, 7:05 PM
Saturday, January 12: at Robert Morris, 7:05 PM
Friday, January 18: vs. Mercyhurst, 7:05 PM
Saturday, January 19: vs. Mercyhurst, 7:05 PM
Tuesday, January 22: at Quinnipiac, 7:00 PM
Friday, January 25: vs. American International, 7:05 PM
Saturday, January 26: at American International, 7:05 PM
Friday, February 1: at RIT, 7:05 PM
Saturday, February 2: at RIT, 7:05 PM
Friday, February 8: vs. Bentley, 7:05 PM
Saturday, February 9: vs. Bentley, 7:05 PM
Friday, February 15: vs. Holy Cross, 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 16: at Holy Cross, 7:00 PM
Friday, February 22: at Army, 7:05 PM
Saturday, February 23: at Army, 7:05 PM
Friday, March 1: vs. Sacred Heart, 7:05 PM
Saturday, March 2: at Sacred Heart, 7:05 PM

The First Round of the AHA Tournament will be March 8-10 (Best of 3) at Campus Sites. The Second Round will be the next weekend (also at campus sites). The Semifinals and Final will be March 22 and 23 at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY.



Women's Volleyball:


Schedule has been released here or below


Friday, August 24: at Loyola Marymount, 10:00 PM
Saturday, August 25: vs. UC Santa Barbara @ LMU Tournament, 1:00 PM
Saturday, August 25: vs. Iona @ LMU Tournament, 7:30 PM
UConn Classic
Friday, August 31: vs. Dartmouth, 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 1: vs. Fairfield, 12:30 PM
Saturday, September 1: vs. Michigan State, 7:30 PM
(END OF TOURNAMENT)
Tuesday, September 4: at Hartford, 7:00 PM
Friday, September 7: vs. New Orleans @ Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational, Springfield, Mo, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 7: at Missouri State, 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 8: vs. Nebraska-Omaha @ Wynn Invitational, 11:00 AM
Saturday, September 8: vs. Northern Illinois @ Wynn Invitational, 3:30 PM
New England Challenge (next 3)
Friday, September 14: vs. Harvard, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 15: at Boston College, 1:00 PM
Saturday, September 15: at Northeastern, 1:00 PM
Friday, September 21: vs. Villanova, 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 23: vs. Georgetown, 2:00 PM
Saturday, September 29: at St. John's, 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 6: at Notre Dame, 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 7: at DePaul, 3:00 PM
Friday, October 12: vs. Cincinnati, 4:00 PM
Sunday, October 14: vs. Louisville, 2:00 PM
Friday, October 19: at USF, 7:00 PM
Sunday, October 21: at Pittsburgh, 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 27: vs. Rutgers, 2:00 PM
Saturday, October 28: vs. Seton Hall, 2:00 PM
Friday, November 2: at Marquette, 8:00  PM
Sunday, November 4: at Syracuse, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, November 7: at Georgetown, 11:30 AM
Friday, November 9: vs. USF, 7:00 PM

2 home and homes, 1 game against the other 11 teams in the Big East, total of 15 conference games. (Providence does not have Big East volleyball) I am assuming first night on October 12 is the reason for the early start vs. Louisville.


Women's Ice Hockey:


The full schedule has not been officially released, but you can find it here or below anyway.


Saturday, September 29: at Union, 4:00 PM
Friday, October 5: at RPI, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 6: at RPI, 3:00 PM
Friday, October 12: at Colgate, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 13: at Colgate, 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 20: at Maine, 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 21: at Maine, 2:00 PM
Friday, October 26: vs. Syracuse, 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 27: vs. Syracuse, 7:00 PM
Friday, November 2: vs. Northeastern, 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 3: at Northeastern, 3:00 PM
Saturday, November 10: at Providence, 2:00 PM
Friday, November 16: at Vermont, 2:00 PM
Sunday, November 18: vs. St. Lawrence, 2:00 PM
Friday, November 23: Nutmeg Classic at Yale, 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 24: Nutmeg Classic vs. Quinnipiac or Boston College @ Yale, TBD
Saturday, December 1: vs. Vermont, 1:00 PM
Sunday, December 2: vs. Vermont, 1:00 PM
Wednesday, January 2: vs. Princeton, 7:00 PM
Thursday, January 3: vs. Princeton, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, January 8: vs. Boston University, 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 12: at McGill, 3:00 PM (exh)
Tuesday, January 15: at Harvard, 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 19: vs. New Hampshire, 2:00 PM
Sunday, January 20: vs. New Hampshire, 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 26: vs. Maine, 1:00 PM
Sunday, January 27: at Boston College, 2:00 PM
Friday, February 1: vs. Providence, 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 2: at Providence, 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 9: vs. Northeastern, 1:00 PM
Sunday, February 10: at New Hampshire, 2:00 PM
Saturday, February 16: at Boston College, 2:00 PM
Sunday, February 17: vs. Boston College, 2:00 PM
Saturday, February 23: at Boston University, 3:00 PM
Sunday, February 24: vs. Boston University, 2:00 PM

The Hockey East Quarterfinals will be March 2 or 3 for a #6 at #3 (campus site) and a #5 at #4 (campus site) matchup. The semifinals and final will be March 9 and 10 respectively, in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

UConn Huskies Sports Roundup, October 19th, 2011

Women's Cross Country: UConn's team is nationally ranked for the first time in program history. The USTFCCCA announced yesterday that the Huskies were ranked 28th in the nation. This comes following a 2nd place finish at Penn State Nationals. A press release on the UConn website can be found here and quotes coach Andrea Grove-McDonough as saying "I am so happy for the team and for what this will mean to them. These women have worked so hard this summer. Right from the start when we talked about bringing Connecticut to the NCAA Championships in Cross Country.... This team ... believed that it was possible, and set about quietly making it happen. They should all be very proud of themselves," We haven't reached the championships yet, but we're well on our well.

Field Hockey: For the eighth straight week, the Huskies are ranked #4 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll. The Top 3 of Old Dominion, UNC, and Maryland also remained the same. Notably, however, Duke leapfrogged Syracuse to #5, relegating the Orange to #6. The Orange and Huskies will square off on Sunday at noon for the Big East regular season championship. But first, the Huskies host Boston University tonight at 7:00. That game can be seen on Huskies All-Access.

The Huskies upset
Michael Budd and
UMass Lowell in
Nashua, NH last night.

Men's Soccer: So much for the undefeated season. UConn was dealt their first loss yesterday, 2-0  at West Virginia. The Huskies fall to 13-1-1, and are 4-1-1 in Big East play. Fortunately, they will still be in second place in the Blue Division heading into the weekend, but will host Georgetown on Saturday at 7:30 PM in a crucial contest. That is Senior Night and will be on WHUS and All-Access. The Huskies will then host Marquette a week from today which could decide the Blue Division Champion.

Men's Ice Hockey: Marcello Ranallo scored the game-winning goal in OT and the Huskies defeated UMass-Lowell, 3-2. UConn improves to 2-1-1 on the year. Miles Winter and Brant Harris also scored for the Huskies. This was an impressive victory because the Riverhawks were heavy favorites heading in. Hopefully this is a sign of a good seasonf or us. UConn's next game is on the road at Merrimack on Saturday at 7:00 PM. The Huskies then return home October 27th for a rare Thursday night game vs. Atlantic Hockey rival Holy Cross.

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.

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/Preview, October 10th (UPDATED)

As promised, a look ahead to the Week to Come, which of course, is Homecoming Week. For info on what happened over the weekend, see my last post or click here.

Men's and Women's Basketball: Friday Night is First Night. It is the biggest mockery of basketball that will happen all year. But if you're interested, the event starts at 7:00 and doors open at 6:00. More info here.

Football: Following the humiliating loss to West Virginia, the Huskies return home to host USF on Saturday at 3:30 PM. That game will be on SNY and Big East Regional Television. This is pretty much a must-win game for the Huskies who come in 2-4 and 0-1 in Big East play. After USF, they head to Pitt in a nationally televised game on Wednesday, Octoer 26th, so it doesn't get any easier. But why are they playing college football on Wednesday nights? Ridiculous.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Huskies will open up their Atlantic Hockey Schedule on Friday night as they travel to West Point to face Army. The Huskies are 0-1-1 on the season and are looking to live up to heightened expectations following their AHA semifinals appearance last year.

Men's Soccer: The Huskies will look to extend their shutout and unbeaten streaks Wednesday at home against Providence.  They will wrap up the homestand Saturday against Pittsburgh. Both games are at 7:30 PM. They are each available on All-Access but only Providence will be on WHUS due to the football game. The NCAA record for shutouts is 11 games without allowing a goal, and right now the Huskies have gone nine. So, that record could fall soon. For now though, the Huskies are 11-0-1 overall, and 2-0-1 in Big East play. Critical home games against Georgetown and Marquette are still to come. 

Field Hockey: Just one game for the Huskies this week, Sunday at 2:00 PM against Princeton. The Huskies actually face Princeton twice this year, the other time being in the last game of the season. But the Tigers have had a disappointing year this year. The Huskies will be looking to take the victory. After the Princeton matchup, the Huskies will host Boston University under the lights on the 19th, before hosting Syracuse at noon on the 23rd in a game that will in all likelihood, decide the Big East regular season champion. The Huskies will clinch the regular season title with a win there, and if the Orange beat Georgetown on Friday (which they should) it will assure them the title with a win as well. Normally, I'd say this doesn't matter, but with the "Big Three" of UConn, Syracuse, and Louisville, and the Cardinals almost certainly getting the #3 seed, it would help to avoid them. 

Women's Ice Hockey: The 0-2-2 Huskies look to notch one in the win column when they play a two game series against Minnesota-Duluth. The Bulldogs will come into Freitas Ice Forum on Friday at 7:00 PM (note: the same time First Night begins) and again on Saturday at 4:00.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies wrap up their home season this weekend with games against Pittsburgh and West Virginia. The Pitt game will begin at 7:00 PM on Friday (same time as First Night) while they will face West Virginia on Sunday at 1:00 PM on Senior Day. They will conclude the regular season on Saturday, October 22nd at Providence at 1:00 PM. Currently, the Huskies are two points ahead of the Friars for the final Big East playoff spot and one point behind St. John's for the right to host an Opening Round game. They will almost certainly play in the 4-5 matchup instead of bypassing the Opening Round, since #3 Syracuse has 15 points, four more than the Huskies with three games to go.

Women's Volleyball: Coming off a narrow loss to USF, the Huskies will look to bounce back. They wrap up their non-conference slate tomorrow at 7:00 PM against Fordham, before hosting St. John's Saturday at 7:00 PM. The Rams game will be on All-Access, while the Red Storm matchup will only be on GameTracker. St. John's is even with the Huskies at the bottom of the Big East at 0-5. So, this is a game the Huskies can win.

Update 4:50 PM: Three Huskies were announced as weekly award winners earlier today. Men's soccer Goalkeeper Andre Blake was named Big East Rookie of the Week after his 9th straight shutout and Field Hockey freshman phenom Chloe Hunnable received Big East Offensive Player of the Week thanks to her three goals and one assist. Additionally, Brant Harris was named Atlantic Hockey Offensive Player of the Week thanks to his three goals over the weekend.

UConn Sports Roundup for Sunday, October 9th

Here is the summary of today's games. A larger preview of the week to come will be posted tonight or tomorrow.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies lost to Marquette 3-0 on the road, and were outshot 24-8. Not even close. The Huskies host Pitt and West Virginia next weekend to wrap up their home schedule.

Field Hockey: It looked like the #4 ranked Huskies might be victim of an upset, trailing unranked Virginia 1-0 late. But goals from Chloe Hunnable and Justine Angelini in the final minutes led the Huskies to a 2-1 victory. Next up, a week from today, Princeton will roll into Storrs to face the Huskies.

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies tied with Clarkson, 3-3, and are now 0-2-2 on the season. The Huskies begin a two game series at home next Friday against Minnesota-Duluth. Sami Evelyn, Emily Snodgrass, and Jocelyn Slattery each had goals for the Huskies and Alexandra Garcia made 38 saves.

Live Blogging Today, Beginning Rougly 1:45 PM (NEVERMIND)

Today, starting at roughly 1:45 PM, I will be live blogging about the Women's Soccer game at DePaul, Women's Volleyball game vs. Syracuse, and Field Hockey Game at Yale. All-Access video for Volleyball is available on UConn's website, the DePaul game will be on DePaul's Website and the Yale Game will have live stats on Yale's site. I will be making a few updates before then, so stay tuned.

12:42 PM - Just realized the Yankees are playing at 3:07 PM today. I'll be watching that instead. Sorry, guys.

12:19 PM: Let's post this! Time for lunch and the NFL Today on CBS. Back in about 15 minutes.

UConn Sports Roundup, September 28-30, 2011

Note: Due to Rosh Hashanah, this post includes information I would post through September 30th, which includes information on weekend contests as well, to the extent that I would mention them between now and Friday. I will likely post Friday night after sundown, but in case I don't, here goes....

Men's Soccer: Last night very nearly proved to be a disaster against lowly Yale for the Huskies. The score was 0-0 after regulation. That was only because Yale misfired just over the crossbar as time expired in the second half. It would have been a split second call as to whether it was a goal or not. In real-time it was clear it was past the crossbar (and goal line) prior to the horn, but the horn isn't automatically sounded at 0:00. There's a second delay or so. So if that ball had gone in, however they called it would have ignited furor. But thankfully for all of us, it missed high. Also thankfully, Nickardo Blake scored with one minute left in the second OT to spare us all the pain of a scoreless draw. The Huskies are a perfect 9-0-0 and will face #8 Louisville in a critical road test at 7 PM Saturday night. The Cardinals are looking to bounce back from a loss to Notre Dame and don't want to start 0-2 in Big East play to expect them to come out hungry. No word yet on whether that game will be on WHUS. GameTracker will be available however, though. Louisville currently does not list the game on All-Access although they do list future men's soccer games there. I'm guessing there's some reason none of these places can confirm that they're broadcasting it. What that reason is, I don't know.

Field Hockey: The Huskies go under the lights at Sherman tonight to face the UMass Minutewomen. The Huskies are 7-1 overall and tied for first in the Big East at 2-0 in conference. And the soccer team isn't the only Top-5 Huskies program to play Louisville in a major contest Saturday night. Louisville, who got the two seed in the Big East Tournament a year ago but was knocked out by the Huskies in the first round, will be back in Storrs for the first time since that weekend in November. That game will be on Saturday at 12:00 PM. The Cardinals are 1-1 in Big East play and 7-3 overall. And unlike the Huskies, they've already played (and lost to) Syracuse. And while regular season titles may not matter much, bear in mind that in all likelihood the "Big Three" are going to get the top three seeds in some order. And the #4 seed will be a weaker team. So the #1 seed has an easy first game (provided they don't fall into a trap) while #2 and #3 still have to fight it out to get there. Look at last year as an example. So getting the #1 seed matters here. That way come Syracuse and the first weekend in November, we can hopefully do to the Orange what they did to us last year at our place. But for now, take it one game at a time. Beat Louisville at Sherman. Then worry about the next game.

Football: The Huskies are back at home on Saturday against Western Michigan. Since there will be significant development between now and then most likely, I'll write something on this Saturday.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies will be on national TV this Friday night as they head to South Bend to face the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. This was supposed to be a good game and a rematch of the Huskies' upset last year in the Big East Tournament but both teams have disappointed. The Irish have dropped out of the poll, and the Huskies are barely .500. ESPN can't do anything now though, so that game will air on ESPNU at 7:30 PM. Also, audio is available on WHUS. The Huskies will continue play on Sunday, facing DePaul at 2:00 PM in Chicago.

Women's Ice Hockey: The Huskies host Rensaleer (or RPI, depending on where you look. Same school, different name) for a two-game series beginning Friday night at 7:00 at Frietas Ice Forum. They'll conclude the series Saturday at 3:00 PM.

Men's Ice Hockey: The Men's Ice Hockey team will host Ryerson (another Canadian school) in an exibition contest Saturday at 8:00 PM. The regular season gets underway next Saturday with a trip to Bowling Green.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies are looking to bounce back from a bad road trip as come home for two more Big East contests. On Saturday at 2:00 PM, Marquette rolls into Gampel Pavilion, and on Sunday at the same time, the Syracuse Orange will do the same. For those of you hoops fans who just can't wait until February 25 to see the Orange come into Gampel, this is your chance. Those who can, who said you could only pick one? Admission to this one is free to everybody. And would any true Husky fan would miss a chance to see a UConn-Syracuse game at Gampel for free? I think not.

Husky Sports Roundup, September 25th 2011

Football: The Huskies defeated the Buffalo Bulls yesterday 17-3 to improve to 2-2 on the season. Johnny McEntee finally came through in a game, going 12-21 for 213 yards and throwing two touchdowns. Unfortunately, the game was not viewable on SNY due to the Mets' doubleheader, so nobody could watch it in the area. The Huskies are home next Saturday at 3:30 to face Western Michigan.

Men's Soccer: In front of a sold-out crowd of over 5,000 fans at Morrone Stadium, the Huskies defeated the #12 St. John's Red Storm 2-0. From what I could see on Huskies All-Access, that crowd was LOUD. It was overloading the crowd mike. Or the crowd mike could have been broken. I really don't know. But it never did that before. As for the game, it remained scoreless for the first 73 minutes, and many Husky fans feared the two rivals  would battle to a scoreless draw again. Allando Matheson scored at 73:17 though to put the Huskies up 1-0. With 37 seconds to go in the contest, Mamadou Doudou Diouf did what he's been doing all season, scoring a goal to put the Huskies up 2-0 and send the Red Storm home packing. I saw the crowd, and the game. That was an electrifying atmosphere. Let's hope the athletic department can get the same kind of excitement for some game next year when I'm on campus. If we host Notre Dame on a Saturday, they'd likely do it for that game I'd suspect. And we will host them. Waaaay to early to think about that though. Just wishful thinking by me. Additionally, expect the Huskies to be #1 when the polls come out, thanks to the Maryland draw to Seton Hall. (Queue WE'RE #1 Chant!) Our first chance to defend our number 1 ranking is Wednesday at 7:30 PM as we host in-state rival Yale. On Saturday, October 1 we have our biggest road test of the year, traveling to face Louisville. The Cardinals were ranked #3 in the country but lost to Notre Dame last night. The Cardinals don't want to start 0-2 in the Big East, so they will come out firing on all cylinders. Additionally, I could see the Yale game as a "trap game" for us. We'll be looking ahead to the Louisville game to defend our #1 ranking, and just assuming we're beating Yale to get to that point. And we've seen from many times what happens to our soccer team when they just assume they'll win the game. Like against Brown in the tournament. Or how we barely snuck by BU last week in our first game at #2. I'm not saying it will happen, but I wouldn't be too surprised if we wound up tying, or even losing, to Yale.

Field Hockey: The Huskies rolled to victory against Providence yesterday, 4-0. Chloe Hunnable scored a hat trick. The Huskies are 2-0 in Big East play and 7-1 overall. The polls come out today, but the #4 ranking will likely not change.

Women's Soccer: The Huskies host Cincinnati at 1:00 PM today. Video is available on Huskies All-Access. Next weekend is big for the Huskies. A nationally televised game at Notre Dame at 7:30 PM on Friday, September 30th will air on ESPNU. And on Sunday the 2nd, they'll be at DePaul at 2:00 PM.

Women's Volleyball: The Huskies travel to Louisville to face the top-tier Cardinals this afternoon at 2:00 PM. Stream status on Louisville's website is unclear. Some places says it's there, others say it's not. Gametracker will be live at game time for sure though.