The Huskies track and field teams continued their dominance at the New England Championships in Boston over the weekend as both the men’s and women’s teams took first place honors for the eighth consecutive year. * The men’s track and field team claimed three individual titles and a first place finish from the 4×800 meter… continue reading

As she has done for most of her time wearing a UConn uniform, senior Kelly Faris ’13 (CLAS) filled the statistics box during the women’s basketball team (25-2, 12-1 Big East) win over Seton Hall (9-18, 4-10) by a score of 90-30 on Saturday. Faris prefers to have her team compile wins, ignoring her own… continue reading

Lacrosse head coach Katie Woods and former men’s head basketball coach Hugh Greer ’26 (CANR) will be inducted as part of the inaugural class of the South Windsor High School Hall of Fame on March 2. Woods begins her third season as head coach on Saturday as the Huskies take on Iona at 1 p.m…. continue reading

Sprinter Darnell Cummings ’14 (ED) established a personal best 6.76 in the 60m dash in helping the men’s track and field team to win its ninth indoor Big East Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, last weekend. It was the Huskies’ 12th conference championship. Cummings was the only Husky to win an individual… continue reading

The Huskies held No.1 Baylor’s two All-Americans in check during the first half and ran up an 11-point lead that was surrendered in a hard-fought game, ending with No. 3 UConn’s second loss of the season, 76-70. Head coach Geno Auriemma said the Huskies need to mature to win such games by playing consistently throughout… continue reading

Geno Auriemma and Kim Mulkey are each known for speaking their mind. They do not discount the great interest in Monday’s nationally televised game at the XL Center in Hartford (9 p.m. ESPN 2, UConn IMG Sports Network, WHUS 91.7) between No. 1 Baylor (24-1,14-0 Big 12) and the No. 3 Huskies (24-1, 11-1 Big… continue reading

Swimmers from eight New England universities and colleges will join the Huskies on Saturday for the UConn Open, an opportunity to prepare for upcoming conference championship events in the next few weeks.  The event begins at 10 a.m. at the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium adjacent to Gampel Pavilion. In addition to UConn, participating teams include Assumption, Bentley… continue reading

In the final Big East game in a historic rivalry, UConn’s Band of Brothers upset No. 6 Syracuse 66-58 at the XL Center on Wednesday. “They trusted each other,” head coach Kevin Ollie ’95 (CLAS) said when asked how the Huskies held the Orange’s top scorer to 9 points and frustrated the vaunted Syracuse zone… continue reading

Thirty-three years of Big East history will end tonight at the XL Center with the final regular season game between the Huskies (16-6, 6-4 Big East) and No. 9 Syracuse (20-3, 8-2), which will join the Atlantic Coast Conference next season. The game is part of ESPN’s “Rivalry Week” and will air on ESPN and… continue reading

Three games turned into three wins for the Huskies on Sunday, despite travel problems due to the weekend snowstorm as both UConn basketball teams and the men’s ice hockey teams each won games. * Doug Bruno of DePaul is among the most experienced coaches in basketball, having led the Blue Demons’ women’s basketball team for… continue reading