The other UConn juggernaut - field hockey

[HuskyNan]

Ranked #4 - kickin’ butts and breakin’ hearts

http://dailycampus.com/stories/2019/9/22/field-hockeynbsphuskies-crush-quinnipiacnbspstun-princeton-in-otnbsp

 

[Beemer]

Wooooooooooooo!

 

[DefenseBB]

Ranked #4 - kickin’ butts and breakin’ hearts

http://dailycampus.com/stories/2019/9/22/field-hockeynbsphuskies-crush-quinnipiacnbspstun-princeton-in-otnbsp

Ah men, sister, Ah men! Another UConn Women's juggernaut....

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Were they champions in Stef and Bria's 40-0 final year?

 

[MilfordHusky]

Were they champions in Stef and Bria's 40-0 final year?

Yes, they won in 2014. And 4 other times, including 2017. Same calendar year, different academic years.

UConn Huskies field hockey - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[RockyMTblue2]

There as actually a 4th potential juggernaut on the rise: Women's Soccer. In October 2017 legendary head coach Len Tantris retired after 37 years during which he lead the program to 31 NCAA Tournaments, including 26 straight from 1982-2007. He retired with the 2d most wins in Div. I. history and only the second coach to win 500 games (1 being of course Anson Dorrance of UNC). He lead the program to eight-straight Elite Eight appearances spanning from 1993 to 2000. Former All American and Associate Head Coach Margaret Rodriguez, an elite national star while playing at UConn and was picked 64th in the WUSA draft, playing 4 years. In 1997, she helped lead the Huskies to the National Championship game. While an assistant coach the Huskies won 114 games, made five NCAA tournament appearances and won a pair of American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships. Fair to say the last two seasons have been uneven, E.g.: What’s Wrong with UConn Women’s Soccer?
But they are 5-0 and have some very good scoring firepower on the roster. The last win, Saturday, was a 92 minute overtime win, 2-1 over the UMass Lowell River Hawks, in which "Kess Elmore #7 scored from roughly 40 yards (!) out. "

Momentum is big in all team sports and this team may be ready to make a national run.

 

[Chinokafor]

The women's soccer team is 4-3-1, not 5-0. If you see a "potential juggernaut" there, you have Diaco-level optimism.

 

[CL82]

The women's soccer team is 4-3-1, not 5-0. If you see a "potential juggernaut" there, you have Diaco-level optimism.

Men's soccer has a better claim to that, notwithstanding their annual post season swoon.

 

[dbmill]

There as actually a 4th potential juggernaut on the rise: Women's Soccer. In October 2017 legendary head coach Len Tantris retired after 37 years during which he lead the program to 31 NCAA Tournaments, including 26 straight from 1982-2007. He retired with the 2d most wins in Div. I. history and only the second coach to win 500 games (1 being of course Anson Dorrance of UNC). He lead the program to eight-straight Elite Eight appearances spanning from 1993 to 2000. Former All American and Associate Head Coach Margaret Rodriguez, an elite national star while playing at UConn and was picked 64th in the WUSA draft, playing 4 years. In 1997, she helped lead the Huskies to the National Championship game. While an assistant coach the Huskies won 114 games, made five NCAA tournament appearances and won a pair of American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships. Fair to say the last two seasons have been uneven, E.g.: What’s Wrong with UConn Women’s Soccer?
But they are 5-0 and have some very good scoring firepower on the roster. The last win, Saturday, was a 92 minute overtime win, 2-1 over the UMass Lowell River Hawks, in which "Kess Elmore #7 scored from roughly 40 yards (!) out. "

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Momentum is big in all team sports and this team may be ready to make a national run.

The women's soccer team is 4-3-1, not 5-0. If you see a "potential juggernaut" there, you have Diaco-level optimism.

I've been following UConn women's soccer for a number of years now, although it is tougher now since WHUS radio has not carried their games the last couple of seasons. The women's soccer program hit rock bottom last season when they won only 4 games. They look like a bit of a better team than last season, but they have lost to teams like Brown and Harvard this season, so there is plenty of improvement needed before they can be called a good team. I suspect that they will struggle to get a sixth place finish in the AAC, which would put them in the AAC post season tournament. Not at all sure that they can do that.