Behind a school record 27 assists and 53 percent shooting from the floor, the Hartford women’s basketball team dismantled UMBC 85-45 for their 12th consecutive victory on Tuesday night. The winning streak is tied for the third longest in the nation. The Hawks (19-3, 10-0 America East) saw four players
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Tied at 36 in an epic America East showdown with first place on the line, the Hartford women’s basketball team found themselves with the ball in the closing seconds on the road at Vermont, a team which eliminated them from championship contention a year ago. The Hawks couldn’t have scripted
The University of Hartford women's basketball stormed back from a 13-point halftime deficit on the road Tuesday night to claim a 68-53 win over instate rival and the defending NEC champions Sacred Heart. The Hawks shot 68 percent in the second half en route to outscoring the Pioneers 47-19 in the period.
Last March the Louisville Cardinals caught their stride and soared all the way into the national championship game. On Tuesday, it was the Hawks who caught theirs, soaring past the #19/23 ranked Cardinals to a 62-50 victory at Chase Arena and extending their streak of knocking off a ranked opponent to a 5th consecutive season.
Two years ago Hartford women's basketball cruised to a conference championship and came within one game of a trip to the Sweet 16. Last season didn't end as pretty, as the Hawks fell in the semi-finals of the America East championship and lost in the second round of the WNIT, both of those losses taking place on the Hawks' home court.
"That's the great thing about the America East is that it's so competitive," said Binghamton women's coach Nicole Scholl.,As 15 of the 18 men's and women's head basketball coaches gathered among local media at the state capitol in downtown Hartford last week for the America East preseason media day, one
Over 2,000 University of Hartford students came pouring into the Chase Family Arena last Friday night to help the men's and women's basketball teams kick off their 2009-2010 campaigns. Midnight Mania, an annual event on campus, is a chance for fans to see their basketball teams for the first time and get prizes and give-aways.
The University of Hartford women's soccer team fell at home to conference foe New Hampshire on Sunday, suffering a 2-1 loss at Al-Marzook field. The Hawks used a late goal in the final minute of the game to make things interesting, but it was not enough as they fell to 4-6-2 overall and 0-1-1 in America East play.
"We are trying to move forward and this is a great start," said sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Brodeur, who finished with five saves for Hartford and picked up her eighth career shutout.,The University of Hartford women's soccer team finished with five shutout wins a season ago. They picked up their second
The University of Hartford men's and women's cross-country teams competed this weekend in the first ever Hartford Hawks Riverfront Cross Country Invitational this weekend. The men's team finished first, while the women ended the day with a second place finish in their respective events.
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