Commentary: UFL Football, The Hartford Colonials

by David F.P. (All images used on a fair use basis. Those images are copyright the UFL) At 2:30pm on September 18th, the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League will kick off their season at Rentschler Field against the Sacramento Mountain Lions. There has been a great deal of buzz about the team’s arrival [...]

Men’s Basketball: UConn 75, St. John’s 59

By David F.P. HARTFORD, CT- In the midst of a losing streak and without their hall of fame head coach, the UConn Huskies took the court against Big East foe, the St. John’s Red Storm. St. John’s had plenty of good wins to their credit coming into the night and there was certainly plenty of [...]

UConn tops Yale in Women’s Hockey Saturday to take Nutmeg Classic.

By David F.P. 11-29-09 NEW HAVEN, CT- After victories the night before, the UConn Huskies and Yale Bulldogs would be opposing each other for the Nutmeg Classic crown. It would be on Yale’s home turf of Ingalls Rink, but due to the thanksgiving holiday, very few Yale fans were in attendance leading to the UConn [...]

Boston College ties UConn Women’s Hockey

By David F.P. November 22, 2009 (Short version of the report.) (Note, this report was published a week late.) STORRS, CT- The Boston College Eagles, long time rivals of the UConn Huskies for reasons on and off the playing surface, arrived in Connecticut on a November 14th and the two teams held each other scoreless [...]

Providence ties Connecticut in Women’s Hockey, wins shootout.

By David F.P. STORRS, CT-The Providence Friars, coached by Bob Deraney, made the trek down to from RI to take on the Connecticut Huskies, coached by Heather Linstad, on a sunday afternoon, and both teams battled to a 1-1 tie, resulting in a shootout which Providence won. Shootout victories only count in conference standings, not [...]

West Virginia defeats Connecticut 3 sets to 1 in Volleyball Friday Night

By David F. P. STORRS, CT- The West Virginia Mountaineers made the trip up to Connecticut to take on the Huskies on their home turf friday night, but before the game commenced, all present took a moment of silence in honor slain UConn football player Jasper Howard. This match marks the beginning of the Huskies [...]

Mercyhurst at Connecticut Women’s Ice Hockey 1-17-09

STORRS, CT- The night before the Connecticut Huskies had picked up the win over the Lakers from Mercyhurst, but this afternoon would be different as the Lakers picked up a 5-2 victory over the Huskies at the Freitas Ice Forum. For the first ten minutes of the game, both teams were battling back and forth [...]

South Florida Volleyball visits Connecticut for the U of C’s Senior Day.

by David F.P. STORRS, CT (November 9, 2008)  The Connecticut Huskies sent off Seniors Megan Frey and Lorelle Schaub before action began with a tribute and then set to work to take on the Bulls from South Florida. USF was introduced with each starter being encircled by her teammates until her name was called.  As [...]

Connecticut vs. Villanova Vball

Sorry for the delay.  A more detailed post will come later. Connecticut defeated Villanova in 3 straight sets on Sunday. More details to come.  Things are really behind now but should be stabilized soon.

Rutgers and Connecticut face off in a Big East Volleyball Clash

By David F.P. 10-12-08 The Scarlet Knights from Rutgers made their way up to Storrs to take on the awaiting Huskies in Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies were more than happy to welcome them and set 1 started simply enough with a Chauntay Mickens blast off the touch for a  U of C point, but following [...]