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Women’s Volleyball: Hartford sweeps Providence on Senior Night.
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery]
Programs from the first career home match and last career home match for Hartford's Seniors
WEST HARTFORD, CT- The Providence College Friars came down from scenic Rhode Island to take on the Hartford Hawks Friday night. For the U of H it was senior night, as the last home meet honored four seniors, Michelle Cordell, Danielle Etta, Lindsay Makowicki, and Sydney Scott who had all made numerous contributions to the team throughout their careers. Cordell and Etta are starters in the 2011 campaign but Makowicki and Scott got plenty of playing time in the past few years as well.
Once the ceremonies had passed it was time for business and the Hawks sent their seniors off with a 3 set win over the visiting Friars, 25-20, 25-22, and 25-21 for the sweep.
Women’s Volleyball: Hartford and CCSU go 5 sets.
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery]
NEW BRITAIN, CT- The Hartford Hawks and Central Connecticut State Blue Devils sit fairly close to each other separated only by a drive across a Hartford suburb creating a logical reason to face off often. On this evening Linda Sagnelli’s CCSU team would find Don Ferguson’s visiting squad taking them to five sets, after the Devils lead 2-0 to open things up. In the decisive fifth set Central would hold on to take the set and match in front of a pretty energetic crowd at Detrick Gym.
Women’s Volleyball: Hartford and Binghamton go 5 sets.
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery Here]
WEST HARTFORD, CT- The Hartford Hawks hosted the Binghamton Bearcats Sunday afternoon at the Reich Family Pavilion Auxiliary Gym and after pulling out to a 2-0 set lead, found the Bearcats coming back to tie the match at 2-2. Set 5 proved to go largely the Hawks way and Don Ferguson’s squad picked up a rare win over Glenn Kiriyama’s Binghamton program.
Set 1 was a back and forth until Hartford was up 14-13. The Hawks then went on a run to pull ahead to 19-13. The two teams traded points but this was to Hartford’s advantage. With U of H up 24-19, the Bearcats picked up two more points, before Hartford picked up the set win 25-21.
Women’s Volleyball: Albany at Hartford
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery]
WEST HARTFORD, CT- The Albany Great Danes traveled up to Hartford to take on the Hawks. At 4-0 in the America East and with a resume of victories over numerous teams out of conference it was clear the Great Danes would be a tough opponent and they did take the match in 3 sets. However after a relatively quick 25-15 set 1 win the the Danes had a tougher fight to a 25-17 win in set 2. Set 3 found the Hawks in the lead a few times and ended with a narrow 25-22 win.
In set 1, Albany pulled out to an 8-2 lead and turned that into 15-8, and then 20-11, making a comeback difficult. Hartford would actually nearly trade point for point after that but it was too late to stave off the set loss. Offense for the Great Danes included an early kill from Traci Vandegrift, Gabby Whitworth got in on the scoring, and soon afterward tapped the ball over the front line, Vandegrift next hammered the ball in later, Casey Wright picked up a kill and not look after another, and another after that, Samantha Brostrom also had a kill early on, later Vandegrift added another kill off the defenders out of play. Much later Dunja Prgomet and Wright shared a block, and Wright and Brooke Stanley then shared one as well. Wright would end the set with a kill.
Women’s Volleyball: Hartford edges UMBC
By David F.P. [Modest Image Gallery]
WEST HARTFORD, CT- The University of Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers had a very impressive win streak going, only losing to the Hartford Hawks once in their history of meetings. At times it looked like each team was going to put the other away, but the two teams fought to a 2-2 tie after 4 sets, leading to a decisive fifth set which the Hawks largely dominated to pull out to a lead and hold it before an energetic crowd at the Auxiliary Gym (“The Aux” as I’ve taken to call it) Friday night.
