Stefanie Dolson

After 3rd Loss To Irish, Auriemma Told Players He'd Show Them How To Win A National Title

2013-04-10 13:52:00

Sometime after her emotional embrace with Geno Auriemma at New Orleans Arena Monday, UConn's Kelly Faris, her distinguished career complete, addressed the media. She was asked about her team's about-face after its loss to Notre Dame in the Big East...

Huskies Top Louisville 93-60 For National Championship

2013-04-09 21:42:00

After all the years and countless milestones, it's hardly possible for UConn to bounce a pass anymore without making history. Geno Auriemma, the master craftsman, and his series of master classes, have become to their sport what Howard Johnson was to...

Hammond Has No Regrets Selecting Louisville Over UConn

2013-04-08 15:09:55

— Recruiting can be an exhausting process for program and player. Sometimes a UConn recruit decides right away, the way Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis did. Sometimes players wait and decide to go someplace else, like Diamond DeShields and Xylina McDaniel...

UConn Women Will Win This One, In First 39 Minutes

2013-04-07 00:00:00

They won't win this one in the last minute. They won't have to. This time, the UConn women will win it in the first 39. Doris Burke, ESPN's lead analyst, had a question Saturday at the network's Final Four media conference. And it was a good one....

Auriemma Says Whatever He Can (To Anyone) To Motivate Players

2013-04-06 15:41:00

Muffet McGraw tries not to read many of the things that Geno Auriemma says because they are friendly — and she'd like to keep it that way. As the sport learned from the Pat-Geno saga, sometimes mutual goals have a way of getting in the way of a...

The Irish Over The Huskies

2013-04-06 05:05:17

UConn defeated Notre Dame in the 2012 Big East tournament final, but starting with the 2011 NCAA Tournament semifinals, the Huskies have had a rough stretch. A look at the Irish wins in the 2011 and 2012 national semifinals and the three games played this...

After Slump, UConn's Breanna Stewart Heads To Final Four On A Roll

2013-04-06 00:00:00

Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine the outline of the prototypical female athlete. Notice the musculature in the legs, upper body and shoulders, how the frame flows in sync when she runs and jumps. Now open your eyes. Look at Breanna Stewart. "I...

UConn's Geno Auriemma Says Huskies Could Not Have Played Better In Last Two NCAA Games

2013-04-03 20:13:00

UConn coach Geno Auriemma can't deny that one of the top stories of this season's Final Four is the task the Huskies face in Sunday's national semifinal in New Orleans. Yes, the Huskies have to play Notre Dame, a team that's beaten them three straight...

UConn Puts The Hammer Down, Earns Sixth Straight Trip To Final Four

2013-04-01 21:36:00

What's basketball without hope that the stars might align to make it possible for the virtually impossible to occur? They did in Oklahoma City on Sunday night when Louisville, almost a 30-point underdog, dethroned defending national champion Baylor with...

UConn Efficiently Handles DePaul; On To Semis

2013-03-10 20:33:00

HARTFORD — Kelly Faris is as impervious to pain as she is to personal recognition. That was quite clear Sunday at the XL Center as UConn began play in its final Big East tournament, beating DePaul, 94-61. Last Monday at Notre Dame, she pushed...

Irish Have Huskies' Number Again, 96-87 (3 OT)

2013-03-04 19:35:00

First, it was an aberration. Then it was a coincidence. By the end of last year it was definitely a trend. Come Monday, it had become a legitimate annoyance. Notre Dame's success against UConn had made its point. Losing five of six over the past three...

UConn Tops South Florida, 85-51

2013-03-02 14:45:00

Before UConn could think about Monday and Notre Dame it had to focus on Saturday and South Florida. And for the first 15 minutes at the Sun Dome, that required rubbing slumber from its eyes. The noon tipoff came less than 14 hours after the team's...

It was Husky Day at the state Capitol Wednesday and athletes from the UConn men's and women's basketball teams and football team visited the Capitol for a ceremony on the first floor.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

UConn center Stefanie Dolson, a junior, reacts as teammate Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis jokes at a groundbreaking ceremony that Dolson will never get to use UConn's new basketball development center being built on the site of the former Memorial Stadium because she will graduate before the facility is

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Stefanie Dolson engages with the crowd as the UConn women returned to Connecticut Wednesday afternoon.

2013-04-10 00:00:00