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HAWKS TIDBIT: Carmen Villalobos, who returned to the Hawks after spending the 2020-21 season in Spain, recorded 10 points, seven rebounds and a career-high three assists against Sacred Heart on Wednesday.
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SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT WED. SUN. THU. SAT TUE. SUN WED. SUN TUE. FRI. WED. THU SUN. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SUN. FRI.
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TIME+/RESULT
SACRED HEART PENN AT HOUSTON BAPTIST AT SAM HOUSTON BROWN AT QUINNIPIAC AT PROVIDENCE NORTHEASTERN AT RHODE ISLAND AT CENTRAL CONN. UMASS UALBANY* AT STONY BROOK* MAINE* AT VERMONT* BINGHAMTON* UMASS LOWELL* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* AT UMASS LOWELL* NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT UALBANY* UMBC* NJIT* AT MAINE* STONY BROOK* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINALS^ AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
L, 62-71 2 PM 8 PM 4 PM 5 PM 1 PM 7 PM 1 PM 8:30 PM 7 PM 12 PM 5 PM 6:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 2 PM 6 PM 2 PM 7 PM 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 2 PM TBD TBD TBD
RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA AT REICH FAMILIY PAVILION) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED
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After falling in its season opener to Sacred Heart on Wednesday, the Hartford women’s basketball team looks to bounce back against Ivy League member Penn on Sunday. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 2 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Graduate student Abby Streeter scored a team-high 12 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Hawks dropped a 71-62 decision to Sacred Heart on Wednesday. Graduate student Jada Lucas (11 points) and junior Carmen Villalobos (10 points) joined Streeter in double figures.
SCOUTING PENN
Penn, which did not play during the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19, will hit the hardwood for the first time in 20 months on Sunday. The Quakers finished the 2019-20 season with a 20-7 record overall and a 10-4 mark in Ivy League play. Receiving
three first-place votes, Penn was picked to finish second in the Ivy League behind preaseason favorite Princeton. The Quakers are led by Kayla Padilla, who finished as the team’s leading scorer in 2019-20. The junior averaged 17.4 points per game on 41.0 percent shooting from the field.
SERIES HISTORY
Sunday marks the second time the Hawks and Quakers meet on the court, and the first meeting inside Reich Family Pavilion. Penn defeated Hartford, 74-46, in the inagural meeting in Philadelphia on Dec. 2, 2019. Villalobos recorded her first career double-double, finishing with 13 points and 10 rebounds. The Hawks are 32-41 all-time against opponents from the Ivy League.
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Hartford hits the road for two games in Texas. It marks the Hawks’ first trip to the Lone Star State. Hartford
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is set to visit Houston Baptist on Thursday before concluding the trip at Sam Houston State on Sunday.
FLOCKING TO THE BOARDS Hartford continued last season’s dominance on the glass Wednesday, securing 41 boards to outrebound Sacred Heart by 10. In the 2020-21 season, Hartford’s 37.7 rebounds per game were tied for second in the America East. The Hawks crashed the defensive glass, bringing down 26.7 per game to finish second in the conference. Hartford was also strong on the offensive glass, recording 11.0 per game to rank fifth in the league.
PROTECT THE NEST
Hartford had its best games inside Reich Family Pavilion last season, averaging 52.0 points in eight home games compared to 50.2 points in four road games.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E* RECORD
20-7
62.0
POINTS PER GAME
66.9
71.0
POINTS ALLOWED
54.1
41.0
REBOUNDS/GAME
39.5
.429
FG%
.405
.412
FG% DEFENSE
.339
.364
3-PT FG%
.324
.333
3-PT FG% DEF
.322
.545
FT%
.663
10.0
ASSISTS/GAME
14.7
20.0
TO/GAME
11.9
-9.0
TO MARGIN
+4.4
6.0
STEALS/GAME
8.3
BLOCKS/GAME
4.8
0-1
5.0
* - Penn numbers based on 2019-20 statistics
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Binghamton Stony Brook UAlbany UMBC Vermont Hartford Maine New Hampshire UMass Lowell NJIT
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-2
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000
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(0-1 OVERALL, 0-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
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Brittney-Shania Etuka Fr.
F
6-1
2
Lya Farcy
Sr.
G
5-8
Sucy-en-Brie, France/URI
3
Jada Lucas
Gr.
G
5-5
New London, Conn./New London
4 Brianna Williams
Fr.
F
6-1
Brampton, Ontario/Southwest Academy
5
Gr.
G
5-9
Kitchner, Ontario/Western Michigan
11 Paula Maurina
So.
F
6-0
Riga, Latvia/Riga State Gymnasium No.2
12 Nayeli Dowding
Fr.
G
5-5
Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin
13 Carmen Villalobos
Jr.
G/F
6-1
Cadiz, Spain/Segle XXI
14 Sophie Benharouga
So.
F
6-1
Sassenage France/Lycee Auguste et louis Lumiiere Lyon 8
15 Irene Primo
Jr.
G
5-4
Tres Cantos, Spain/Club Baloncesto Tres Cantos
23 Najla Cecunjanin
Fr.
F
6-1
Cromwell, Conn./Wilbraham Monson Academy
24 Marisa Lee
So.
F
6-1
Marlborough, Conn./RHAM
31 Abby Streeter
Gr.
G
5-11
Nahua, N.H./URI
32 Jabria Ingram
Sr.
G
5-8
Upper Darby, Pa./Newmann-Goretti
40 Sierra Smith
Sr.
F
6-0
Madison, Va./Saint Anne’s Belfield School
Nina Farkic
Brampton, Ontario/Word of Life Christian Academy
HEAD COACH MELISSA L. HODGDON - First Season (Third at Hartford) - Springfield ‘91
ASSISTANT COACHES AMANI FRANKLIN - First Season - Kentucky ‘10 HAILEE BARRON - Third Season - James Madison ‘18 JACKSON JABIR - First Season - Dayton ‘19 JANELLE HARRISON - First Season - Hartford ‘18 TALOR WILLIAMSON - First Season - Southern Conn. ‘19
PENN QUAKERS (0-0 OVERALL, 0-0 IVY LEAGUE)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 Jordan Obi
So.
F
6-1
Hometown/Last School Cupertino, Calif./Choate Rosemary Hall
2
Marianna Papazoglou Fr. G 5-10
3
Iyanna Rogers
Wildwood, N.J./Wildwood Catholic Academy
Fr.
F
6-1
Richmond, Va./Highland Springs
4 Kennedy Suttle
Sr.
F
6-0
Atlanta, Ga./Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
5
Stina Almqvist
Fr.
G
6-0
Kinna, Sweden/Marks Gymnasium
10 Mandy McGurk
Jr.
G
5-8
West Chester, Pa./Notre Dame de Namur
11 Lexy Calhoun
Fr.
G
5-8
Barrington, R.I./Harriton
12 Michaela Stanfield
So.
G
6-0
Needham, Mass./The Winsor School
14 Meg Hair
Sr.
G
6-0
Syracuse, N.Y./Jamesville-Dewitt
15 Nikola Kovacikova
Sr.
G
5-10 Krskany, Slovakia/St. Vincent de Paul Levica
20 Faye Parker
Jr.
C
6-3
Swampscott, Mass./Tabor Academy
21 Mia Lakstigala
Sr.
G
5-11
Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central
22 Sydnei Caldwell
Jr.
G
5-9 Franklin Lakes, N.J./Saddle River Day School
25 Silke Milliman
Jr.
F
6-1
32 Lizzy Groetsch
Fr.
G
5-11
Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny
45 Kayla Padilla
Jr.
G
5-9
Torrance, Calif./Bishop Montgomery
55 Sima Visockaite
Fr.
F
6-2
Kaunas, Lithuania/Long Island Lutheran
Hanover, N.H./Northfield Mount Hermon
HEAD COACH MIKE McLAUGHLIN - 12th Season - Holy Family ‘89
ASSISTANT COACHES KELLY KILLION - Eighth Season - Holy Family ‘08 ASHLEY ROBINSON - Third Season - Saint Joseph’s ‘13 KENDALL GRASELA - First Season - Penn ‘20 CHRISTINE WOODS - Sixth Season - Holy Family ‘10
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brittney-shania
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brianna
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nayeli
ETUKA
FR | FORWARD
WILLIAMS
FR | FORWARD
DOWDING
FR | GUARD
2
lya
5
nina
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FARCY
FARKIC
SR | GUARD
GR | GUARD
carmen
VILLALOBOS
JR | GUARD/FORWARD
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jada
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paula
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sophie BENHAROUGA
LUCAS
GR | GUARD
MAURINA
SO | FORWARD
SO | FORWARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
irene
15 PRIMO
31
najla
JR | GUARD
abby
STREETER
GR | GUARD
23 CECUNJANIN
FR | FORWARD
32
jabria
INGRAM
marisa
24 LEE
SO | FORWARD
sierra
SR | GUARD
40 SMITH
SR | FORWARD
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HARTFORD HAWKS
MELISSA L. HODGDON
AMANI FRANKLIN
HAILEE BARRON
JACKSON JABIR
JANELLE HARRISON
TALOR WILLIAMSON
HEAD COACH First Season (Third at Hartford)
ASSISTANT COACH First Season
ASSISTANT COACH First Season
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS First Season
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ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
GRADUATE ASSISTANT First Season
HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Basketball Combined Team Statistics AllM games 2021-22 T EA S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Record
Overall
ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
0-1 0-0 0-1
AMERICA EAST: 0-0 Team Box Score No. Player 31 STREETER, Abby 3 LUCAS, Jada
13 VILLALOBOS, Carmen 40 SMITH, Sierra
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie 5 FARKIC, Nina
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla 32 INGRAM, Jabria
11 MAURINA, Paula 24 LEE, Marisa
15 PRIMO, Irene
Team
OVERALL: 0-1
Home
Away
• 0-1 0-0 0-1
0-0 0-0 0-0
Neutral 0-0 0-0 0-0
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
•
HOME: 0-1
1st
13 AWAY: 0-0 16
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2nd 17 21
3rd
•
4th
OT
TOT
13 19 62 0 NEUTRAL: 0-0 15 19 71 0
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 1-0
21:56 21.9
1-1
27:23 27.4
1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0
3-6
.500
3-6
.500
3-4
.750
0
6
6
6.0
0
0
1
1
0
1
12 12.0
4-8
.500
2-3
.667
0-0
.000
2
5
7
7.0
3
0
3
2
1
1
10 10.0
24:59 25.0
5-13
19:26 19.4
4-4
1.000
3-7
.429
16:43 16.7 24:33 24.5 19:06 19.1 11:21 11.4 21:49 21.8 07:40 05:05
7.7 5.1
.385
3-5
.600
1-2
.500
1-4
.250
0-5
.000
0-1
.000
0-1
.000
1-7
.143
0-0
.000
1-2
.500
0-1
.000
1-1
1.000
0-1
.000
0-0
.000
0-0
.000
0-1
.000
0-0 1-2
.000 .500
1-1
1.000
0-0
.000
0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0
.000 .000 .250 .000 .000
0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
2 5 3 4 3 2 1 0 0 1
2 7 3 4 4 2 2 0 0 4
2.0 7.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
1 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
1 0 3 2 1 2 5 1 0 2
1
0 2
1
0
0 1
0 0
0 1
0 2
0
0
0
0
0
11 11.0 9
9.0
6
6.0
8 3 2 1 0 0
8.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Total
1
200
24-56
.429
8-22
.364
6-11
.545
9 32
41 41.0 17
0 10 20
5
6 62 62.0
Opponents
1
200
28-68
.412
9-27
.333
6-11
.545
10 21
31 31.0 12
0 14 11
2
5 71 71.0
Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin Field goals-att Field goal pct
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game
HART 62 62.0 -9.0
28-68 .412
6-11 .545 6.0
6-11 .545 6.0
8-22 .364 8.0
41 41.0 +10.0
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio
20 20.0 -9.0 0.5
Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
71 71.0 -
24-56 .429
Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
OPP
10 10.0
6 6.0 5 5.0 0 0
363 1-363 -
Team Results Date
11/10/2021
Opponent
Sacred Heart
L
62-71
Score
Att.
363
9-27 .333 9.0
31 31.0 14 14.0 11 11.0 1.3 5 5.0 2 2.0
-
0 0-0 0-0
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HODGDON Melissa L. Hodgdon was named head coach of the Hartford women’s basketball team in April 2021. She enters her third season on the Hawks’ coaching staff, as she was previously the program’s top assistant coach for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. Hodgdon arrived at Hartford in 2020 after a successful 16-year run as head coach of the women’s basketball team at Wheaton College, where she led the Lyons to 20-or-more wins in three seasons. Taking over the helm of the Lyons for the 2003-04 season, she piloted the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years in 200708 campaign after the team captured the program’s first New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Regular Season and Tournament titles. Winning a then school-record 12 conference games that year, Hodgdon was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year. Hodgdon went on to bring Wheaton back to the NEWMAC Championship Game the following year, in 2008-09. During each of Hodgdon’s first five seasons, the Lyons continuously improved upon their win total from the previous year. In 2006-07, she coached Wheaton to the program’s first-ever appearance in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament Championship Game. Prior to her arrival at Wheaton, Hodgdon served as the top assistant for the women’s basketball program at Holy Cross for four seasons. During her stint, the Crusaders captured three Patriot League championships, advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament three times (1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03), and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) once (2001-02).
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At Holy Cross, Hodgdon was responsible for all phases of recruiting, while also playing an integral role in the program’s scouting, court preparation and bench coaching.
MELISSA HODGDON’S PATH TO HARTFORD HARTFORD ASSISTANT COACH 2019-21 WHEATON COLLEGE HEAD COACH 2003-2019 HOLY CROSS ASSISTANT COACH 1999-03 NIAGARA ASSISTANT COACH 1997-99 NEW HAMPSHIRE ASSISTANT COACH 1994-97 WENTWORTH HEAD COACH 1992-94 FRAMINGHAM STATE ASSISTANT COACH 1991-92
Hodgdon arrived at Holy Cross following two seasons as an assistant coach at Niagara. Prior to Niagara, she spent three years as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire, including two seasons as the top assistant. Hodgdon began her coaching career in 1991 at Framingham State, where she served as an assistant for one year before taking over the head coaching reigns at Wentworth Institute of Technology for two seasons. In her second year at Wentworth, she guided the Leopards to their most successful season in the program’s nine years to that point. In addition to her contributions to the collegiate varsity coaching circuit, Hodgdon has served in other capacities, including coaching recreational women’s volleyball at New Hampshire in 1994 and working as the equipment and facilities manager at Wentworth. While working at Framingham State and Wentworth, she was also employed at Newton Country Day School from 1991-93. Hodgdon is a 1991 graduate of Springfield College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in health education with a minor in psychology. She later received a master’s degree in school counseling from Niagara. A native of East Boothbay, Maine, she was a standout women’s basketball player for four years at Springfield. Named team MVP and captain twice, Hodgdon still holds Springfield’s single-game assists record.
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