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NUMBER 40 POSITION FORWARD HEIGHT 6-0 YEAR SENIOR MAJOR PSYCHOLOGY
HAWKS TIDBIT: Sierra Smith, who
is Hartford’s active leader in rebounds with 452 career boards, averages 6.7 rebounds per game to lead the Hawks and rank sixth in the America East.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT WED. SUN. THU. SAT TUE. SUN WED. SUN WED. FRI. WED. THU SUN. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SUN. FRI.
11/10 11/14 11/18 11/20 11/23 11/28 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/17 12/22 12/30 1/2 1/5 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/19 1/22 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/5 2/9 2/12 2/16 2/19 2/23 2/26 3/2 3/8 3/11
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 L, 42-85 L, 56-81 L, 65-88 L, 68-72 L, 64-113 L, 62-73 L, 53-73 L, 49-84 L, 50-73 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
ON THE DOCKET
The Hartford women’s basketball team returns to Reich Family Pavilion for its final non-conference game of the season against UMass.
LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Paula Maurina finished with a team-high 10 points as the Hawks dropped a 74-50 decision at Central Connecticut last Friday. Sophomore Marisa Lee added eight points and a team-high six rebounds off the bench.
per contest. The Minutewomen, who are coming off an appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship game, were picked to finish sixth in the Atlantic 10 Coach’s Preseason Poll.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and UMass meet for the 17th time in both teams’ Division I histories on Wednesday. UMass has won three of the last four meetings, including the most recent outing in Amherst on Nov. 17, 2019, as the Minutewomen took home a 74-48 victory. UMass SCOUTING UMASS UMass enters Wednesday’s contest holds a 9-7 advantage in the alltime series, but the Hawks have a on a two-game winning streak 4-3 edge in games played in West after defeating Columbia (87-75) Hartford. and Vermont (68-63) on Sunday. The Minutewomen, who are 11-2 on NEXT ON TAP the season, are led by Sam Breen. After the holiday break, Hartford The graduate student averages remains home to begin America 17.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per East Conference play against game. Sydney Taylor trails Breen UAlbany on Thursday, Dec. 30. in scoring, putting up 15.8 points Tipoff from Reich Family Pavilion per game, while Destiney Philoxy averages 11.5 points and 5.1 assists is set for 5 p.m.
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THREE-POINT SNIPERS
After making 4.8 threes per game last season, Hartford has vastly improved its threepoint shooting in 2021-22. The Hawks average 7.0 threepointers per game to lead the America East and rank 84th in the nation. Hartford has also improved its shooting efficiency from three-point range, as it is shooting 28.3 percent in 2021-22, compared to 25.3 percent last season.
DYNAMIC DUO
Graduate students Abby Streeter and Jada Lucas have had hot starts to their 2021-22 campaigns. Streeter leads the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game, while Lucas ranks second, dropping 10.4 points per game. The pair account for 36.4 percent of the Hawks points this season.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 0-10
RECORD
11-2
57.1
POINTS PER GAME
73.7
81.3
POINTS ALLOWED
62.9
39.2
REBOUNDS/GAME
44.3
.332
FG%
.424
.450
FG% DEFENSE
.379
.283
3-PT FG%
.327
.364
3-PT FG% DEF
.331
.596
FT%
.652
10.5
ASSISTS/GAME
14.0
21.2
TO/GAME
14.2
-5.5
TO MARGIN
+1.5
7.8
STEALS/GAME
7.2
2.6
BLOCKS/GAME
3.2
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Stony Brook UAlbany Vermont NJIT Binghamton UMass Lowell New Hampshire Maine UMBC Hartford
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 9-1 5-4 5-5 5-6 4-5 3-5 3-6 3-7 1-9 0-10
.900 .556 .500 .455 .444 .375 .333 .300 .100 .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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(0-10 OVERALL, 0-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
1
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
UMASS MINUTEWOMEN (11-2 OVERALL, 0-0 ATLANTIC 10))
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
1 Sydney Taylor
Jr.
G
5-9
Huntington Station, N.Y./St. Anthony’s
2
Alexzeya Brooks
Fr.
G
5-9
Endicott, N.Y./Westtown School
3
Destiney Philoxy
Sr.
G
5-7
Queens, N.Y./South Shore
5
Makennah White
So.
F
6-2
Farrel, Pa./West Middlesex
11 Damoni Tucker
Fr.
G
5-6
New York, N.Y./South Shore
15 Natousha Harden
Fr.
C
6-4
New London, Conn./Springfield Commonwealth Acad.
21 Aisha Dabo
Fr.
F
6-1
22 Shavonne Smith
Sr.
G
5-11
Pembertown Township, N.J./Towson
23 Ber’nyah Mayo
So.
G
5-6
Wilmington, Del./St. Elizabeth
30 Angelique Ngalakulondi Jr.
F
6-2
Manchester, N.H./Proctor Academy
33 Michelle Pruitt
Gr.
F
5-11
Chicago, Ill./UTEP
34 Sam Breen
Gr.
F
6-1
44 Stefanie Kulesza
Fr.
G
5-11
Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central
Gibsonia, Pa./Penn State Wilmington, Del./Conrad Schools of Science
HEAD COACH TORY VERDI - Sixth Season - Keene State '96
ASSISTANT COACHES MIKE LEFLAR - Fourth Season - Boston College '02 LYNNE-ANN KOKOSKI - Third Season - Bryant '08 CASSANDRA CALLAWAY - Second Season - UAlbany '12 JESSICA GEORGE - Second Season - UMass '19
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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
13
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
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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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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
0-10 0-0 0-10
AMERICA EAST: 0-0 Team Box Score No. Player 31 STREETER, Abby 3 LUCAS, Jada
11 MAURINA, Paula 5 FARKIC, Nina
GP-GS 10-8 10-6
MIN
255:59 25.6
15 PRIMO, Irene
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla 4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Team
.398
16-39
.410
261:04 26.1
34-94
10-9
213:02 21.3
7-1
99:45 14.2
98:17 19.7
10-1
12 DOWDING, Nayeli
35-88
10-9
5-3
6-0 8-0
10-2 10-1 1-0 6-0
128:57 12.9 67:19 11.2 67:32
8.4
120:01 12.0 131:41 13.2 00:06 19:47
0-0 0-0 0-0
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
HOME: 0-4
40-130
24 LEE, Marisa
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
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Neutral
0-6 0-0 0-6
234:51 23.5
10-10 301:41 30.2
32 INGRAM, Jabria
Away
0-4 0-0 0-4
•
1st
2nd
0.1 3.3
16-73 19-41 14-32 10-29 7-27 6-17 8-26 5-31 0-0 0-7
.308
29-67
.433
8-10
.800
1-6
.167
15-23
.652
.212
17-24
14-62
.362
3-18
.463
0-2
.219 .438 .345
.226 .167
7-33
.000
1-2
0-2
.000
.429
.161
3-15
.000 .000
4-17
.235 .200
0-0
.000
0-2
.000
1-2 4-7 0-0 0-0
2.4
4
11
15
3.0
7
29
1.000
6-14
24
.333
.708
1-1
1-4
19
16
.111
.353 .308
5-15
5
.667
12-19
1.000
1-9
10-15
.500
.500
1-1
.259
7-14
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
130 121 147 173 571 0 AWAY:213 0-6 192 215 193 813 0 0-0 • NEUTRAL:
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
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.632 .250 .500 .571 .000 .000
19 10
4
15 30 37 38 12
7
5
11
4
4
4
6
22 46 56 67 22 11 16 10
8
4
16
20
0
8
8
0 37
0
30
0
67
PF DQ
2.2 4.6 5.6 6.7 2.2 1.6
13
0
12
1
15 10 26 34 18
9
2.7
11
0.8
12
0.0
0
1.3 2.0 1.3
7 6 5
A
0
13
0
26
4
7
0 0
2
0 0 0 0
13
3
24 23
4
0
0
20
21
10
21 31
6
0 0
TO BLK STL PTS AVG
4
18
9
2
18
4
10
0
0
8
5
9
1
1 6
5 107 10.7
0
15 101 10.1
1
12
5
10
9 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
0
48
9.6
21
56
5.6
1 6 1 1 3 3 0 0
81 43 41 22 16 19 20 17
0 0
8.1 4.3 4.1 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.7
0.0 0.0
Total
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2000
210-634 .331
70-248
.282 81-136
.596 148 244 392 39.2 178
5 105 211 26
Opponents
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2000
294-653 .450
88-242
.364 137-194
.706 139 293 432 43.2 150
0 161 157 50 109 813 81.3
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 Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
HART 571 57.1 -24.2
OPP
813 81.3 -
210-634 .331
294-653 .450
81-136 .596 8.1
137-194 .706 13.7
105 10.5
161 16.1
70-248 .282 7.0
392 39.2 -4.0
211 21.1 -5.4 0.5 78 7.8 26 2.6 0 0
941 4-235 -
88-242 .364 8.8
Team Results Date
11/10/2021 11/14/2021 11/18/2021 11/20/2021 11/23/2021 11/28/2021 12/01/2021 12/05/2021 12/08/2021 12/17/2021
Opponent
Sacred Heart Penn at Houston Baptist at Sam Houston Brown at Quinnipiac at Providence Northeastern at Rhode Island at Central Conn. St.
L L L L L L L L L L
62-71 42-85 56-81 65-88 68-72 64-113 62-73 53-73 49-84 50-73
78 571 57.1
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545
432 43.2 -
157 15.7 1.0 109 10.9 50 5.0
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2073 6-346 0-0
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melissa l.
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 L. 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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