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NUMBER 3 POSITION GUARD HEIGHT 5-5 YEAR GRAD STUDENT MAJOR PSYCHOLOGY
HAWKS TIDBIT: Jada Lucas, who ranks second on the team with 11.3 points per game, is the only active member of the team that has reached the 600-point milestone, achieving the feat against Sam Houston earlier this season.
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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 1 PM 6 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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The Hartford women’s basketball team returns to Reich Family Pavilion for a matchup against regional foe Northeastern. The Hawks are looking to buck a sevengame skid.
by Kendall Currence. The senior guard averages 13.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Claudia Soriano compliments Currence in the backcourt as Northeastern’s playmaker, dishing out 32 assists while tallying 30 steals this season.
LAST TIME OUT
SERIES HISTORY
Graduate student Abby Streeter scored a career-high 18 points as the Hawks fell, 73-62, at Providence on Wednesday. Graduate student Nina Farkic tied her career high of 13 points while classmate Jada Lucas rounded out Hartford’s double-digit scorers with 11 points.
SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN Northeastern enters Sunday’s contest on a two-game winning streak after defeating Boston University (53-45) on Wednesday and Central Michigan (63-57) last Friday. The Huskies, who are 5-2 on the season, are led
Hartford and Northeastern meet for the 44th time in both teams’ Division I histories on Sunday. The sides last met in Boston on Dec. 14, 2019, with Northeastern taking home a 60-47 victory. The Hawks have won three of the last four meetings between the sides. Northeastern holds a slim 11-10 advantage in games played inside Reich Family Pavilion.
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Hartford returns to the road for its final two non-conference games away from West Hartford. The Hawks head back to Rhode Island to face URI on Wednesday (Dec.
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T AL E O F T H E T A P E
SWIPE SPECIALISTS
The Hawks have wrecked havoc on opposing ball handlers this season. The team records 7.71 steals per game to rank fourth in the America East. Junior Carmen Villalobos and Lucas are each tied for sixth in the conference with a team-best 1.9 steals per game.
JADA’S A GEM
Lucas ranks second on the team in scoring on the young season (11.3 ppg) after leading the Hawks in 2020-21. She has netted double figures in all but one game this season. Lucas, scored her 600th career point against Sam Houston, is the only player on the current roster to reach that milestone.
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RECORD
5-2
59.9
POINTS PER GAME
61.7
83.3
POINTS ALLOWED
52.3
40.4
REBOUNDS/GAME
32.4
.339
FG%
.432
.450
FG% DEFENSE
.362
.288
3-PT FG%
.308
.382
3-PT FG% DEF
.221
.623
FT%
.653
11.0
ASSISTS/GAME
12.7
22.4
TO/GAME
18.4
-6.5
TO MARGIN
+2.3
7.7
STEALS/GAME
10.4
2.9
BLOCKS/GAME
2.3
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Stony Brook Binghamton New Hampshire UMass Lowell NJIT UAlbany Vermont Maine UMBC Hartford
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 7-0 3-3 3-3 3-3 4-4 2-3 2-4 2-5 1-5 0-7
1.000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .400 .333 .286 .167 .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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(0-7 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
NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES (5-2 OVERALL, 0-0 CAA))
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
1 Kendall Currence
Sr.
G
5-8
Bourne, Mass./Falmouth Academy
2
Lizzy Larsen
So.
F
6-1
Hatfield, Pa./Archbishop Wood
3
Donna Ntambue
So.
G
5-9
Montreal, Quebec/Utah
5
Century McCartney
Jr.
G
5-11
Bronx, N.Y./Holy Cross
10 Emily Calabrese
Gr.
F
6-0
Wyckoff, N.J./St. Bonaventure
12 Camille Clement
Fr.
G
5-8
Cumberland, Maine/Greely
13 Katie May
Sr.
G
5-8
Rydal, Pa./Archbishop Wood
14 Amyrah Sapenter
So.
G
5-8
Newton, Conn./Newtown
15 Anna Boruta
Jr.
G
5-10
21 Leyla Ozturk
So.
F
6-1
Berlin, Germany/Schiller Gymnasium
22 Maddie Vizza
So.
G
5-6
Southampton, Pa./Germantown Academy
23 Gemima Motema
Fr.
G
5-9
Portland, Maine/Portland
24 Asha Parker
Fr.
F
6-2
Milford, Conn./Northfield Mount Hermon
25 Claudia Soriano
Fr.
G
5-7
Barcelona, Spain/Jesuites Gracia Collegi Kostka
30 Sammie Martin
Jr.
F
6-1
Sudbury, Ontario/Southwest Academy
Vienna, Austria/BG & BRG Boerhaaregasse
HEAD COACH BRIDGETTE MITCHELL - First Season - Duke '10
ASSISTANT COACHES KETURAH JACKSON - First Season - Duke '09 ALEX VARLAN - First Season - Tennessee '13 AMANDA VANZEBEN - First Season - UNLV '06
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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
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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
AMERICA EAST: 0-0 Team Box Score No. Player 31 STREETER, Abby 3 LUCAS, Jada
11 MAURINA, Paula 5 FARKIC, Nina
13 VILLALOBOS, Carmen 40 SMITH, Sierra
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
24 LEE, Marisa
15 PRIMO, Irene
32 INGRAM, Jabria
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla 12 DOWDING, Nayeli
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania 4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
Team
GP-GS
MIN
Away
•
0-3 0-0 0-3
180:03 25.7
4-3
83:11 20.8
.443
22-47
.468
12-32
.375
1-5
7-7
179:25 25.6
24-65
7-6
154:50 22.1
7-0 7-1 5-0 7-1 5-0 3-0 1-0
212:25 30.3 63:42 12.7 68:14
9.7
74:08 10.6 69:09 13.8
102:13 14.6 31:03
6.2
00:06
0.1
08:39
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
27-61
31-101
5-0
0-0 0-0 0-0
HOME: 0-3
172:53 24.7
7-7
Neutral
0-4 0-0 0-4
•
1st
2nd
2.9
12-49 17-31 7-25 5-14 6-16 4-17 4-26 2-8 0-1 0-0
.307 .369
10-49 2-9
.245
5-24
.280
1-9
.548 .357
10
14
2.0
.200
13-21
.619
4
10
14
3.5
.208
16-22
.111
1-1
1.000
0-2
.000
.000 1.000
1-1
1.000
2-7
.286
.154
3-13
.000
0-0
.000
4
1-1
3-10
.250
.875
.222
0-2
.375 .235
7-8
.204
.300 .231 .000
0-0
.000
7-12 8-11 5-15 5-6 1-2 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
109 131 419 0 AWAY:105 0-4 131 0-0 155 159 138 583 0 •74 NEUTRAL:
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
7-5 7-5
OVERALL: 0-7
Home
0-7 0-0 0-7
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.583
6
.727
12
.333
21
.727
.833 .500 .500 .500 .000 .000
16 5 3 1 4
11 20 29 31 11 7 3 5
17 32 45 52 16 10 4 9
3
12
15
0
3
3
3 0
28
4 0
17
7 0
45
2.4 4.6
PF DQ 10
0
10
1
10 9
6.4
19
3.2
10
7.4 1.4 0.6 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.0 0.0
29 12 9 8 6 4 3 0
0
A
2 7 6
0
19
4
3
0 0 0 0
18 1 2 4
0
10
0
1
0 0 0
4 0 0
TO BLK STL PTS AVG 16
0
5
83 11.9
11
2
0
38
9.5
45
6.4
29 13 17 15 17 10 5 7 7 4 1 0 5
0 13 0
9
9 13 3
8
5
0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 2 2 2 0 0 0
79 11.3 58 39 16 16 15 10 13
8.3 5.6 3.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9
7
1.4
0
0.0
0
0.0
Total
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1400
151-446 .339
51-177
.288 66-106
.623 110 173 283 40.4 139
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Opponents
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1400
203-451 .450
63-165
.382 114-154
.740
0 113 111 37 76 583 83.3
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 419 59.9 -23.4
OPP
583 83.3 -
151-446 .339
203-451 .450
66-106 .623 9.4
114-154 .740 16.3
77 11.0
113 16.1
51-177 .288 7.3
283 40.4 -0.9
157 22.4 -6.6 0.5 54 7.7 20 2.9 0 0
744 3-248 -
63-165 .382 9.0
Team Results Date
11/10/2021 11/14/2021 11/18/2021 11/20/2021 11/23/2021 11/28/2021 12/01/2021
91 198 289 41.3 111
Opponent
Sacred Heart Penn at Houston Baptist at Sam Houston Brown at Quinnipiac at Providence
77 157 20 54 419 59.9
L L L L L L L
62-71 42-85 56-81 65-88 68-72 64-113 62-73
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187
289 41.3 -
111 15.9 1.0 76 10.9 37 5.3
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1082 4-271 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 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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