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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
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HAWKS TIDBIT: Marisa Lee has
been a solid contributor off the bench for the Hawks in 2021-22, averaging 2.9 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 10.9 minutes of action.
2021-22
SCHEDULE DAY WED. SUN. THU. SAT TUE. SUN WED. SUN WED. FRI. WED. SUN. WED. MON. WED. FRI. SUN. WED. SAT MON. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SAT. MON. WED. SUN. FRI.
DATE
11/10 11/14 11/18 11/20 11/23 11/28 12/1 12/5 12/8 12/17 12/22 1/2 1/5 1/17 1/19 1/21 1/23 1/26 2/5 2/7 2/9 2/12 2/14 2/16 2/19 2/21 2/23 2/26 2/28 3/2 3/8 3/11
OPPONENT
TIME+/RESULT
SACRED HEART PENN AT HOUSTON BAPTIST AT SAM HOUSTON BROWN AT QUINNIPIAC AT PROVIDENCE NORTHEASTERN AT RHODE ISLAND AT CENTRAL CONN. UMASS AT STONY BROOK* MAINE* UALBANY* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT VERMONT* VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* AT UALBANY* UMASS LOWELL* UMBC* NJIT* NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT MAINE* STONY BROOK* BINGHAMTON* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* AT UMASS LOWELL* 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 L, 40-86 L, 39-77 L, 44-65 W, 52-49 L, 66-69 L, 60-77 L, 44-71 W, 59-57 OT L, 24-53 6 PM 7 PM 2 PM 3 PM 7 PM 2 PM 5 PM 7 PM 2 PM 6 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 begins a four-game homestand with a matchup against UMass Lowell on Monday evening. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 6 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Lya Farcy led the Hawks with a team-high six points as Hartford fell, 53-24, at UAlbany on Saturday. Farcy finished with a team-high six points on 3-of-7 shooting. Junior Carmen Villalobos finished with a team-high eight rebounds. Senior Jabria Ingram tallied a team-best three assists and two steals.
SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL UMass Lowell enters Saturday’s game on the heels of a 56-54 defeat to Vermont on Saturday. The River Hawks, who are 3-4 in conference play, are looking to buck a three-game losing skid.
UMass Lowell is led by Kharis Idom and Denise Solis. Idom and Solis pace the Riverhawks with 9.3 points per game. Solis grabs a team-high 4.1 rebounds per game. The River Hawks were selected to finish third in the America East Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and UMass Lowell will battle on the hardwood for the 17th time in both teams’ Division I histories.The River Hawks swept last season’s regular season series. Hartford holds a commanding 11-5 lead in the all-time series. The Hawks have a 5-4 edge in games played in West Hartford. UMass Lowell has won the last four meetings.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford continues its four-game homestand with a matchup against UMBC on Wednesday. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 7 p.m.
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NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Sophomores Paula Maurina, Sophie Benharouga and Marisa Lee have debunked the sophomore slump trope in 202122. Scoring 259 total points (13.6 per game) the trio account for 25.9 percent of the Hawks’ offense. Maurina paces Hartford with 10.9 points per game, while Benharouga averages 2.6 points and Lee puts up 2.9 points per contest.
VAMOS CARMEN!
Villalobos returns to the Hawks after spending the 2020-21 season in her native country of Spain. This season, Villalobos has been a force on both ends of the court. Starting in all 19 games, she averages 5.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists. Villalobos has been just as impressive on defense, ranking third in the conference with 1.8 steals per game.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 2-6
AE RECORD
3-4
52,6
POINTS PER GAME
55.5
74.6
POINTS ALLOWED
61.4
36.0
REBOUNDS/GAME
32.0
.344
FG%
.400
.436
FG% DEFENSE
.402
.281
3-PT FG%
.340
.327
3-PT FG% DEF
.314
.586
FT%
.653
10.2
ASSISTS/GAME
10.8
21.7
TO/GAME
19.2
-6.2
TO MARGIN
-2.6
7.2
STEALS/GAME
6.8
2.7
BLOCKS/GAME
2.7
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS Stony Brook UAlbany Maine Vermont NJIT UMass Lowell Hartford Binghamton New Hampshire UMBC
OVERALL W-L PCT 19-2 16-6 10-10 13-9 10-11 6-10 2-17 5-13 4-15 1-15
.905 .727 .500 .591 .476 .375 .105 .278 .211 .063
AE W-L PCT 10-1 9-2 7-3 7-4 5-5 3-4 2-6 1-7 1-7 0-6
.909 .818 .700 .636 .500 .429 .250 .125 .125 .000
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(2-17 OVERALL, 2-6 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr.
Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
0
Sophie Benharouga
So.
F
6-1
Sassenage France/Lycee Auguste et louis Lumiiere Lyon 8
1
Brittney-Shania Etuka Fr.
F
6-1
Brampton, Ontario/Word of Life Christian Academy
2
Lya Farcy
Sr.
G
5-8
Sucy-en-Brie, France/URI
4
Brianna Williams
Fr.
F
6-1
Brampton, Ontario/Southwest Academy
5
Nina Farkic
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
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
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 LOWELL RIVERHAWKS (6-10 OVERALL, 3-4 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr.
Pos. Ht.
1
Baylee Teal
So.
G
5-6
Penfield, N.Y./Fordham
2
Kalkidan Mamo
Jr.
G
5-4
Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge and Latin
3
Jaliena Sanchez
Jr.
G
5-6
Springfield, Mass./Springfield Central
4
Linda Svenne
Gr.
G
5-9 Riga, Latvia/Riga State Gymnasium No.3
5
Kharis Idom
Sr.
G
5-8
Orlando, Fla./Colonial
10 Amaya Dowdy
Fr.
F
6-0
Woonsocket, R.I./St. Raphael Academy
11
So.
G
5-5
Worcester, Mass./Worcester Academy
Fr.
G
5-7
Roslindale, Mass./Tilton School
13 Kaylen Banwareesiongh Jr.
G/F
6-0
Bronx, N.Y./Monsignor Scanlan
14 Erin Lofaro
So.
F
5-11
Marlboro, N.Y./Marlboro Central
20 Sydney Coombs
So.
F
6-3
Newmarket, N.H./NH Spartans
21 Jaini Edmonds
So.
G
5-9
Worcester, Mass./Holy Name Central Catholic
23 Ivory Finley
Fr.
G
5-10
25 Denise Solis
Jr.
F
6-1
Windsor, Conn./Windsor
32 Shamyjha Price
Jr.
G
5-7
Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin
Leilani Rodriguez
12 Tasha Lima
Hometown/Last School
Minneapolis, Mn./Rosemount
HEAD COACH DENISE KING - First Season - Rhode Island '04
ASSISTANT COACHES STEFANIE MURPHY - Fourth Season - Boston College '11 DIANA THOMAS-PALMER - First Season - Hofstra '16
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JONATHAN KREBSER - Fourth Season - Evergreen State '12
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sophie BENHAROUGA
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brianna
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nayeli
SO | FORWARD
WILLIAMS
FR | FORWARD
DOWDING
FR | GUARD
1
brittney-shania
5
nina
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ETUKA
FARKIC
FR | FORWARD
GR | GUARD
carmen
VILLALOBOS
JR | GUARD/FORWARD
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lya
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paula
FARCY
SR | GUARD
MAURINA
SO | FORWARD
irene
15 PRIMO
JR | GUARD
HARTFORD HAWKS
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najla
CECUNJANIN
FR | FORWARD
32
24
LEE
jabria
INGRAM
abby
marisa
SO | FORWARD
31 STREETER
GR | GUARD
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
2-17 2-6 0-11
AMERICA EAST: 2-6 Team Box Score No. Player 11 MAURINA, Paula
31 STREETER, Abby 5 FARKIC, Nina 3 LUCAS, Jada
GP-GS
MIN
AVG
14-11 320:35 22.9 19-17 545:44 28.7 10-9 16-6
261:04 26.1
4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
12 DOWDING, Nayeli 15 PRIMO, Irene
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Team
.362
15-9
312:35 20.8
7-3
122:49 17.5
17-2 14-0 17-0 19-3 16-3 10-0
179:56 10.6 129:10
37-133 27-59 20-67 17-38 7-16
9.2
14-49
230:11 12.1
12-44
182:27 10.7 229:58 14.4 24:26
2.4
0-0 0-0 0-0
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
HOME: 1-7
34-94
14-37
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Neutral
1-10 1-4 0-6
.446
65-157
146:46 18.3
15-10 292:40 19.5
Away
58-130
8-3
40 SMITH, Sierra
OVERALL: 2-17
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1st
2nd
10-40 8-43 0-8
4-20
.200
33-50
.660
15
32
47
3.4
3-18
.167
10-15
.667
16
30
46
4.6
.700
41
.313
34
.652
11
.556
8
.414
52-119
.293
17-79
.378
1-6
.278 .458
.438
0-1
1-4
.286
4-16
.273
7-33
.186 .000
.000
5-16
11-26
.000
6-12
.321 .212 .174
0-2
3-6
.167
.250
4-23
7-14
21-30
.250
9-28
17-23
.235 .167
0-2
2-12
.250
.215
12-51
.299 .447
.437
.000
15-23 5-9 2-4 0-2 4-7 0-0
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
256 291 9 999 AWAY: 224 1-10 219 0-0 370 333 363 344 7 1417 • NEUTRAL:
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
49-167
19-19 539:48 28.4
32 INGRAM, Jabria
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1-7 1-2 0-5
306:50 19.2
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34
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85 25 25 28 21 13 27 9
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16
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TO BLK STL PTS 45
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AVG
153 10.9 199 10.5 81
8.1
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122
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4.0
107
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53 50
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5.6
3.9 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.6 1.5
0.0
Total
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3825
372-1082 .344 116-414
.280 139-237 .586 226 458 684 36.0 321
7 193 411 52 137
Opponents
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3825
529-1214 .436 143-437
.327 216-305 .708 260 520 780 41.1 278
2 318 295 73 208 1417 74.6
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 999 52.6 -22.0
OPP
1417 74.6 -
372-1082 .344
529-1214 .436
139-237 .586 7.3
216-305 .708 11.4
116-414 .280 6.1
684 36.0 -5.1 193 10.2 411 21.6 -6.1 0.5 137 7.2 52 2.7 0 0
1317 8-165 -
143-437 .327 7.5
780 41.1 318 16.7 295 15.5 1.1
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 12/22/2021 01/02/2022 01/05/2022 01/17/2022 01/19/2022 01/21/2022 01/23/2022 01/26/2022 02/05/2022
Opponent
Sacred Heart Penn at Houston Baptist at Sam Houston Brown at Quinnipiac at Providence Northeastern at Rhode Island at Central Conn. St. Massachusetts at Stony Brook Maine Albany (NY) at New Hampshire at Vermont Vermont at Binghamton at Albany (NY)
L L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L L Wot L
62-71 42-85 56-81 65-88 68-72 64-113 62-73 53-73 49-84 50-73 40-86 39-77 44-65 52-49 66-69 60-77 44-71 59-57 24-53
999 52.6
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545 204 616 0 101 227 360 71 972 828
208 10.9 73 3.8
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5076 11-461 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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