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CECUNJANIN
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
23 FORWARD 6-1 FRESHMAN GENERAL SCIENCES
HAWKS TIDBIT: Najla Cecunjanin, who has apperaed in 22 of the Hawks 25 games this season, averages 2.4 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.
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 L, 57-64 L, 48-51 L, 52-69 L, 59-61 L, 56-71 L, 69-95 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 plays its final regular season game inside Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion against Binghamton on Monday. Hartford looks to complete the regular season sweep over the Bearcats Tipoff is set for 5 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Lya Farcy dished out a season-high 10 assists as the Hawks fell, 95-69, to Stony Brook on Saturday. Sophomore Paula Maurina, graduate Abby Streeter and junior Carmen Villalobos finished with a teamhigh 12 points. Senior Sierra smith grabbed a team-high six rebounds. The Hawks outshot the Seawolves from three-point land, 43.8 percent (7-of-16) compared to 22.7 percent (5-of-22).
SCOUTING BINGHAMTON Binghamton enters Monday’s
contest on the heels of a 71-54 win against UMass Lowell on Saturday. Binghamton, who are 2-12 in conference play, are led by Birna Benonysdottir. Benonysdottir paces the Bearcats with 14.5 points per game. Denai Bowman trails closely behind, dropping 14.0 points while hauling in 4.9 rebounds. Clare Traeger leads the frontcourt, hauling in a team-high 8.3 boards per game, the secondmost in the America East.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and Binghamton will battle on the hardwood for the 46th time in both teams’ Division I histories. The Hawks took the last meeting bewteen the two sides, 59-57 in overtime on January 26th. Hartford has a commanding 16-5 edge in West Hartford.
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Hartford embarks on a three-game road trip to close out the 2021-22
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season. The Hawks first stop to face UMBC on Wednesday.
DROPPING DIMES
Farcy had a game to rememeber against Stony Brook on Saturday, dishing out a season-best 10 assists. The total was the most for a Hawk this season. Farcy became the first Hawk to total atleast 10 assists in a single game since Deanna Mayza tallied 12 dimes against UMass Lowell in 2016. The Sucy-enBrie, France native leads the team with 2.5 assists per game.
ALL-TIME SHOOTER
Streeter is establishing herself as one of Hartford’s all-time three-point shooters. Sinking 65 triples in 2021-22, she is tied for fourth with Lindsey Abed (‘19) in single-season threes. Her 42.8 percent mark from beyond the arc sees her top the Hawk’s alltime leaderboard in single-season three-point percentage.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 2-12
AE RECORD
2-12
53.6
POINTS PER GAME
56.8
73.1
POINTS ALLOWED
58.3
34.6
REBOUNDS/GAME
34.0
.358
FG%
.383
.436
FG% DEFENSE
.390
.294
3-PT FG%
.285
.331
3-PT FG% DEF
.231
.611
FT%
.712
11.0
ASSISTS/GAME
12.3
21.3
TO/GAME
15.9
-5.7
TO MARGIN
+0.9
7.0
STEALS/GAME
7.1
2.6
BLOCKS/GAME
3.1
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS Stony Brook Maine UAlbany Vermont NJIT UMass Lowell New Hampshire UMBC Binghamton Hartford
OVERALL W-L PCT 23-3 15-10 19-8 17-10 13-12 9-13 6-19 3-19 6-18 2-23
.885 .600 .704 .630 .520 .409 .240 .136 .250 .080
AE W-L PCT 14-2 12-3 12-4 11-5 8-6 6-7 3-11 2-10 2-12 2-12
.875 .800 .750 .688 .571 .462 .214 .167 .143 .143
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(2-23 OVERALL, 2-12 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
BINGHAMTON BEARCATS (6-18 OVERALL, 2-12 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr.
Pos. Ht.
1
Denai Bowman
Jr.
G
5-9
Clinton, Md./Gwynn Park
2
Hanna Strawn
Jr.
G
5-4
Binghamton, N.Y./Siena
3
Ella Wanzer
Fr.
G
5-10
4
Camila Kirschenbaum Fr.
G
5-7
Montevideo, Uruguay/ Instituto Crandon
5
Hayley Moore
Sr.
G
5-6
Marlboro, N.J./Red Bank Catholic
10 Birna Benonysdottir
Jr.
F
6-3
Keflavik, Iceland/Arizona
11
Jr.
G
5-10
Cliffwood, N.J./Matawan Regional
12 Clare Traeger
Jr.
F
5-10
Dallas, Texas/ Prestonwood Christian Acad.
14 Zahra Barnes
Jr.
G
5-7
Rockville, Md./Good Counsel
15 Cassidy Roberts
Jr.
G
5-7
Valley Stream, N.Y./St. Francis Prep.
21 Elena Delicado
So.
F
6-1
Madrid, Spain/IES Parque de Lisboa
22 Monica Balistrere
Fr.
F
5-11
Vienna, Va./Bishop O’Connell
24 Jadyn Weltz
Fr.
G
5-7
Ontario, Canada/ O’Gorman
32 Jalyn Van Dyke
Jr.
F
5-10
Herriman, Utah/Salt Lake CC
44 Genevieve Coleman
Fr.
F
6-0
Khoryn Bannis
Hometown/Last School
Buffalo, N.Y./ Amherst
Owego, N.Y./ Owego Free Academy
HEAD COACH BETHANN SHAPIRO ORD - Fourth Season - UMBC ‘89
ASSISTANT COACHES DEVAN NEWMAN - Fourth Season - Oregon ‘07 NICK MOORE - Third Season - SUNY Fredonia ‘10 TAKIMA KEANE - Third Season - Cleveland 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
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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
2-23 2-12 0-11
AMERICA EAST: 2-12 Team Box Score No. Player 11 MAURINA, Paula
31 STREETER, Abby 5 FARKIC, Nina 3 LUCAS, Jada
GP-GS
MIN
AVG
20-17 484:17 24.2 25-23 743:45 29.7 10-9 16-6
261:04 26.1
OVERALL: 2-23
Home
Away
•
1-12 1-7 0-5
89-192
.464
34-94
.362
80-198
306:50 19.2
49-167
313:26 22.4
33-85
32 INGRAM, Jabria
21-15 466:32 22.2
37-115
24 LEE, Marisa
21-2
202:30
19-46
22-3
341:41 15.5
40 SMITH, Sierra
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla 4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
12 DOWDING, Nayeli 15 PRIMO, Irene
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Team
20-11 327:06 16.4 17-0 13-3 22-0 25-3 13-0
141:29
9.6 8.3
182:48 14.1 209:56
9.5
26:31
2.0
294:55 11.8
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
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1st
2nd
58-175
29-67 16-54 19-68 11-25 11-47 15-55 0-9
8-37
.216
50-72
.694
24
51
75
3.8
3-18
.167
10-15
.667
16
30
46
4.6
.714
50 107 157
.545
11
.404
65-152
.293
17-79
.388
2-13
.331 .322 .433 .413 .296
0-2
4-17
.182
24-44
.167
15-23
.270
4-8
.234
10-32
.000
0-3
.235
0-1
6-12 8-20 6-11
.000
8-14
.214
0-2
.313
9-42
7-14
25-35
.000
1-6
18-25
.329 .154
4-22
10-37
.273
.215
23-70
.279 .440
.428
.000
3-6 0-0
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
302 344 368 9 1340 AWAY:317 NEUTRAL: 0-0 4591-11 438• 484 440 7 1828
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
25-24 722:11 28.9 14-9
0-0 0-0 0-0
HOME: 1-12
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Neutral
1-11 1-5 0-6
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39
58
97
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52
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45
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61
36 15 24 30 31 15 11
8
47 27 33 36 42 23 16 9
77 138
2.1 1.8 6.3 2.7 2.2 4.9 1.3 1.9 1.6 3.2 1.0 0.6 0.7
PF DQ 52
1
10
0
40 22 61 26 40 45 29 21 17 11 12 23 6
0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0
A
18 20 26 18 47 35 51 11 7 5
0
16
0
9
0 0 0
2 9 1
TO BLK STL PTS 71
17
10
20
1
12
52
12
43
66
0
48 38 43 41 31 30 23 11 19 23 1
15
1 0 5 7 7
7
AVG
236 11.8 243
9.7
20
122
7.6
10
74
81
164
8.1
6.6
5.3
27
102
4.9
6
54
2.6
15
4 3 3 1 3 0
66
5
42
8
52
2
30
3
35
8
39
0
0
3.3 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.6
0.0
Total
25
5025
500-1397 .358 156-531
.294 184-301 .611 281 584 865 34.6 415
8 275 532 64 176 1340 53.6
Opponents
25
5025
680-1559 .436 178-538
.331 290-406 .714 335 656 991 39.6 364
2 402 390 82 273 1828 73.1
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
1340 53.6 -19.5
OPP
1828 73.1 -
500-1397 .358
680-1559 .436
184-301 .611 7.4
290-406 .714 11.6
156-531 .294 6.2
865 34.6 -5.0 275 11.0 532 21.3 -5.7 0.5 176 7.0 64 2.6 0 0
2224 13-171 -
178-538 .331 7.1
991 39.6 402 16.1 390 15.6 1.0
273 10.9 82 3.3 -
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 02/07/2022 02/09/2022 02/12/2022 02/14/2022 02/16/2022 02/19/2022
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) UMass Lowell UMBC NJIT New Hampshire at Maine Stony Brook
L L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L L Wot 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 40-86 39-77 44-65 52-49 66-69 60-77 44-71 59-57 24-53 57-64 48-51 52-69 59-61 56-71 69-95
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545 204 616 0 101 227 360 71 972 828 207 175 194 110 986 221
6062 12-505 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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