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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
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HAWKS TIDBIT: Nayeli Dowding, who has appeared in 19 of the Hawks’ 21 games this season, is averaging 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.
2021-22
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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 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 looks to bounce back on Saturday when it hosts NJIT. Saturday serves as the Hawks’ Play4Kay game, bringing awareness for women’s cancer. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Paula Maurina scored a game-high 14 points as the Hawks fourth-quarter comeback came up short, dropping a 51-48 decision to UMBC on Wednesday. Maurina narrowly missed out on a double-double, adding a teamhigh nine rebounds. Junior Carmen Villalobos joined Maurina in double figures, scoring 12 points. The Hawks outshot the Retrievers, 35.1 percent to 32.1 percent.
SCOUTING NJIT
NJIT enters Saturday’s contest after snapping a three-game losing streak, defeating New
Hampshire, 64-48, on Wednesday. The Highlanders, who are 6-5 in the America East, are led by Kenna Squier. Squier paces the Highlanders with 10.8 points per game. Ellyn Stoll and Lyzi Litwinko join Squier in double figures, putting up 10.4 points and 10.3 points per game, respectively. Litwinko also grabs a team-high 6.8 rebounds per game.
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and NJIT will meet on the hardwood for the 5th time in both teams’ Division I histories. The Highlanders hold a three-game winning streak over the Hawks. NJIT leads the all-time series, 3-1. Saturday marks the second time the Hawks and Highlanders meet in West Hartford, as NJIT took the initial meeting, 6152, on Dec. 7, 2019
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford wraps up its four-game homestand with a matchup against
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New Hampshire on Monday. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.
TOP-TEN SHARPSHOOTER
Graduate Abby Streeter is establishing herself as one of Hartford’s best three-point shooters in program history. Sinking 56 triples this season, she is tied for ninth with MaryLynne Schaefer (‘09) in the Hawks’ record book for made threes in a single season. Lindsey Abed (‘19) holds the top spot after draining 96 threes during the 2018-19 campaign.
DOUBLE-DIGIT MACHINE
Maurina has been on a scoring tear the past nine games. She has hit double figures in scoring in eight of the past nine games. Maurina led the Hawks to victory at Binghamton (1/26), scoring a career-high 23 points. Overall, she’s hit double-digits 11 times this season.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 2-8
AE RECORD
6-5
52.6
POINTS PER GAME
56.8
73.0
POINTS ALLOWED
61.5
35.6
REBOUNDS/GAME
35.9
.348
FG%
.402
.430
FG% DEFENSE
.367
.283
3-PT FG%
.277
.335
3-PT FG% DEF
.306
.582
FT%
.670
10.4
ASSISTS/GAME
9.7
21.4
TO/GAME
18.1
-5.8
TO MARGIN
-4.2
7.1
STEALS/GAME
4.9
2.67
BLOCKS/GAME
4.5
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS Stony Brook UAlbany Maine Vermont NJIT UMass Lowell UMBC Hartford Binghamton New Hampshire
OVERALL W-L PCT 20-2 16-7 12-10 14-9 11-11 7-11 3-15 2-19 5-15 4-17
.909 .696 .545 .609 .500 .389 .167 .095 .250 .190
AE W-L PCT 11-1 9-3 9-3 8-4 6-5 4-5 2-6 2-8 1-9 1-9
.917 .750 .750 .667 .545 .444 .250 .200 .100 .100
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(2-19 OVERALL, 2-8 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
NJIT HIGHLANDERS (11-10 OVERALL, 6-5 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr.
Pos. Ht.
2
Lindsey Syrek
So.
F/C
6-2
Carmel, Ind./University HS of Indiana
3
Grace Plummer
So.
G
5-9
West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley
4
Kenna Squier
Jr.
G
5-9
Branchville, N.J./Pope John XXIII
5
Maddie Martin
R-Jr. G
5-7
Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore
10 Kennedy Cash
Jr.
G
5-9
Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell
11
So.
G
5-9
Cedar Grove, N.J./Paramus Catholic
12 Maria Fux
Jr.
F
6-0
Rosario, Sante Fe, Argentina/C.E. Brigadier Lopez
13 Kiana Brereton
So.
F
6-1 Brooklyn, N.Y./Summit Academy Charter School
14 Lyzi Litwinko
So.
G
5-8
15 Samantha Schultz
Sr.
G
5-10
20 Kimi Evans
R-Sr. C
6-4
Jackson, N.J./St. John Vianney
21 Trinity Williams
Fr.
F
6-1
Upper Black Eddy, Pa./Palisades
22 Reese Vaughan
Fr.
G
5-9
Endwell, N.Y./Seton Catholic Central
30 Kendle Dalrymple
R-Fr. G
5-6
Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes
32 Lilly Anderson
So.
F
5-11
Waxhaw, N.C./Cuthbertson
33 Dani Evans
Jr.
F
5-11
Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial
44 Ellyn Stoll
Gr.
G
5-9
Point Pleasant, N.J./St. Rose
Aria Myers
Hometown/Last School
Berlin, Conn./Berlin Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park
HEAD COACH MIKE LANE - Fourth Season - Notre Dame '93
ASSISTANT COACHES LaTONYA WATSON - Fourth Season - Eastern Michigan '92 AARON GRATCH - Fourth Season - Caldwell '05 SARA MITCHELL - Fourth Season - King University (TN) '14 ANYSSA SANCHEZ - Second Season - ROWAN '17
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sophie BENHAROUGA
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brianna
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nayeli
SO | FORWARD
WILLIAMS
FR | FORWARD
DOWDING
FR | GUARD
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brittney-shania
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nina
13
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
2-19 2-8 0-11
AMERICA EAST: 2-8 Team Box Score No. Player 11 MAURINA, Paula
31 STREETER, Abby 5 FARKIC, Nina 3 LUCAS, Jada
GP-GS
MIN
AVG
16-13 378:28 23.7 21-19 610:21 29.1 10-9 16-6
261:04 26.1
4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
17-11 352:53 20.8 9-3
150:09 16.7
15-0
131:23
24 LEE, Marisa
18-2
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla
18-3
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
12 DOWDING, Nayeli 15 PRIMO, Irene
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Team
19-0 21-3 11-0
71-156
.455
34-94
.362
69-173
43-147 28-60 22-78 9-20
181:32 10.1
17-38
264:38 14.7
14-53
8.8
192:05 10.1 262:27 12.5 24:43
2.2
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
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1st
2nd
14-50 10-43 13-48 0-8
6-27
.222
34-53
.642
19
42
61
3.8
3-18
.167
10-15
.667
16
30
46
4.6
.700
44
.313
35
.571
9
.399
56-133
.293
17-79
.379
1-8
.293 .467
.447
1-4
0-1
.280
4-17
.233
9-30
.271 .000
.000
5-16
14-32
.250
15-23
.250
4-8
.300 .200
0-2
4-8
.154
.235
7-35
7-14
21-30
.000
7-28
17-23
.263 .125
0-2
2-13
.264
.215
15-57
.282 .450
.421
.000
8-14 5-9 2-4 0-2 0-0
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
287 312 9 1104 AWAY: 252 1-10244 0-0 397 370 388 370 7 1532 • NEUTRAL:
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
22-58
16-10 297:23 18.6
0-0 0-0 0-0
HOME: 1-9
211:50 21.2
40 SMITH, Sierra
32 INGRAM, Jabria
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Neutral
1-10 1-4 0-6
49-167
21-21 599:14 28.5 10-5
Away
1-9 1-4 0-5
306:50 19.2
13 VILLALOBOS, Carmen 2 FARCY, Lya
OVERALL: 2-19
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.739 .500 .500 .438
6 8 7 7
.652
11
.500
5
.556 .500 .000 .000
8 8 5 1
55
40 21
46 29
88 132 17
24
31
38
51 25 14 20 27 15 11
8
86 34 25 28 32 23 16 9
64 119
2.2 1.8 6.3 2.4 5.4 2.2 3.8 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.8
PF DQ 44
1
10
0
31 22 53 16 42 30 10 25 16 13 10 22 6
0 0 1 1 4 0 0
A
12 15 26 18 39 20 10 39 2
TO BLK STL PTS 56
16
6
20
1
12
46
12
37
36
7
14
2
2
41 38 31 49 8
6
27
0
10
17
0
8
0 0 0 0
4 9 1
28 17 22 1
12
1 0 3 0
7
AVG
182 11.4 211 10.0 81
8.1
20
122
7.6
5
49
4.9
122
61
22
6 3 2 1 3 0
60 26
5
50
5
37
5
39
3
31
6
33
0
0
5.8
3.8 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.6
0.0
Total
21
4225
415-1193 .348 128-454
.282 146-251 .582 244 504 748 35.6 350
7 219 449 57 149 1104 52.6
Opponents
21
4225
568-1320 .430 157-469
.335 239-337 .709 281 571 852 40.6 304
2 343 328 74 227 1532 73.0
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 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
1104 52.6 -20.4
OPP
1532 73.0 -
415-1193 .348
568-1320 .430
146-251 .582 7.0
239-337 .709 11.4
128-454 .282 6.1
748 35.6 -5.0 219 10.4 449 21.4 -5.8 0.5 149 7.1 57 2.7 0 0
1699 10-170 -
157-469 .335 7.5
852 40.6 343 16.3 328 15.6 1.0
227 10.8
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 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
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
L L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L L Wot 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
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545 204 616 0 101 227 360 71 972 828 207 175
74 3.5 -
5076 11-461 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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