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NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
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HAWKS TIDBIT: Brianna Williams, who has started in three games this season as a freshman, is averaging 3.3 points and 3.6 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.
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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 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 continues its four-game homestand with a matchup against UMBC on Wednesday evening. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 7 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Paula Maurina scored a team-high 15 points as the Hawks fourth-quarter comeback came up short, dropping a 6457 decision to UMass Lowell on Monday. Lya Farcy joined Maurina in double figures, scoring 10 points on 5-of 10 shooting. Farcy also dished out a team-high five assists. UMass Lowell outshot Hartford from three, 52.4 percent to 33.3 percent.
SCOUTING UMBC
UMBC enters Wednesday’s contest on the heels of their first conference win of the season. The Retrievers defeated UNH, 57-52,
on Sunday. UMBC, who are 1-6 in the America East, are led by Janee’a Summers. Summers paces the Retrievers with 12.9 points per game. Onome-Juliet Esadah joins Summers in double figures, dropping 10.2 points per contest. She also grabs a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game
SERIES HISTORY
Hartford and UMBC will battle on the hardwood for the 40th time in both teams’ Division I histories. The Retrievers hold a two-game winning streak over the Hawks. Hartford sports a commanding 29-10 lead in the all-time series. The Hawks have the advantage inside Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, leading 16-3.
NEXT ON TAP
Hartford continues its four-game homestand with a matchup against NJIT on Saturday. Tipoff from Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is set for 2 p.m.
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FANTASTIC FRESHMEN
T AL E O F T H E T A P E
Freshmen Najla Cecunjanin and Brianna Williams had career days agaisnt the River Hawks on Monday. Cecunjanin tallied eight points while Williams put up six, setting new career highs. Williams is averaging 3.3 points and 3.6 reboundsper game, while Cecunjanin drops 1.9 points and 1.7 boards per contest.
2-7
AE RECORD
52.8
POINTS PER GAME
54.8
74.1
POINTS ALLOWED
65.6
35.8
REBOUNDS/GAME
31.9
STRONG FIRST HALF
.348
FG%
.371
.435
FG% DEFENSE
.447
.283
3-PT FG%
.309
.336
3-PT FG% DEF
.329
.585
FT%
.763
10.3
ASSISTS/GAME
9.8
21.6
TO/GAME
17.8
-6.0
TO MARGIN
-1.9
7.1
STEALS/GAME
8.3
2.6
BLOCKS/GAME
1.2
The Hawks had their best first half of the 2021-22 season against UMass Lowell on Monday. Hartford put up a season-high 32 points in the opening stanza. The mark topped the Hawks previous high of 30 points scored against UAlbany (Jan. 17). The Hawks also shot a season-best 51.3 percent (15-of-29) from the field, beating their previous high of 50.0 percent against Penn.
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS Stony Brook UAlbany Maine Vermont NJIT UMass Lowell Hartford UMBC Binghamton New Hampshire
OVERALL W-L PCT 19-2 16-6 11-10 13-9 10-11 7-10 2-18 2-15 5-14 4-16
.905 .727 .524 .591 .476 .412 .100 .117 .263 .200
1-6
AE W-L PCT 10-1 9-2 8-3 7-4 5-5 4-4 2-7 1-6 1-8 1-8
.909 .818 .727 .636 .500 .500 .222 .143 .111 .111
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(2-18 OVERALL, 2-7 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
UMBC Retrievers (2-15 OVERALL, 1-6 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr.
Pos. Ht.
1
Janee’A Summers
Gr.
F
5-11
Bound Brook, N.J./Bound Brook
2
Laycee Drake
Fr.
G
5-6
Hancock, N.Y./Hancock Central
4
Jatarrikah Settle
Gr.
G
5-9
Frederick, Md./Mount St. Mary’s
So.
G
5-7
Brooklyn, N.Y./South Shore
14 Onome-Juliet Esadah Gr.
F
6-2
Warri, Delta State, Nigeria/UNC Asheville
20 Loan-Anh Johnson
Jr.
G
5-7
Wichita, Ks./Nicholls State
21 Antonia May
Fr.
G
6-0
Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam
22 Danae Marquez
Gr.
G
5-5
Fresno, Calif./San Jose State
23 Keelah Dixon
Jr.
G
5-4
Boston, Mass./Colgate
25 Jasmine Braswell
Gr.
F
6-2
Ashburn, Va./Northeastern
44 Haile McDonald
Jr.
F
6-1
Winchester, Va./Appalachian State
13 Alexia Nelson
Hometown/Last School
HEAD COACH JOHNETTA HAYES - Third Season - Rice '04
ASSISTANT COACHES TJ ROYALS - Second Season - Texas Southern LADEY’AH FORTE - Second Season - Texas Southern '17
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CHRISTOPHER LEWIS - Second Season - Emporia State ‘03
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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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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
2-18 2-7 0-11
AMERICA EAST: 2-7 Team Box Score No. Player 11 MAURINA, Paula
31 STREETER, Abby 5 FARKIC, Nina 3 LUCAS, Jada
GP-GS
MIN
AVG
15-12 349:19 23.3 20-18 573:01 28.7 10-9 16-6
261:04 26.1
32 INGRAM, Jabria
4 WILLIAMS, Brianna
16-10 334:08 20.9 8-3
140:31 17.6
15-0
131:23
24 LEE, Marisa
18-2
23 CECUNJANIN, Najla
17-3
0 BENHAROUGA, Sophie
12 DOWDING, Nayeli 15 PRIMO, Irene
1 ETUKA, Brittney-Shania
Team
18-0 20-3 11-0
.362
38-136 28-60 21-72 9-20
17-38
244:05 14.4
11-47
185:08 10.3 255:29 12.8 24:43
2.2
0-0 0-0 0-0
Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents
HOME: 1-8
34-94
181:32 10.1 8.8
Neutral
1-10 1-4 0-6
.458
67-167
19-47
16-10 297:23 18.6
Away
65-142
178:33 19.8
40 SMITH, Sierra
OVERALL: 2-18
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1st
2nd
14-50 10-40 13-48 0-8
5-23
.217
33-50
.660
17
35
52
3.5
3-18
.167
10-15
.667
16
30
46
4.6
.700
43
.313
35
.571
8
.401
54-127
.293
17-79
.404
1-7
.279 .467
.447
1-4
0-1
.280
4-17
.250
9-28
.271 .000
.000
5-16
14-32
.250
15-23
.240
4-7
.321 .200
0-2
3-7
.167
.235
7-35
7-14
21-30
.000
6-25
17-23
.250 .143
0-2
2-12
.234
.215
13-52
.292 .450
.425
.000
8-14 5-9 2-4 0-2 0-0
3rd
4th
OT
TOT
273 299 9 1056 AWAY: 242 1-10233 0-0 386 355 378 355 7 1481 • NEUTRAL:
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG
49-167
20-20 561:50 28.1 9-4
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1-8 1-3 0-5
306:50 19.2
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.739 .500 .429 .438
6 8 7 7
.652
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.571
4
.556 .500 .000 .000
8 7 4 1
53
38 21
44 29
83 126 15
22
30
37
51 21 14 20 25 14 11
8
86 29 25 28 29 21 15 9
64 117
2.2 1.8 6.3 2.4 5.4 2.3 3.6
PF DQ 40
1
10
0
30 22 52 13 42 29 7
1.4
25
1.7
12
1.9 1.2 0.8 0.8
16 10 22 6
0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
12 12 26 18 36 17 10 36 2
TO BLK STL PTS 51
14
5
20
1
12
42
12
36
36
7
14
2
2
40 38 28 46 7
6
27
9
17
4 8 8 1
28 17 21 1
12
1 0 1 0
5
AVG
168 11.2 205 10.3 81
8.1
20
122
7.6
5
42
4.7
110
61
19
6 3 1 1 3 0
58 26
5
50
5
37
5
32
3
31
6
33
0
0
5.5
3.8 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.7
0.0
Total
20
4025
395-1136 .348 122-432
.282 144-246 .585 235 480 715 35.8 336
7 205 431 52 142 1056 52.8
Opponents
20
4025
550-1264 .435 154-458
.336 227-319 .712 266 542 808 40.4 289
2 333 312 74 216 1481 74.1
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
1056 52.8 -21.3
OPP
1481 74.1 -
395-1136 .348
550-1264 .435
144-246 .585 7.2
227-319 .712 11.4
122-432 .282 6.1
715 35.8 -4.7 205 10.3
431 21.6 -6.0 0.5 142 7.1
52 2.6 0 0
1524 9-169 -
154-458 .336 7.7
808 40.4 333 16.7
312 15.6 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 02/07/2022
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
L L L L L L L L L L L L L W L L L Wot 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
Score
Att.
363 233 140 231 148 524 187 197 446 545 204 616 0 101 227 360 71 972 828 207
216 10.8 74 3.7 -
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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