No. 3 Huskies Beat No. 17 Liberty, Clinch BIG EAST Title

Saturday, October 26

Lynchburg, Va.

Noon

University of Connecticut

(14-3, 6-0BIG EAST)

Liberty

(9-5, 4-2BIG EAST)

UConn

Liberty

10/26/2019 3:28:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Senior Svea Boker posted eight points to lead the No. 3 UConn field hockey team (14-3, 6-0 BIG EAST) past No. 17 Liberty (9-5, 4-2), 6-3, Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Huskies clinched at least a share of their seventh straight BIG EAST regular season championship and the program's 19^th overall.

Boker notched two goals and four assists, marking career highs for assists and points in a game. She tallied a point on each of UConn's six goals.

Fellow senior Antonia Tiedtke tallied one goal and two assists. Freshman Claire Jandewerth scored twice and junior Vivienne Tucker notched her first goal of the season.

The Huskies have now won 38 straight regular season BIG EAST games, dating back to 2013. UConn will be the No. 1 seed in the 2019 BIG EAST Tournament.

Liberty scored the first goal of the game at 4:41 before Jandewerth responded with a penalty corner goal 25 second later.

In the second quarter, the Flames went ahead 2-1 at 22:37 but Boker tied the game for UConn at 28:49 with a score off a fast break.

Just 49 seconds into the second half, Tiedtke scored at the left post to give the Huskies' their first lead of the game. Liberty tied for the third time at 31:32, but less than a minute later, Jandewerth's second goal off a corner gave UConn a 4-3 lead.

Boker notched her team-leading 15^th goal at 53:56. Tucker scored the last goal of the game at 46:39.

UConn held a narrow 12-10 advantage in shots and the teams tied with four penalty corners each.

Redshirt sophomore Cheyenne Sprecher made three saves in the game.

UConn returns home for the final weekend of the regular season. The Huskies take on Georgetown at 6 p.m. Friday before hosting UMass Sunday at 1 p.m. on Senior Day.