No. 7 Field Hockey Wins Ninth-Straight BIG EAST Tournament Title

Saturday, April 24

Conshohocken, Pa.

12 p.m.

University of Connecticut

(11-1)

Old Dominion

(9-5)

Old Dominion

Connecticut

No. 7 Field Hockey Wins Ninth-Straight BIG EAST Tournament Title

4/24/2021 2:52:00 PM | Field Hockey

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NCAA Tournament Field Announced Saturday at 10 p.m.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. – Sophomore Erica Solomen got the Huskies on the board early and the defense did the rest as the No. 7 University of Connecticut field hockey team won it's ninth-straight BIG EAST Tournament crown with a 2-0 shutout of No. 16 Old Dominion on Saturday afternoon in Conshohocken, Pa.

The Huskies improved to an astounding 48-11 all-time in BIG EAST Tournament play and the finals appearance was its 19^th in-a-row. With the win, UConn improved to 11-1 on the season and earned the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship.

Seeding and matchup information for the NCAA Tournament will be announced on Saturday, April 24 at 10 p.m. EDT on NCAA.com.

Sophomore midfielder Sophie Hamilton, who was recently honored as the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year, now needs to make room for a BIG EAST Most Outstanding Player trophy and was one of five Huskies selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Freshman back Claire van den Noort, senior back Kourtney Kennedy, junior back Lindsay Dickinson and sophomore back Claire Jandewerth were the other standout performers who earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Tournament Team.

The UConn defense put together yet another dominant performance, holding the Lady Monarchs to just three shots without allowing ODU to create a single penalty corner opportunity. The Connecticut defense has now held the opposition scoreless in 10 of the 12 games it has played this season and the Huskies are outshooting the opposition by a 240-40 count.

Solomen's goal, which was her fifth of the season, came just 1:38 into the contest. She was able to control the ball and dribble deep into the ODU circle before flipping it past Cam MacGillivray and into the back of the net.

Freshman Aiyi Young put the game out of reach two-minutes before halftime when she poked in a rebound off a shot attempt created by one of UConn four penalty corner opportunities.

The Huskies outshot the Lady Monarchs 12-3 and held an 8-2 edge in shots on goal.

Redshirt junior keeper Cheyenne Sprecher made two saves for UConn while the Connecticut offense kept MacGillivray busier and forced her to make six stops.