1 Connecticut Huskies (40-0, 21-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 79, Notre Dame 58
Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (17p, 16r, 7a, 3b, 38m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (12dr, 3b, 38m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Lindsay Allen, Notre Dame (2p, 3r, 5a, 2s, 29m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. in the Paint: UConn 52, Notre Dame 22

Summary:  Duel National Champs!!! UConn men won last night vs. Kentucky for their 4th title and the UConn women followed suit tonight finishing up their 5th undefeated season by beating Notre Dame for their NCAA WCBB DI-record 9th National Championship!!!! National Player of the Year and All-American So. F Breanna Stewart led the way with 21pts. on 10-15 shooting and 9rebs., 4asts., and 2blks. while National Defensive Player of the Year and All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson added a double-double with 17pts. and 16rebs. to go along with 7asts. and 3blks. All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis overcame an injury-riddled season to have an outstanding postseason and chipped in 18pts., 7rebs., 2asts., and 2stls. to earn a spot on the Final Four All-Tournament Team!

Senior All-Americans Stefanie Dolson and Bria Hartley conclude their careers with their 2nd consecutive NCAA titles. Dolson was absolutely brilliant from the tip until she left the game to a giant hug from her coach. She finished just shy of a triple-double with 17pts., 16rebs., 7asts., and 3blks. They will be missed by all (and by their teammates especially). Bria struggled on offense but shut down one of (if not the most) athletic guards in the women's game in Loyd, yet she still finished with 13pts., 2rebs., 3asts., and 1blk as she finished just 6pts shy of 2,000 career points (1,994). They are both EXTRA SPECIAL!!! I am so happy the world got to see just how special and that they got to go out on top. They are going to make whichever WNBA team(s) draft them very, very happy with their selection in next Monday's 2014 WNBA Draft.

2013-14 NCAA Women's Basketball National Champions (Duel Champs with UConn men)!!!

2014 Final Four All-Tournament Team:
Sr. C Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut
So. G Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
Sr. G Kayla McBride, Notre Dame
Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut
So. F Breanna Stewart, Connecticut (Most Outstanding Player)

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA Championship game vs 1-seed Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (37-0).

Event: 2014 NCAA Women's Final Four
Location: Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN)
Time: 8:30pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn IMG Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

1 Connecticut Huskies (39-0, 21-0 AAC)

Results: Connecticut 75, Stanford 56
Player of the Game: So. F Breanna Stewart (18p, 7r, 2a, 1s, 2b, 39m)
Defensive Player of the Game: Sr. C Stefanie Dolson (7dr, 2s, 1b, 35m)
Freshman Player of the Game: Fr. G Lili Thompson, Stanford (12p, 2r, 1a, 37m)
Stat of the Game: Pts. in the Paint: UConn 28, Stanford 14

Summary: One more to perfection!!! The Connecticut Huskies are back in a very familiar position, undefeated and playing for a national championship. They'll be going for an unprecedented ninth national championship after UConn All-American and National Player of the Year So. F Breanna Stewart scored 18 points and the Huskies advanced to another title game with a 75-56 win against Stanford on Sunday night. anticipated championship showdown of undefeated teams. It wasn't easy early, though the Huskies (39-0) did their part in setting up the highly anticipated championship showdown of undefeated teams. They will square off against Notre Dame, an 87-61 winner over Maryland, on Tuesday night in the title game. It will be the first women's national title game between unbeaten teams.

Game notes (pdf) for today's NCAA Final 4 game vs 2-seed Stanford Cardinal (33-3).

Event: NCAA Women's Final Four
Location: Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN)
Time: 9:00pm (ET)
TV: ESPN
Internet: ESPN3
Radio: UConn IMG Radio Network/WTIC
Live Stats: GameTracker

2013-14 WBCA DI Coaches' All-American Team

The All-American trio of Sr. C Stefanie Dolson, Sr. G Bria Hartley, and So. F Breanna Stewart have all been named to the 2013-14 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team as announced by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association today at the Final Four in Nashville, TN. UConn has now had 31 all-time selections to the prestigious team and Stewart is the 18th Husky to be honored on the WBCA All-America squad. Dolson was selected to the squad last year while Hartley earned All-America status in 2012. This marks the ninth time that multiple Huskies were named WBCA All-Americans and the third time three made the squad. Sue Bird, Swin Cash and Diana Taurasi were selected in 2002 while Tina Charles, Renee Montgomery and Maya Moore made the team in 2009. Stewart is only the sixth UConn sophomore to be named to the team along with Svetlana Abrosimova (1998-99), Diana Taurasi (2001-02), Moore (2008-09), Hartley, and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (2012-13). Moore was also selected to the team during her freshman campaign.

2013-14 WBCA DI Coaches' All-American Team:
Sr. C Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut
Sr. G Bria Hartley, Connecticut
Sr. F Jordan Hooper, Nebraska
So. G Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
Sr. G Kayla McBride, Notre Dame
So. G Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina
Sr. F Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford
Sr. G Odyssey Sims, Baylor
So. F Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
Sr. F Alyssa Thomas, Maryland

2013-14 Senior CLASS Award

Today UConn All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson was selected as the 2013-14 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I women's basketball. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women's basketball coaches, national basketball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women's basketball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - classroom, community, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Dolson is majoring in communication science and plans to graduate in May. She has been named to the Director of Athletics Honor Roll four times. Over her college career, Dolson and her team have visited the Connecticut Children's Hospital and participated in the Walk for Autism. She played a key role in helping raise more than $30,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. She is fourth in Connecticut history in field goal percentage and blocked shots. She is one of only five players in Connecticut history to reach 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. She is one of only three Huskies all-time to register a triple-double. With a start on Sunday in the Final Four against Stanford, Dolson would break Stanford's Kayla Pedersen's NCAA DI record for career starts (150). Currently, they are tied at 150. Dolson has started 150 of a possible 152 games in which she has played in during her four year UConn career. She has only not played in ONE game (food poisoning) during her Husky tenure.

"I'm extremely honored and I know my family will be so proud and excited," Dolson said. "This award is special because it recognizes more than just basketball and celebrates what student-athletes also do in the classroom and in the community. I take a lot of pride in being a leader on this team, so I'm very happy to be recognized."

"I don't think there is a better representative of what a student-athlete and person should be than Stefanie," UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma said. "I've coached at UConn for many years and have coached great players and people. But over the last four years, Stefanie has been as good a teammate, player and representative of the university as anyone could ever hope someone could be. I'm sure there are other people as deserving of this 

2014 Honda Sports Award (WCBB) nominees

Today UConn All-American So. F Breanna Stewart was named one of 5 nominees for the Honda Sports Award for basketball as announced by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). The other nominees are Sr. G Kayla McBride from Notre Dame, Sr. F Chiney Ogwumike from Stanford, Sr. G Odyssey Sims from Baylor, and Sr. F Alyssa Thomas from Maryland. The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the CWSA to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies "the best of the best in collegiate athletics". The winner of the sport award becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2014 Honda Cup. The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The Honda Sports award winner for basketball will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote. The CWSA presents the Honda Sports Award annually to top women student-athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. In December, UConn's Marie Elena Bolles earned the honor in field hockey after leading the Huskies to the 2013 National Championship and earning National Player of the Year recognition. Honda Sports award winners will be presented with the honor during on-campus presentations throughout the year and all Honda Sports award winners become a finalist for the prestigious 2014 Honda Cup award presented in June.

2013-14 WBCA DI DPOTY finalists

Today UConn All-American Sr. C Stefanie Dolson was selected as one of three finalists for WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year Award, presented by the United States Marine Corps. Joining Dolson as finalists for the honor are Stanford’s Chiney Ogwumike and Baylor’s Odyssey Sims. The Defensive Player of the Year award honors the best defensive collegiate Division I women's basketball player. All Division I conference defensive players of the year are eligible to be nominated for the award. A selection committee makes the final decision on the winner. Dolson has anchored a UConn defense that leads the country in opponents field goal percentage (30.7 percent) and points allowed (47.4 ppg), both of which approach NCAA single-season records. She is fourth all-time at UConn in blocked shots and swatted a career-high 8 shots in UConn’s Regional Final victory over Texas A&M on March 31 a game in which she tied Stanford's Kayla Pedersen for all-time starts in NCAA DI WCBB history with 150 starts and UConn as a team set the NCAA DI record for blocked shots in a single season with 311 (Baylor 310, 2011-12, 40 games). The 2013-14 American Conference Defensive Player of the Year and Sportsmanship Award winner, she enters the Final Four averaging 12.4ppg and leading the team in rebounding with 9.2rpg to go along with 127 assists. Defensively she has 89 blocks and 38 steals on the season. Dolson also boasts the distinction of joining Kara Wolters as the only two Huskies to four-peat as conference All-Tournament selections. To top the list, the senior recorded just the program’s second triple-double against Oregon on Nov. 20, 2013. The winner will be announced during the WBCA Awards Show, which will be held at 5:30 p.m. CT Monday, April 7, in the Omni Nashville Hotel’s Broadway Ballroom. This event is part of the WBCA National Convention and is held in conjunction with the NCAA® Women's Final Four®.

2013-14 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team

Today UConn So. F Breanna Stewart was named to the 2013-14 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team as announced by the Los Angeles Athletics Club. Voting by college basketball media members from throughout the nation took place March 12-25, which allowed voters to take into account the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The All-American Team is comprised of the five student-athletes who received the highest point total over that period. All players must maintain at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA to be eligible. The 5 members of this years John R. Wooden Award All-American Team are also the 5 finalists for the 2013-14 John R. Wooden Award. The winner of the 2013-14 John R. Wooden Award will be announced as part of the 38th annual Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy’s weekend April 10-12, 2014 at The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The event will honor the Men's and Women's Wooden Award winners, and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Stanford Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer.

The American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Stewart becomes the seventh Husky selected as a Wooden Award All-American since the team’s inception in 2004. Former UConn star Maya Moore is the only Husky to earn the honor on multiple occasions after making the team in every one of her distinguished four years at Connecticut. Stewart joins Moore, Tina Charles, Renee Montgomery and Diana Taurasi as UConn players to receive the honor. A unanimous AP First Team All-American selection, Stewart leads the Huskies with 19.4 points per game and ranks second on the UConn roster in rebounding with 8.1 boards per contest. Her 738 points this season are fourth most in program history and represent the second highest total by a sophomore since Maya Moore netted 754 in 2009-10. Stewart not only delivers on the offensive end, but the 6-4 forward leads the squad with 106 blocks on the season, helping UConn set a new NCAA single-season team record for rejections with 313.

2013-14 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team:
Sr. G Kayla McBride, Notre Dame
Sr. F Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford
Sr. G Odyssey Sims, Baylor
So. F Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
Sr. F Alyssa Thomas, Maryland

2013-14 AP All-Americans

For the first time since the 2001-02 season and the second time in program history, five Huskies have earned All-American recognition from the Associated Press as announced by the organization Tuesday morning. UConn All-American So. F Breanna Stewart headlined the squad as a unanimous First Team AP All-American selection. The Senior All-American duo of G Bria Hartley and C Stefanie Dolson earned Second Team choices. UConn So. G Moriah Jefferson and All-American Jr. W Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis were recognized with Honorable Mention honors. The feat marks the second time in program history that five Connecticut players have received AP recognition. In 2001-02, the combination of Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Diana Taurasi, Asjha Jones and Tamika Williams collected five AP All-American accolades en route to winning the first of what would be three consecutive National Championships.

2013-14 AP All-American Team:
First Team:
Sr. G Kayla McBride, Notre Dame
Sr. F Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford*
Sr. G Odyssey Sims, Baylor*
So. F Breanna Stewart, Connecticut*
Sr. F Alyssa Thomas, Maryland

Second Team:
Sr. C Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut
Sr. G Bria Hartley, Connecticut
Sr. F Jordan Hooper, Nebraska
So. G Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
Sr. G Shoni Schimmel, Louisville

Third Team:
Sr. C Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame
Sr. G Tricia Liston, Duke
Sr. G Maggie Lucas, Penn State
So. G Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina
Jr. C Elizabeth Williams, Duke

* - unanimous selection