CONECTICUT COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Central Connecticut State women’s soccer: Erica Bardes scored late in the second half and Amanda McQuillan had 10 saves as the Blue Devils upset No. 4 seed Rutgers 1-0 to pick up the second NCAA tournament win in program history.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Mia Nahom, UConn cross country: Nahom, a junior from New Milford, finished fourth out of 266 runners at the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Nahom led the Huskies to a ninth-place finish and qualified for the NCAA championship meet. The Huskies also finished eighth in the men’s race as Norwalk’s Eric Van Der Els and the Fairfield duo of Will Brisman and James Maniscalco earned top 20 finishes.

HOMETOWN FOCUS

Jessica Drop and Samantha Drop, Georgia women’s cross

country: The Durham natives finished third and fifth in the NCAA Division I South Regional to qualify for the NCAA championship meet. Former Wilbur Cross star Danae Rivers will also be there as her sixth-place finish helped Penn State win the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional to qualify for nationals as a team.

BY THE NUMBERS

1: Errors by Abigail Epstein in 29 attempts as Southern Connecticut State women’s volleyball team topped Southern New Hampshire 3-2 to clinch final spot in Northeast-10 tournament. SCSU and New Haven each lost in the NE-10 quarterfinals.

4: Consecutive games with at least 20 steals for WestConn women’s basketball team.

11: Steals by Traci Carter by Hartford men’s basketball team in first five games.

13: Goals scored in Albertus Magnus-Conn College men’s hockey game. Anthony Quatieri had two goals and two assists in Conn College’s 8-5 win while Owen Allan led the Falcons with a goal and two assists.

29: Saves by UConn men’s hockey goalie Tomas Vomacka in 2-1 win over No. 12 UMass Lowell.

29: Points by Adrianne Hagwood in Sacred Heart women’s basketball team’s 77-63 win over Bridgeport.

35: Saves by Trinity men’s hockey goalie Tedy Loughborough in first two games of season.

54:: Points in second half by WestConn men’s basketball team in 88-50 win over Elms.

GET OUT AND GO

Women’s volleyball, MAAC tournament, Friday-Sunday:

Top-seeded Fairfield, which finished 17-1 in conference play, will host the tournament.

Men’s basketball, Central Connecticut vs. Vermont, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.: Rugged early season schedule continues as Blue Devils face Vermont in Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena before playing either Rider or Columbia on Sunday. Men’s basketball, Sacred Heart at Quinnipiac, Sunday, 3:30 p.m.: All Connecticut matchup highlights final day of Bobcats Invitational.