Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 1/13

UConn Huskies Daily Roundup

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as the other sports the student-athletes engage in. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

Happy ending for UConn’s Dolson at Marquette [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

Coach Summitt (Tyler) On His Mother And Basketball [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Auriemma On His Injuries [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Terri Mitchell A Big Fan Of Kelly Faris [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Hartley, Stewart Sidelined By Left Ankle Sprains [rich elliott – ct post]

Tuck Shines At Marquette In Her Return [rich elliott – ct post]

Mitchell Proves To Be A Big Fan Of Faris [rich elliott – ct post]

Catching up with Tyler Summitt [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn shows offensive balance in win over Marquette [jim fuller – new haven register]

KML leads No.3 UConn past Marquette [ct post]

UConn women want balancing act [ct post]

Inside And Out, UConn Women Dominate Marquette, 85-51 [hartford courant]

Pat Summitt's Son Helps Plot Against UConn [hartford courant]

Dolson, Mosqueda-Lewis lead Huskies in rout of Marquette [new haven register]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Wrapping Things Up From South Bend [dom amore – hartford courant]

Kevin Ollie’s Take [dom amore – hartford courant]

Career Game for Tyler Olander; Boatright's Alley-Oop Dunk Was Set Play; UConn Snaps Another Notre Dame Streak [david borges – new haven register]

Notes/Quotes from Notre Dame: Time, Seed and Harvest [kevin duffy – ct post]

UConn plays streak ender again [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Olander’s awakening [john silver – journal inquirer]

Oh My Olander [uconn huskies basketball]

UConn: ND's home streak-busters [ct post]

UConn's Napier makes case for top point guard [ct post]

UConn Men Upset Notre Dame, 65-58 [hartford courant]

Loose Napier Leads The Way [hartford courant]

Ollie, After Win Over Irish, Talks About Reaping What Is Sown With Olander [hartford courant]

No Pushovers [journal inquirer]

Huskies snap Notre Dame's 12-game winning streak [new haven register]

UConn Football links

UConn recruit selected to play in Big 33 Classic [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn commit Matt Walsh named Register's State MVP [jim fuller – new haven register]

Williams returns two kickoffs in all-star game [jim fuller – new haven register]

Going West? [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Chiefs hire former UConn linebacker John Dorsey as new GM [new haven register]

Other UConn related links

M. Track. Huskies Claim Six First Place Finishes at Yale Invite [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Track. Huskies Dominate Competition in Opening Meet [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Men's Hockey Falls at Robert Morris, 4-3 [uconnhuskies.com]

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Hershey Bears 4, Connecticut Whale 3 (SO)

Hershey, PA, January 12, 2013 – The Connecticut Whale gained a standings point for the fourth straight game (2-0-1-1) Saturday night at Giant Center, but lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Hershey Bears.

CT Whale The Whale outshot Hershey 36-23 in the game, including 26-11 in the first two periods, but trailed 2-1 heading into the third before coming back to get the point.

Kelsey Tessier scored in the third period for the Whale, and Chad Kolarik had a shorthanded goal, but a Zach Hamill power-play tally wiped out a short-lived 3-2 Connecticut lead.

“In large part, I thought we outchanced them, but I don’t know that we brought our best team game for the entirety of the game,” Whale head coach Ken Gernander said. It’s good that we came back, but ideally I’d like to have seen us press the issue a little bit harder in the first two periods.”

The Whale outshot the Bears 13-6 in a first period that was scoreless except for a 28-second span in which the team traded goals.

Kyle Jean gave the Whale a brief lead at 17:07 with his eighth goal of the year and third in the last two games. Jean, who scored both Whale goals in a 2-0 home win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday, took a feed from Andrew Yogan, just back up to the Whale from Greenville of the ECHL, got around Hershey defenseman Steve Oleksy on left wing and then put a backhander past Bear goaltender Philipp Grubauer.

Garrett Mitchell got that goal right back for Hershey at 17:35, forcing a shot from the bottom of the right circle through Whale netminder Jason Missiaen, who got his first AHL shutout with 35 saves in Sunday’s win.

The Bears then struck again on the first shift of the second period, and this time it was Mitchell finding Jonathan Kalinski for Kalinski’s first goal of the season. That was on a shot from just below the left-wing faceoff dot past Missiaen’s catching glove, and that goal would be the only scoring of the second, despite the Whale having a 13-5 shots edge.

Tessier tied the game at 11:56 of the third with his fourth goal of the year, a tip-in of a Logan Pyett shot from near the blue line. Then, after Kris Newbury was penalized for cross-checking at 13:18, Kolarik increased his team-leading goal total to 15 with his second shorthander of the season at 13:50. Grubauer, making only his second AHL appearance of the year, stopped Kolarik’s first attempt with his pads, but Kolarik fought off Stafford to get to the rebound and snapped it in.

Just 54 seconds later, though, at 14:44, with Newbury still in the box, Hamill gunned a shot from the left faceoff dot past Missiaen to create a 3-3 tie that carried through to overtime.

After a scoreless OT, Stafford and Stan Galiev scored shootout goals for the Bears, and Kolarik was the only one of five Whale shooters to score on Grubauer, giving Hershey the two points.

The Whale and Bears battle again Sunday at Giant Center, in the Whale’s second of six straight road games, facing off at 5:00 PM. All of the action of that game can be heard live on “Beethoven Radio” AM 1290 and on-line at www.ctwhale.com. Video streaming is available at www.ahllive.com.

The Whale’s next home game is Wednesday, January 23, a 7:00 game against the Adirondack Phantoms. For that and all Whale home games, tickets start as low as $10 each ($12 each when tickets are purchased on the day of the game), at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, through TicketMaster Charge-by-Phone at 1-800-745-3000 and on-line at www.ticketmaster.com.

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Connecticut Whale 3 at Hershey Bears 4 (SO)
Saturday, January 12, 2013 – Giant Center

Connecticut 1 0 2 0 – 3
Hershey 1 1 1 0 – 4

1st Period-1, Connecticut, Jean 8 (Yogan, Pyett), 17:07. 2, Hershey, Mitchell 8 (Almeida, Kalinski), 17:35. Penalties-Marshall Her (holding the stick), 8:24.

2nd Period-3, Hershey, Kalinski 1 (Almeida, Mitchell), 0:17. Penalties-Kane Her (tripping), 12:06; Parlett Ct (holding), 14:31.

3rd Period-4, Connecticut, Tessier 4 (Pyett, Grant), 11:56. 5, Connecticut, Kolarik 15 (Vernace), 13:50 (SH). 6, Hershey, Hamill 11 (Kundratek, McNeill), 14:44 (PP). Penalties-Yogan Ct (hooking), 7:31; Parlett Ct (cross-checking), 8:25; Newbury Ct (cross-checking), 13:18.

OT Period- No Scoring. Penalties-No Penalties

Shootout – Connecticut 1 (Miller NG, Kolarik G, Newbury NG, Thomas NG, Jean NG), Hershey 2 (Mitchell NG, Stafford G, Kundratek NG, Galiev G).
Shots on Goal-Connecticut 13-13-7-2-0-35. Hershey 6-5-10-1-1-23.
Power Play Opportunities-Connecticut 0 / 2; Hershey 1 / 4.
Goalies-Connecticut, Missiaen 3-3-1 (22 shots-19 saves). Hershey, Grubauer 1-1-0 (35 shots-32 saves).
A-10,409
Referees-Graham Skilliter (48).
Linesmen-Bob Goodman (90), Jud Ritter (34).

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Video: UConn Women Run By Marquette, 85-51

Despite being shorthanded on Saturday afternoon, the UConn Huskies women's basketball team looked like, well the UConn women of old. And that proved to be bad for the Marquette Golden Eagles.

UConn guard Kelly Faris drives to the hoop against Marquette during the first half at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon. The Huskies opened up the game on a 21-3 run and never looked back on their way to an 85-51 win over the Golden Eagles in front of 2,684 at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, WI.

UConn improves to 14-1 (2-1 Big East) while Marquette falls to 8-7 (0-2).

The Huskies were without their second leading scorer and leading rebounder Breanna Stewart who sprained her left ankle in practice. They also played most of the game without their All-American Bria Hartley who sprained her left ankle and sat out of the rest of the game.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis paced the Huskies with 24 points while Stefanie Dolson added 20 points and five rebounds. Brianna Banks came off the bench to add 12 points.

Kelly Faris had another one of her nice all-around games with 11 points, five rebounds, eight assists and five steals. Morgan Tuck returned to action and led the Huskies with nine rebounds to go along with seven points.

Marquettte was led by Sarinna Simmons' 19 points. Arlesia Moore was the next highest scorer with seven points while both Chelsie Butler and Cristina Bigica added six points.

Morse, Katie Young and Lauren Tibbs led the Golden Eagles with four rebounds each.

With UConn looking like a well-oiled machine early on, they made sure Marquette had no chance of winning this game. They moved the ball with ease within their offense, made the right cuts, etc, etc.

This is what they need to continue to do going forward. Play like that the rest of the way and big things could happen in Storrs, CT.

The Huskies return back home on Tuesday night when they'll host the nationally ranked Louisville Cardinals at the XL Center on Tuesday night. Tip is scheduled for 9 p.m.

UConn Huskies @ Marquette Golden Eagles box score

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Video: UConn Men Upset Notre Dame 65-58

I've been saying all along this season that once Big East play began, the UConn Huskies men's basketball team were going to give teams problems.

And that's exactly what happened on Saturday afternoon against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

University of Connecticut Huskies forward Tyler Olander, 10, blocks a shot by Notre Dame Fighting Irish forward Jack Cooley, 45, during the first half. Behind the strong play of Shabazz Napier and Tyler Olander, UConn was able to pull off the 65-58 upset of the Fighting Irish in front of 9,149 at Purcell Pavillion at the Joyce Center.

UConn improves to 12-3 (2-1 Big East) while Notre Dame falls to 14-2 (2-1).

The win by the Huskies stopped a Fighting Irish 12-game winning streak and a 17-game home winning streak. The last time the Irish lost at home, it was last season against UConn.

Napier led the way with 19 points and had five rebounds and four assists. Olander played by far his best game of the season on both ends of the floor. He finished with a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds.

Ryan Boatright, who playing in front of a lot of family and friends who made the two hour trip from Chicago to South Bend, didn't disappoint them with 14 points, three rebounds and five assists. DeAndre Daniels led the Huskies with nine rebounds to go along with eight points.

Eric Atkins paced Notre Dame with 18 points and four assists. Jack Cooley added 14 points and nine rebounds while Jerian Grant had 11 points and four assists.

So how did UConn win this game?

They played great defensively and once again outrebounded their opponent. From various media reports and the television broadcast, UConn head coach Kevin Ollie implemented a new rebounding drill. Well we can say it it has worked well as UConn outrebounded Notre Dame 34-28.

This was the Olander we've been waiting for all season long. He was strong offensively and defensively he was outstanding especially given he had to cover the double-double machine of Cooley. The help defense was great too.

UConn needs to continue this type of play as their schedule doesn't get any kinder to them. They'll have a short turn around as they return home on Monday night to host the Louisville Cardinals at the XL Center. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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UConn Huskies @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1.12.13 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey and UConn head coach Kevin Ollie.

Here are UConn's postgame notes.

Here are Notre Dame's postgame notes.

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2012 NFL AP All-Pro Team

While we'll have to wait a few more weeks for the Associated Press to announce their yearly award winners, they have announced their All-Pro Teams for the 2012 NFL season.

The New England Patriots only had two members on the team. DT Vince Wilfork made the AP All-Pro First Team while G Logan Mankins made the AP All-Pro Second Team.

AP All-Pro First Team:

OFFENSE:

QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos

RB: *Adrian Peterson, Vikings, Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks

FB: Vonta Leach, Ravens.

TE: Tony Gonzalez, Falcons

WR: Calvin Johnson, Lions; Brandon Marshall, Bears

OT: Duane Brown, Texans; Ryan Clady, Broncos

OG: Jahri Evans, Saints; Mike Iupati, 49ers

C: Max Unger, Seahawks

DEFENSE

DE: *J.J. Watt, Texans, Cameron Wake, Dolphins.

DT: Geno Atkins, Bengals; Vince Wilfork, Patriots

OLB: Von Miller, Broncos; Aldon Smith, 49ers

ILB: Patrick Willis, 49ers; NaVorro Bowman, 49ers

CB: Richard Sherman, Seahawks; Charles Tillman, Bears

S: Earl Thomas, Seahawks; Dashon Goldson, 49ers

P: Andy Lee, 49ers

K: Blair Walsh, Vikings

KR: Jacoby Jones, Ravens

* unanimous selection

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AP All-Pro Second Team

OFFENSE

QB: Aaron Rodgers, Packers

RB: Alfred Morris, Redskins; Jamaal Charles, Chiefs

FB: Jerome Felton, Vikings

TE: Jason Witten, Cowboys

WR: A.J. Green, Bengals; Andre Johnson, Texans

OT: Joe Thomas, Browns; Joe Staley, 49ers

OG: Marshal Yanda, Ravens; Logan Mankins, Patriots

C: Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers

DEFENSE

DE: Justin Smith, 49ers; Julius Peppers, Bears

DT: Justin Smith, 49ers; Ndamukong Suh, Lions; Haloti Ngata, Ravens

OLB: Chad Greenway, Vikings; Ahmad Brooks, 49ers; Clay Matthews, Packers; and DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys

ILB: Daryl Washington, Cardinals; London Fletcher, Redskins

CB: Champ Bailey, Broncos; Tim Jennings, Bears

S: Eric Weddle, Chargers; Jairus Byrd, Bills

P: Thomas Morstead, Saints

K: Phil Dawson, Browns

KR: David Wilson, Giants

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2013 NFL Divisional Playoff Weekend Predictions

Here are our predictions for what we think will happen in the 2013 NFL Divisional Playoffs taking place on Saturday and Sunday.

AFC Divisional Games

Ian – Denver Broncos 24 Baltimore Ravens 14

Steve – Denver Broncos 35 Baltimore Ravens 20

Ian – New England Patriots 35 Houston Texans 10

Steve – New England Patriots 31 Houston Texans 24

NFC Divisional Games

Ian – San Francisco 49ers 35 Green Bay Packers 31

Steve – San Francisco 49ers 28 Green Bay Packers 24

Ian – Atlanta Falcons 34 Seattle Seahawks 31

Steve – Seattle Seahawks 31 Atlanta Falcons 30

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 1/12

UConn Huskies Daily Roundup

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It's game day for both the UConn Huskies men's and women's basketball teams.

The UConn men kick things off at 2 p.m. as they are in South Bend, IN to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on SNY and is also available online at WatchESPN. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

The UConn women are in Milwaukee, WI to take on the Marquette Golden Eagles. Tip is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on SNY. The game is also available online for a fee at SNYUConn.com. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

UConn’s Hartley in search of consistency [carl adamec -snyuconn.com]

Tuck Unable To Practice, Questionable For Game At Marquette [rich elliott – ct post]

All-American Hartley Struggling With Her Confidence [rich elliott – ct post]

Hartley looks to build on strong finish against Hoyas [jim fuller – new haven register]

Morgan Tuck misses practice again [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn-Marquette: A look back [jim fuller – new haven register]

Frustrated Hartley plagued by inconsistency [ct post]

UConn Women Enjoying Life Beyond The Three-Point Line [hartford courant]

Hartley keeps skipping a beat [journal inquirer]

Bria Hartley still working her way back [new haven register]

Geno on losing to Notre Dame [snyuconn.com]

UConn women play at Marquette today [the day]

UConn Men's Basketball links

UConn Men Arrive in South Bend; Notes, Quotes from The Lobby [dom amore – hartford courant]

UConn Out to End Another Irish Winning Streak … and Ryan Boatright Gets to Help Out This Time, Too [david borges – new haven register]

Amida Brimah Will Visit UConn This Weekend [david borges – new haven register]

UConn vs. Notre Dame: a backcourt battle [gavin keefe – the day]

Boat show will go on as scheduled [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Napier not on PG list [john silver – snyuconn.com]

UConn's Boatright hopes for happy homecoming [ct post]

UConn Has Two Tough Games Coming Up [hartford courant]

Finally, Boatright Gets Chance To Play Before His Family [hartford courant]

Boatright on course this time [journal inquirer]

Huskies hoping to snap another Notre Dame winning streak [new haven register]

Boatright is having fun once again [the day]

UConn Football links

South Carolina LB/DE commits to UConn [jim fuller – new haven register]

Other UConn related links

UConn AD Manuel denies interest in Catholic Seven [kevin duffy – ct post]

BIG EAST Presidents And Athletic Directors Meet [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Track. Nick Stenuf Named Men's Track & Field Assistant Coach [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Win Third Straight With 3-2 Victory at Robert Morris [uconnhuskies.com]

Baseball. Branford native and Texas Rangers rookie Mike Olt to be featured guest at GNHCC 'Hot Stove' event [new haven register]

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UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball Continues to Soar on SNY

Here's a press release from UConn and SNY about the latest ratings for the UConn Huskies women's basketball coverage on SNY:

NEW YORK – On the heels of UConn’s victory over Georgetown, SNY, the official television home of the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program, today announced that the game averaged an 8.52 household rating – the network’s highest rating of the season. This ratings benchmark also signifies the highest household rating in nearly two years for the program in the Hartford-New Haven DMA (UConn-Syracuse, 9.1 household rating on 2-28-11). In addition, the game ranked as the #1 program in its time period – beating all competitive sports programming airing in the market – including ESPN’s NBA Double Header. UConn-Georgetown on SNY also topped all network prime time series last night in the Hartford-New Haven DMA – except ABC’s Modern Family (9.05 household rating).

UConn on SNY SNY’s pre-game and post- game coverage – featuring Kara Wolters and host Gary Apple – also posted strong household ratings in the Hartford-New Haven DMA for last night’s contest. The network’s pre-game show delivered a 3.61 HH Rating (+56% over the 2.32 STD average household rating). The Post-Game show presented by People’s United Bank delivered a 2.90 HH Rating (+5% over the 2.76 STD average household rating).

In its inaugural season carrying the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program, SNY has unveiled an unprecedented 340+ hours of exclusive programming – including comprehensive pre-game, half-time and post-game shows as well as its critically acclaimed Huskies All- Access Show. As a result, SNY has helped the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program grow significantly in popularity as the team’s television household ratings have increased +18% thru SNY’s first nine games in the Hartford-New Haven DMA.

On Saturday, January 12^th, SNY will feature an UConn basketball doubleheader with the Men’s team playing Notre Dame at 2:00pm – followed by the UConn Women’s basketball team facing Marquette at 4:00pm.

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