1948 Men's Soccer Team
The 1948 UConn men’s soccer team, under head coach John Squires,
posted a perfect 11-0 record and was named the national champion by
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Stuart Johnson
and Merritt Baldwin were both All-American performers that year. The
team beat such schools and teams as Yale, Tufts, UMass, MIT and Fort
Devens – but had to wait until February of 1949 before it was
officially voted the national champion. |
1981 Women's Field Hockey Team
UConn won the
first-ever NCAA Championship in the sport of field hockey in 1981 as
the national semifinals and finals were played at Memorial Stadium
in Storrs. The Huskies defeated Purdue in the first round by a 1-0
count and then topped Old Dominion 3-0 in the semifinals before
winning the national title over Massachusetts by a 4-1 score on
November 22. Head coach Diane Wright and her team had a 15-2-3
overall record and were led by All-Americans Laurie Decker and Lorie
McCollum. |
1981 Men's Soccer Team
Head coach Joe
Morrone and the Huskies were on top of the men’s college soccer
world in 1981 as UConn topped Alabama A&M by a 2-1 score in overtime
on December 6 at Stanford Stadium to win the NCAA Championship.
UConn had a 20-3-2 record in 1981 as Elvis Comrie and Pedro DeBrito
were both named All-Americans. UConn posted victories over Vermont
and Long Island at home in opening round NCAA games before topping
Eastern Illinois by a 2-1 overtime score in the national semifinals
to move on to the championship. |
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1985 Women's Field Hockey Team
The Huskies won
their second national championship in the sport of field hockey in
1985 as UConn finished the season with an overall record of 19-2 for
head coach Diane Wright. UConn beat
Maryland
by a 2-0 score in its opening NCAA tournament games and then topped
Boston University by a 2-1 count in the national semifinals in
Norfolk,
Va.
The Huskies defeated host school Old Dominion in the final by a 3-2
score. Tracey Fuchs and Janet Ryan were All-America performers for
that squad.
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1995 Women's Basketball Team
UConn won its
first national championship in the sport of women’s basketball in
1995 as the Huskies had a perfect 35-0 record. The path to the
championship started with wins over
Maine,
Virginia Tech, Alabama and Virginia (all in Storrs) sending the
Huskies to Minneapolis for the Final Four. UConn then defeated
Stanford and
Tennessee
to win the championship for head coach Geno Auriemma. UConn was led
by National Player of the Year Rebecca Lobo, who was also an
All-American, and Jen Rizzotti – another All-American selection. |
1998-1999 Men's Basketball Team
Head coach Jim
Calhoun and UConn reached the top of the college basketball world in
1999 by winning the national championship. The Huskies defeated Ohio
State and Duke in the Final Four, which was held at Tropicana Field
in St. Petersburg, Fla. UConn opened NCAA play in Denver with wins
over Texas-San Antonio and New Mexico before beating Iowa and
Gonzaga in Phoenix to advance to the program’s first Final Four.
UConn finished the year with an incredible 34-2 record. |
1999-2000 Women's Basketball Team
The Huskies has a
final record of 36-1 and defeated Penn State and Tennessee in the
Final Four, held in head coach Geno Auriemma’s native Philadelphia.
UConn defeated Hampton and Clemson in opening NCAA round action in
Storrs before beating Oklahoma and LSU in the regional at Richmond.
UConn defeated the Lady Vols in the final by a convincing 71-52
score. UConn was led by a pair of All-Americans – Shea Ralph and
three-time All-American Svetlana Abrosimova. |
2000 Men's Soccer Team
Head coach Ray
Reid and the Huskies won the 2000 NCAA College Cup with a 2-0 win
over Creighton in the championship game on Dec. 10. UConn opened
NCAA play with wins over
Dartmouth and Clemson before beating Brown in quarterfinals in a
renewal of one of
New England’s original college soccer rivalries. A 2-0 win over
Southern Methodist in the quarterfinals set up the championship
game. UConn finished the year with a 20-3-2 record while Chris
Gbandi, Darin Lewis and Brent Rahim all earned All-America honors. |
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2001-02 Women's Basketball Team
UConn reached
perfect again with a 39-0 record and this the Final Four wins were
against Tennessee and Oklahoma as the national championship was
played in San Antonio. The Huskies again opened NCAA play in Storrs
and the wins were against St. Francis (Pa.) and
Iowa.
Penn State and Old Dominion fell in the Regional in
Milwaukee.
UConn was led by National Player of the Year Sue Bird and her fellow
All-Americans – Swin Cash and Diana Taurasi.
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2002-03 Women's Basketball Team
The Huskies made it two national titles in a row with a 37-1 record
for head coach Geno Auriemma. After losing for the first time since
2001 in the BIG EAST final against Villanova, UConn opened NCAA play
with wins over Boston University and TCU in Storrs and then won
another regional title over
Boston
College
and Purdue in Dayton. Atlanta was the home to the Final Four in 2003
and the Huskies defeated Texas and Tennessee to win the title. Diana
Taurasi was an All-American pick for UConn. |
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2003-04 Men's Basketball Team
UConn and head coach Jim Calhoun won its second national
championship in the sport of men’s basketball with the Final Four
and had a final record of 33-6. UConn defeated
Vermont and DePaul in
Buffalo to
advance to regional play in Phoenix. Like they did in 1999, the
Huskies came out of the
Phoenix
regional as the Final Four team. Wins over Vanderbilt and
Alabama
sent the Huskies to San Antonio where UConn defeated Duke and
Georgia Tech to win the national championship. The Huskies were led
by National Player of the Year, All-American and Academic
All-American of the Year Emeka Okafor. |
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2003-04 Women's Basketball Team
The University of Connecticut won its second national championship
in as many days as the women’s basketball team defeated Tennessee
for its third-straight NCAA title as UConn became the only Division
I school in history to win the men’s and women’s basketball
championship in the same year. UConn defeated Pennsylvania and
Auburn in opening NCAA play in Bridgeport, Conn., before topping UC-Santa
Barbara and
Penn State at the Regional in
Hartford. UConn
then advanced to its fifth-straight Final Four, another NCAA first,
and defeated Minnesota and Tennessee to win the title. Diana Taurasi
was again an All-American pick. |
