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Shawn McGrath It’s time to get up out of here. According to The UConn Blog’s content management system, I’ve published 1,075 articles on the site since February 16, 2016, the first of which was a preview for the baseball team’s upcoming season. This is the last one. Now that the baseball Huskies are done in 2025 and there won’t be any sports until August, which … [Read more...] about So long, farewell

Photo by Andrea Branca/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images The former UConn star earned his second gold medal at a major tournament. Tage Thompson scored a golden goal in overtime on Sunday to beat Switzerland and secure gold for Team USA at the 2025 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm. It’s the program’s first standalone world championship since 1933 and first major … [Read more...] about Tage Thompson scores game-winner to lift Team USA to hockey world championship

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog The Huskies miss out on the field for the first time since 2017. UConn baseball’s NCAA Tournament bid streak ends at six after being left out of the field of 64 on Monday. The Huskies joined Southeastern Louisiana, Troy and Virginia among the first four out. Creighton, the Big East Tournament champion, earned the league’s automatic bid and is … [Read more...] about UConn baseball left out of NCAA Tournament

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog The Huskies caught fire with a 13-game winning streak at one point but struggled when competition cranked up. The last time UConn baseball did not make the NCAA Tournament was 2017, when the team also landed among the first four out. Back then, it was tough losses in the midweek that dragged down the Huskies’ RPI. This time, it was … [Read more...] about UConn baseball didn’t do enough against top teams to earn NCAA Tournament bid

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog The Huskies head to the at-large pool. UConn baseball’s Big East Tournament run ended in the final on Saturday, as Creighton took the title by a score of 7-4. Jim Penders’ team would have needed to win two games against the Bluejays to claim a tournament crown. The Huskies left the bases loaded three times across the afternoon and stranded 12 … [Read more...] about Big East Tournament: UConn falls to Creighton, 7-4