Spring Break
Huskies Will Battle A Different (Red) Storm
Softball
Justin Verrier
Issue date: 3/30/07 Section: Sports
After poor weather kept them off the field for two weeks, the Huskies softball team faces another storm this weekend.
UConn heads to New York Saturday to take on the St. John's Red Storm in a doubleheader that begins at noon. The Huskies will then travel about 30 miles south to take on Seton Hall in another doubleheader at noon.
Having to cancel and reschedule games as well as practice indoors, the Huskies (11-9, 1-2) haven't had the luxury of any kind of set schedule the past few weeks, and this lack of consistency off the field has translated onto it as well.
Like the weather, the Huskies' play has fluctuated throughout the young season. For a team picked to bottom-feed in the always competitive Big East this season, their winning record thus far has turned some heads in the conference.
However, despite there high level of performance early on, the Huskies have dropped four of their last five games and head coach Karen Mullins admits that her team can, at times, play like the one it was projected to be rather than the one she knows they can be.
This consistency problem reared its ugly head against Syracuse this past weekend as the Huskies played a doubleheader against the Orange and a game against Pittsburgh last Sunday and Monday at Raymond Field in Providence.
On Sunday, the Orange jumped out to a big lead, tagging senior right-hander Krista Michalczyk and sophomore Rachael Crossin for 7 runs in less than three innings.
"It was obviously a difficult start for us," Mullins said. "We didn't really get into our flow until the third or fourth inning and by then we dug ourselves a hole and we were trying to get out."
Although the Huskies' late offensive surge - highlighted by homeruns from Micah Truax, Danielle Del Ponte and Jillian Ortega - would send the game into extra innings, the Orange put up a run in the seventh inning and the Huskies were unable to match them, ultimately losing, 9-8.
Similar problems occurred the following day. In games against both Syracuse and the Panthers, UConn couldn't seem to get their offense going until the end of the game.
UConn heads to New York Saturday to take on the St. John's Red Storm in a doubleheader that begins at noon. The Huskies will then travel about 30 miles south to take on Seton Hall in another doubleheader at noon.
Having to cancel and reschedule games as well as practice indoors, the Huskies (11-9, 1-2) haven't had the luxury of any kind of set schedule the past few weeks, and this lack of consistency off the field has translated onto it as well.
Like the weather, the Huskies' play has fluctuated throughout the young season. For a team picked to bottom-feed in the always competitive Big East this season, their winning record thus far has turned some heads in the conference.
However, despite there high level of performance early on, the Huskies have dropped four of their last five games and head coach Karen Mullins admits that her team can, at times, play like the one it was projected to be rather than the one she knows they can be.
This consistency problem reared its ugly head against Syracuse this past weekend as the Huskies played a doubleheader against the Orange and a game against Pittsburgh last Sunday and Monday at Raymond Field in Providence.
On Sunday, the Orange jumped out to a big lead, tagging senior right-hander Krista Michalczyk and sophomore Rachael Crossin for 7 runs in less than three innings.
"It was obviously a difficult start for us," Mullins said. "We didn't really get into our flow until the third or fourth inning and by then we dug ourselves a hole and we were trying to get out."
Although the Huskies' late offensive surge - highlighted by homeruns from Micah Truax, Danielle Del Ponte and Jillian Ortega - would send the game into extra innings, the Orange put up a run in the seventh inning and the Huskies were unable to match them, ultimately losing, 9-8.
Similar problems occurred the following day. In games against both Syracuse and the Panthers, UConn couldn't seem to get their offense going until the end of the game.
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