Spring Break
Burke At Her Best
Huskies End Losing Streak With Senior's Help
Mike Northup
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Sports
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The Huskies (6-4) win was the first since March 14 against Harvard. With the loss, the Eagles (4-7) have now dropped four straight.
Head coach Megan Cersosimo expressed quite a bit of satisfaction after the victory.
"It felt great," Cersosimo said. "A win is a win, let's put it that way. We were very happy to get back on track today."
Midfielder Shannon Burke led all scorers with 8 points on the day on 4 goals and 4 assists. With those points, Burke moved into first all-time in UConn history for most career points with 205, eclipsing the old record of 203 set by former All-American Tracy Mullaney from 2002-2005. With 60 points on the year, Burke now sits just one point short of tying the school-record for most points in one season, also set by Mullaney in 2005.
"We couldn't be more proud or happy for her [setting the school record]," Cersosimo said.
So much of Burke's success this year has been the result of the rest of the offense stepping up their game - something Cersosimo made sure to point out - as Burke has a team-high and school-record 34 assists on the season.
"Shannon is playing very smart right now, and so are her teammates," Cersosimo said. "She obviously had four assists today, so four people had to be open for her to be able to assist to them. So really, our attack is playing a complete game. It's not just her scoring goals - she's really setting other people up, and she's seeing the ball really well and seeing the attack well."
Staying true to form, the rest of the Husky offense certainly did their share to ensure the win. Attacker Kristin Link matched Burke with 4 goals, while Janet Williams and Kim McGinty each scored 3. Laura Tzrasko also had a strong performance with 2 goals and 3 assists.
The defense was another big reason for the win, as Clare Schwan caused 4 turnovers while Katy Ryan caused 3 of her own.
In goal, Jenna Moulton had a solid outing, collecting 11 saves on the day.
While BC fought back in the first half to make things interesting - rallying from a 7-2 deficit to make it 8-7 in the closing minutes, they were never really in the game as UConn took the early lead and held on all game.
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