Spring Break
The Storrs Side: Plenty of sports to check out at home this weekend
Katherine Smith
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Sports
Football: Blue-White Spring Game (Saturday, noon, Rentschler Field):
Catch a glimpse of the 2009 UConn football team, complete with a new-look offense and minus national rushing leader Donald Brown.
Watch to see how quarterbacks Zach Frazer and Cody Endres fare - right now, neither one has taken charge of the starting spot.
Track & Field: UConn Select Invitational (Saturday all day, at Sherman Complex):
You probably don't think about track and field much, since most of their events are away from Storrs. But Saturday is your chance to see some of the Northeast's best athletes.
If you like the 100-meter dash, or if you're all about the shot put, the UConn Invitational has something for everyone.
Also, if you live in Hilltop, keep an eye out for errant discus throws.
Baseball: UConn vs. Georgetown (Today, 3 p.m., Saturday, 1 p.m., Sunday, noon; all games at J.O. Christian Field):
The weather is going to be sunny and between 65 and 70 degrees today and Saturday. What better way to spend a day like that than to head over and watch some baseball?
The Huskies have won six out of seven and have moved into a tie for fifth place in the Big East. They'll have a chance to move up in the standings, because the Hoyas have not won since March 29.
Women's basketball: National championship parade (Sunday, 3 p.m., State Capitol building, Hartford)
Join the thousands of fans for one final celebration of UConn's sixth women's basketball national championship.
The parade begins at the Capitol, will travel through the Bushnell Park area of Hartford, and will be followed by a rally back at on the steps of the Capitol, led by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
Catch a glimpse of the 2009 UConn football team, complete with a new-look offense and minus national rushing leader Donald Brown.
Watch to see how quarterbacks Zach Frazer and Cody Endres fare - right now, neither one has taken charge of the starting spot.
Track & Field: UConn Select Invitational (Saturday all day, at Sherman Complex):
You probably don't think about track and field much, since most of their events are away from Storrs. But Saturday is your chance to see some of the Northeast's best athletes.
If you like the 100-meter dash, or if you're all about the shot put, the UConn Invitational has something for everyone.
Also, if you live in Hilltop, keep an eye out for errant discus throws.
Baseball: UConn vs. Georgetown (Today, 3 p.m., Saturday, 1 p.m., Sunday, noon; all games at J.O. Christian Field):
The weather is going to be sunny and between 65 and 70 degrees today and Saturday. What better way to spend a day like that than to head over and watch some baseball?
The Huskies have won six out of seven and have moved into a tie for fifth place in the Big East. They'll have a chance to move up in the standings, because the Hoyas have not won since March 29.
Women's basketball: National championship parade (Sunday, 3 p.m., State Capitol building, Hartford)
Join the thousands of fans for one final celebration of UConn's sixth women's basketball national championship.
The parade begins at the Capitol, will travel through the Bushnell Park area of Hartford, and will be followed by a rally back at on the steps of the Capitol, led by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
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