Hartford vs. BU for First Place - Tuesday at 7:00 on CSN

The women’s basketball team will open the week with a televised game versus Boston University at Chase Arena at the Reich Family Pavilion on Tuesday night. The Hawks and Terriers will tip off at 7:00 p.m. with the game shown live on CSN (the same channel as the Celtics) as part of the America East Television package. The game will probably have a large impact in the approaching America East Championship. If Hartford were to win against BU and both teams end the season with a 15-1 record in conference play, the Hawks would be the number one seed in the upcoming tournament. If Boston University wins on Tuesday night they would likely be the top seed for the championship. BU is coming off a last-second overtime win at Binghamton, while Hartford has won it's last 2 games by more than 30 points each.

Hartford Takes On Marist Sunday at 1:00 - On ESPN2

In it's first nationally televised game of the year the Hawks will host Marist at Hartford on Sunday February 15th at 1:00. The game will be televised on ESPN2 but according to ESPN2 they will be broadcasting the "most compelling game" over the course of the afternoon. Most compelling involves regional considerations (i.e. New England/New York) and closeness of game (probably us again). The Marist Red Foxes are a lot like the Hawks.

Both teams have been briefly nationally ranked and both had first round wins in the NCAA Tourney last year. Last year the Hawks broke Marist's 41 game home win streak which was then the longest in the nation. This year the Red Foxes hope to break Hartford's 33 game home winning streak, the second longest in the nation behind UConn.

It's Think Pink week so both teams will be sporting pink uniforms in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Week.

Silvia is AE Player of the Game as Hartford Storms Back to Edge Vermont

Sophomore Mary Silvia came off the bench to score 13 points and teammates Katie Kelley and Erica Beverly posted double-doubles to lead the Hartford Hawks to a comeback victory over Vermont, 56-52, at Patrick Gymnasium. Trailing by 15 at the 18:01 mark of the second half, the Hawks mounted their comeback effort, rattling off an 18-2 run over seven minutes to erase the deficit and take a 37-36 lead. During the run, Vermont went 0-for-7 from the floor and committed four turnovers. Silvia had key back-to-back three-pointers in the stretch and finished the game 3-for-5 from long range. The Catamounts regained the lead on a lay up by Kelli Poles and stretched their advantage to seven, 44-37, on a lay up by May Kotsopoulos with 8:56 remaining. Hartford responded with a 9-2 spurt to knot the game up 46-46 with 6:42 left in the game. The score would bounce between the two teams over the next four minutes. Poles tied the game up for the final time, 52-52, at the 2:14 mark, but Kelley made a jumper with 58 seconds left to give Hartford a two point lead, 54-52. Vermont missed its next shot, but forced the Hawks into a turnover and had the ball with 21 seconds left. With six seconds left Catamounts turned the ball over and were forced to foul. Beverly made both free throws and Amy Rosenkrantz's three-point attempt at the buzzer was short. After a slow start in the first 10 minutes, the Catamounts heated up from the field. UVM put together a 13-3 run over four minutes to take a 12 point lead at the 5:13 mark of the first half. Vermont would take that advantage into the locker room, leading 29-17 at the break. Vermont and Hartford reversed roles in each half. The Catamounts shot 41.4 percent from the field in the first stanza, while holding Hartford to 7-for-29 from the floor (24.1%). In the second half, the Hawks shot 45.8 percent from the field and Vermont wa 9-for-29 (31%). The Hawks dominated the glass and were finally able to take advantage of their offensive rebounding effort in the second half, scoring 11 of their 15 second chance points in the final 20 minutes.