Who: Denver (14-1, 10-0 BIG EAST) vs. UConn (12-5, 7-3 BIG EAST)
What: BIG EAST Final
Where: Cooper Field (Washington D.C.)
When: Saturday, May 8, 2021 (10 a.m. MT)
TV: Fox Sports 2
Last Time Out
Eliza Radochonski became the second player in Denver's Division I conference tournament history to net a sock trick in a conference tournament game to lead the Pioneers to a 16-9 win at Cooper Field in the BIG EAST Semifinal on Thursday night at Cooper Field.
Series History
Denver is 5-0 in its Division I series history against the Huskies, winning a non-conference contest 21-13 in 2008, before taking each of the previous four BIG EAST encounters between the two programs. Saturday afternoon will mark the first conference tournament contest between the two teams.
Quick Points
- Saturday marks Denver's eighth-straight conference tournament final appearance.
- Bea Behrins leads the Pioneers with a 42-game point streak (116-30-146) and a 19-game goal streak (55-21-76).
- Eight different Pioneers are in double-digits in goals through the first 15 games of the season.
- For the second straight year, Molly Little was named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
- Little, Eliza Radochonski and senior Sammie Morton are captains for the 2021 season
- Liza Kelly has a 194-72 record in her 15 seasons as DU's head coach.
- Little was invited to a U.S. team tryout for the 2021 Women's World Championship and assistant coach Brittany Read was named to England's training squad for the championship, which was later postponed.
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