UConn Field Hockey scores Big East win over Georgetown - moves Huskies to 15-2 overall and 4-1 in BIG EAST

UConn head coach Nancy Stevens notches 299th win for UConn

Senior Lauren Aird (Harare, Zimbabwe) matched her career best with three goals and Head Coach Nancy Stevens notched her 299th win for UConn today.

The UConn Field Hockey team cruised to a 6-1 win over Georgetown on Wednesday afternoon at home.

The win improves the Huskies to 15-2 overall and 4-1 in BIG EAST play.

The Hoyas slip to 0-16 on the season and 0-5 in the conference.

Aird's three goals up her career total to 65 - which ranks as the third-highest total in UConn career annals.

Aird got things going for the Huskies just 3:09 into the contest, when she scored the first of her three goals by putting away a rebound from her own previous shot attempt.

Fellow senior Katie Scully (Ossining, N.Y.) added her first career goal at 11:22 of an assist from Meghan Wheeler (Canton, Mass.) to up the margin to 2-0.

Aird and Wheeler followed with goals, to give Connecticut a 4-0 edge at intermission.

Aird kept the pressure up in the second half as she registered her third tally, following a corner setup from Wheeler and freshman Jill Kleeblad (Naarden, Holland) at the 45:15 mark, giving Connecticut a 5-0 lead.

Georgetown finally got on the board at 56:53 on a goal by Kristen Volpe, to avoid the shutout.

UConn senior Brittany Chadbourne (Gardener, Maine) closed out the game, scoring with her first career goal at 67:15, which was set up by Wheeler's third assist of the afternoon.

For the game, UConn out-shot Georgetown 35-3 and attempted 13 penalty corners to Georgetown's three.

The Huskies close out the regular season when they travel to face Villanova on Saturday, Nov. 1 beginning at 1 p.m. A win for UConn guarantees the Huskies at least a share of the 2008 BIG EAST Regular Season Title.

Posted Oct. 29, 2008