On Friday, March 7, the UConn softball team will travel to Philadelphia to embark on their first Big East matchup of the season against Villanova. The team will play three games against the Wildcats over the course of three days.
Last weekend, the Huskies traveled to Conway, S.C., for the Chanticleer Showdown, where they went head-to-head with Wisconsin, Bowling Green State and Coastal Carolina. The team played five games and finished with a 3-2 record.
The recent matchups displayed the fierceness of the Huskies, especially senior Rosie Garcia, who has continued to be a key player for the Huskies. In the first game of the weekend, she extended her hitting streak to six straight games, which unfortunately came to an end in the subsequent game. However, this did not stop her as in the following game she recorded her fourth multi-RBI game this season. Garcia continued into the weekend with another multi-hit game on the second game of Saturday. Her dominance prevailed into Sunday, where she doubled the Huskies lead in the fifth inning by hitting her second home run of the season. Garcia’s dominant performance led to her earning the Big East Honor Roll for the second week in a row.
The Wildcats have also just wrapped up non-conference tournaments last weekend at the Hokie Invite at Virginia Tech. Redshirt senior Brooklyn Ostrowski has been an integral player for the Wildcats, earning a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll this past week. The infielder put up a pair of hits to help the team pick up a top 20 win against Virginia Tech. Ostrowski also contributed big to the team’s 9-0 win against Robert Morris University, where she totaled a three-hit, two-run game with a double and homer. The New York native also led the team offensively against Penn State in their last game of the weekend, where they fell short 6-1.
The Huskies last matched up against the Wildcats last season in both the regular season and Big East Championship. They played three games over the course of a weekend against the Wildcats late last season. They lost the first game 3-1, they won the second game 5-4 and fell short in the third game 2-4. The team matchup against the Wildcats again in the postseason falling 4-1 led to their elimination from the Big East Tournament.
The team will hope to redeem themselves in the cat versus dog matchup this weekend. Friday’s game will have a first pitch of 3 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday’s game having a first pitch of 1 p.m. Husky fans can tune into these Big East foes going head-to-head FloSports.