OMAHA - The No. 5 seeded UConn women's soccer team (10-4-4) begins the BIG EAST Championship with a quarterfinal match up at No 4 seeded Creighton (8-6-2) on Sunday, November 3 at 2 p.m. ET.
UConn has won back-to-back matches entering Sunday's contest and are looking to avenge a 2-1 defeat at Creighton back on Oct. 6.
The BIG EAST Championship appearance is the 5th-straight appearance for the Huskies since rejoining the league. Overall, it is the 24th appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament for the Huskies.
UConn won a thrilling 3-2 BIG EAST Quarterfinal last season with Chioma Okafor scoring a pair of goals including the game-winner in the 89th minute.
Okafor leads all active Huskies with three goals scored in the BIG EAST Tournament.
The Huskies finished the regular season 3-1-3 away from home this season with the only loss coming at the Bluejays.
The match up also pairs up the two teams on the opposite side of the spectrum in receiving yellow cards. UConn has the fewest yelllows this season with five and Creighton leads the BIG EAST with 29 yellow cards.
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
Latest Women's Soccer
- WSOC Begins 32nd NCAA Tournament at RutgersSTORRS, Conn. - The 64-team NCAA Women's Soccer Championship was unveiled on Monday evening and the UConn women's soccer team has been selected to play at Rutgers on Saturday, November 16 at 5 PM in the NCAA First Round.
- Double Overtime Winner Lifts WSOC to BIG EAST ChampionshipBOYDS, MD. - Sophomore Alayna Taylor's game-winning goal in the second overtime of Sunday's BIG EAST Final lifted the Huskies past Xavier, 2-1, to win the program's first BIG EAST Tournament title since 2004.
- WSOC Back in BIG EAST Final On SundayBOYDS, MD. - The UConn women's soccer team (12-4-4) play for a BIG EAST Championship on Sunday, November 10 against No. 2 seeded Xavier at 11 a.m. on Fox Sports 1 (FS1).
- WSOC Defeat Top-Seeded Georgetown, 2-0, Headed to BIG EAST FinalBOYDS, MD. - The UConn women's soccer team (12-4-4) defeated top-seeded Georgetown, 2-0, on Thursday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
- WSOC Play Georgetown in Semi's, Four Huskies All-BIG EASTBOYDS, MD - The UConn women's soccer team (11-4-4) continues its journey through the BIG EAST Championship with a semifinal match up against top-seeded Georgetown (11-2-4) on Thursday, November 7 at 7:34 p.m. at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
- WSOC Advances to BIG EAST Semi's With 2-0 Win At CreightonOMAHA - The UConn women's soccer (11-4-4) secured a spot in the BIG EAST Semifinals with a 2-0 shutout at Creighton on Sunday afternoon at Morrison Stadium.
