Geno Auriemma and defending national champion UConn are going to their 25th Final Four in the women's NCAA Tournament. All-America forward Sarah Strong scored 21 points and Blanca Quiñonez added 20 for the 38-0 Huskies in a 70-52 win over Notre Dame on Sunday in the Fort Worth Regional 1 final.
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Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, center, drives against UConn guard KK Arnold and guard Azzi Fudd during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo reacts after being fouled by UConn during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn forward Sarah Strong goes up for a basket against Notre Dame guard Vanessa de Jesus during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma reacts against the Notre Dame during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn forward Sarah Strong and teammates react at the end of a game against the Notre Dame in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn forward Sarah Strong and teammates react at the end of a game against the Notre Dame in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, center, drives against UConn guard KK Arnold and guard Azzi Fudd during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo, center, drives against UConn guard KK Arnold and guard Azzi Fudd during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo reacts after being fouled by UConn during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo reacts after being fouled by UConn during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn forward Sarah Strong goes up for a basket against Notre Dame guard Vanessa de Jesus during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn forward Sarah Strong goes up for a basket against Notre Dame guard Vanessa de Jesus during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma reacts against the Notre Dame during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma reacts against the Notre Dame during the first half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. FORT WORTH, Texas — All-America forward Sarah Strong scored 21 points, Blanca Quiñonez added 20 and defending national champion UConn beat Notre Dame 70-52 on Sunday in the Fort Worth Regional 1 final, sending coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies to their 25th Final Four in theAzzi Fudd, UConn’s other first-team AP All-America pick, added 13 points and four assists. Hannah Hidalgo had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Fighting Irish , plus three more steals to increase her NCAA single-season record to 202 and single NCAA tourney mark to 29. But she also had five turnovers, the first time in her 10 NCAA tourney games with more turnovers than steals.. They had both made it that far the first eight times they met in March Madness, the last in 2019 when Notre Dame won a semifinal game over UConn and then lost to Baylor in the title game.This was the first time Notre Dame had made it past the Sweet 16 since then.During a nearly five-minute stretch in the third quarter when UConn went scoreless while missing 11 consecutive shots, the Irish got no closer than eight points. Hidalgo had a jumper and two free throws for their only points, but also was responsible for three of their four turnovers in that span. That included Fudd’s steal from Hidalgo and Jana El Alfy’s layup that ended the scoring drought and put the Huskies up 40-30 with 3:51 left in the third quarter.UConn took its first double-digit lead with six points in a 59-second span in the second quarter, soon after Hidalgo furiously responded when she thought she was fouled on a 3-point attempt that was instead a blocked shot by Strong. That led to a driving layup by Quiñonez, who followed by rebounding a miss by Hidalgo and assisting on a breaking layup by Allie Ziebell. Quiñonez, the Big East freshman and sixth player of the year, than had a steal that led to a pullup jumper by Fudd for a 30-20 lead with 2:56 left in the first half.Live updates: Iran warns the US against a ground invasion as regional powers meet in Pakistan
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