--- description: The Huskies' women's basketball team thrashed Notre Dame on Tuesday just days after Connecticut's men's team beat Kentucky title: UConn Routs Notre Dame, Sweeping NCAA Finals image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe88efb3cec362ac/698689cee53aba39984d1f2d/uconn-huskies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Basketball](/tag/basketball/) ## Basketball Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # UConn Sweeps NCAA Finals With Women's Victory by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2014 11:40 AM CUT  Connecticut Huskies center Stefanie Dolson shoots against Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Jewell Loyd during the second half of the championship game of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Womens Division I Championship tournament at Bridgestone Arena, in Nashville, April 8, 2014. Connecticut Huskies center Stefanie Dolson shoots against Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Jewell Loyd during the second half of the championship game of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Womens Division I Championship tournament at Bridgestone Arena, in Nashville, April 8, 2014.Joshua Lindsey—USA Today Sports by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2014 11:40 AM CUT The University of Connecticut [clobbered](http://time.com/54847/uconn-routs-notre-dame-79-58-wins-9th-title/ "undefined") Notre Dame Tuesday night 79-58 in the NCAA Women’s Final Four Championship in Nashville, rounding up the tournament with a win to match the UConn men’s team title won Monday night. Breanna Stewart led UConn with 21 points, while Stefanie Dolson scored 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. The Huskies led 45-38 at the half, shooting 57 percent from the field in the first final matchup to feature two undefeated teams. With the Huskies undefeated for the season, head coach Geno Auriemma saw the season game tally rounded out to 40-0, the AP reports. UConn’s men’s team beat Kentucky in the title game Monday night, making it the only school to win both women and men’s tournaments in the same year. \[[AP](http://time.com/54847/uconn-routs-notre-dame-79-58-wins-9th-title/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/55277/uconn-notre-dame-ncaa-women/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/55277/uconn-notre-dame-ncaa-women/"},"headline":"UConn Sweeps NCAA Finals With Women's Victory","datePublished":"2014-04-09T11:40:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:12:40.001Z","description":"The Huskies' women's basketball team thrashed Notre Dame on Tuesday in the first final matchup to feature two undefeated teams, winning their record ninth national championship just days after its men's team beat Kentucky for its fourth title since 1999","url":"https://time.com/55277/uconn-notre-dame-ncaa-women/","keywords":["Basketball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe88efb3cec362ac/698689cee53aba39984d1f2d/uconn-huskies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe88efb3cec362ac/698689cee53aba39984d1f2d/uconn-huskies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NCAA Womens Basketball: Championship Game-Notre Dame vs Connecticut","caption":"NCAA Connecticut Huskies center Stefanie Dolson shoots against Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Jewell Loyd during the second half of the championship game of the Final Four in the 2014 NCAA Womens Division I Championship tournament at Bridgestone Arena,","creditText":"Joshua Lindsey—USA Today Sports","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/basketball/","name":"Basketball"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/55277/uconn-notre-dame-ncaa-women/","name":"UConn Sweeps NCAA Finals With Women's Victory"}}]}] ```