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Monday, October 19, 2009

Hartley commits

And the hits keep on coming.

A day after highly-touted junior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis committed to UConn, one of the nation's top high school senior guards orally committed to the Huskies.

Bria Hartley, an athletic 5-foot-10 guard from North Babylon, N.Y., was considered UConn's top recruiting priority since the commitments of guard Lauren Engeln, Stefanie Dolson, Michala Johnson and Samarie Walker.

Hartley also fills a need for a point guard at UConn since the Huskies did not bring in a point guard last year to replace the graduated Renee Montgomery.

Hartley's father Dennis was hopeful that Bria would commit when she was on campus for an official visit over the weekend. But Bria wanted to wait until she got home and was able speak directly with UConn coach Geno Auriemma.

"I had a good time on my official visit so I felt like that was where I wanted to be," Hartley said.

With the commitment of Hartley, the only high school senior left on UConn's recruiting radar is 6-foot-3 forward Chiney Ogwumike of Cypress, Tex. who arrived for her official visit late Friday night.

Ogwumike, whose older sister Nneka plays at Stanford, is strongly considering joining her sister at Stanford but the word is she came away impressed with her official visit to UConn.

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