UConn junior guard Caroline Doty can only hope the third time is the charm when it comes to her oft-injured left knee.

Doty had successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus on Tuesday at the UConn Health Center in Farmington. The three-hour procedure, performed by Dr. Robert Arciero, was conducted with no further complications.

She will begin the process of rehabilitating the knee on Thursday with the UConn training staff but having already been ruled out for the upcoming season, it will be a much more conservative schedule for recovery than when she tore her ACL as a senior at Germantown Academy and again midway through her freshman season at UConn.

Doty, who had now had her torn ACL in her left knee surgically repaired three times since October of 2007, will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Doty appeared in all 39 games and started 38 as a sophomore, averaging 6.8 points and finishing second on the 39-0 Huskies in assists and 3-pointers as UConn won its second straight national title and extended its winning streak to a Division I women's basketball record 78 straight games.