[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5870]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM ON THEIR 
                   SECOND CONSECUTIVE PERFECT SEASON

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 2010

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I rise with enormous pride to 
congratulate the UConn women's basketball team on a season of 
unprecedented athletic achievement. Under Coach Geno Auriemma, the 
Huskies not only won their second consecutive NCAA title this month, 
they concluded their second consecutive perfect season.
  In fact, the Huskies have now won 78 straight games in a row--only 
ten below the record set in men's basketball by the teams under UCLA's 
John Wooden in the 1970's--and have won every single one of them, with 
the exception of their gritty 53-47 title defense against Stanford, by 
double digits. In so doing, the University of Connecticut Women's team 
has eclipsed the previous record of 70 wins in a row, held by the 
Huskies since 2003.
  Winning 78 games in a row in any sport is no small feat, and it takes 
more than talent to accomplish. Such a record takes perseverance, 
sacrifice, and a commitment to the team ideal, and the women of UConn 
have shown each in surpassing measure.
  These young athletes are not role models to generations of women 
because they are winners--they are winners because they are role 
models. They have shown that, through hard work and dedication to a 
common goal, anything is possible. I congratulate them on two years of 
amazing victories, and I look forward to seeing them in action again 
next season.

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