LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The UConn field hockey team won its third national title in five years, beating Maryland 2-1 on Sunday to finish off an unbeaten season at 23-0.

Senior Charlotte Veitner, who scored both goals, was named the MVP. Teammates Margot van Hecking Colenbrander, Casey Umstead, Karlie Heistand and Nina Klein were also named to the all-tournament team.

UConn scored on its first shot of the game. Umstead sent a long pass up field to Veitner just outside the circle. Veitner dribbled the ball into the bottom right hand corner of the circle before blasting a shot into the left hand corner of the cage. Maryland (16-7) tied the game in the 42nd minute. And with nine minutes to play, Veitner collected a loose ball in the circle, turned around and put home the game-winning tally.

"I felt that our team had the confidence and calm demeanor to get the job done," said UConn coach Nancy Stevens." Certainly, a huge credit to the University of Maryland. We were able to finish and win our third national championship in five years. That puts us in pretty elite company and we're the first UConn field hockey team to go undefeated with a perfect record and that's very hard to do. I think there are six teams throughout NCAA history in field hockey that had perfect seasons. And now we've become number seven. So, as I told the team, you now walk through history together. It's just a great day to be a UConn Husky."

UConn's other titles came in 1981, 1985, 2013 and 2014. 

"When we started the season, I put a quote on the board, and it was, 'you are enough.' '' said Stevens. "We really felt that coming into this season that this team had all of the components to win a national championship and we really thought we had a chance to go undefeated with the talent and the leadership that we had. And sometimes the message is that you’re not enough, and you need to — we’re always pushing them to be better but I think it’s important as a leader of women to help them understand that they are enough. So, we ended our season with that message on the board today.''

Men's basketball

• Sophomore Packy Witkowski had a career-high 31 points as Coast Guard beat Lyndon State 92-66 in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic doubleheader at Connecticut College. Justin Kane had 18 points and 14 rebounds, Sean Graytok had 14 points and Noah Baldoz had 13 points and five assists for Coast Guard (2-1).

In the first game, Connecticut College beat Southern Maine 78-62. David Labossiere had 16 points and eight rebounds, Aaron Swenson had eight assists and Isaiah Robinson scored 17 for Conn (2-0).

Women's basketball

• Coast Guard lost to Catholic in a nonleague game, 61-49. Gillian Gerton had 15 points and eight rebounds, Jill Bray scored 10 and Breanna Wood had 11 rebounds for Coast Guard (1-2), which committed 32 turnovers.

College wrestling

• Coast Guard finished fourth in the Doug Parker Invitational on Saturday at Springfield, Mass. Christian Gosch (157 pounds) and Nick Remke (165) won their classes. Coast Guard's Matt McGowan was second at 141 and the Bears got third-place finishes from Chris Sullivan (157) and A.J. Aeberli (174).

Road racing

• Daniel Baldi of Old Saybrook won the Waterford High School Turkey Trot 5K on Saturday, finishing in 18:10. Waterford's Emily Miller was the top women's finisher, coming in eighth in 20:58. Also finishing in the top 10 were Sam Lenes of Waterford (19:05), Rashawn Wright of New London (19:21), John Paggioli of Marlborough (19:26), Tad Robbins of Kailua, Hawaii (19:36), Aidan Pepin of Quaker Hill (20:36), Owen Seltzer of Waterford (20:52), Kyle Florio of Groton (22:00) and Austin Abate of Waterford (22:13).