UConn defeats Notre Dame to win 3rd straight NCAA championship

UConn and Notre Dame at the NCAA championship game. — (Image credit: Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

For the third straight year, UConn won the NCAA women's championship game, beating Notre Dame 63-53 Tuesday night. It is the team's 10th overall title, and the Huskies have won five of the last seven titles. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Moriah Jefferson each scored 15 points for UConn, The Associated Press reports.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.