UConn defeats Notre Dame to win 3rd straight NCAA championship

UConn and Notre Dame at the NCAA championship game.
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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, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.