Tag: Stefanie Dolson

The refs arguably missed a blatant foul on a Caitlin Clark layup during Mystics-Fever

We’re not sure how the refs missed calling this Mystics foul on Caitlin Clark.

The officiating crew for Wednesday night’s Indiana Fever and Washington Mystics arguably missed a blatant foul on rookie guard Caitlin Clark as she went up for a layup.

Clark taking hard fouls has been a talking point of the WNBA season, but this block from Mystics center Stefanie Dolson clearly smacked Clark’s arm as she was going up for the basket.

Rather than rule it a foul, the referees held the whistle and let the game continue. Clark wasn’t thrilled at all and tried to argue that it should’ve been called a foul, but it ultimately didn’t impact the game as Indiana held on to win the game over Washington, 88-81.

It’s going to continue to be a focal point this season for how teams are playing Clark and if it crosses a line into foul territory, but this seems like it was an obvious call the referees just missed.

It looked like Clark was clearly impacted by the contact on her shot attempt.

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Notre Dame product Jackie Young named to U.S. 3-on-3 Olympic team

Add another Notre Dame Olympian to Team USA.

With only a few days before the Tokyo Olympics officially begin, Notre Dame has some new blood for the U.S. Former Irish guard Jackie Young, a member of the 2018 national championship team, has been named a late addition to Team USA for the new 3-on-3 basketball event. She will take the place of Katie Lou Samuelson, who was forced to pull out after entering health and safety protocols. The other members of the team are Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray and Young’s Las Vegas Aces teammate Kelsey Plum.

Young, the top overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft, is in her third season with the Aces, who are one game back of the Seattle Storm for first in the Western Conference. She has started all 21 games for the Aces while averaging 12.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals a game.

The preliminary round for the 3-on-3 competition will begin Saturday and run through July 27, which also is the day of the quarterfinals. The semifinals and finals will be played July 28. One person who will be watching is Irish coach Niele Ivey, who was associate head coach during Young’s time in South Bend:

3×3 basketball makes Olympic debut in Tokyo, WNBA players explain how it works

WNBA players Stefanie Dolson, Katie Lou Samuelson, Allisha Gray and Kelsey Plum teach you everything you need to know about Olympic 3×3 basketball.

WNBA players Stefanie Dolson, Katie Lou Samuelson, Allisha Gray and Kelsey Plum teach you everything you need to know about Olympic 3×3 basketball.

“This virus has hit pretty close to …

“This virus has hit pretty close to home,” Dolson said. “About a month ago, my whole family and I, we all tested positive for the virus and it hit us pretty hard. My mom, she ended up being admitted into the hospital for about four days. She had severe symptoms, pneumonia. But because of the team of health care workers that was there, she’s home safe now and healthy. “