Posts by Jenn Hatfield

Jenn Hatfield has been a contributor to The Next since December 2018 and is currently the site's managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter. Her work has also appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Her Hoop Stats, FanSided, Power Plays and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

LSU point guard Last-Tear Poa dribbles the ball with her left hand as Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke defends.

LSU’s Last-Tear Poa enjoys familiar feeling of winning national championship

April 3, 2023

The junior-college national champion came to LSU to win big. On Sunday, she helped the Tigers do just that

South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston holds the ball near the top of the key and surveys her options.

Despite Final Four loss, legacy of South Carolina’s ‘freshies’ will endure

April 1, 2023

Boston: ‘Four years went by really fast’

Harvard and Columbia fight for the jump ball.

How Columbia got revenge on Harvard — and stoked a rivalry — in a historic WNIT game

March 30, 2023

‘That was pure Columbia basketball’

Five Princeton players huddle, wrapping their arms around each other. An official walks past them, making a hand motion.

Era ends for Princeton, but it remains a program to be reckoned with

March 23, 2023

‘Our nucleus, our glue, our everything’

Princeton guard Grace Stone is pictured all alone after hitting the game-winning shot, her hands at her sides and her mouth open.

‘Toughness transfers over’: Princeton uses familiar script to beat NC State in NCAA Tournament

March 18, 2023

In an Ivy League first, Princeton wins NCAA Tournament opener for second straight year

Columbia head coach Megan Griffith watches her team play with her arms crossed in front of her.

Ivy League co-champions Columbia and Princeton prepare for starkly different postseasons

March 16, 2023

Princeton heads to NCAA Tournament; Columbia’s Megan Griffith calls out selection committee

Maggie Connolly sits on top of the rim, her arms outstretched, and celebrates an Ivy League Tournament title.

Princeton’s road to Ivy League Tournament title was familiar but hardly easy

March 12, 2023

Harvard cements presence as current and future contender

Harvard players and coaches yell and clap in celebration in front of their supporters section at the 2023 Ivy League Tournament.

How Harvard notched the Ivy League Tournament’s first-ever upset — and Princeton thwarted one

March 11, 2023

‘Don’t wait until the last minute to fight for our lives’

Princeton guard Kaitlyn Chen follows through on an open jump shot, with no defenders close enough to contest it.

‘It’s the Kaitlyn Show’: How Kaitlyn Chen went from Princeton’s X-factor to Ivy League Player of the Year

March 10, 2023

Chen is one of the most skilled players in the Ancient Eight — and one of the most joyful, too

An empty Jadwin Gymnasium court, with the Ivy League Tournament and Princeton logos on the video board and the score listed as 20-23.

What to watch for in the 2023 Ivy League Tournament

March 9, 2023

Pressure, unusual sight lines and the end of an era for a senior star