Posts by Jenn Hatfield

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

Julie Vanloo is quietly rewriting rookie records with the Washington Mystics

July 24, 2024

‘She’s someone who deserves to be here and has shown that every single day’

Competitive fire, nostalgia duel in Natasha Cloud, Kristi Toliver’s D.C. homecoming

July 18, 2024

Cloud: ‘Y’all was trying to get my thug tears today’

With career-high 36 points, Mystics’ Ariel Atkins reminds WNBA how elite she is

July 15, 2024

Eric Thibault: ‘It was probably just a bigger version of what she’s always done’

‘A summer full of dreams’: How three Mystics players reacted to Olympic berths

July 13, 2024

Aaliyah Edwards, Jade Melbourne and Julie Vanloo will all represent their national teams — and the Mystics — in Paris

‘It had been coming’: Explaining the Washington Mystics’ growth in their past 11 games

July 11, 2024

On June 10, the Mystics were 0-12. Since then, they’ve had a winning record

How Stefanie Dolson has impacted the Mystics behind — and beyond — the 3-point line

July 4, 2024

‘She’s very, very good at what she does’

Taking stock of the Washington Mystics’ mounting injuries

June 27, 2024

Three starters, you’re out

After instability in her WNBA career, Mystics’ Emily Engstler finds her ‘magic’ in a weekend back-to-back

June 24, 2024

Engstler’s career performances came at exactly the right time for shorthanded Mystics

Which women’s college basketball teams are taking foreign tours in 2024?

June 22, 2024

LSU, Stanford headline the jetsetters

Defenses are throwing everything at Ariel Atkins. Here’s how the Mystics star hit her stride

June 21, 2024

Atkins: ‘If I see an opening, I’m gonna take a shot’