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.

Mystics’ Myisha Hines-Allen was the breakout player of WNBA’s opening day

July 26, 2020

Hines-Allen recorded 27 points and 10 rebounds in Washington’s 101-76 win over Indiana

Meesseman, Allemand carry Belgium’s new legacy in the WNBA

July 24, 2020

They’ve teamed up to lead the Belgian Cats to new heights, but in the wubble on Saturday, they’ll be rivals

The Washington Mystics’ Aerial Powers is pulling back the curtain on an unprecedented WNBA season

July 20, 2020

Powers has been posting YouTube vlogs about her experience in Bradenton, Florida, where all 12 WNBA teams will play this season.

Tina Charles receives medical exemption, will opt out of 2020 WNBA season

July 18, 2020

Charles announced the news in a Players’ Tribune article that also detailed her commitment to social justice

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Where things stand between Elena Delle Donne, the WNBA and the Mystics

July 16, 2020

On issues of pay, recovery and relationships, lots of moving parts to sort out

Two women’s basketball players are making the rare leap from the Ivy League to the Big Ten

July 14, 2020

Minnesota’s Laura Bagwell Katalinich and Maryland’s Katie Benzan took different paths to the Big Ten, but they’ll be conference rivals again this season

Elena Delle Donne’s medical request to opt out of 2020 season is denied

July 14, 2020

The 2019 WNBA MVP now faces a tough decision: risk playing, or forfeit her salary?

With key players Delle Donne, Charles in limbo, Washington Mystics forge ahead

July 10, 2020

How Mike Thibault has adjusted since his offseason plans “went out the window”

How Ivy League postponement affects women’s basketball

July 9, 2020

The league’s women’s basketball teams could potentially begin play in January, but even that is not a sure thing

Sparked by the Australian Opals, Basketball Australia rolls out new social justice initiatives

July 7, 2020

Liz Cambage told her Opals teammates she didn’t feel supported. So they boycotted practice—and got tangible results.