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.

Pittsburgh guard Dayshanette Harris is shown in profile view shooting the ball, with a Duke player in the background.

Foreign tours are officially back in women’s college basketball

June 19, 2022

At least 18 teams will travel internationally this summer for basketball and bonding

Frustration and quiet tension marked Tina Charles’ return to Washington

June 13, 2022

Mystics lament wasted offensive effort but hold Charles below her scoring average

How Myisha Hines-Allen busted out of her early-season shooting slump for the Washington Mystics

June 11, 2022

Hines-Allen and the Mystics went back to the 2020 playbook

As an athlete and activist, Kennedy Burke is blossoming with the Washington Mystics

June 8, 2022

Building on a strong overseas season, the quiet fourth-year wing is elevating her game and raising her voice in the WNBA

Washington Mystics center/forward Elizabeth Williams (1) blocks the shot of Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas (25) during a game at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on May 28, 2022.

‘Backcourt bouncer’ Elizabeth Williams’ defense raises the Washington Mystics’ ceiling

June 2, 2022

The Indiana Fever will be seeing Williams in their nightmares after she had six blocks and 15 rebounds on Tuesday

Washington Mystics assistant general manager Maria Giovannetti (left) rises to her feet during a game against the Chicago Sky on May 22, 2022.

‘We can’t go without her’: Meet Maria Giovannetti, the Washington Mystics’ assistant general manager and secret weapon

June 1, 2022

In nearly two decades with the Mystics, Giovannetti has gone from game operations to Mike Thibault’s potential successor as general manager

Six things we’ve learned about the Washington Mystics after six wins

May 28, 2022

Mystics head coach Mike Thibault gives his group a B+ or A- to date — but some players deserve A’s

Washington Mystics acting head coach Eric Thibault addresses the media after a game against the Atlanta Dream on May 24, 2022.

Natasha Cloud, Eric Thibault lead Mystics media blackout after Texas school shooting

May 25, 2022

‘We cannot continue to allow these things to happen’

Chicago Sky forward Emma Meesseman (right) greets her former teammate, Washington Mystics forward Myisha Hines-Allen, after the two teams played at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022.

‘That’s my friend’: Hines-Allen, Mystics welcome back Emma Meesseman

May 23, 2022

It was a subdued afternoon on the court for the Mystics but a heartfelt one off of it

Atlanta Dream guard/forward Rhyne Howard is shown playing against the Washington Mystics on a television at As You Are, an official bar partner of the Mystics, in Washington, DC, on May 20, 2022. (Photo credit: Jenn Hatfield)

Experiencing a Washington Mystics win from their official bar partner As You Are

May 21, 2022

The first-place Mystics showed on Friday night that ‘as they are’ is plenty good enough