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Alexa Philippou
ESPN
- Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA
- Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant
- Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer
It was all chalk through the first round, but the semifinals of the 2023 WNBA playoffs are set: The No. 2 seed New York Liberty will square off against the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun, while the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces will face the No. 4 seed Dallas Wings.
The best-of-five series tip off Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The defending champion Aces are six wins away from becoming the first WNBA team to repeat since the 2001-02 Los Angeles Sparks, while the Liberty and Sun are two of three active franchises that have never won a WNBA title. The Wings franchise won three titles when it was located in Detroit as the Shock, but it has not gotten close to reaching those heights in Tulsa or Dallas.
The Aces and Sun have each advanced to the semifinals for…
