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Connecticut women lose Mosqueda-Lewis to nerve injury in elbow, Tuck to knee surgery

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Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, right, looks at injured player Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, center, as she is tended to by assistant athletic trainer Rosemary Ragle, left, Team Physician Dr. Thomas Trojian, top center, and student athletic trainer Lauren Sheldon, second from right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, in Storrs, Conn. Mosqueda-Lewis left the game with an injury to her right elbow. Connecticut won 76-57. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) (The Associated Press)

Connecticut's Moriah Jefferson, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Morgan Tuck and Bria Hartley, from left, enjoy a moment near the end of the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. Jefferson scored a game-high 17 points in Connecticut's 89-34 victory. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham) (The Associated Press)

Connecticut women's basketball team has lost two front-court players to injury, two games into the season.

The school said Wednesday that All-American Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis sustained a nerve contusion of her right elbow when she took a hard fall while coming down with a rebound in UConn's 76-57 win over No. 3 Stanford on Monday night.

The junior is out indefinitely, and will be re-evaluated next week

The school said sophomore forward Morgan Tuck will miss between four and six weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday. The school says Tuck has had swelling in the knee due to a cartilage injury since the start of the season.

The top-ranked Huskies (2-0) visit No. 8 Maryland on Friday night and No. 13 Penn State on Sunday.