Why fellow Croatian Karla Vres isn't surprised by Nika Mühl's success at UConn

The Ohio State guard explained how their club in Croatia prepared Mühl to excel with the Huskies.

Photo: Ian Bethune

For the second weekend in a row, Nika Mühl and UConn will face a team with a Croatian on its roster. Ohio State features Karla Vres, a 6-foot-3 grad transfer forward who started her career at American University. While Vermont’s Nika Kurdija, who’s from a different part of the country, Vres is also from the capital city of Zagreb and p…