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With an aggressive show of crisp passing and quick stick-work straight from the opening whistle on Saturday, the No. 16 Harvard field hockey team sent the message that it would not be beaten with a potential NCAA Tournament berth on the line...
Judging by the latest National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) poll, Harvard's top competitors for the remaining berths are No. 12 William & Mary (12-7), No. 13 James Madison (12-9), and No. 15 Ohio State (12-8). Harvard could still hold down the sixteenth ranking in the country, yet miss out on the tournament because of the automatic berth given to the unranked Stanford-Holy Cross winner...
...Tigers (10-16-4, 8-9-4 6th) will be looking for leadership after the loss of Princeton coaching legend "Toots" Cahoon to UMass. Former assistant Len Quesnelle inherits a Tigers bench that just barely missed clinching a home-ice berth last season...
Cornell returns nearly its entire roster from a squad that finished three points shy of the eighth and final playoff berth last season. But the Big Red (13-14-1, 98-14-1) needs to prove that it has improved before it can start thinking about the postseason...
Indeed, the Crimson's strength of schedule and its high level of play against the nation's best teams will likely loom large in the minds of the selection committee on Sunday. A win over Columbia tomorrow can, and should, gain Harvard a berth...