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Sophomore cager Dorris Woolery, whose knee injury during warm-ups earlier in the year snapped the start of a fine season for the lanky forward, had to look on helplessly as her team missed bucket after bucket...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Tigers Upset Women Cagers | 3/4/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard players almost tarnished their co-captains' finale by allowing the Huskies to sneak back into the game with 30 seconds left. Crimson center Elaine Holpuch had put Harvard up 66-61 at the one minute mark with a tough inside bucket, but Huskie forward Beth Vinson answered with a slashing drive to bring her team within three...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Women Hoopsters Slip Past Huskies; Curry Stars in 68-65 Season Finale | 2/28/1980 | See Source »

Smith gave a repeat performance of last year's UConn game against Bentley College this year, sinking the game-winning bucket in the last seconds of that overtime victory. The cagers, who will face tough competition in the upcoming Ivy League tournament this weekend, will pin their hopes on Smith to pull them through. When she talks about the Ivy Championships, you can see the intense determination glowing beneath her surface nonchalance. For Karen Smith, this will be a "biggie...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Karen Smith: The Shy Center With A Magic Touch | 2/26/1980 | See Source »

...attention it gets from the candidates and the media, the New Hampshire primary, numerically speaking, is a drop in the bucket. Granted that a strong showing in the Granite State reaps huge rewards for a campaign: publicity, money, volunteers, and the aura of success. But in terms of delegates to the national conventions, New Hampshire is not worth much. At stake are 19 Democratic delegates--one-half of 1 per cent of the total--and 22 Republican delegates--slightly more than 1 per cent of the total. By comparison, Minnesota, which holds caucuses on the same...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: New Hampshire is Only the Beginning | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...half, the cagers had a 25 point deficit to make up. Crimson coach Carol Kleinfelder, discouraged with listless Harvard rebounding, decided inferior height must have been the cause and started her five tallest players. Though strategically questionable, Kleinfelder's plan proved a good choice and the cagers paced B.U. bucket for bucket most of the second half...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Hoopsters Vanquished by B.U., 88-49 Prospective Olympian Debra Miller Stands Out | 2/19/1980 | See Source »

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