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Five 'Cliffe players, forwards Karen Linsley, Gwill York and Sarah Mleczko, along with right-link Stefi Baum and sweeper Ann Dupuis, were named to the first team. Linsley was the only Crimson stickwoman to earn that honor in each of the last two years.
'Cliffe captain Dupuis also praised the Bruin defense especially the aggressive Brown goalies, who gambled and wandered far afield to rush offensive players and bat away the ball.
But Dupuis cited other reasons for the team's weak offensive showing. "We stopped making the plays and started reacting to what Brown was doing," she said yesterday. "When we took shots across the goal mouth, there was no one there to knock the ball in. Earlier this year, everyone...
"After Saturday, we know what it is like to lose, and we don't like it. That's forced us to play it safe, and by doing that we gave Brown the extra second they needed to make all the plays," Dupuis added.
Susie McCune fired a number of hard, beautiful shots on corner plays, but after the Bruin goalie deflected them the other Crimson forwards weren't there in time to capitalize on the play. "We're just not as crazy as we were for getting the ball," Dupuis said.