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...large sports. The other could be awarded to Notre Dame, or perennial power Minnesota but Bowling Green, which won the CCHA regular season with a 26-11-1 record but lost to the Fighting lrish in the conference semi-final, is the favorite. The winners of the four first-round painings will advance to the NCAA tournament, March 25-27 in the Providence Civic Center...
Consider the Beanpot as a case in point For four years in a row, the Eagles have won their first-round game only to lose in the finals. The last three years, they were pre-tournament favorites, yet each of the other teams--Northeastern. Harvard and Boston University--had its turn at shooting the Eagles down... and adding a little more to their reputation as a team that...
...name on the lips of the President of the U.S. ("Rumor has it, Wayne, that Washington has been trying to trade to get you," Reagan quipped at an All-Stars luncheon at the White House. "I asked what Edmonton is getting in return, and they told me two first-round picks and the state of Texas.") Gretzky doesn't even mind jumping up on Canadian talk shows and joining his girlfriend, Singer Vickie Moss, 20, in a squeaky rendition of Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Play Hockey. Still, it's embarrassing...
...Crimson brought a 5-2 Ivy League record to the tourney and, after enjoying a first-round bye, faced a surprisingly tough Big Red squad, Cornell captain Diane Dillon gave her team one-goal leads in each period. But goals by Diane Hurley in the first period, Cathy Carroll in the second and Sue Newell in the third kept the Crimson even...
Cornell played with unusual disadvantage, as its only goal-tender, Sarah Mott, was injured in a first-round game Friday, and the Big Red put the team manager, Diane Gregoire, in the nets. But the Ithacans worked hard to protect their new goalie and Gregoire more than held her own, stopping 31 shots...