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Scrabble players around the world had to double-check their calendars this week after Mattel announced that it was releasing a new version of the game called Scrabble Trickster, which allows players to use proper nouns such as Quzhou (a city in southern China, worth 27 points) and Zuma (the surname of South Africa's President, worth 15 points). "I was sure it was an April Fools' joke," says John Chew, co-president of the North American Scrabble Players Association. "I thought someone was a few days late reading the press release and the joke was on them...
...think first half we came out and we played the sort of game that we’ve been trying to play this entire season,” freshman Danielle Tetreault said...
After squandering its first half lead, the Crimson managed to claw back into the game early in the second. Freshman Nina Kucharczyk chose a good time to net her first collegiate score, capitalizing off a Cavaliers turnover to end a 3-0 Virginia run and put her team within...
...before the visitors could get another look at the cage to tie the game up, the Cavaliers struck again, using a free position shot to put their lead back at two. Virginia extended its lead to three on the next possession when Brittany Kalkstein finished a free position shot, as the Cavaliers led 11-8 with 22:14 remaining...
...think at the game we had a few missed opportunities that were just us not moving the goalie as much and that hurt us,” Tetreault said. “We hit [Lauren Benner] a few times when we needed to put it away...