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...overheated blogosphere--the truth is that our planet still has the potential to surprise us. On Feb. 26, a team of French and Australian scientists reported news of a huge iceberg's collision with the Mertz Glacier on the eastern coast of Antarctica. A chunk of sea ice approximately the size of Luxembourg was gouged out. Owing in part to warming global temperatures, Antarctica is losing ice all the time--about 24 cu. mi. (100 cu km) worth each year--a development that is slowly but steadily raising global sea levels, and scientists worry that climate change could suddenly accelerate...
...forechecking can leave gaping holes at the other end of the ice, and the Big Red was able to find them...
That Cornell did, as it took advantage of a failed rush to put the Crimson down by a goal two and a half minutes into the game. Once the Big Red got the puck, sophomore Catherine White was find open ice on Harvard’s end and teammate Amanda Young hit her with the puck for an easy goal against Crimson freshman Laura Bellamy. Four minutes later, a different Cornell skater, Karlee Overguard, found the back of the net on an unassisted tally to put the Crimson down by two early in the game...
...well,” said Big Red coach Doug Derraugh. “They were quick, they controlled a lot of the game…We got that 2-0 lead, once we got that I thought we started getting our feet and started playing better all over the ice and got a couple more...
...NCAA tournament committee seemed to think so, as it gave Harvard the higher seed and the accompanying home-ice advantage. Though Cornell has had the upper hand in head-to-head matches and the ECAC standings, the Crimson has rolled off impressive non-conference victories, twice shutting out the University of Minnesota and winning the Beanpot with shut-outs from a different goaltender, freshman Laura Bellamy...