Word: matchup
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...took three periods, but by the end of the No. 9 Harvard women’s hockey team’s matchup against Dartmouth last night, it was clear that the rivalry was still as fresh as ever.After fighting a tight game for two periods, the Crimson (8-5-2, 5-2-2 ECAC) broke through in the third to take the game 4-1, leaving the Big Green (5-6-0, 2-5-0) and its goalie, Kate Lane, seeing red.“I thought we put a lot of pressure on them,” Harvard head...
...would be difficult to treat tonight’s game like any other. “You feel it, just because of those past experiences,” Schroyer said “It’s a huge regular season game for us—a big ECAC matchup,” Stone said. “It’s too early to tell whether there’s a lot riding on it, but in my opinion, and I’m sure in [Dartmouth coach Mark] Hudak’s opinion as well, there?...
...matchup with Long Island will be guard play. Lehigh’s duo of Kyle Neptune and Jose Olivero torched the Crimson perimeter defense, combining for 39 points in the Mountain Hawks’ 67-56 win. The Blackbirds boast two standout guards of their own—James Williams and Randy Jones—who together average 26 points a game, and more importantly have combined to hit 41 percent of their threes on the season...
Bush won't discuss the draft, choosing to focus on next month's epic Rose Bowl matchup. So how might Texas, going for its first national championship in 36 years, try to stop Bush? "We just have to have two or three people around him at all times," says Texas safety Michael Huff. Be careful: that strategy offers U.S.C.'s other weapons more free room (remember record-breaking quarterback Matt Leinart, last year's Heisman winner?) On the other hand, U.S.C.'s defense can be porous, so Young, the nation's highest-rated passer, and his Longhorns could keep...
Special teams play was a deciding factor in the matchup, and the showdown between the top-ranked UNH power play and the third-ranked Crimson penalty kill ultimately swung in the Wildcats’ favor...