Word: matchup
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...first, I was ecstatic. My two favorite schools, facing each other in a high-stakes game—and I might even be able to make it down to Hartford for the matchup...
...final outcome belies the competitiveness of the matchup...
HARTFORD, Conn.—Entering yesterday’s first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with the defending national champion Maryland Terrapins, coach Kathy Delaney-Smith knew her team would have its hands full. On one hand, it seemed as though Crystal Langhorne, the Terrapins’ leading scorer and rebounder, would be the player to stop. Listed at 6’2, but with a much wider body than anyone Harvard could assign to guard her, Langhorne posed the toughest physical challenge for the young Crimson squad.Then there was sophomore guard Kristi Toliver, who as the nation?...
Mother Nature did her best to stop the No. 20 Fairfield men’s lacrosse team on Saturday, as the Connecticut snow forced the postponement of the team’s matchup with Harvard to the following afternoon. But on a clear day in front of 525 fans at Alumni Stadium in Fairfield, Conn., the Stags (5-0) proved too much for the Crimson (0-4) yesterday, cruising to an 18-11 home win that marked Harvard’s seventh straight loss dating back to last year. A barrage of offensive firepower and a blistering performance from Fairfield?...
...Republican field in the latest TIME poll is the pro-choice, pro-gay-rights former mayor of liberal New York City. Giuliani's lead is as much as 19 points over onetime front runner McCain. But neither Republican manages better than a statistical tie in a hypothetical matchup against the two leading Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...