Word: matchup
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...Harvard women’s basketball team was unable to build off the momentum from its first win of the season, losing last night’s crosstown matchup against Boston University, 77-63.Though the Crimson (1-7) dominated the glass all night, outrebounding the Terriers (6-4), 46-29, and compiling 22 offensive boards, Harvard’s lackluster offensive effort and poor perimeter defense made for a long night at Case Gym. “You can’t only do one thing well and think you can win,” junior guard Lindsay Hallion said...
...captain missed last year’s game against the Great Danes due to a staph infection. Cusworth, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding, also missed the matchup in Albany with a hand injury...
...Hockey Center. Harvard (11-2-0, 9-1-0 ECAC) will then wrap up its series of five non-conference games versus Providence (7-8-3, 5-1-2 HE) on Saturday. The teams’ proximity in the rankings might tell it all in Friday’s matchup, as UNH and Harvard enter the contest with quite similar resumes. Both teams have two losses on the season—the Wildcats falling to Boston College and top-ranked Mercyhurst and the Crimson to No. 7 St. Lawrence and UConn—and strong talent at the forward position...
...goal is scored or she’ll make a great backchecking effort, take the puck away, and give it to someone else to score.”Just look at this weekend’s recipients—sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt and Cahow. In Friday’s matchup, Vaillancourt may have wristed a terrific score against star UMD netminder, Kim Martin, but her greatest contribution came in the setup role, as she assisted both the game-winning and insurance goals. On Saturday night, Cahow inherited the award from her teammate after putting away two Crimson rebounds to record...
...difference between the two players: While Cusworth scores a team-high 17.2 points per game, Daniels is lagging far behind with an average of 3.8. In addition to this frontcourt mismatch, the Crimson has one other thing going for it: freshman Jeremy Lin. In last year’s matchup with the Raiders, then-freshman guard Drew Housman exploded for a season-best 21 points. 15 of those came in the second frame. Lin has shown a similar ability to perform down the stretch so far in his rookie season. In the final seconds of overtime against UNH, he stole...