Word: matchup
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...Tigers’ comeback win in New Haven last Saturday or make plays with his feet, scrambling to stay alive and find the inevitable holes in the Bulldogs’ young secondary, which allows a league-worst 242.3 yards through the air per game. But the best matchup in this game is the Harvard defensive front against the Yale running game, which is anchored by sophomore standout McLeod. The Ivy League’s leading rusher spearheads a Bulldogs’ ground assault that posts a robust 207.4 yards per game. However, Yale hasn’t faced a rushing...
...Bulldogs, every week this season has been a Game. They dubbed the matchup against Penn “separation Saturday,” then beat the Quakers team that last week beat Harvard. They ignored the impending H-Y-P hoopla to beat Brown on the road. They topped Lafayette by three and avoided collapse to take Lehigh in overtime...
...best low-post player in Becky Brown.The Crimson lost six times in Ivy competition last year—twice each to Dartmouth, Brown, and Princeton. The Big Green returns center Elise Morrison, who missed all but three games last season with a foot injury and is the best Ivy matchup Harvard will face in the low post this year. Both Princeton and Brown will have trouble containing the Crimson on the low block, with Moretzsohn posing a particularly difficult challenge for shorter defenders.Most crucial, however, is whether Harvard can overcome the offensive inconsistency that doomed the Crimson in January...
...Saturday, however, the Harvard men’s hockey team returned to its regular rotation in net, with senior Justin Tobe getting the call against Colgate. While Richter was impressive against the Eagles, collecting 36 saves, he seemed to lose his edge in the final minutes of the matchup with the Big Red. With the Crimson up 2-1 late in the third period, Richter allowed both the equalizer and the gamewinner to slip past him in the game’s final five minutes. Donato, however, cited a hectic schedule, which saw Harvard play five games over the course...
...Though the Pelosi-Hoyer tensions have largely stemmed from differences on policy - he's more of a centrist than she is - the Hoyer-Murtha matchup is much less simple. Murtha, despite his closeness to Pelosi, is a pro-life Democrat and actually more conservative than Hoyer, who is likely to get the votes of many liberal members who have backed Pelosi in the past. At a time when both parties are worried about pork-barrel spending, Murtha's longtime role on the House Appropriations Committee, where he secured members' votes with promises of getting special spending earmarks in their districts...