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Taking the two years off gave Mleczko an added bonus besides preparing her for the Olympics. Now she has a year of eligibility left and can use college games to keep her skills sharp. Training will be more difficult when she doesn't have the college schedule to help...
...think the hardest adjustment for me is academic, because for the last two years, I've devoted 100 percent of my time to being a good hockey player," Mleczko says. "Now, I have to balance that with the academic world, with social aspects, all that stuff, and I think that is tougher to adjust to than the removal and the living off campus...
...comfort level will be important because, as Mleczko says she witnessed first-hand at Nagano, chemistry will be vital to the team's success. Harvard's roster will have three returning Olympians--Angela Ruggiero (U.S.) and Jennifer Botterill (Canada), as well as Tammy Shewchuk, a late cut from the Canadian Olympic squad...
...have a lot of talent on the team," Mleczko says. "People say, `Oh wow, you have three Olympians, you'll kill people.' Well, what's overlooked is the talent beyond that...
Because of the influx of Olympians, expectations are high; one preseason poll has the team ranked No. 5 in the nation. Mleczko says one of her challenges as captain will be preventing the expectation from becoming pressure...