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Last season's Final Four team had the services of standouts Kate Starbird and JamilaWideman, since graduated and playing professionalhoops; this team may not know how to win withoutFolkl and Nygaard...
...Cardinal may also have to face the Crimsonwithout another one of its stars, senior forwardVenessa Nygaard. Nygaard, an Honorable MentionAll-American, tore her ACL in the regular-seasonfinale against Oregon St. The 6'1" standoutaverages 14.9 points per game, shooting anoutstanding 46 percent from three-point land...
...Other than Nygaard, Stanford isn't that greatof an outside shooting team," Basil said. "So ifshe can't play we can focus more on stopping theirinside game, since they won't be able to hurt usas much from the outside...
...Although Nygaard definitely will needoff-season surgery on her swollen knee, she isable to walk on it. Additionally, doctors havemedically cleared her to play, saying thatalthough the knee can give out at any time, italready requires surgery, so no extra damage willbe done by playing...
Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer has stated,however, that Nygaard will be held out of theHarvard game. Nygaard, though, insists that shecan play, and now faced with Folkl's injury, theCardinal may be forced to use her against theCrimson...