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...home game, an ECAC quarterfinal win over Providence. Shewchuk is now far removed from Harvard women’s hockey as a coach and teacher at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, but she still longs to be on the ice as the No. 1 Crimson embarks on its postseason run tomorrow...
Revenge is one factor motivating them, as Harvard swept a November road trip against the teams from the North Country, winning 6-1 in Canton and 2-1 in Potsdam. Postseason position is the other reason—both teams are hoping to finish among the top eight in the conference...
First up for the Crimson before too much thought goes into postseason tournaments, however, are the Knights and the Saints...
That team’s season-long success is far from the norm. In the five-year history of national championship women’s hockey, only the 1999 Harvard team succeeded in winning conference regular season, conference postseason and national championship titles. And in the three years prior to 1998, when the ECAC title was effectively the national championship, not one team won the league regular season and postseason crowns...
Fair enough. Here it goes. From here on out, Harvard is playing for its postseason life. I’m no math whiz, but a cursory look at the geek-tastic Pairwise Rankings, almost always a direct prognosticator of NCAA tournament selection, reveals that the Crimson’s No. 16 standing this late in the season—in a 16-team tournament—has pushed its bubble to the point of bursting...