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...strength since its 81-74 overtime victory against Boston University in the Crimson's first game of the season. This run in with whooping cough is only the latest in a bizarre string of injuries, illnesses and strange circumstances that have plagued the women's basketball team since the preseason...
...Lawrence (8-4-0, 4-1-0) has been the big surprise of the ECAC this year. Ranked ninth in the preseason poll, the Saints have dominated their conference opponents, outscoring them...
Harvard (2-8-1, 0-8-1) has yet to win in conference play, despite a third-place ranking in the preseason coaches' poll...
...curious thing that happens during the course of an athletic season. You come in to preseason all fired up and ready to play, and after four or five days your body is sore and aching and you just can't wait for school to start so there will only be one practice a day. The first part of the semester is then consumed by games and practices and occasionally classes. You can't wait for the end of the season when you know games will only be once a week so you might have some free time. Finally...
...then the end comes. And it's then you realize that you really want to be back on day one, at preseason, on the line doing sprints, just because it would mean that you could do it all over again. That you could feel that pain in your legs again, that you could rush from class to lunch to make it to practice on time, that you could run around for two hours a day with 28 of your best friends...