Word: toughers
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After three consecutive wins, Hitech draws a tougher player. Berliner becomes visibly nervous when he discovers that the opponent is Grand Master Sergei Kudrin, a slender Soviet emigre with long wavy hair and sleepy eyes. Kudrin has been matched against Hitech in tournament play twice before -- and has beaten it both times. A large crowd of onlookers presses in around the table. "This is going to be a wild game," Berliner predicts...
...competition this year was so much tougher due to the strength of Dartmouth," Mayer said. "They just crushed everybody in the men's competition...
...They were a little tougher than we'd imagined," Mulvehal said. Their crowd really got into the match. They were screaming every time Princeton scored a point. That really fired us up in our doubles matches...
Bucknell (6-5) enters the playoffs seeded fifth in the Easterns. Last year the Bison took second in the Eastern tourney. "We hope to do the same, but it's going to be tougher this year," said Coach Marla Cautilli...
...long as college hockey remains the "regional-national" sport that it has become, Ivy League hockey--although hindered by problems such as competition from other schools, the question of financial aid and tougher academic standards--can enter its second century with a philosophy that blends academic success with success...