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Harvard will travel to Union College, site of this year’s conference playoffs, with just two wins separating it from a defense of its ECAC tournament title...
Year after year, when Harvard reaches the latter stages of the ECAC tournament, there is no love lost between it and perennial opponents Dartmouth and St. Lawrence. But if Yale goalie Sarah Love can find her top form in the semis, the Crimson may not even get to face one of its most bitter rivals in the final...
...Harvard hasn’t dropped a game since the end of that early-season skid, running the table in 2005 to amass a 17-game unbeaten stretch and earn the top seed in the ECAC tournament as the conference’s regular season champs...
This time around marks the fourth time in five years all three teams have advanced to the semifinal stage. Harvard won the tournament last season after being eliminated by Dartmouth in each of the preceding four. Although the top two seeds appear to be on a collision course once again, St. Lawrence stands in the way, owners of an 8-3-1 record over the Big Green in their last 12 match-ups and undefeated against Dartmouth in post-season play...
...implications of these meetings extend beyond pride and bragging rights. A tournament crown for Yale would miraculously keep its season alive, garnering it an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, while multiple wins for either Harvard or St. Lawrence would likely push them into position to host its opening-round contest...