Cornell Opens NCAA Tournament at Harvard
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The following article appeared in the March 12 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
For a team that has been doubted since the beginning, the women’s hockey squad feels proud and accomplished of the automatic berth it received for the NCAA tournament. Though it may seem an unexpected feat for a team that hasn’t even made the top four of the ECAC in the past, the women on the roster knew better.
“We’re really proud of ourselves as a team, but deep down we knew we were better since the beginning of the season,” said sophomore forward Catherine White, currently ranked sixth in the nation in terms of assists, as she commented on the No. 7 poll standing the Red received. “So we worked hard in every game and it paid off.”
Cornell travels to Cambridge, Mass., tonight to take on fourth-seeded Harvard in the first round of the tournament. Going into the game, the Red is not pleased with the circumstances under which it has to play the Crimson, but it is excited nonetheless.
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