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Date: | Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:06:14 -0500 |
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The Maine women suffered a blow to their post-season hopes when they lost to
Princeton 3-1 on Saturday, and when Niagara beat #1 Dartmouth in a big
upset.
The Black Bears rebounded to beat Yale 5-1 Sunday, and are still alive for
the post-season. In fact, they control their own destiny.
If Maine wins both its games next week against Harvard and Brown, they will
make the playoffs. This is because Niagara, currently in 7th-place has
completed its conference schedule and is only 3 points ahead of Maine. This
is a very tough task. Maine has never beaten either of these two programs
and they are both ranked high nationally. Harvard is 19-8-0 on the year and
in second-place in the ECAC. Brown is 17-5-3 and currently resides in
4th-place. (Maine is 14-13-1). But, both games will be at Alfond Arena.
There are some other senarios. If Maine takes 3 of 4 points in their games
and Providence (17-12-3) loses their final 2 games, Maine will overtake them
and qualify for the playoffs.
I am not sure about tiebreakers. Maine could tie Niagara with 3 of 4 points
and in doing so would have more conference wins, so it is possible that
Maine wins a tie-breaker as well since NU and Maine split the season series
1-1. Maine loses a tiebreaker to Providence by going 0-1-1 against the
Friars this year.
Should Maine lose either game, I don't see a way they can still make the
playoffs.
Maine will play AT HOME Saturday at 1:00 against Harvard and again Sunday at
3:00 against Brown. Hopefully some of you in town to take in the men's
games vs. PC will stop by and show your support to the women's team as well.
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