After playing stopper, UNH keeps going
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The University of New Hampshire defense was under siege in the first half of last week's Division 1-AA playoff against high-octane Georgia Southern.
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Freshman Jenn Wakefield had two goals and an assist to lead the third-ranked University of New Hampshire women's hockey team over No. 7 Boston College, 4-1, last night in Conte Forum.
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Matt Janning scored 20 points, Nkem Ojougboh added 17, and the duo combined for 10 of Northeastern's 12 points in overtime of the Huskies' 73-69 victory over Delaware last night at Matthews Arena.
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No one was happier than Northeastern coach Bruce Crowder after his team's 2-1 double-overtime victory last night in the Beanpot's opening round against Harvard.
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In its previous game, Northeastern rallied from a 9-point deficit late in the second half and beat Harvard in overtime. Yesterday, the Huskies made certain late-game drama wouldn't be necessary.
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Harvard seemed to be a sure bet in the first round of the women's Beanpot last night, skating into Walter Brown Arena as the top-ranked team in the nation with a 19-1-0 record. Northeastern, meanwhile, was stacking up losses through January as its young team slogged through a difficult Hockey East schedule.
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David Ball had nine catches for 172 yards and three touchdowns yesterday as fifth-ranked New Hampshire built a 40-14 halftime lead and held on for a 50-36 win over Maine in Orono.
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In hockey, you keep shooting the puck on net, and sometimes good things happen. Harvard did that last night at Bright Center and earned a 3-1 victory over 10th-ranked Vermont.
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Everyone knew who the No. 1 seed was going to be in the Hockey East quarterfinals next weekend -- the University of New Hampshire.
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A 1-yard touchdown dive by John McCoy with 45 seconds remaining yesterday sparked New Hampshire to a 33-27 win over Hofstra in Durham, N.H.
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As impressive as Boston College's record has been this hockey season, coach Jerry York believed there was plenty of room for improvement. He changed his lines, hoping something would click. Last night against Northeastern at Matthews Arena, the changes paid off.
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Jason Westrol snapped a 78-78 tie on a 3-point play with 1:08 remaining in overtime and Bentley, ranked No. 1 nationally in Division 2, never relinquished the lead in holding off Merrimack, 85-82, in a Northeast-10 contest last night in Waltham.
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The University of New Hampshire football team is going dancing -- the Wildcats will be playing in the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs for the first time since 1994.
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Northeastern's nation-leading unbeaten streak moved to 11 games (9-0-2) as the ninth-ranked Huskies used a four-goal third period to roll over the Black Bears, 7-3, in a Hockey East showdown last night in Orono, Maine.
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It had all gone so well in the first half. For the first time in quite a while, NC State was living up to its motto: Discipline. It was avoiding penalties, holding on to
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AMHERST -- In an up-and-down season characterized by nail-biting victories and exasperating losses, the University of Massachusetts found some new territory yesterday afternoon -- winning a laugher, 74-58, over lowly St. Bonaventure. The Minutemen led wire to wire, and pushed the margin to as many as 28 points in the second half.
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Northeastern was halfway there yesterday. The Huskies were ahead by 11 points at the break, the first time in seven games they led at halftime, and appeared en route to their first victory of the season.