Looking for a Sweep

Hi All,

Last night we pulled out YET ANOTHER close Ivy win over Brown, 67-63. But we were all proud of the way our players gutted it out against Brown, who has definitely improved this year. We had a seven point lead with about six minutes to play and were on a real run - it felt like we'd pull away. Brown had other ideas, and scored eight points in one minute to take a lead!

We kept pace but didn't get the lead back until Betsy Williams drove, scored and converted a three-point play with 17 seconds to go for a 64-62 lead. She ended up also hitting two free throws in the last two seconds to help us hold on for a 67-63 win. She finished the game with 17 points - the fourth time in her career she has tied that career high! Sasha Dosenko was awesome with 17 points and nine rebounds and Brittney Smith reached double-digit rebounds for the seventh straight game with 14 and had 11 points for her fifth double-double of the last six games.

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Tonight we host Yale, which is usually one of the most physical match-ups of the season. It will certainly be tough for us after playing a close game last night, but we need to get a sweep this weekend. Right now, Princeton is still alone in first but we are tied with Harvard in second at 4-2. Everyone else has dropped to at least three losses.

Anyhow, I'll be heading to Leede soon to get things set up for the game and pop into shootaround. We're hosting our Pink Zone game tonight which, as I've said before, is always awesome. Hopefully we get a good crowd. It's Winter Carnival this weekend - "I Came, I Saw, I Carnivaled" but it's a little strange to see the Coliseum snow sculpture in the middle of a snowless Green!

Speaking of snow (or lack thereof), is anyone else pumped for the Olympics? I can't get enough of it!

- Dara