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The Mens basketball team hopes to extend a league leading 8 year streak of making the league semi finals by beating Bucknell in thier first round game.� Colgate is the number 3 seed, but lost to the Bison when we met them a few weeks ago on the road, prior to that we beat them at the buzzer at home, with Howard Blue out for most of the game with an injury.�� But let's look at it this way, Bucknell was on a 2 game winning streak, played us, lost, did not win again until 7 games later, when they beat us, they have not lost since then.�� Perhaps the worm will turn again?� But why don't we just ask Jordon Hardenbergh what he has to say on the issue?� The team has really showed a positive work ethic as of late, and they will win or lose, as a team.�� A win will send them into a semi finals matchup with either Army or Navy.� There have been some rocky games this year, but just about everyone has improved a great deal.� The key is going to be Campolieta and Blue.� Their numbers have fluctuated a bit lately.� If they get shut down, we lose.� The Bison won thier last league game against Lehigh, in overtime.� They were beat in just about every statistical catergory except for turnovers, where Lehigh mistakes cost them the game.�� This is a winnable game if we can control the tempo and work our plays.
The Womens Basketball team will be meeting the Bison as well.� Last year a foul and travel cost Colgate the chance to upset them in the league semi finals.� They lost thier last league game to Lehigh.� The Bucknell offense can be mistake prone, but we need a good defense, Bucknell can kill you if you start taking fouls.� Our offense will need to be patient, and find it's shots.� Hopefully Colgate's success as of late will translate into a good game in the quarterfinals.� The winner meets the winner of Lehigh-Lafayette in round 2.
One of the most compelling stories of the winter is the Womens Hockey team.� They recently upset the number 2 seeded Vermont.� And now they will face the number 1 team in division 3, Middlebury.�� The winner of the saturday afternoon showdown will advance to the finals the next day.� Middlebury did reach 100 consecutive wins this year, but they also got their first tie, in a game against Bowdoin.� Can the Red Raider's pull off an incredible upset?� This should be a great game, one the team has worked hard just to get to.
The Mens Hockey team faces a win or go home situation this weekend.� We are 1 point behind Vermont in the standings.� Vermont is hosting the North Country, so if they get swept, we just need one point to make the playoffs, but you can't count on that.� We meet Union first, a team that is also near the bottom of the playoff list.� Last year we pasted them 9-3 at home.� We're going to need something like that too happen.� But will there be much of a Colgate crowd there to help them out at the beginning of the game?� Get there early, be loud!� RPI is up on the second night.� They have struggled on the road this season, have had a few awful games, and did not look great last weekend.� They are also playing at Cornell first.� Colgate has just announced that they will be without Scooter Smith for the rest of the season, who is home due to a family emergency.�� It's now time to go out and get some points, otherwise we are done for the season.
The Mens Lacrosse team will be playing Dartmouth this saturday.� Dartmouth walked away with the win in a good game last year.� This is going to be the first good chance to see how Colgate stacks up against reasonable competition.
Let's hope for a good weekend from top to bottom.� I won't be doing any updating until Sunday when the band gets back from the basketball tournament, so if someone could post the hockey game scores, that would be great.� Have a good weekend!
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