{"id":25431,"date":"2003-01-20T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2003-01-20T19:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2003\/01\/20\/harvard-benefits-in-womens-poll-as-minnesota-schools-slip\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:22","slug":"harvard-benefits-in-womens-poll-as-minnesota-schools-slip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2003\/01\/20\/harvard-benefits-in-womens-poll-as-minnesota-schools-slip\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Benefits In Women’s Poll As Minnesota Schools Slip"},"content":{"rendered":"
Idle Harvard, with a 14-1 record, tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll<\/a>, and moved into the top spot in the PairWise Ranking (PWR)<\/a> as well, as the next two teams both lost one game on Friday night.<\/p>\n No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth split a weekend series with No. 6 Wisconsin. It was the first WCHA loss for the Bulldogs, but they still maintain a two point league lead over Minnesota. UMD salvaged the second game of the series, and hold the No. 2 spot in both the poll and the PWR. Wisconsin moved up one spot in the poll, after outshooting and outscoring Duluth Friday night.<\/p>\n Minnesota held steady at No. 3, despite a 6-3 loss to No. 4 Dartmouth on Friday. The Big Green moved within six points of the Golden Gophers in the poll, but Saturday’s 4-0 win over No. 5 New Hampshire was enough to secure the third-place spot for Minnesota.<\/p>\n The only other movement in the poll came from No. 9 Mercyhurst, which climbed one spot after two wins over ECAC opponent Cornell, and No. 10 Providence, which abdicated that place by tying 4-12-2 Yale.<\/p>\n New Hampshire and Wisconsin square off in the crown jewel in next week’s schedule, in a battle of No. 5 vs No. 6. In all, seven of the top ten teams will see action.<\/p>\n The USCHO.com Poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, and consists of 15 voters, including 11 coaches of Division I programs and four women’s hockey writers.<\/p>\n The Pairwise Ranking attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I women’s hockey tournament. The PWR compares only those at or above .500, judging them by five criteria: record against common opponents, record in last 16 games, head to head competition, record against other teams at or above .500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).<\/p>\n The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person, provided USCHO’s URL (http:\/\/www.uscollegehockey.com\/) accompanies the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Idle Harvard, with a 14-1 record, tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll, and moved into the top spot in the PairWise Ranking (PWR) as well, as the next two teams both lost one game on Friday night. No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth split a weekend series with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n