{"id":84557,"date":"2018-02-23T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=84557"},"modified":"2018-02-23T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T17:16:57","slug":"womens-d-weekend-picks-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2018\/02\/23\/womens-d-weekend-picks-feb-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s D-I weekend picks: Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/img-show\/I0000sfQIJYP6WoM\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lexi Bender (BC - 21), Sydney Baldwin (Minnesota - 9)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000sfQIJYP6WoM\/s\/680\/453\/160320-14120470.jpg\" alt=\"Lexi Bender (BC - 21), Sydney Baldwin (Minnesota - 9) - The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Boston College Eagles 3-1 to win the 2016 NCAA national championship on Sunday, March 20, 2016, at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, New Hampshire. (Melissa Wade)\" width=\"680\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexi Bender (BC &#8211; 21), Sydney Baldwin (Minnesota &#8211; 9) &#8211;\u00a0 (Melissa Wade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three of the four conferences start playoff season this weekend. It should make for some close and tough battles. Candace and Nicole pick the weekend&#8217;s slate of games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/womens-d1-blog\/2018\/02\/23\/weekend-picks-feb-23-2\/\"><strong>Weekend picks: Feb. 23<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three of the four conferences start playoff season this weekend. It should make for some close and tough battles. 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