WOMEN'S HOCKEY
"There's a difference between good nerves and bad nerves,'' Decker said. "We had a lot of good nerves going into last weekend's game. Once we played a couple of shifts, it was fine. I think that's what is going to happen Friday.''
"It sounds cliché, but it would mean that much more my senior year.'' What kind of pressure has been building on the Badgers? Neither Decker nor Knight feels like they've been overburdened by expectations, no matter how high they might be. "The biggest thing is that everybody is going to be nervous (before Friday's faceoff),'' Knight said. "Nerves are good as long as it's more of an excitement nervous. "If anything, that's the best type of nerves to
have.'' 42 » VARSITY MARCH 15, 2012 Decker agreed.
"There's a difference between good nerves and bad nerves,'' she said. "We had a lot of good nerves going into last weekend's game (against Mercyhurst). "Once we played a couple of shifts, it was fine. "I think that's what is going to happen Friday.'' There's just more at stake the closer you get to a title. "You're playing for the right to play an- other game,'' Knight said, "and a chance to win the last game of your season.'' Again.
DANNY MARCHEWKA
