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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Storm plays havoc with HC travel plans
The postgame interviews will be brief after this afternoon's Holy Cross at Navy game, set to tip at 4 p.m. in Navy's Alumni Hall.

Postponed from Wednesday evening after a winter storm that hit the midatlantic seaboard played havoc with Holy Cross' travel plans, the afternoon tip will allow Holy Cross to catch an evening flight back to New England, assuming of course no snags like triple overtime or traffic snarls between Annapolis and Baltimore Washington International.

It took Holy Cross more than 24 hours to get to Annapolis for what has become this afternoon's game at Navy.

The Crusaders left Worcester around 3 p.m. Tuesday, heading for the Warwick, R.I. airport and an early evening Southwest flight to Baltimore.

When that flight was canceled due to winter storm-related problems in Baltimore -- it had not yet started to snow in Warwick -- the Crusaders took refuge in a hotel, planning to catch a 6 a.m. flight.

Around midnight they learned that flight was also canceled, sending the team scrambling to Providence for an Amtrak Acela express train down the eastern seaboard. The team's train arrived in Baltimore around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The Holy Cross women managed to fly to Annapolis for Tuesday night's game against the Navy women, but were forced to take a train back home when their flight out was canceled.
Published at 3:19 PM by Hoop Time.
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