Columbia coach Megan Griffith was asked for her thoughts on the championship matchup against Princeton University after beating Harvard.
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After Columbia University’s 63–61 victory over Harvard University on Friday night, on Saturday. “This is March; you’ve got to show up and want that moment,” she said. “I’m really confident we want the moment.” “We knew it was going to be challenging,” said Princeton head coach Carla Berube. “We watched a lot of film—the staff and then as a team—and we knew it was going to be really difficult. … When I saw my team this morning at shootaround and before the game, they were very, very locked in and ready to win this game. We knew the scout, we knew the game plan, and they executed really, really well.”
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