Women's softball team wins league title

By Staff on May 5, 2008, 6:55 p.m.

The Princeton softball team won the Ivy League title with 4-2 and 5-1 victories over Harvard on May 3.

Princeton posted a league-record 18 wins against only two losses this year. This is the 17th Ivy League title the Tigers have taken, and it will be their eighth trip to the national tournament. The Tigers will find out their NCAA tournament destination at 10 p.m. Sunday, May 11, on ESPNU.

The Princeton men's and women's track and field teams will have their league championships Saturday and Sunday, May 10-11, in New Haven, Conn.

Men's and women's crew will row the following weekend for the Eastern Championships in various locations.

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