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Exclusives: From the Cheap Seats April
30, 2001: Monday, April 30 -- The
Princeton men's lacrosse team recorded its 37th-consecutive win
in Ivy League play and garnered a seventh-straight Ivy title by
pounding the Dartmouth Big Green, 19-2, on Saturday afternoon. The
victory gives men's lacrosse the university record for the longest
Ivy-winning streak. The previous record, 36 wins, was held by the
1976-81 men's tennis teams. Ryan Boyle '04 paced
the Tigers with three goals and two assists against Dartmouth. And
the stingy Princeton defense limited the Big Green to just 14 shots
on goal. The Tigers outscored their six Ivy opponents by a margin
of 88-21 this season. The women's lacrosse team rebounded from an April 21 loss to Dartmouth and a 7-6 defeat at the hands of top-ranked Maryland on April 25 with a 12-6 win over Brown three days later. The victory earned Princeton a share of the Ivy championship. Kim Smith '02 and Julie Shaner '01 each recorded four points in the victory. The Tigers will wrap up their regular season with a game at Georgetown on May 5. The baseball team added to the banner weekend by securing its sixth-straight Gehrig Division championship. The Tigers swept a Friday doubleheader against Cornell at Clarke Field behind the strong pitching of sophomore righthander Ryan Quillian in game one and a 20-run offensive outburst in game two. Princeton split another twin bill at Cornell on Sunday and will meet either Brown or Dartmouth next weekend in a best-of-three series for the Ivy championship. The winner of that series will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. After defeating Harvard
and the University of Massachusetts on Saturday to reach the finals
of the Eastern Championships, the women's water polo team dropped
an 11-10 decision to Brown on Sunday. The Tigers held an 8-5 lead
heading into the championship game's fourth period, but Brown outscored
Princeton 4-1 down the stretch to send the match into overtime.
During the first overtime, which consisted of two three-minute halves,
each team tallied one goal. Brown took the match and the championship
with an unassisted goal by Sonia Lamel during the second overtime,
which took on a sudden-death format. By Matt Golden You can reach Matt Golden at golden2@erols.com
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