Year In ReviewClint Wattenberg (Cornell); Matt Feast (Penn); DustinManotti (Cornell); Greg Parker (Princeton)Verizon Academic AllAmericansWomen’s Basketball—1st Team: Hana Peljto (Harvard).Gymnastics—3rd Team: Rachel Goldberg (Cornell).Men’s Ice Hockey—2nd Team: David LeNeveu (Cornell);Mark McRae (Cornell).Verizon Academic AllDistrictMen’s Basketball—1st Team: Elliott Prasse-Freeman(Harvard).Women’s Basketball—1st Team: Reka Cserny (Harvard);Katie Day (Columbia); Hana Peljto (Harvard).Gymnastics—1st Team: Rachel Goldberg (Cornell).Men’s Ice Hockey—1st Team: David LeNeveu (Cornell);Mark McRae (Cornell). 2nd Team: Yann Danis (Brown); ScottPrime (Princeton).Skiing—2nd Team: Doria DiBona (Brown).Women’s Ice Hockey—2nd Team: Correne Bredin(Dartmouth).Men’s Swimming—2nd Team: Dan Shevchik (Harvard).Wrestling—1st Team: Greg Parker (Princeton). 2nd Team:Nick Ciarcia (Brown).SPRING Three way ties were in style on the lacrosse front this season.Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale all finished 6-1 within<strong>League</strong> play in women’s lacrosse. Princeton's RachaelBecker led her women’s lacrosse team to yet another nationalchampionship, while winning nearly every conceivableaward. The <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> Player of the Year, Becker wasnamed the national tournament MVP and was awarded withan All-America selection, the Tewaaraton Trophy and theHonda <strong>Sports</strong> Award.On the men’s side, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornelleach finished the year 6-1 in <strong>Ivy</strong> play. Dartmouth andPrinceton advanced to the NCAA tournament, both losing toSyracuse. The Big Green fell in the first round, while theTigers were knocked off in the quarterfinals. Cornell’s RyanMcClay took home Player of the Year honors for the BigRed.In baseball, Penn’s Andrew McCreery batted .408 and hitseven homers in <strong>League</strong> games, while Princeton won the <strong>Ivy</strong><strong>League</strong> championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament.Seven players from the <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> were selected inthe 2003 Major <strong>League</strong> Baseball Draft. One, Princeton'sThomas Pauly, went in the second round.Melissa Finley earned Player of the Year honors in softballafter leading Princeton to its second consecutive outright <strong>Ivy</strong><strong>League</strong> Championship. The Tigers ended their season at 24-21-1 overall and 11-3 in the <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong>. The Tigers made itto the NCAA regional for the fifth time in history.Yale took home both the men’s and women’s <strong>Ivy</strong> golf titlesthis season. For the women, it was their second consecutivechampionship. In the NCAA tournament, the team shot athree-day score of 1,002.The Yale men’s golf team won going away this year at theRidgewood (N.J.) Country Club over second place Penn.Yale’s Neel Williams fell one stroke shy of being one of justsix collegiate golfers to advance to the NCAAChampionships as an at-large individual.In tennis, Penn's Alice Pirsu advanced to the quarterfinalsof the women's national tournament, while Columbia's OscarChow did the same on the men's side. Harvard took both <strong>Ivy</strong>titles, though, advancing to the NCAA team tournament.Brown also advanced to the team tournament on the men'sside. The Harvard women upset number 16 Arizona beforelosing to top-ranked Stanford.Men’s track & field yielded four All-Americans at theNCAA Championships. Penn athletes Brian Chaput and SamBurley won national titles. Chaput tossed the javelin 258-2for a new <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> record, while Burley took home the titlein the 800 meters. Dartmouth’s Mustafa Abdur-Rahim movedup seven places from his 13th seed to finish sixth in thedecathlon, while Harvard’s Chris Lambert finished fourth inthe 200 meters. It was Cornell, however, who took the outdoorHeptagonal championship for the first time since 1985.The Cornell women also won the outdoor title, as Katy Jaywon both the 200 and 400 meter races. Yale’s Kate andLaura O’Neill became the first two women in <strong>Ivy</strong> history tobreak the 33-minute barrier in the 10,000 meters at theNCAA Championships.Harvard women’s rowing took the national championship,beating out last year’s winner, Brown. Princeton picked up itsfifth straight title in the women’s lightweight division. In all,<strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> women’s rowing placed six boats in GrandFinals. Harvard’s men's heavyweight and lightweight eightseach went on to open water victories in their respectivegrand finals of the IRA National Championships.Without a doubt, it was a great year for <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> athleticsin 2002. The opening of the 2003 football season marksthe beginning of what could another banner year for theAncient Eight. The season begins September 20th, so getready, stay tuned and enjoy the ride...ATAGLANCE<strong>League</strong> Championship Teams (*NCAA)Baseball—Princeton*Men’s Lacrosse—Cornell, Dartmouth*, Princeton*Women’s Lacrosse—Dartmouth*, Princeton*, Yale*Men’s Heavyweight Rowing—HarvardMen’s Lightweight Rowing—PrincetonWomen’s Rowing—Radcliffe*Softball—Princeton*Men’s Tennis—Harvard*Women’s Tennis—Harvard*Men’s Outdoor Track—Cornell*Women’s Outdoor Track—CornellAdditional NCAA ParticipantsWomen’s Rowing—Brown, Princeton, YaleMen’s Tennis—Brown, ColumbiaWomen’s Tennis—PennMen’s Outdoor Track—Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard,Penn, PrincetonWomen’s Outdoor Track—Columbia, Dartmouth, PennPrinceton, YalePlayers of the YearBaseball—Andrew McCreery (Penn); Chris Schutt (Cornell).Men’s Lacrosse—Ryan McClay (Cornell)Women’s Lacrosse—Rachael Becker (Princeton)Softball—Melissa Finley (Princeton);Jackie Adelfio (Columbia)Men’s Tennis—Oscar Chow (Columbia);David Lingman (Harvard)Women’s Tennis—Alice Pirsu (Penn)AllAmericansMen’s Lacrosse—First Team: Ryan Boyle (Princeton);Damien Davis (Princeton); Ryan McClay (Cornell). ThirdTeam: Sean Hartofilis (Princeton). HM: Jason Doneger(Princeton); Sean Greenhalgh (Cornell); Mike Scaglione(Yale); Jon Thompson (Brown); Owen Daly (Princeton); BradDumont (Princeton); Patrick Keeley (Dartmouth); BrianLieberman (Princeton); Andrew Goldstein (Dartmouth).Women’s Lacrosse—First Team: Sarah Alverson (Cornell);Rachael Becker (Princeton); Alex Fiore (Princeton); WhitneyMiller (Princeton); Theresa Sherry (Princeton). SecondTeam: Katie Norbury (Princeton); Elizabeth Pillion(Princeton); Lana Smith (Dartmouth). Third Team: KatieanneChristian (Dartmouth); Erica Holveck (Cornell); SarahQueener (Yale); Miles Whitman (Yale).Men’s Tennis—Oscar Chow (Columbia).Women’s Tennis—Alice Pirsu (Penn).Men’s Outdoor Track—Sam Burley (Penn); Brian Chaput(Penn); Chris Lambert (Harvard).Women’s Outdoor Track—Laura O’Neill (Yale); Kate O’Neill(Yale).Verizon Academic AllAmericansBaseball—1st Team: Ryan Schmidt (Columbia). 2nd Team:Billy Hess (Columbia). 3rd Team: Thomas Pauly (Princeton).Softball—2nd Team: Laura Beckert (Yale).Men’s Outdoor Track—2nd Team: Brian Chaput (Penn).Women’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: Kate O’Neill (Yale);Laura O’Neill (Yale).Verizon Academic AllDistrictBaseball—1st Team: Robert Deeb (Brown); Brian Doveala(Columbia); Billy Hess (Columbia); Nick Italiano (Penn);Thomas Pauly (Princeton); Ryan Schmidt (Columbia). 2ndTeam: Mike Chernoff (Princeton).Softball—1st Team: Laura Beckert (Yale); Crista Farrell(Penn). 2nd Team: Kara Brotemarkle (Harvard); April Jarvis(Columbia).Men’s Tennis—2nd Team: Scott Paltrowitz (Cornell).Men’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: Brian Chaput (Penn). 2ndTeam: Brian Abram (Penn); Sam Burley (Penn).Women’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: Cecily Garber(Dartmouth); Kate O’Neill (Yale); Laura O’Neill (Yale); JulieSiebert-Johnson (Penn).
The 2001-02 season was yet another outstanding year forthe <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong>. In fact, its was such a great year that it concludedwith the <strong>League</strong> finishing sixth in the Sears DirectorsCup standings, behind only a handful of the nation's eliteconferences and ahead of the perennial power Big EastConference.The Princeton women's lacrosse team won the nationaltitle with their counterparts, the Tiger men's team, advancingto the national final. The men's basketball campaign saw the<strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> move up in the RPI conference ratings fifteenspots, the largest jump in NCAA history. In addition, three <strong>Ivy</strong><strong>League</strong> crews won national championships. The Brownwomen, Princeton lightweight women and Yale lightweightmen all took home national rowing titles.World-ranked fencer Sada Jacobsen of Yale earned anothernational championship, besting competition in the women'ssabre, while Princeton's Soren Thompson, the 2001 nationalmen's epee champion, reached this year's national epeefinal. Princeton high jumper Tora Harris soared over 7-foot-7at the Heptagonal Games, before going on to win his secondnational title and garnering a top five world ranking. Penn'sSam Burley and Princeton's Lauren Simmons were secondplacefinishers at the NCAA track championships.In all, <strong>Ivy</strong> athletes earned mention on All-America teamsone-hundred-seven times and 14 were national Academic All-Americans. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, 14past or present <strong>Ivy</strong> athletes took home gold or silver medalsfor their accomplishments. Here's a season-by-season rundownof 2001-02 in the <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong>...FALL Princeton field hockey rolled to another 7-0 league recordand and an appearance in the third round of the NCAA tournament.The Tigers defeated Northwestern and Old Dominionbefore losing to Michigan. Princeton's Ilvy Friebe set <strong>Ivy</strong><strong>League</strong> records for goals and points in a season on her wayto becoming <strong>Ivy</strong> player of the year (15 goals, 37 points inleague play). Dartmouth won their second Heps cross countrytitle in a row behind the strength of individual Heptagonalchampion Tom McArdle. Six Heptagonal runners advanced tothe NCAA Championships. Yale took the team title inwomen's cross country. Kate O'Neill was the first place finisherat the Heptagonal championships.Harvard bested the competition in <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> football, winningthe conference title with perfect league record, their firstin 88 years. The Crimson's own, Carl Morris, was namedplayer of the year after catching a school record 71 passesfor 943 yards and 12 touchdowns. Several <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong>rs werenamed as Division I-AA All-Americans. Princeton and Brownboth went 5-1 on the year in men's soccer, tying for the <strong>Ivy</strong>championship. Princeton gained an automatic berth in theNCAAs through the tiebreaker. The Tigers' Mike Nugentearned player of the year honors with 12 goals and 6 assists.The Princeton, Penn and Dartmouth women's soccer teamsfinished tied for title at 5-1 this season, with Princeton winningthe tiebreaker. Dartmouth went to the third round of theNCAA's before losing to Santa Clara. Harvard lost to UConnwhile Penn lost to Villanova in first round tournament action.Princeton advanced to round two before falling to Rutgers.Brown and Penn were both crowned co-<strong>Ivy</strong> champions in volleyballwith Penn winning the playoff 3-1 (28-30, 30-25, 30-24, 30-13).ATAGLANCE<strong>League</strong> Championship Teams (*NCAA)Men’s Cross Country—Dartmouth*Women’s Cross Country—Yale*Field Hockey—Princeton*Football—HarvardMen’s Soccer—Princeton*, BrownWomen’s Soccer—Princeton*, Penn*, Dartmouth*Volleyball—Penn*, BrownAdditional NCAA ParticipantsMen’s Cross Country—BrownWomen’s Cross Country—Brown, Columbia,Cornell, DartmouthMen’s Soccer—HarvardWomen’s Soccer—HarvardPlayers of the YearField Hockey—Ilvy Friebe (Princeton)Football—Carl Morris (Harvard)Men’s Soccer—Mike Nugent (Princeton)Women’s Soccer—Heather Deerin (Princeton)Volleyball—Corre Myer (Brown)AllAmericansField Hockey—1st Team: Kelly Baril (Princeton); Ilvy Friebe(Princeton); Emily Townsend (Princeton). 2nd Team: KirstenAnderson (Dartmouth); Carissa Mirasol (Cornell). 3rd Team:Tovia Martirosian (Yale); Claire Miller (Princeton); Carolyn Year In ReviewSteele (Dartmouth).Football—2nd Team: Chas Gessner (Brown); Marc Laborsky(Harvard). 3rd Team: Jeff Hatch (Penn); Carl Morris(Harvard); Taylor Northrop (Princeton).Men’s Soccer—2nd Team: Mike Nugent (Princeton).Women’s Soccer—2nd Team: Katy Cross (Penn). 3rd Team:Katie Westfall (Harvard); Heather Deerin (Princeton).Verizon Academic AllAmericansMen’s Cross Country—1st Team: John Friedman (Harvard).3rd Team: Tom McArdle (Dartmouth).Women’s Cross Country—3rd Team: Kate O’Neill (Yale);Laura O’Neill (Yale).Football—2nd Team: Cam Atkinson (Princeton); Billy Brown(Yale); Josh Staph (Harvard).Verizon Academic AllDistrictFootball—1st Team: Cameron Atkinson (Princeton); BillyBrown (Yale); Matt DeLellis (Dartmouth); Robert Farrell(Princeton); Tim Kirby (Princeton); Peter Lee (Yale); PhilScherrer (Harvard); Josh Staph (Harvard); Justin Stark(Harvard).Men’s Soccer—1st Team: Brian Lavin (Yale); NickLenicheck (Harvard). 2nd Team: Ladd Fritz (Harvard).Women’s Soccer—1st Team: Mary McVeigh (Dartmouth);Lauren Papalia (Columbia); Joey Yenne (Harvard). 2ndTeam: Ali Cobbett (Yale); Jennie Garver (Yale); Beth Totman(Harvard).Volleyball—1st Team: Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell). 2ndTeam: Jessie Cooper (Brown); Erin Denniston (Harvard).WINTER After a hotly contested league schedule, the Penn, Yaleand Princeton basketball teams finished in the first ever threeway tie for the <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> title. Led by <strong>Ivy</strong> player of the yearUgonna Onyekwe, Penn won the NCAA berth in a roundrobin tournament and went on to the NCAAs where they lostto California in the first round. Princeton and Yale were invitedto the NIT where the Tigers lost to Louisville in round one.Yale defeated Rutgers but lost to Tennessee Tech in the NITsecond round. Harvard sophomore Hana Peljto was the playerof the year in women's basketball, averaging 20.4 pointsper game and leading Harvard back to the NCAA tournament.The Crimson lost to the Unversity of North Carolina inthe first round. Brown advanced to the frozen four championshipgame in women's ice hockey, losing to Minnesota-Duluth 3-2. Although Brown had the best post-season run,Dartmouth was crowned league champion with an 8-2 record.Carly Haggard of Dartmouth and Kristy Zamora of Brownshared the league MVP honors.Player of the year Doug Murray led his Cornell men's icehockey team to this year's <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> championship. <strong>League</strong>rival Harvard avenged that loss, however, beating the BigRed in a thrilling 4-3 double overtime confrontation to win theECAC championship and an automatic NCAA berth. Harvardlost to Maine in the NCAA first round while Cornell beatQuinnipiac and then lost to New Hampshire. Yale's SusanCooke was named the outstanding swimmer as Princetonwon the <strong>Ivy</strong> <strong>League</strong> Women's Swimming and DivingChampionships. Several athletes competed and had top 20finishes at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championshipslater in the year. The Princeton men claimed the title at theEastern Intercollegiate Swimming <strong>League</strong> Championships inimpressive, come-from-behind fashion. Trailing Harvard afterthe first day, the Tigers bounced back to grab the title. JohnCole of Harvard garnered two top ten finishes at the NCAAs,placing second in the 1650 meter freestyle and third in the500 meter freestyle.Columbia won their 28th <strong>Ivy</strong> title in men's fencing and firstsince 1992-1993. Princeton's Soren Thompson, the 2001national men's epee champion, reached this year's epee finalat the NCAA championships. Yale won their sixth overallwomen's fencing title. Sada Jacobson of Yale won her secondstraight national title. She went undefeated on the collegiatelevel and achieved a ranking of No. 1 in the world forwomen's under-20 saber. The host Cornell Big Red tookhome the Heptagonal title in Indoor Track and Field behindathlete of the meet, sprinter Katy Jay. Yale junior Kate O'Neillran to the best overall finish by a heptagonal athlete at theNCAA Championships, crossing the line in ninth for the 3,000meters. Princeton ran, jumped and threw their way to a fifthconsecutive men's Indoor Track title. Seven-time heptagonalchampion Tora Harris of Princeton won his first national titlein the high jump (7-5). Dartmouth junior Tom McArdle finishedseventh in the 5,000 meters at the NCAAs while Penn's SamBurley finished seventh in the 800m. Led by wrestler of theyear Yoshi Nakamura, Penn continued to dominate thewrestling scene, finshing with a perfect 5-0 record and winningtheir seventh straight title. In what could have been theyear's big stunner, Princeton junior Greg Parker surprisedtop-seeded Otto Olson of Michigan in the NCAA tournamentto advance all the way into the national final.ATAGLANCE<strong>League</strong> Championship Teams (*NCAA)Men’s Basketball—Penn*, Princeton, YaleWomen’s Basketball—Harvard*Men’s Fencing—Columbia*Women’s Fencing—Yale*Men’s Ice Hockey—Cornell*Women’s Ice Hockey—DartmouthMen’s Squash—PrincetonWomen’s Squash—HarvardMen’s Swimming—Princeton*Women’s Swimming—Princeton*Men’s Indoor Track—Princeton*Women’s Indoor Track—CornellWrestling—Penn*Additional NCAA ParticipantsFencing—Princeton, Penn, Brown, HarvardMen’s Ice Hockey—HarvardWomen’s Ice Hockey—BrownMen’s Swimming—HarvardWomen’s Swimming—YaleMen’s Indoor Track—Penn, DartmouthWomen’s Indoor Track—Yale, Harvard, ColumbiaWrestling—Princeton, Cornell, HarvardPlayers of the YearMen’s Basketball—Ugonna Onyekwe (Penn)Women’s Basketball—Hana Peljto (Harvard)Men’s Ice Hockey—Doug Murray (Cornell)Women’s Ice Hockey—Carly Haggard (Dartmouth)& Kristy Zamora (Brown)Men’s Squash—Will Evans (Princeton)Women’s Squash—Louisa Hall (Harvard)Wrestling—Yoshi Nakamura (Penn)AllAmericansMen’s Basketball—HM: Ugonna Onyekwe (Penn).Men’s Fencing—1st Team: Soren Thompson (Princeton).2nd Team: Mark Dembitz (Brown); Jeffrey Breen (Penn). HM:Paul Friedman (Brown); Paolo Rossi (Columbia); AndrewSohn (Columbia).Women’s Fencing—1st Team: Sada Jacobson (Yale). 2ndTeam—Lindsay Campbell (Princeton). HM: Katie Cavan(Columbia); Monica Conley (Columbia); Maya Lawrence(Princeton).Men’s Ice Hockey—1st Team: Doug Murray (Cornell); MattUnderhill (Cornell). 2nd Team: Yann Davis (Brown).Women’s Ice Hockey—1st Team: Carly Haggard(Dartmouth). 2nd Team: Nicole Corriero (Harvard); KristyZamora (Brown).Men’s Squash—1st Team: Will Evans (Princeton); David Yik(Princeton); James Bullock (Harvard); Michael Blumberg(Harvard); A. Manchanda (Yale); Richard Repetto (Penn).2nd Team: Peter Kelly (Princeton); Danny Rutherford(Princeton); Ryan Donegan (Dartmouth); Peter Grote (Yale);Dylan Patterson (Harvard). HM: Tim Nagel (Cornell).Women’s Squash—1st Team: Margaret Elias (Harvard);Louisa Hall (Harvard); Frances Ho (Yale); Olga PuigemontSola (Cornell); Runa Reta (Penn); Lindsey Wilkins (Harvard);Carlin Wing (Harvard). 2nd Team: Devon Dalzell (Yale);Lauren Doline (Yale); Emily Eynon (Princeton); TriciaGadsden (Princeton); Colby Hall (Harvard); Linda McNair(Penn); Annie Rein-Weston (Princeton). HM: Lillian Rosenthal(Brown); Daphna Wegner (Penn); Sarah West (Dartmouth).Men’s Swimming & Diving—2nd Team: John Cole(Harvard). HM: Dan Shevchik (Harvard).Women’s Swimming & Diving—HM: Danielle Stramandi(Princeton).Men’s Indoor Track—Sam Burley (Penn); Tora Harris(Princeton); Tom McArdle (Dartmouth).Wrestling—Josh Henson (Penn); Jesse Jantzen (Harvard);Travis Lee (Cornell); Yoshi Nakamura (Penn); Greg Parker(Princeton); Dawid Rechul (Harvard); Rick Springman (Penn);Clint Wattenberg (Cornell).Verizon Academic AllAmericansWomen’s Fencing—3rd Team: Lindsay Campbell(Princeton).Men’s Ice Hockey—3rd Team: Mark McRae (Cornell)Verizon Academic AllDistrictMen’s Basketball—1st Team: Joe Case (Columbia); AhmedEl-Nokali (Princeton); Andrew Gellert (Harvard); ElliottPrasse-Freeman (Harvard).Women’s Basketball—1st Team: Katie Day (Columbia);Hana Peljto (Harvard).Women’s Fencing—1st Team: Lindsay Campbell
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