Ivy League Sports

Year In Review(Princeton); Sharon Sonenblum (Brown).Men’s Ice Hockey—1st Team: Yann Danis (Brown); MarkMcRae (Cornell).Women’s Ice Hockey—2nd Team: Allison Kuuisisto(Harvard).Men’s Swimming—2nd Team: Dan Shevchik (Harvard).Wrestling—2nd Team: Rick Springman (Penn).SPRING In Men's Lacrosse, Princeton finished runner-up in thenational championship this season after taking the title lastyear. Ryan Boyle had 44 points (17g, 27a) to become the IvyLeague player of the year as a sophomore. The Tigers alsoclaimed their eighth straight Ivy League men's lacrossechampionship. Nine Ivy members were named All-Americansincluding first team selection Ryan McClay of Cornell.Princeton and Cornell both competed in the NCAA women'stournament tournament, Princeton coming home with theNCAA title. The Tiger's Lauren Simone, Rachel Becker andTheresa Sherry were named first team All-America. JenNewitt (Dartmouth) and Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell) were alsonamed on the first team. Pitcher of the year Ben Crockettand his Harvard squad, the Red Rolfe Division champion,defeated Princeton, the Gehrig Division champion, to win theIvy Baseball title and secure a postseason berth. TheCrimson lost in the elimination round of the NCAA tournament.Princeton won their first Ivy League softball title sincethe 1996 season, going 13-1 in league play. The Tigers finishedtheir season with a loss in the NCAA tournament,bringing their record to 34-18.In golf, Yale defeated defending champion Princeton tolock up their fourth women's title in six years. On the men'sside, Princeton won this year's Ivy Golf championship by 13strokes over second-place finisher Yale. It was Princeton'sthird straight Ivy championship. Both Brown and Harvardmade appearances in the NCAA Men's Tennis Tournamentthis season. Brown, the Ivy League champion with a 7-0 conferencerecord, was defeated by Ole Miss in the first round.Harvard advanced to round two before falling to Baylor 4-0.Alice Pirsu earned player of the year honors in Women'sTennis while leading Penn to the second round of the NCAAtournament, where they fell to Duke. She also became thefirst Penn player ever to be invited to the NCAA Tournamentsingles competition.The Cornell women added an outdoor crown to the indoortrack and field championship they had won in the fall. Onceagain, junior Katy Jay had a huge heptagonal meet for theBig Red, sweeping the two short sprints. In the men's heptagonaltrack meet, Penn and Princeton entered the 4x400mtied with 121 points apiece. After Princeton ran 3:11.73, theQuakers did them one better, running a meet record 3:10.37to steal the heptagonal championship from the Tigers.Princeton's Tora Harris, however, provided yet another stunninghighlight, soaring over the high jump bar at 7-7 to set aHeps record and a personal best. He would go on to becomenational champion, adding to his indoor crown. The Yalelightweight varsity eight men's crew was ranked No. 1 in thenation and undefeated for the spring. They captured theEARC Eastern Sprints title. Harvard captured the Ivy title witha second place finish behind Wisconsin in heavyweight crew.The Brown women captured a coveted national championshipin Women's Rowing as well as this year's EasternSprints title. The Princeton women lightweights won theirfourth national title with a win in the Grand Final overWisconsin.ATAGLANCELeague Championship Teams (*NCAA)Baseball—Harvard*Men’s Lacrosse—Princeton*Women’s Lacrosse—Princeton*Men’s Heavyweight Rowing—Harvard*Men’s Lightweight Rowing—YaleWomen’s Rowing—Brown*Softball—Princeton*Men’s Tennis—Brown*Women’s Tennis—Penn*Men’s Outdoor Track—Penn*Women’s Outdoor Track—Cornell*Additional NCAA ParticipantsMen’s Lacrosse—CornellWomen’s Lacrosse—CornellWomen’s Rowing—Princeton, Radcliffe, YaleMen’s Tennis—HarvardMen’s Outdoor Track—Princeton, Cornell, DartmouthWomen’s Outdoor Track—Yale, Princeton, Harvard,DartmouthPlayers of the YearBaseball—Erik Rico (Cornell-player); JonathanStern (Brown-pitcher); Ben Crockett (Harvard-pitcher)Men’s Lacrosse—Ryan Boyle (Princeton)Women’s Lacrosse—Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell)Softball—Tiffany Whitton (Harvard-player);Brie Galicinao (Princeton-pitcher)Men’s Tennis—Judson Williams (Princeton)Women’s Tennis—Alice Pirsu (Penn)AllAmericansMen’s Lacrosse—1st Team: Ryan McClay (Cornell). 2ndTeam: Ryan Boyle (Princeton); Justin Cynar (Cornell);Damien Davis (Princeton); Brad Dumont (Princeton). 3rdTeam: Galen Beers (Cornell); Chas Gessner (Brown); JimMormile (Brown); B.J. Prager (Princeton).Women’s Lacrosse—1st Team: Rachael Becker (Princeton);Jen Newitt (Dartmouth); Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell); TheresaSherry (Princeton); Lauren Simone (Princeton). 2nd Team:Sarah Averson (Cornell); Carrie Giancola (Cornell); EricaHolveck (Cornell); Charlotte Kenworthy (Princeton); ErinKutner (Harvard); Brooke Owens (Princeton). 3rd Team:Crissy Book (Penn); Megan Strenski (Yale).Men’s Outdoor Track—Sam Burley (Penn); Tora Harris(Princeton); Tom McArdle (Dartmouth); Tuan Wreh (Penn).Women’s Outdoor Track—Shaina Damm (Dartmouth); KateO’Neill (Yale); Laura O’Neill (Yale); Kart Siilats (Harvard);Lauren Simmons (Princeton).Verizon Academic AllAmericansBaseball—1st Team: Derek Johnson (Columbia).Women’s Lacrosse—1st Team: Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell).Women’s Rowing—3rd Team: Catherine Wetmore (Yale).Men’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: Thomas Hocker (Yale).3rd Team: John Friedman (Harvard); Tom McArdle(Dartmouth).Women’s Outdoor Track—3rd Team: Kate O’Neill (Yale);Laura O’Neill (Yale).Verizon Academic AllDistrictBaseball—1st Team: Steven Duke (Yale); Billy Hess(Columbia); Derek Johnson (Columbia); Matt McCarthy(Yale). 2nd Team: Nick Italiano (Penn); Thomas Pauly(Princeton).Men’s Lacrosse—2nd Team: Scott Farrell (Princeton).Women’s Lacrosse—1st Team: Jaimee Reynolds (Cornell).Women’s Rowing—1st Team: Catherine Wetmore (Yale).Softball—1st Team: Laura Beckert (Yale). 2nd Team: CaraDenver (Yale); Crista Farrell (Penn).Men’s Tennis—2nd Team: Nick Malone (Brown); ScottPaltrowitz (Cornell); Judson Williams (Princeton).Men’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: David Epstein (Columbia);John Friedman (Harvard); Thomas Hocker (Yale); TomMcArdle (Dartmouth). 2nd Team: Donald Carson (Yale); SeanMeeker (Harvard); Matt Seidel (Harvard); Evan Zeisel(Columbia).Women’s Outdoor Track—1st Team: Kate O'Neill (Yale);Laura O'Neill (Yale); Natalie Whelan (Cornell).Wrestling—2nd Team: Greg Parker (Princeton).