Yale Defeats Princeton in Men's Soccer, 1-0, Earns Share of Ivy Title

Nov. 12, 2005

Box Score

Princeton was playing for a four-game Ivy win streak to end its season. Yale was playing for a share of an Ivy championship. In the end, the Bulldogs made the play that won the game.

Gage Hills took a cross from Alex Munns and scored with his left foot 14:22 into the second half, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 victory over the Tigers and a share of the Ivy title with Brown and Dartmouth, who tied 2-2 in Providence earlier in the day.

The Tigers (6-8-3, 3-3-1 Ivy) played valiantly despite being a man down for the final 52 minutes after senior defender Neil Chaudhuri was given a red card late in the first half. Princeton had five second-half corner kicks to just one for Yale (10-3-4, 5-1-1 Ivy).

Princeton's best two chances in the second half came from Kyle McHugh and Adrian Melville. McHugh's low shot was saved by Erik Geiger in the 52nd minute, while Geiger also corralled Melville's off-balance bicycle-kick attempt with 13 minutes left.

Jordan Reiger set up Yale's winning goal with a long ball over the top of the defense to Munns, who fed a pass to Hills inside the penalty area.

Princeton goalie Bobby Guelich, one of eight seniors playing his final game, had three of his four saves in the second half. Twice he came off his line to stop attempts by Hills at a second goal of the game.

Yale outshot the Tigers 12-6, including 8-3 in the first half. Despite that shot advantage, the game was scoreless at the half. Princeton finished the Ivy season 3-1-1 after beginning the league schedule with losses at eventual league champions Dartmouth and Brown.

The team's eight seniors were honored in a pregame ceremony. Two of them, Darren Spicer and Adrian Melville, finished in Princeton's top 12 all-time in career goals, while three others (Ben Young, Alex Reison, Chaudhuri) were multi-year starters and another (Bobby Guelich) the league leader in saves and saves per game in 2005.

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