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Tigers Host Dartmouth Saturday Afternoon At '52
April 18, 2008 | Women's Lacrosse
Princeton and Penn proved to be the game of the year as far as the Ivy League women's lacrosse championship was concerned in 2008. Historically, that game for Princeton has come against Dartmouth, Saturday's opponent at Class of 1952 Stadium (12:30 p.m.) as the Tigers look to start a new winning streak.
Live video in the TigerZone, as well as free live audio and live stats for the game, will be available as always at GoPrincetonTigers.com.
The No. 2 Tigers (10-1, 4-1 Ivy) still have a chance at share of an Ivy title entering Saturday; they would need to win, have Penn lose to Brown and then beat Brown themselves next Saturday in Rhode Island.
In any case, Princeton looks to get back on track by earning its first back-to-back wins against Dartmouth since the 2004 season, when the Tigers beat the Big Green at Class of 1952 Stadium both in the regular season and in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Princeton won at Dartmouth last year, 13-9, beginning a solid end-of-year stretch that saw only an overtime loss at Maryland blemish the final five regular-season games. The Tigers took a 9-4 halftime lead in that game and held off a late comeback attempt by the Big Green.
Either Princeton or Dartmouth, or both teams, won at least a share of the Ivy League championship for 14 consecutive seasons from 1993-2006. In 19 games between the teams since the beginning of that 1993 season, Princeton has won 10 times and Dartmouth has nine wins.
Christine Casaceli led Princeton with a goal and two assists in the 9-5 loss to No. 6 Penn Wednesday night at Class of 1952 Stadium. Casaceli leads the Tigers with 24 goals, while classmate Holly McGarvie has 20 goals and also leads Princeton in ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers. McGarvie was also named as one of 18 nominees for the Tewaaraton Trophy on Thursday.
Dartmouth (6-6, 2-4 Ivy) ended a two-game losing skid with an 11-7 win at Harvard Wednesday. The Big Green outscored the Crimson 7-3 in the second half and got a big game from goalie Julie Wadland, who had nine saves in the first half.
Saturday's game will also feature a special halftime recognition of the 2003 Tigers on the fifth anniversary of their NCAA championship. That team became, at the time, just the second team in championship history to win back-to-back NCAA titles.
Princeton has just one remaining home game after Saturday, an April 30 matchup with No. 3 Maryland that could have a lot to say about NCAA tournament seeding.