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Brown Edges Princeton To Earn Ivy Co-Championship Despite Goal By Hewit
May 03, 2008 | Men's Lacrosse
Princeton men's lacrosse goalie Alex Hewit added another chapter to his legendary career Saturday afternoon when he picked up a loose ball, ran the length of the field and scored a goal for the Tigers against Brown.
Unfortunately for Princeton, it was the last goal of the game and probably the last chapter of Hewit's career.
Hewit's goal and 13 saves weren't enough as Princeton fell 6-5 to Brown Saturday afternoon at Stevenson Field in a wild game witnessed by 2,913 on a cold, damp raw day. The win gives Brown a share of the Ivy League championship with Cornell and gives Cornell the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It also sends Princeton and Brown to the NCAA tournament bubble, where both are considered longshots when the bids are announced tomorrow.
Jordan Burke made 13 saves for Brown as well.
The final 50.8 seconds of the game saw Princeton have possession in the Brown end but unable to get off a shot. The Bears were called for a penalty in the final three seconds, and the ball ended up in the Bear net about a second after time expired after a wild scramble.
That sequence was nothing compared to the rest of the day, especially the final two goals.
Princeton's Tommy Davis scored twice in the first quarter, including one that appeared to come between the time the clock reached 0:00 and when the horn sounded but was ruled good.
Brown, though, would score the next three, two by Thomas Muldoon, to grab its first lead before Bob Schneider rocketed one past Burke on an extra-man situation to tie it at 3-3. Princeton had possession after that but turned it over to Brown, who raced it into the box in the final seconds before the half. A pass intended for Muldoon was deflected short of the sophomore attackman and instead rolled on the ground in front of the Tiger net. Kyle Hollingsworth, who was on the ground at the time, then directed the ball past Hewit in a motion that was a cross between a hockey shot and a pool shot to make it 4-3 Brown at the half.
Princeton tied it on Schneider's second of the day and 20th of the season (the senior had 19 for his career prior to that), but Andrew Feinberg scored with 8:33 left in the quarter to put the Bears up for good. Feinberg's second came six minutes later and was not without controversy.
Princeton's Chris Peyser forced a Brown turnover behind the net, and Dan Cocoziello picked up the loose ball. Brown's Jack Walsh then leveled Cocoziello just as he was about to pass it to Hewit, who had come from in front to get the ball. While Princeton's bench looked for an illegal body check on the hit, the ball sailed in front to Feinberg, who tossed it into the vacant goal to make it 6-4.
Princeton won the face-off to start the fourth quarter, and Alex Berg got the ball back into his own box to Hewit. The goalie, who had made several trips in his career into the offensive end, then ran the ball the length of the field, gaining steam as he hit the Brown box. As he went to his left, he fired a high shot that beat Burke and made it 6-5 with 14:36 remaining.
Brendan Reilly won the next face-off for Princeton, who had possession for more than four minutes but could not tie the game. Brown then took possession and held it for almost seven minutes, as Hewit made two strong saves, before the Tigers regained it. Schneider's hard shot from outside was stopped by Burke with 1:20 to play, but Brown could not get it in the box in 20 seconds, and Princeton got it back, calling timeout with 50.8 to play.
Princeton did not get another shot off.