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Porter Gives Princeton 1-0 Win Over Yale, Share of Ivy Title
November 15, 2014 | Men's Soccer
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In the slow-motion agony that was the final 10 to 15 minutes of Princeton's men's soccer game against Yale Saturday, Cameron Porter could have been excused for thinking back to his freshman year, when Princeton finished seventh in the Ivy League with five one-goal league losses, and contrast it with what was going on around him in the moment.
Slowly, ever so slowly, the clock made its way down, and it finally reached all zeroes. And when it did, Porter had added another chapter to his huge senior year, and his team was Ivy League champion.
Porter scored the only goal of the game, with 32:35 to play in the second half, and Princeton made it stand up from there, defeating the Bulldogs 1-0 to earn at least a share of the Ivy League championship.
"When you lose first league game at home, it's tough," said Princeton coach Jim Barlow, who won his fourth Ivy League championship as the head man. "Home games are huge. League games are so tight. The guys bounced back and believed in themselves. We made a concerted effort to through nine games without losing, and I'm proud of our guys for doing that. Now hopefully they get a chance to continue the season."
Whether the season will continue or not is now the big question. Princeton was left to hope that Brown could tie or beat Dartmouth to give the TIgers the outright championship, but Dartmouth scored 11 minutes in to take control and rolled to a 3-0 win.
As a result, Princeton and Dartmouth share the Ivy title, but Dartmouth gets the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament from its overtime win over Princeton on Oct. 4. Princeton, with a strong RPI and full-season resume, will find out if it gets an at-large bid Monday at 1.
The only goal of the Yale game came when Myles McGinley powered his way into the box and crossed it to Porter, whose first effort was stopped but who was able to push it into the goal anyway on second effort.
It was the 15th goal of the year for Porter, who is one of only five Princeton players to get that many in a year. He is also fourth all-time at Princeton now with 31 career goals.
Yale had one really good chance from that point, when Avery Schwartz hit the outside of the post with 13 minutes left. From there, the Bulldogs had the ball most of the way but didn't score. Ben Hummel made three saves, including one on a header off a corner kick with eight minutes left, and he did a great job all game in cutting off balls in the air in the box.
Yale finished the season at 1-13-3, with 15 of its 17 games either by one-goal or tied. It was very much like Princeton's season when Porter was a freshman, and Princeton went 1-5-1 in the Ivy League.
Now the Tigers are 11-3-3 overall and 5-1-1 in the league, as well as unbeaten in their last nine.
The game was the final one at Yale for head coach Brian Tompkins, whose 137 wins in his 19 years are the second-most in program history.