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Saturday Roundup: Feb. 27
February 27, 2016 | General
Trailing by 116.5 points with five events to go, Princeton rallied past a stunned Harvard and set an Ivy League record in the 400 free relay to clinch the program's seventh Ivy title in the last eight years. Corey Okubo and En-Wei Hu-Van Wright were individual winners for Princeton, though it was a collective team effort for the comeback.
MEN'S HOCKEY: Princeton 2, Brown 2 (OT)
Max Véronneau's goal with seven seconds left in regulation helped save a 2-2 tie against Brown for the men's hockey team Saturday night. Stuart Pomeroy tied it at 1-1 in the second period.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Princeton 3, Sacred Heart 2
Seniors Devin Stearns and Zach Shaw combined for 32 of Princeton's 52 kills in a 3-1 home win over Sacred Heart. The victory, which included a 30-28 win in the first set, moves the Tigers into a three-way tie for third place in the EIVA.
WOMEN'S SQUASH: Penn 6, Princeton 3
The Tigers got five-game wins from freshmen Isabel Hirshberg and Samantha Chai, as well as an impressive three-game sweep from senior Tara Harrington, but Penn advanced to the Howe Cup final with the 6-3 win.
MEN'S SQUASH: Drexel 8, Princeton 1
A short-handed Princeton team got a 3-2 win at the No. 7 spot from freshman William Oon, but Drexel advanced to the Hoehn Cup final with the 8-1 victory.
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD: 3rd after Day 1 #IvyHeps
Princeton is in third place after Day 1 of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. August Kiles won the pole vault title as the Tigers swept the event on the men's and women's sides.
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD: 3rd after Day 1 #IvyHeps
Princeton is in third place after Day 1 of the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. Allison Harris won the pole vault title as the Tigers swept the event on the men's and women's sides.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Princeton 74, Cornell 60
Princeton reached 20 wins overall and 10 in the Ivy on the strength of 58-percent shooting in the second half in a 74-60 win over Cornell. Spencer Weisz had 16 points, eight boards and seven assists to co-lead Princeton in scoring.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY: Princeton 4, St. Lawrence 3
The Ivy League Rookie of the Year Karlie Lund scored the game-winning goal at 17:18 of the third period to give the No. 8 Princeton women's hockey team a 4-3 win over St. Lawrence in Game 2 of the ECAC Quarterfinal series on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Hobey Baker Rink.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Texas 4, Princeton 2
Princeton got singles wins from Sivan Krems and Dorothy Tang on courts four and six, but the Longhorns won the doubles point and got three more wins in singles to clinch the match at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Alabama.
MEN'S LACROSSE: Hofstra 11, Princeton 10 (OT)
Josh Byrne scored four goals, including the game-winner in OT, to lead the Pride. Ryan Ambler had two goals and four assists, and Gavin McBride tied it with his second with 3:42 left to force overtime.
MEN'S TENNIS: Alabama 4, Princeton 1
Princeton fell in its last of two matches at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic, 4-1 to Alabama. Luke Gamble had Princeton's win at fifth singles.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE: No. 9 Princeton 10, Georgetown 9
Senior Anya Gersoff converted on a free-position attempt with 7.4 seconds remaining to lift the No. 9-ranked Princeton women's lacrosse team to a 10-9 win over Georgetown on Saturday at Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium.
SOFTBALL: Quinnipiac 3, Princeton 2; Buffalo 3, Princeton 2 (10 inn.)
Two runs in the bottom of the seventh allowed Quinnipiac to rally past Princeton after the Tigers had taken the lead with two in the top of the fifth. In the nightcap, Buffalo dealt the Tigers another walkoff defeat, pushing across a run in the bottom of the 10th.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO: No. 20 Wagner 9, No. 15 Princeton, 5, No. 15 Princeton 18, VMI 4
The No. 15 Princeton women's water polo team split during day one at the Bucknell Invitational, dropping a 9-5 decision to No. 20 Wagner Seahawks in its first game and scoring an 18-4 win in game two on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers will battle Gannon tomorrow at 8 a.m.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Princeton 94, Cornell 57
The Princeton women's basketball team (21-4, 10-1 Ivy) used a 55-24 run to take down the Cornell Big Red (14-12, 6-6 Ivy), 94-57 at Newman Arena on Saturday evening. Senior Alex Wheatley set a new career high with 23 points on 11-of-14 shooting (78.6 percent). Senior Annie Tarakchian recorded her 18th career double-double, dropping 20 points and 11 rebounds.