Lightweights drilled in finale

Princeton sets tone early byPrinceton sets tone early byreturning opening kickoff for TD The lightweight football team suffered a disappointing 39-13 upset at the hands of Princeton Friday night. The victory was the first of the season for the Tigers (1-5, 1-3 ELFL). For Penn, the defeat was a disappointing end to a season full of peaks and valleys. Princeton set the tone early in the game when Joe Hughes took the opening kick 85 yards for a touchdown. Penn (2-4, 1-3) tried to answer back later in the first quarter, driving the ball to the Tigers 11-yard line. But the drive ended when quarterback Greg Carey threw an interception. In the second quarter Penn was once again able to march down the field on an impressive drive spearheaded by Carey and running back Rich Miller. The drive culminated in an eight-yard touchdown pass from Carey to Miller that tied the score at 7. Just when it looked like the Quakers had the game under control, Princeton began an impressive drive of its own, capped off by a 10-yard touchdown pass to go up 13-7. Penn continued to move the ball for the remainder of the second quarter, but it was unable to put any more points on the board. The Quakers came out ready to start the second half, but the aggressive Tigers team, smelling victory, looked to throw the knockout punch. Princeton went up 19-7 on a four-yard A.J. Ortega run and never looked back. In all the Tigers outscored Penn 19-0 in the decisive third quarter. The Quakers were still feeling the effects of playing a physical Navy squad last Saturday in a game that was originally scheduled for a day earlier. "The Navy game took a lot out of our team both mentally and physically," Penn coach Bill Wagner said. "The players were ready to play, and they really wanted to end the season on a high note," Wagner continued. "But with our defense playing hurt, and not having had enough quality practices with only six days between games, Princeton was able to upset us." Penn was able to end the game on a bit of a high note as Carey hit Todd Whitenack on a 30-yard touchdown pass. One of the few Quakers bright spots, Whitenack finished the game with six catches for 77 yards. Wagner was happy with the the Quakers' fourth-quarter, in which they shut out the Tigers for the final 14 minutes. "Some of the Princeton players were doing an awful lot of talking, and I was really proud of the team for not getting involved in any of that nonsense," he said.