In women’s soccer action, Princeton’s junior goalkeeper Alyssa Pont earned Ivy League Player of the Week for her efforts in the Tigers’ matchup against Harvard Saturday.
Pont made 10 saves and recorded her fifth shutout of the season against the Ivy-leading Crimson (7-6-1, 4-1-0, Ivy).
With their 1-0 victory, Princeton (6-6-3, 2-2-1) snapped Harvard’s six-game winning streak, topping Harvard for the first time since 1985.
The Sterling, Va., native has played every minute of the 2009 season, and has once again lowered her goals-against average to 0.82, as she did for the last 15 games last year. With Pont’s stellar average, Princeton had a seven-game shutout streak lasting 702 minutes.
And with her save percentage now at .837, it is the first time that Pont’s save average is higher than her GAA in 2009.
Two wins, two awards for Tigers. Antoine Hoppenot raked in the men’s soccer awards this past week as he earned both Ivy League Player of the Week and College News National Team of the Week honors.
Hoppenot tallied a combined six points this week against Colgate and Harvard.
Tuesday, the Tigers recorded a 3-0 shutout over Colgate. Hoppenot took the ball to the goal on a one-on-one in the 40th minute.
Saturday, the Princeton, N.J., native scored both of the Tigers’ goals in their 2-1 victory over the Crimson.
He tied the match just 20 seconds after Harvard had capitalized on a corner kick. The sophomore midfielder also headed the ball into the net for the game-winner towards the end of regulation.
With Hoppenot’s help, the Tigers got their first win over a ranked opponent and handed Harvard its first League loss of the season.
Bulldogs bash Harvard. The Yale volleyball team swept Harvard this past weekend. The squad’s seniors, including outside hitters Alexis Crusey and Cat Dailey, led the team to victory.
Both recorded double-digit kills, Dailey with 10 and Crusey with a match-high 12.
The first set was even, as the teams were at one point tied at nine. Eventually Yale broke away to win 25-23 with help from sophomore Bridget Hearst, whose four kills and strong serves downed the Crimson.
The Bulldogs got out to an early lead in the second set, but Harvard came back to tie the game at 11. A kill and an ace from Crusey gave Yale the edge to stop Harvard’s streak and win the set 25-18.
In the final frame, the back-and-forth play started up again, as the score was tied at 13. Harvard broke three consecutive Yale match points and forced the Bulldogs to call a timeout, but a Hearst kill eventually won the match for Yale, 25-21.
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