'The happiest day of my whole life'

After the women’s lacrosse team beat Princeton 9-5 yesterday to clinch at least a share of the Ivy title I interviewed sophomore Ali DeLuca, seniors Sarah Waxman and Rachel Manson and coach Karin Brower. Unfortunately I couldn’t include all of their quotes in my recap due to limited space in the DP, so over the next couple of days I’ll post some material here to the Buzz. First up was THE RUN. Second was THE IMPACT ON THE RANKINGS. Lastly here is PLAYERS' REACTIONS.

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Upon winning their second straight Ivy League title, the women's lacrosse team was quite ecstatic. Despite their experience winning the league last year, the Quakers still had a very emotional response to clinching the league yet again.

"Oh my god, this is the most amazing feeling ever" sophomore attack Ali DeLuca said.

Even senior Sarah Waxman, last year's All-American goalkeeper who leads the nation this year with a 6.23 goals-against-average, was quite emotional. After the game she barely could contain the tears, tears of joy.

"I am weeping; my emotions are all over the place," Waxman said. "I'm speechless... This is the happiest day of my whole life, I'll never forget it ever.

"We're one of the hardest working teams here at this school. This means so much to the senior class, who've put so much into this truly believing we can turn this program around. I don't know enough words to explain this."

Waxman's classmate and co-captain Rachel Manson also was quite flabbergasted after winning. While I interviewed her she literally was at a loss of words saying, "I can't even think or concentrate right now. It feels amazing."

Beating Princeton at Princeton -- for the first time in 22 years -- for the Ivy League title made the win even more remarkable for the team. This was especially true of DeLuca, who is a native New Jerseyan.

"It's weird coming here," said DeLuca, who hails from nearby Hillsborough, N.J. "We scrimmaged here in the fall, but I've never actually played in Princeton's stadium. I remember coming here in high school and watching Princeton games. So it was an amazing feeling just to be able to play in this stadium and win here."

UPDATE: THE QUAKERS JUST BEAT BROWN 12-5, AND NOW ARE OFFICIALLY IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS WITH A RECORD OF 12-1, 7-0 IVY.