Whoever said that field hockey is a game for girls only?
Nine students have joined the newly formed Princeton men's field hockey team. Sophomores Talbot Logan and Keith Weng founded the team with Butler College resident faculty member Douglas Kincade.
Last week, the team scrimmaged against several former members of the United States National Team and will play Drew University tomorrow afternoon in New Jersey.
"We're attracting international students who have played field hockey before," Logan said. "Men's field hockey is a pretty big sport in Europe. But we're hoping to draw players who don't have a lot of experience."
The team will try to get club status in the spring term. If interest is heavy, the squad hopes to become an intercollegiate team.
"We're going for club status, but we would turn our attention to the intercollegaite if the response is favorable," Logan commented. "We're hoping to see field hockey become a varsity sport--especially in the Ivies."
One problem the group has encountered is lack of field hockey equipment. The team must make do with personal equipment, but it hopes to use university-owned equipment once field hockey intramurals end in three weeks.
"The student body has been interested and supportive," Logan said. "The team has gotten a lot of exposure. We've gotten a little ribbing. Some people ask if we're going to wear orange and black kilts."
"I think its wonderful," Harvard stickwoman Char Joslin said. "I imagine that some of the players are ex-street hockey and foreigner players. Men's field hockey is really big in Europe. This is exactly what the sport needs--I wish a team would start up here."
Soccer
Brown striker Steve Lacy and Dartmouth forward Doug MacGinnitie have been named Ivy League Men's Soccer Co-Players of the Week for their performances this past weekend against Cornell and Harvard, respectively.
Lacy scored two second-half goals to lead the Bruins to a 2-0 victory over Cornell and their first win of the season. Lacy ranks second in the Ivy League in scoring with nine points.
MacGinnitie, Dartmouth's leading scorer this season, collected both goals in a 2-1 victory over Harvard.
Equestrian
The Harvard women's equestrian team finished in fourth place this past weekend at the Dartmouth Intercollegaite Horse Show. Even though the squad sent only seven riders to the show, it still managed to tally 23 points, good enough for fourth.
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