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Notebook: Corners Prove Decisive in UConn's Win

Though the keeper was not the only one making the great saves.

Four minutes into the second half, junior forward Beth Sackovich made a heroic effort to prevent a Husky shot that seemed certain to float into the net from striking home.

Captain midfielder Kate Gannon and junior midfielder Jane Sackovich also pitched in with defensive saves as well.

OH HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN

One of the Ivy League’s most impressive streaks was snapped, and another even more remarkable run looks to be in jeopardy, when Princeton fell to Dartmouth 3-1 last Saturday.

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The Tigers—the ten-time defending Ivy champs—had its 32-game conference winning streak snapped with the loss and fell to 1-5. The last time Princeton was downed by an Ivy rival was Oct. 9, 1999. Thanks to a punishing schedule, which has included matchups with No. 1 Maryland, No. 6 UCONN, No. 11 Northeastern and No. 14 Delaware, the Tigers have won only one of their first six contests, a 6-0 victory at Yale.

At this point, the Big Green are the only team 2-0 in the conference. But following a 4-1 loss to Kent State on Sept. 4 and a 2-0 loss to Central Michigan on Sept. 5, Dartmouth looks vulnerable.

All this is good news for the Crimson, which hasn’t had any piece of an Ivy title since 1991.

—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.

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