The University of Pennsylvania extended its IvyLeague winning streak to 11 games by defeating Yale University in New Haven, Conn., by a score of 27-20. Penn outrushed Yale with a tally of 149 yards to the Bulldogs' 29. Similarly, Brown University continued its undefeated streak in the Ivy League with a 27-14 win over Cornell University. Brown quarterback Joe Springer passed for 287 yards with two touchdowns against the Big Red, who are winless in the Ivy League. At Princeton University, Harvard University churned out 583 yards of offense to stay in the hunt for the Ivy League title. Harvard's Gino Gordon rushed for over 200 yards in the 45-28 victory.
The Ivy League men's golf teams finished out their season this weekend in Westerly, R.I., at The Classic. Columbia won the event, beating out Harvard by nine strokes and Penn by 10 strokes. Dartmouth finished fifth, two strokes ahead of Princeton. Cornell, Yale and Brown finished 10th, 11th and 13th, respectively. After trailing by three strokes after day one, Dartmouth's James Pleat '13 tied for first in the tournament, but ultimately lost in a playoff to Hartford's Matt Smith. The next Ivy Leaguer to place was Harvard's Tony Grillo, who finished third in the tournament, one stroke behind Pleat and Smith. Yale and Columbia also had golfers finish in the top 10 individually.
Six teams participated in the Pull for a Cure at the Head of the Charles crew race this weekend, with the Big Green lightweight varsity eight finishing 13th out of 21 teams. The Dartmouth heavyweight team finished 30th. Princeton University, Cornell University, and Harvard took first through third for the lightweights. The Big Green placed above Harvard University, Columbia University and Navy. Last year Brown came up with $25,000 dollars in six weeks, but hoped to raise $40,000 this year in support of breast cancer. Teams wear pink uniforms and the team which raises the most money is given a trophy for its efforts. The event organizers hoped to receive $200,000 for the cause. The total funds raised had not been released by press time.
