May 4, 2015

PU Women’s Lacrosse Defeats UPenn

Erin Slifer and Olivia Hompe triggered the offense as the No. 11 Princeton University women’s lacrosse team defeated No. 13 Penn 14-11 in the Ivy League tournament championship game last Sunday at Class of 1952 Stadium,

Senior Slifer and sophomore Hompe each scored three goals as the Tigers improved to 14-3. Hompe, who scored six goals in Princeton’s 15-8 win over Harvard in the semis on Friday, was named the tourney MVP.

On Sunday evening, the bracket for the upcoming NCAA tournament was announced and Princeton will play Fairfield in the first round on May 8 at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium at Stony Brook. The winner will play the host Stony Brook, the No. 6 seed on May 10 in the Round of 16.

As for the Princeton men’s lacrosse team, Kip Orban scored four goals but it wasn’t enough as the No. 15 Tigers fell 11-10 to No. 11 Yale in the Ivy League championship game last Sunday in Providence R.I.

Princeton led 8-7 with 13:33 left in regulation and the game was tied at 9-9 before Yale scored two goals within 1:41 to go up 11-9 with 4:27 left. Princeton got a goal from Mike MacDonald with 27 seconds left and got possession on the ensuing face-off but didn’t score again.

On Sunday evening, the Tigers did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and thus end the season with a 9-6 record.