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The Valley News story on Dartmouth's win over Columbia can be found HERE.
The Columbia Spectator has a story HERE.
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Your weekend wrap . . .
Penn 20, Yale 13
Jonathan Mulatu’s one-yard run with 20 seconds remaining broke a 13-all tie as the Quakers won a game delayed for an hour by student protesters pushing Penn to divest from fossil fuel investments. While they couldn’t defend their field from invaders from within, Penn limited those from New Haven to 11 first downs, one touchdown and two field goals. Aidan Sayin completed 28-of-43 passes for 298 yards and one touchdown for Penn (6-0, 3-0) while counterpart Nolan Grooms was 11-of-19 for just 125 yards with an interception for Yale (4-2, 2-1). The Quakers won despite running for just 46 yards, one fewer than Yale’s Josh Pitsenberger had on the Yale touchdown run. Perhaps fueled (pun intended) by protesters, attendance at Franklin Field was 11,972.
Cornell 24, Brown 21
In a game that rivaled Dartmouth-Columbia for excitement, the Big Red saw Brown score what appeared to be the winning touchdown with 42 seconds left only to have the ball placed at the Cornell 1 after a video review showed the runner had stepped out of bounds. After the Big Red defense held on first down defensive lineman Max Lundeen forced a fumble by Brown quarterback Jake Wilcox and Cornell fell on it with 28 seconds to seal the win. Jameson Wang completed just 10-of-23 passes for Cornell (4-2, 1-2) but two went for touchdowns to Matt Robbert. Eddy Tillman ran for 130 yards for Cornell. Wilcox completed 27-of-44 passes for 260 yards and one touchdown for Brown (2-4, 0-3) in front of 4,386 in Providence.
And Friday's game . . .
Princeton 37, Harvard 10
The highly anticipated rematch of the teams involved in last year's controversial five-overtime Princeton victory was a good game. For a half. Leading just 14-10 heading into the break, the 23rd-ranked Tigers used their big-play offense to outscore the Crimson in the second half, 23-0, to win going away.
Andrei Iosivas scored the game's first points for Princeton on a 61-yard flea flicker from Blake Stenstrom and went on to catch nine passes for a career-high 176 yards for the Tigers, now 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League. Dylan Classi, part of Princeton's dynamic one-two receiving punch, had three catches for 59 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Blake Stenstrom was 18-for-27 for 278 yards with three touchdowns for the Tigers while also running for 60 yards. Freshman Ryan Butler led the ground game with 80 yards and one score on 20 carries. Harvard (4-2, 2-1 Ivy) got 96 yards rushing on 15 carries from Aidan Borguet with Kym Wimberly pulling in 11 passes for 78 yards. Charlie Dean was 20-of-32 for 186 yards for the Crimson. Attendance at Harvard Stadium was 10,793.
ELSEWHERE . . .
New Hampshire 40, Elon 22
Dylan Laube, the speedy tailback who sat out the Dartmouth game to be ready for Elon, carried 22 times for 147 yards including a 77-yard touchdown run and added a 43-yard punt return as UNH (6-2, 5-0 CAA) thrilled 14,137 in Durham. Quarterback Max Brosmer threw for 22 yards and two touchdowns and added a 42-yard touchdown run to open the scoring for UNH less than three minutes into the win over the Phoenix (5-3, 3-2).
Merrimack 31, Sacred Heart 25
The Pioneers (4-3, 2-1 NEC) saw their eight-game conference win streak ended as time ran out on a potential game-winning drive after they drove to the Merrimack 24-yard line. Marquez McCray completed 20-of-37 passes for 315 yards and one touchdown with one interception, Malik Grant ran 12 times for 97 yards and Rob DiNota caught six passes for 120 yards for the Pioneers. The Warriors (6-2, 4-0 NEC) won in front of a crowd of 2,519.
Valparaiso 40, Morehead State 35z
Aaron Dawson, the transfer from Central Connecticut, carried 31 times for 241 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Mike Appel threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns to lift the Beacons (4-3, 3-1 PFL) to the win over the Eagles (2-5, 1-3). After Morehead State took a 35-31 lead on a 73-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter the Beacons pulled within a point on a 48-yard field goal, and then won it on Dawson’s 28-yard TD run with 5:37 remaining. Taking over at their own 43 with 53 seconds left, the Eagles drove to the Valpo 20 before an interception in the end zone ended the contest. The game drew 8,055 in Morehead, Kent.
