Sports Shorts

Published in the Nov. 16, 2011, Issue

FOOTBALL scored a season-high 39 points at Harvard Oct. 22, including 30 in a second-half rally, but fell to the Crimson, 56–39. Tiger quarterback Tommy Wornham ’12 ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third, while freshman running back Chuck Dibilio also scored two touchdowns and totaled 135 yards on 22 carries.

Princeton (1–5, 1–2 Ivy League) trailed 35–9 early in the third quarter before its comeback bid narrowed the gap to 42–39. Harvard (5–1, 3–0) responded with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to put the game out of reach.

With a 4–1 win at Harvard Oct. 22, FIELD HOCKEY improved to 4–1 in Ivy play and remained in a three-way tie at the top of the league standings. Allison Evans ’15 scored two goals against the Crimson, increasing her team-leading total to 10.

After a loss at Columbia Oct. 7, WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL bounced back with four consecutive Ivy wins, including a victory over previously unbeaten Yale.

Freshman Cameron Porter scored the game-winning goal against Harvard to give MEN’S SOCCER its first Ivy win of the season Oct. 22.

In WOMEN’S SOCCER, Princeton fell 2–1 at Harvard Oct. 22, snapping a four-game winning streak.

MEN’S GOLF standout Bernie D’Amato ’13 won a sudden-death playoff to earn the individual championship at The Classic at Shelter Harbor in Charlestown, R.I., Oct. 16. D’Amato shot a
1-over-par 143 in the 36-hole event. Princeton placed fourth as a team.

SPRINT FOOTBALL forfeited its Oct. 21 game against Navy after injuries depleted the number of healthy players available. With the loss, Princeton fell to 0–6.

A gift from WILLIAM CLAY FORD JR. ’79 and LISA VANDERZEE FORD ’82 will establish a discretionary fund for athletics department initiatives and endow the athletic director position, the University announced Oct. 18. Bill Ford, the executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., said in a news release that the gift helps to give the department “the resources necessary to provide the valuable education that takes place whenever our athletes gather to practice and compete.”