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Published Jan. 21, 2016

FIELD HOCKEY defeated top-ranked North Carolina 3–2 Nov. 18 to win its first-ever national championship. Kat Sharkey ’13, who led the nation in scoring this season, helped orchestrate a second-half onslaught that overwhelmed the Tar Heels. The Tigers lost just one game all season to capture their eighath-straight Ivy League title. (See full coverage in PAW’s Jan. 12 issue.) 

WOMEN’S SOCCER lost to Marquette 3–1 Nov. 15 in the second round of the NCAA tournament after winning its first conference title since 2008. The Tigers’ 7–0 season was just the fifth undefeated season in Ivy League history. 

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY finished a program-best 11th at the NCAA Championships Nov. 17 after winning the Ivy League Heptagonals in dominating fashion Oct. 27, when five Tigers were in the top 12 at West Windsor Fields. 

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