NCAA updates: Field hockey, cross country, and soccer
Princeton FIELD HOCKEY lost 7-5 to top-ranked Maryland in a hard-fought semifinal at the NCAA Final Four in Winston-Salem, N.C., Nov. 20. Princeton’s Michelle Cesan ’13 scored the game’s first goal on a penalty corner, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute. The undefeated Terrapins responded, putting relentless pressure on the Princeton defense and scoring four consecutive goals — three before halftime and one shortly after the intermission.
Then it was Princeton’s turn to show its offensive firepower. A goal by Katlin Donovan ’10 and two by Katie Reinprecht ’12 evened the score at 4-4 before the midpoint of the second half. But Maryland (23-0) again replied. Freshman Megan Frazer scored the go-ahead goal with 13 minutes remaining, and the Terrapins added two more scores in the closing minutes to advance to the national final. Kathleen Sharkey ’12 scored the last goal for Princeton (16-3), which made its first Final Four appearance since 2001.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY will compete at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 23 — the final collegiate cross country meet for Tigers star Liz Costello ’10 and fellow seniors Reilly Kiernan and Alexa Glencer. Costello, a captain and three-time Ivy Heps individual champion, placed 11th at the national meet last year. She has been Princeton’s top finisher in every race this season. “She’s been a terrific leader,” coach Peter Farrell told PAW. “She’s definitely at a higher level [this year].”
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Laura Hankin ’10, right, sings “I Could Have Danced All Night” in the Princeton production of My Fair Lady. Hankin is playing the lead role of Eliza Doolittle for her theater program senior thesis, and fellow senior Shawn Fennell plays Professor Henry Higgins. Suzanne Agins ’97, a lecturer in theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, is directing the production, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.