Penn Loses Ivy Title But Advances in NCAA

Harvard's leading soccer rivals,. Brown and Penn, both suffered defeats last Saturday: Brown to the Crimson and Penn to Columbia. But both squads have earned another shot at the undefeated Crimson.

Brown, Ivy League champion for the past six years, was mathematically eliminated from the title race in Providence last weekend when Harvard edged the Bruins, 2-1, for the Ivy crown.

On Monday, however, Brown upset Bridgeport, 2-1, in the first round of the NCAA District I University Soccer Tournament. The victory moved the Bruins into the New England championship against the Crimson next Monday in Cambridge.

To the victor goes the right to play the champion of the New York NCAA District 2 area. In the opening rounds of that competition. Hartwick walloped R. P. I., 5-3, while Adelphi blanked N. Y. U., 3-?.

Penn, undefeated and ranked fourth in the nation until it lost to the Crimson three weeks ago, was upset by Columbia, 2-1, last Saturday. The loss was the Quakers' third straight Ivy defeat and dropped Penn to fourth place in the Ivy Standings. The Quakers now must beat Cornell or else conceivably finish tied for seventh in the Ivy League.

Yet, while sinking into the Ivy basement. Penn is still on the road to a national championship. The Quakers advanced to the finals of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional playoff on Tuesday by downing Montelair State, 3-0, on the astro-turf of Franklin Field.

Penn will now meet Philadelphia Textile for the regional crown and the right to continue on toward the national finals in San Jose, Calif.

Surprise, Surprise

Columbia's surprising 2-1 win over Penn moved the Lions into a tie for second place in the Ivy standings. After trailing the Quakers, 1-?, Columbia scored ??vice in the third period to clinch the victory. The Lions feat Brown this weekend with a chance to grab sole possession of the runner-up spot.

Yale blanked Princeton, 2-0, to tie Penn for a spot in the first division. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, who scored both goals in Yale's upset of Penn last week, repeated the feat by scoring both of the Elis' tallies. Sunny Oyekan leads the potent Yale offense with seven goals this season two in Ivy League matches.

Enjoyment

A penalty kick by Stelios Orphanoudakis in the fourth period sent Dartmouth past Cornell, 2-1. The Big Red had jumped to an early lead in the second session on a goal by Peter Vorley, but Charlie S??cox tied the game for the Indians before the half much to the enjoyment of the Hanover crowd.

Solomon Gomez has a comfortable four point lead in the Ivy scoring race with only one game left to play. The Harvard junior has eight goals and 11 total points in six games. Phil Kydes is second in the league with three goals and four assists to his credit.