IVY LEAGUE ROUNDUP: Brown Clinches Share of Ivy League Title

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Quarterback Anthony Vita came off the bench to spark a fourth-quarter rally and Nick Hartigan ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns as Brown defeated Dartmouth 24-14 on Saturday to clinch its third Ivy League championship.

The victory was the seventh in a row for the Bears (8-1, 5-1 Ivy), who moved into sole possession of first place with one league game remaining with Princeton’s 21-14 loss to Yale.

Brown clinched at least a tie for the championship, but can win its first outright league title with a win at Columbia next week. Brown shared the championship in 1976 and 1999.

Vita replaced an ineffective Joe DiGiacomo at the start of the fourth quarter with Dartmouth (2-7, 1-5) leading 14-10. He completed three passes to Lonnie Hill for 41 yards that set up a four-yard touchdown run by Hartigan for a 17-14 lead.

Brown scored its final touchdown with 2:26 to play when Steve Storrs sacked Dartmouth quarterback Josh Cohen, who fumbled in the end zone. Greg Burlin recovered it for the score.

Hartigan now has 108 points, which breaks his own school record for most points in a season. In addition, he increased his career rushing total to 4,263 yards, which moves him into third place on the Ivy League’s career rushing list.

Hartigan’s 49 career touchdowns leave him one short of the Ivy League record set by Cornell’s Ed Marinaro from 1969-71.

Brown’s Steve Morgan kicked three extra points plus a field goal to break the Ivy League record for most kick-scoring points in a season. Morgan has 87 points, three more than the mark set by Yale’s John Troost in 2003.

YALE 21, PRINCETON 14

PRINCETON, N.J.—Jeff Mroz threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in the final two minutes as Yale beat Princeton 21-14 on Saturday.

Mroz’s 10-yard scoring strike to Todd Feiereisen with 1:14 left tied the game at 14-14. Bobby Abare then recovered a fumble by Brian Shields, Princeton’s seventh turnover of the game, and Mroz ran in from yard out with 47 seconds left to give Yale (4-5, 4-2) the win.

Shields coughed up the ball after he caught a pass from Jeff Terrell and was hit by Brendan Sponheimer. The ball popped into the air and was caught on the fly by Abare, who returned it 22 yards to set up the game-winning score.

Terrell, who was 18-of-33 for 230 yards, threw touchdown passes to Brian Brigham and Derek Davis as Princeton (6-3, 4-2) jumped out to a 14-0 halftime lead. However, Terrell also threw five interceptions which, along with two Tiger fumbles and a strong performance by Yale’s defense, helped keep the Bulldogs in the game.

Yale got its first score when Mike McLeod ran in from a yard out in the third quarter. He ended the day with 41 yards on 16 carries.

CORNELL 45, COLUMBIA 7

ITHACA, N.Y.—Ryan Kuhn threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Cornell to a 45-7 win over Columbia Saturday.

Kuhn had 175 rushing yards and completed 11 of 17 passes for 124 yards for the Big Red (5-4, 3-3). He connected with Brian Romney for a touchdown and closed the scoring with a four-yard TD run with 2:42 left in the game.

Luke Siwula also rushed for 117 yards, scoring on a four-yard run and an 11-yard catch.

Shane Kilcoyne and Anthony Macaluso also ran for touchdowns.

Columbia (2-7, 0-6) was limited to one rushing yard to Cornell’s 369. The Lions got on board at the end of the second quarter with a 56-yard touchdown pass from Joe Winters to Brandon Bowser.