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...league, the Big Red has a two-game lead on four contenders tied for second: Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale, all with 6-4 conference marks. The defending champions’ magic number is three to guarantee a return to the NCAAs. If it wins all three, boom, it’s tourney time. Win twice and if each of the other contenders lose once, same result. Lose two of four and one those teams goes 4-for-4 in its remaining games, and we’re looking at a one game Ivy League Tournament...
...Tigers would be in control of their own destiny if they hadn’t been mauled by the Bears for Brown’s lone win in the Ivy season. That is a big dent in their title drive. Look for Princeton to exact revenge this weekend...
...Just like the Columbia-Dartmouth matchup, this will be a crucial game if both teams win Friday. After schooling the Tigers in the reverse fixture and sweeping Cornell and Columbia last weekend, the Bulldogs seem to have the edge as the Tigers have lost two of their last three home games. But Yale is just 2-3 on the road in the league, so who knows...
...last two times these schools met here, the games were decided on the final possession, with a one-point Crimson victory in 2007, and a Cornell win by the same margin last year. It was this time last year in Ithaca the Big Red clinched the Ivy title. If it wins at Dartmouth, it can clinch at least a tie with a win at Harvard. In the Crimson’s favor, it has by and large played much better on the second night of back-to-back games so far. And surely Cornell would rather wait until next weekend...
...men’s team is headlined by sophomore Dan Chenoweth, who is coming off of a 3000-meter win at the HYP meet with an IC4A qualifying time of 8:10.34. Also leading the way for the Crimson men are junior Chas Gillepsie, a specialist in the 3000-meter as well, freshman Darcy Wilson, a winner in the 800-meter two weeks ago, and Jones, who qualified for the IC4As with a blazing time of 49.12 in the 400-meter dash, also...