With the Ivy title and NCAA automatic bid on the line, Brown was unable to defend its Ivy title on Sunday, falling just short with a 2-1 loss to Dartmouth ... The Big Green, who had already captured a share of the title last weekend, gained sole possession of the title with the win and will head to the NCAA Tournament ... Brown closes out the season with an 8-7-2 overall and 4-3 Ivy mark ... Sophomore Ben Brackett (West Des Moines, Iowa) scored the goal for Brown while senior Marcos Romaneiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil) picked up the assist, his ninth of the season. His nine assists are a league high and 22nd in the nation ... He led the Bears in scoring this season with his nine assists along with three goals for 15 points ... Junior Keith Caldwell (Braintree, Mass.) and sophomore Andrew Daniels (Milwaukee, Wisc.) led the Bears in goal scoring this season with five apiece ... Senior goalkeeper Chris Gomez (Huntington Beach, Calif.) played every minute in net, registering a 1.13 goals against average and six shutouts ... Senior Jeff Larentowicz (West Chester, Pa.) anchored the Brown defense ... Eight of Brown's 17 opponents this season were ranked in the NSCAA adidas or Soccer America Polls, including seven of its ten non-league opponents. The Bears peaked at No. 20 in the NSCAA/adidas Poll after battling No. 4 Cal and No. 5 Stanford to 0-0 draws earlier in the season. The year was also highlighted by the team's first place finish at the Yale Classic.

Thorsteinn Gestsson (Saudraukrokur, Iceland) celebrated his final match at Columbia with a dazzling free kick for the Lions' first goal in a 3-1 victory over Cornell. From just outside the penalty area, Gestsson bent a free kick over the wall and into the top left corner of the net for his fifth goal of the season ... Stephen Foster (Seaton Village, England) picked up an assist in his final match, aiding in John Mulhern's (Smithtown, N.Y.) game winning goal ... Seniors Gestsson, Foster, Dean Arnaoutakis (Dunedin, Fla.), Mark Dyrszka (Haworth, N.J.), and Jorrell Best (Brooklyn, N.Y.) were all honored at half time of the their final matches as Columbia Lions ... Arnaoutakis and sophomore defender Greg Cass (Lansdale, Pa.) were named first team Academic All-District I.

The Big Red finished out its season at Columbia on Saturday, falling 3-1 ... Freshman Evan Smith (St. Louis, Mo.) scored his first collegiate goal ... Cornell's Tom Marks (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Nick Leonard (Eugene, Ore.) got off consecutive shots that were stopped by the Lions' goalkeeper, when Smith put it back off of the rebound for the tally ... Leonard finishes the season with the team lead in goals (2) and points (5) ... Senior goalkeeper David Mahoney (Wellesley, Mass.) appeared in 13 games for the Big Red, starting all of them ... Mahoney closed out his senior season with 68 saves on the year ... Mahoney's classmate, Peter Francis (Rochester, N.Y.) relieved him at 85:00 and did not face a shot ... The Big Red finishes the year with a 1-14-1 record and 0-5-1 in Ivy play.

Dartmouth clinched the Ivy League title and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 2-1 victory over Brown on Sunday afternoon at Chase Field ... The win capped off a remarkable regular season for the Big Green who went from last place in the Ancient Eight in 2003 to first place in 2004 ... Perhaps even stranger is Dartmouth's first to worst to first accomplishment over the past three seasons ... Dartmouth became the first team in Ivy history to go from 8th to 1st in one season (other teams have gone from T-7th, but none from dead last) ... The Big Green will be making its first trip to the postseason since 2000 and its eighth trip overall ... This is Dartmouth's sixth Ivy title, but its first unbeaten Ivy championship season since the formation of the League ... The three goals allowed in seven Ivy games ties a Dartmouth record. In the most recent NCAA statistics, Dartmouth ranks 13th nationally with a 0.73 goals against average and goalkeeper Rowan Anders (Qualicum Beach, B.C.) owns a stingy 0.74 GAA, 16th in the country ... Dartmouth will find out its first round NCAA opponent Monday at 4:30 when the selections are announced on ESPNews.

The Crimson wrapped up its season at 9-7-1, 3-3-1 in League action, tied for fifth with Penn ... Harvard dropped a 1-0 decision to the Quakers on Saturday in Philadelphia ... The loss to the Penn was the second in a row against the Red and Blue ... The Crimson lost a 2-1 match with the Quakers in 2003 to end the season ... Four different players recorded double digit point totals for the Crimson ... Nick and Tony Tornaritis (Groton, Mass.) finished for the team lead in points with 15, followed by Charles Altchek (Rye, N.Y.) and Matt Hoff (St. Louis, Mo.) with 12 and 11 respectively ... Michael Fucito (Westford, Mass.) led all Crimson newcomers with nine points … Ryan Johnson (East Setauket, N.Y.) manned the space between the pipes for the Crimson in 15 contests, posting a 1.09 goals against average … John Kerr ends his sixth season with 49 career wins.

The Quakers (7-8-2, 3-3-1 Ivy League) snapped their six-game losing skid with an exciting 1-0 victory over Harvard on Senior Day at Rhodes Field ... Sophomore Andy Howard (Portland, Ore.) tallied his first goal of the season at the 9:13 mark striking home a direct kick by senior Josh Duyan (Portland, Ore.). Sophomore Daniel Cepero (Baldwin, N.Y.) made six saves en route to his sixth shutout of the season. Cepero concludes his sophomore camapign with a 1.25 GAA and 87 saves ... Senior midfielder Stephen Kroculick (Delran, N.J.) led the Quakers with five goals and 10 points ... Fifteen different Quakers tallied at least one point this season ... Seniors David Maier (Broadview Hieghts, Ohio), Erik Hallenbeck (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Duyan started all 17 games this year ... Since joining the team in 2002, Hallenbeck has not missed a single start ... The Red and Blue were involved in eight one- goal games, including five of the last seven contests.

Princeton lost a heartfelt 4-2 contest against Yale that dropped them out of the hunt for a share of the Ivy League title. Senior Ryan Rich (Yorktown, Va.) scored his second goal of the season nine seconds into the opening of the game. His goal tied an NCAA record for fastest goal in the opening of a game and marked the fifth-time it has ever happened, the latest was Alecko Eskandarian (Virginia vs. American) on Oct. 26, 2002. Rich also assisted Adrian Melville's (Randolph, Mass.) goal.

Senior Andrew Dealy (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored twice and senior Lindsey Williams (Columbus, Ohio) added a pair of assists as Yale ended the season with an impressive 4-2 victory over Princeton on a cold afternoon at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium ... Sophomores James Stewart (Weston, Conn.) and Alex Munns (Des Moines, Iowa) also scored for the Bulldogs, who won five of their last seven games to finish 7-10 overall and 4-3 in Ivy League play ... Senior Geoff Hollington (Bellaire, Texas) made one save to earn the victory in goal. "We've been able to climb our way back to respectability," said Yale head coach Brian Tompkins. "We were definitely a better team at the end of the season than we were at the beginning, and that's always a goal." The Tigers, who were eliminated from the Ivy League race with the loss, took the lead only nine seconds into the game when Ryan Rich scored an unassisted goal. The Bulldogs, though, answered with three straight goals. Stewart scored his first career goal at 14:06, and Dealy then scored at 39:49 and again at 68:28 to give the Bulldogs a 3-1 lead. Adrian Melville pulled the Tigers (8-5-4, 3-2-2 Ivy) to within one when he deflected in a Rich cross at 76:37, but Munns sealed the victory for the Bulldogs when he scored at 83:28. Yale controlled play for most of the game, outshooting Princeton 22-8. Erik White finished with 10 saves for the Tigers. Dealy, Williams, Hollington and senior captain Ryan Raybould (Leawood, Kans.) were all playing the final games of their careers and were honored in a pre-game ceremony. "They all played really well," Tompkins said. "They demonstrated today what makes them quality leaders and quality players. I'm thrilled that they were able to end their careers with a memorable victory."