IVY WOMEN'S SOCCER

Joey Yenne, Harvard (Junior, Forward, St. Cloud, Minn)
Yenne had a pair of goals and two assists against Vermont in a season opening win, a pair of assists in a shutout win over Central Connecticut, and scored the lone goal in a tough 2-1 loss to Penn State. Yenne now has moved into fifth place on the Harvard career lists in all three major categories - goals (25), assists (21) and points (71). Yenne has 10 points (3 goals, 4 assists) already this season.





Maura Gallagher, Princeton ( Midfielder, Cranbury, N.J.)
Gallagher saved all her heroics for the second halves. She tallied one goal and one assist in the two games that Princeton had this past week. Gallagher, in her first collegiate game, assisted Krista Ariss on the game winning goal against the Pirates of Seton Hall. In Princeton's Ivy opener against Yale, Gallagher scored at 68:10 off a corner kick to break a scoreless tie. The Tigers won the game, 2-0.




Micheala Sewall (Brown, Junior, Midfielder, Newton, Mass.)
In four games with four starts, Sewall had 1-3-5 totals. She assisted on the lone Brown goal in a 1-1 tie with Holy Cross last Sunday. This past weekend at the ECAC Tournament on Cape Cod, Sewall scored her first career goal, Brown's second of the game, in a 5-0 win over Fairfield, and added an assist on the fifth goal of the game for a 1-1-3 outing. Named one of two (one from each team) ECAC Hy-line Cruises Players of the Game after Sunday's victory of Colgate.

Tara Davis (Columbia, Junior, Midfielder, East Brunswick, N.J.)
Davis assisted on the team's goal vs. Cornell, and scored in the Lions' 3-2 victory over Colgate.

Phela Townsend (Cornell, Freshman, Back, Stafford, Va.)
Townsend broke a 1-1 tie against Columbia with the game-winning goal to give the Big Red a victory in its Ivy opener. The freshman slid a shot to the near post on the ground after her classmate, Kara Ishikawa, had her shot deflected.Townsend broke a 1-1 tie against Columbia with the game-winning goal to give the Big Red a victory in its Ivy opener. The freshman slid a shot to the near post on the ground after her classmate, Kara Ishikawa, had her shot deflected.

Mary McVeigh (Dartmouth, Senior, Midfielder, Northampton, Mass.)
McVeigh scored a goal and tallied two assists as Dartmouth opened with a 1-2-1 record. The Northampton, Mass., native scored a goal and added an assist in Dartmouth's 2-1 win over UNH.

Katie Shields (Harvard, Freshman, Goalkeeper, Dana Point, Calif.)
Shields was named to the Harvard Invitational All-Tournament Team for her outstanding efforts in the two games. She picked up her first collegiate shutout on Friday, a 4-0 win over central Connecticut in which she made three saves. She came back on Sunday to make 12 stops - seven in the second half - as the Crimson dropped a tough 2-1 decision to sixth-ranked Penn State. Shields picked up her first collegiate victory last Saturday afternoon at Vermont.

Katy Cross (Penn, Sophomore, Forward, Claremont, Calif.)
Cross notched three goals and two assists in her last two games giving her eight points this season.

	BROWN BEARS
	Bear Roster	Bear Schedule	Coach Pincince Bio	Official Webpage

The Bears have started off the 2002 season with a 2-1-1 record ... After dropping their season-opener to UNH, the Bears have gone 2-0-1 in their last three games and have won two straight ... In Friday's 5-0 win over Fairfield, Brown had five different goal scorers including junior Michaela Sewall (Newton, Mass.) and freshman Meghan Schreck (Hudson, Mass.) each with their first career goals ... Freshman Tory Manchester (Costa Mesa, Calif.) notched her first career goal on Sunday against Colgate, while classmate Kim LaVere (Chatsworth, Calif.) tallied her first collegiate point with an assist against Fairfield, for a total of four "career firsts" over the weekend ... Schreck added an assist to her numbers with a helper on Manchester's goal against Colgate ... Sewall has notched at least one point in the last three games with an assist on Sennott's goal against Holy Cross, a goal and an assist on Schreck's goal against Fairfield, and an assist on the winning goal against Colgate, earning ECAC Hy-line Cruises Player of the Game honors against Colgate ... Junior Kristin Ferrell (Concord, Mass.) earned ECAC Hy-line Cruises Player of the Game recognition after the Fairfield victory. Senior Caitlin Carey (Boxford, Mass.) also had a big weekend for the Bears ... She notched the game-winner against Fairfield, while posting an assist on the game-tying goal against Colgate with 22:35 remaining and scoring the winning goal with 13:00 left in the game ... Junior Sarah Gervais (Harrisville, R.I.) made a season-high 11 saves in Brown's tie with Holy Cross and combined with sophomore Kim Boortz (Corona del Mar, Calif.) in Friday's shutout win over Fairfield.

	COLUMBIA LIONS
	Lion Roster	Lion Schedule	Coach McCarthy Bio	Official Webpage

Brianne Pardini (Huntington Station, N.Y.) had the Light Blue's game-winning goal vs. Colgate. She also added an assist in the 3-0 win ... Sophomore Lauren Nussbaum (Northridge, Calif.) had her first collegiate point with an assist at Colgate ... Junior Tara Davis (East Brunswick, N.J.) notched an assist in the win over Colgate and scored the Lion's lone goal versus Cornell.

	CORNELL BIG RED
	Big Red Roster	Big Red Schedule	Coach Berhane Bio	Official Webpage

The Big Red opened the 2002 season with a pair of wins, including a 2-1 Ivy win against Columbia ... Freshman Phela Townsend (Stafford, Va.) scored the game-winner against the Lions on an assist from fellow freshman Kara Ishikawa (Mililani, Hawaii) ... In Cornell's season opening 1-0 win at Stony Brook, junior Emily Knight broke a scoreless tie with a goal off a nice pass from freshman Shannon Fraser (Hamilton, N.Y.) ... Sophomore Katie Thomas (Northridge, Calif.) combined to make 11 saves in the two games while allowing only one goal ... Cornell's 2-0 start is the program's best since the team opened 1992 with five straight wins.

	DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN
	Big Green Roster	Big Green Schedule	Coach Walsh Bio	Official Webpage

The Big Green opened its season with a 1-2-1 record, defeating New Hampshire ... The Big Green fell to an undefeated Iowa squad, 3-1, and lost to No. 10 Virginia, 3-1 ... Mary McVeigh (Northampton, Mass.) tallied a goal and an assist in the win over the Wildcats ... She has moved into a tie for 10th place on the school's all-time scoring list with 44 points ... Sophomore Ane Marbarger (St. Louis, Mo.) leads the Big Green with a 1.35 GAA.

	HARVARD CRIMSON
	Crimson Roster	Crimson Schedule	Coach Wheaton Bio	Official Webpage

The Harvard women started the season off with a 2-1 record, the lone loss coming to sixth-ranked Penn State, 2-1, in the Harvard Invitational ... Freshman Katie Shields (Dana Point, Calif.) was amazing, making 12 saves to keep the Nitttany Lion attack at bay ... Joey Yenne (St. Cloud, Minn.) has cemented herself in the Harvard scoring annals ranking fifth in goals, points, and assists ... The team will continue its stiff competition, as it will travel to Seattle for the Nike/Husky Invitational at the University of Washington ... The Crimson will play the host Huskies as well as Portland - both of which are top-15 teams.

	PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS
	Quaker Roster	Quaker Schedule	Coach Ambrose Bio	Official Webpage

With their 3-1 win at Sunday's home opener over Monmouth, the Quakers are at 2-2 early in the season ... Great contributions from rookies Carolyn Cross (Williamsburg, Va.) and Jenna Linden (Bethesda, Md.) have sparked the Quakers ... Linden assisted on Katy Cross' (Claremont, Calif.) goal against Monmouth for her first collegiate point and Carolyn Cross added her first collegiate goal in the Monmouth win ... Sophomore Devon Sibole (Belleair, Fla.) added her first goal of the season late in the second half in the win over Monmouth ... Katy Cross has a team leading eight points so far this season (3 goals, 2 assists).

	PRINCETON TIGERS
	Tiger Roster	Tiger Schedule	Coach Shackford Bio	Official Webpage

Princeton is 2-0-0 on the young season, having defeated Seton Hall 2-1 and Ivy rival Yale 2-0. Sophomore Esmeralda Negron (Harrington Park, N.J.) scored at 9:15 against Seton Hall as Princeton took a 1-0 lead ... The Pirates were able to even the match but senior Krista Ariss (Burlington, Ont.) put the Tigers up 2-1 on a ball from freshman Maura Gallagher (Cranford, N.J.) ... Gallagher scored the go-ahead goal against the Bulldogs of Yale midway through the second half ... Sophomore Kristina Fontanez (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) put the Tigers up 2-0 as Princeton captured its first league victory of the season ... Junior Jean Poster (Trumbull, Conn.) earned the shutout against Yale.

	YALE BULLDOGS
	Bulldog Roster	Bulldog Schedule	Coach Meredith Bio	Official Webpage

Sophomore Eleni Benson (Willington, Conn.) has assisted on both Yale goals this season, which have each been scored by freshmen -- Laurel Karnes (Omaha, Neb.) vs. La Salle and Jamie Ortega (San Diego, Calif.) vs. Sacred Heart ... Karnes and Ortega were two of three freshmen to start the season opener for the Bulldogs. The other was April Siuda (Alpharetta, Ga.) ... Ortega made her first career goal a big one, the game-winner in Yale's 1-0 victory over Sacred Heart ... It came with less than two minutes remaining in the first half ... Ortega comes to Yale with impressive credentials ... She was a two-time all-state selection at Mount Carmel High School in San Diego ... Senior Lindsay Sabel (Danbury, Conn.) has started strong in goal for the Bulldogs again this year.