Tigers Upset Women Cagers

The Crimson women hoopsters suffered a surprising upset to Princeton yesterday to earn a fourth place finish in the Ivy League Tournament at Yale this past weekend.

After a stirring first-round defeat of Brown and a predictable loss to tough arch-foe Yale, the Cagers hoped to end their final game of the season with a victory over Princeton in the play-off consolation fight for third place.

But victory was not to be. The hoopsters, who had beaten Princeton earlier in the season by a convincing 24-point margin, stood at the receiving end of a 75-54 whitewashing at the hands of the ruthless Tigers.

The determining factor of the match was Harvard's erratic shooting. The hoopsters stayed dead-even with Princeton on total rebounds, turnovers, and assists. But they could not find the basket as they shot an unimpressive 22 per cent from the floor, slumping to only 15 per cent for the second half. The Tigers shot 52 per cent from the floor, a statistic which tells the whole story.

Crimson Co-captain Wendy Carle closed out the final game of her Harvard career with a fine first half performance, gaining five assists and playing a strong, aggressive defense. "The loss to Princeton was disappointing, but the Brown game was really exciting, so we were happy with that," the ever-positive Carle said last night.

The story of the afternoon was Princeton's spunky little Ellen Tomasciewiez, who danced, darted and drove for 22 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. Tomasciewiez's performance gained her a spot on the All-Tournament team, along with two players from each of the finalist squads, Dartmouth and Yale.

Dartmouth avenged Harvard's loss to Yale, trouncing the Elis by 20 points to capture first place in the tournament. Dartmouth was the predicted favorite, and Yale's second place finish was no surprise, but plucky sixth-seeded Princeton took everyone by surprise, especially the luckless hoopsters.

Crimson center Elaine Holpuch revived from a recent slump and contributed 14 points and 16 rebounds to the cager cause. Holpuch didn't have an easy time of it, as she was matched step for step by the Tiger's over-sized center Carol Puza. Puza was unstoppable from inside the Harvard zone, banking in 19 points of her own.

Sophomore cager Dorris Woolery, whose knee injury during warm-ups earlier in the year snapped the start of a fine season for the lanky forward, had to look on helplessly as her team missed bucket after bucket.

"It was a flat game," Woolery said later, "a disappointing way to end the season." Woolery is optimistic, though, adding, "I don't know why it didn't come together yesterday. We've got a good team, I guess we'll just have to wait until next year."