Tigers Tamed.

As Pops would put it: “it was the night of the night”.

A desperate Princeton squad took Stevenson on Saturday night.  A team that relies on it’s front runners heavily to be the source of their attack.  Unfortunately for them they needed to match up with two Brown CB’s whom they would get to know a little more than they’d like over the course of the match.  It was a game neither team could afford to drop.  The team appeared focused and it showed in the first half.  

A good crowd filled the stands at Stevenson and cheered the boys on as they faced yet another worthy opponent.  As usual, the decisions refereeing the match were quite original, and the boys were forced to battle through adversity.  We all know, it’s hard to get a referee that everyone likes…(We just want one we like…once in a while).  That being said, the referees did not decide the match. 

Our Bears had the majority of quality moments through out the first segment barring free kicks and long throws by the opponent.  Even though we had the best of play in the first, we headed to the locker room even 1-1.

Re-taking the field feeling sluggish was regrettable.  Princeton capitalized on a miss-communication a few moments into the second half. 

The next 30 minutes or so were hard to watch.  The boys were fighting for every moment, but failed to create anything of quality.  In need of a heroic effort Hayward sent in a curving service and Pop’s rose up from a crowd to finish the tying goal less than 10 minutes before the end of regulation.  With the momentum heading into overtime, the boys’ took the field with confidence.  Less than two minutes into the first overtime, Pops finishes another; finishing the game; sending a message to the rest of the Ivy that: Brown has it’s eyes re-focused on a league title.  Brown 3 Princeton 2.