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...They can clinch a second place finish in the Ivy League by beating Yale at New Haven tomorrow, but the varsity lacrosse team needs a Cornell victory over. Princeton on the same day to get even a share of the top position. Strongly entrenched in first place and going for their sixth straight Ivy title, the Tigers make this second condition for a Crimson championship a remote possibility at best...
...varsity hockey team may be headed for one of its best seasons in history, but the year won't be a complete success unless the Crimson manages to sweep its series with Yale. The varsity can go one up on the Yalies, and clinch at least a tie for the Ivy crown, with a victory tonight in New Haven...
Since hockey standings are based solely on the number of victories a team has scored, Cornell is still in an official tie for first. But the Big Red has already lost three times, and two Crimson victories in its last three games will clinch the championship...
...Cooney" Weiland's Crimson sextet, now 5 and 1 in the League, needs three victories in its last four games to clinch its second straight Ivy title, its seventh in the last nine years. A sweep of its remaining contests would give the team a total of 20 wins overall--a mark second only to the total of 21 gained by the 1956-57 team...
...Laver broke through McKinley's service, won nine out of the next ten games for a commanding 6-3, 6-1 lead. He let up briefly in the third set, but with the score tied at 4-4, again broke McKinley's service and went on to clinch the title...