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Field hockey notches first Ivy win in thriller

Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, October 28, 2002

The field hockey team finally earned its first Ivy League victory -- but it had to go beyond overtime to do so.

On Saturday at Johnson Field, 100 minutes elapsed -- 70 regulation minutes and two 15-minute sudden-death overtime periods -- and Yale (6-7, 1-4 Ivy) and the University of Pennsylvania (5-9, 1-4) remained tied 1-1. The contest came down to a nail biting stroke-off where goals from Sarah Driscoll '05 and Elizabeth Topp '05 sealed the Eli win.

"Obviously a win is a win, and defining it as such after two overtime periods and strokes is a complete rush," captain...

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