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PRINCETON, N.J. -- And then there were two.

Harvard (7-3-2) and Princeton (4-3-3) each won last week to remain in a tie in for first in the League standings with matching 2-0-1 records.

The Crimson has yet to concede a goal in Ivy action after it shut out Cornell (6-5-0, 1-2-0 Ivy), 2-0. The Tigers gave head coach Julie Shackford her 200th career victory with a 5-0 win over Brown (5-5-2, 0-1-2 Ivy), a game in which Tyler Lussi became the first Ivy player to record a hat trick this season.

Columbia (5-2-5, 1-1-1 Ivy) was knocked out of the three-way tie for first-place after it suffered its first Ivy loss, 1-0 to Penn (5-4-2, 1-2-0 Ivy). Dartmouth (3-3-4, 0-0-3 Ivy) and Yale (5-3-2, 0-1-2 Ivy) battled to a scoreless draw, marking the second-straight double-overtime shutout for Bulldogs goalie Elise Wilcox. With four Ivy games remaining, the Big Green have already matched the League record for ties in conference play, previously set by Harvard in 2003 and Princeton in 1985.

Harvard and Princeton look to remain on top of the standings with games at Brown and Columbia, respectively. Yale will travel to face Cornell and Penn will head north to Dartmouth to round out this week’s conference slate. Penn at Dartmouth, Harvard at Brown and Princeton at Columbia will all be streamed on The Ivy League Digital Network.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Princeton’s offense exploded last week, with nine goals in two games, both wins for the Tigers. Sophomore forward Tyler Lussi (Lutherville, Md.) accounted for five of those goals, scoring two, including the gamewinner, in a 4-1 win at Lehigh and then netting a hat trick in a 5-0 win over Brown. She became the first Ivy player to record a hat trick in a League contest since her teammate Lauren Lazo accomplished the feat against Penn on Nov. 3, 2012.

Lussi earns her fourth Ivy League weekly award and first of the season. Last year, she earned Player of the Week once and was a three-time Rookie of the Week

Lussi’s Weekly Stats
2 GP, 5G, 10 Pts., 11 Shots, 8 SOG, 1 GW

CO-ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
Penn freshman forward Juliana Provini (Chester Springs, Pa.) made her first two collegiate goals count, as she netted back-to-back gamewinners in a 2-1-0 week for the Quakers. Provini’s first collegiate goal came in a non-conference, 1-0 victory over Loyola (Md.), and her second career score gave Penn its first Ivy League win of the season, 1-0 over Columbia.

Provini earns her first career Ivy League weekly award and becomes Penn’s first Rookie of the Week since Erin Mikolai on Oct. 1, 2012.

Provini’s Weekly Stats
3 GP, 2 G, 4 Pts., 4 Shots, 4 SOG, 2 GW

Princeton freshman forward Mikaela Symanovich (San Francisco) factored into three of her team’s nine goals last week, recording a goal and two assists in a 2-0 week for the Tigers. Symanovich netted her first career score in a 4-1 win at Lehigh and then tallied a personal-best two assists in a 5-0 win over Brown. Symanovich is on a three-game point-scoring streak, while the Tigers are on a four-game unbeaten streak.

For the first time in Princeton program history, three Tigers have been named Rookie of the Week in the same season, as Symanovich joined Beth Stella (Sept. 15) and Vanessa Gregoire (Sept. 29). Princeton is the first team to accomplish the feat since 2011, when Yale did so with Meredith Speck, Melissa Gavin (twice) and Elise Wilcox.

Symanovich's Weekly Stats
2 GP, 1G, 2A, 4 Pts., 3 Shots, 2 SOG

HONOR ROLL
Meg Casscells, Harvard (Sr., M – Winter Park, Fla.)
1 GP, 1G, 1A, 3 Pts., 2 Shots, 2 SOG

Allison Spencer, Columbia (So., GK – Salt Lake City)
1 GP-1 GS, 110:00 Mins., 0 GA, 0.00 GAA, 0 Svs., 0-0-1, 1 SO

Dani Stollar, Harvard (Fr., M – Honolulu)
2 GP, 1G, 2 Pts., 4 Shots, 2 SOG, 1 GW

Kelsey Tierney, Cornell (So., GK – Garden City, N.Y.)
2 GP-2 GS, 180:00 Mins., 4 GA, 2.00 GAA, 12 Svs., .750 Sv. %, 0-2-0

Mikela Waldman, Brown (Fr., F – San Francisco)
2 GP, 2A, 2 Pts., 1 Shot, 1 SOG

Ella Warshauer, Brown (So., F – Santa Monica, Calif.)
2 GP, 1G, 2 Pts., 2 Shots, 1 SOG, 1 GW

Elise Wilcox, Yale (Sr., GK – Seattle)
1 GP-1 GS, 110:00 Mins., 0 GA, 0.00 GAA, 10 Svs., 1.000 Sv. %, 0-0-1, 1 SO

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Monday, October 13
Brown at Marist, 4 pm
Cornell at St. Bonaventure, 6 pm
Yale at CCSU, 7 pm

Tuesday, October 14
Dartmouth at Boston U., 7 pm
Princeton at Army, 7 pm

Saturday, October 18
*Yale at Cornell, 1 pm
*Penn at Dartmouth, 4:30 pm [ILDN]
*Harvard at Brown, 7 pm [ILDN]
*Princeton at Columbia, 7 pm [ILDN]

Sunday, October 19
Cornell at NJIT, 6 pm

*-Ivy League contest

KEY
ILDN-Streamed on The Ivy League Digital Network