Ivy Championships Standings 2006-2007

There is still some rowing.... but here is the current status:

2006-2007 Ivy League Champions Standings

Princeton (9 Titles)

* Men’s Cross Country
* Women’s Cross Country
* Men’s Squash
* Women’s Squash
* Men’s Swimming
* Women’s Swimming
* Football
* Field Hockey
* Men’s Indoor Track

Cornell (8 Titles)

* Men's Lacrosse Ivy Champs (#1 Final Natl. Rank)
* Women's Volleyball-Ivy Champs
* Women's Indoor Track-Ivy Heps Champs
* Men's Indoor Track-IC4A Champs
* Women's Outdoor Track Heps Champs
* Men's Outdoor Track Heps Champs
* Wrestling-Ivy/EIWA Champs (#7 Natl. Rank USA Today, 12th NCAA
Championships)
* Sprint Lightweight Football-CSFL Champions

Penn (5 Titles)

* Men’s Basketball
* Men’s Golf
* Women’s Lacrosse
* Men’s Tennis
* Women’s Tennis

Harvard (4 Titles)

* Men’s Soccer
* Women’s Basketball
* Men’s Fencing
* Softball

Columbia (3 Titles)

* Women’s Soccer
* Women’s Fencing
* Women’s Golf

Yale (2 Titles)

* Football
* Men’s Ice Hockey

Dartmouth (2 Titles)

* Women’s Ice Hockey
* Men's Ice Hockey

Brown (1 Title)

* Baseball

There's one title on that list that merits pausing and removing one's hat:

Brown baseball.

Never thought I'd see that in any of our lifetimes.

Isn't it a bit misleading to include the Men's Track IC4A and the sprint football titles? The list says "Ivy Champions" but the thread is called "Ivy Championships". IC4A and sprint football are not Ivy titles.

nyc94
Isn't it a bit misleading to include the Men's Track IC4A and the sprint football titles? The list says "Ivy Champions" but the thread is called "Ivy Championships". IC4A and sprint football are not Ivy titles.

Sprint football is pretty close to the Ivy League plus a couple others.

For national titles, we should count polo (with horses) even if it's not an NCAA title.

The pep band deserves to be listed here, too. Win or lose on the field, they're always good and always entertaining. (I draw no distinction between the pep band and whatever alumni show up and sqeeze into their red and white shirts. It's all for the betterment of Cornell.) It has to be such a letdown when Princeton's team rolls onto the field at its Class of '52 stadium, looks up, and sees 25 people with tubas, flutes, whatever ... and nobody from Princeton.

billhoward

Sprint football is pretty close to the Ivy League plus a couple others.

I don't think a sport with three Ivy teams qualifies...

Although, you may as well count the CSFL title as a "national championship" as I'm pretty sure it's the only league...

billhoward
For national titles, we should count polo (with horses) even if it's not an NCAA title.

Dartmouth won the NCAA skiing championship this year for the first time since 1976. Only the 8th time it's been won by a school east of the Rockies since 1954: 3 by Dartmouth and 5 by Vermont.
[en.wikipedia.org]

The day of the Cornell lax game in Hanover, the National Collegiate Figure Skating championships were being held at Thompson Arena. Dartmouth captured their 4th straight championship, after Cornell won the inaugural one in 2003. The eastern teams were Dartmouth, BU, and Delaware...Cornell finished 4th in the eastern regionals and just missed making it to nationals. I stopped in just in time to see a competitor from Denver skate to the theme from "Love Story."

And lets not forget that the Cornell Ultimate team has been one of the more successful club teams on a national level for years. They occassionally make the national finals, IIRC.

RichH

billhoward
For national titles, we should count polo (with horses) even if it's not an NCAA title.

Dartmouth won the NCAA skiing championship this year for the first time since 1976. Only the 8th time it's been won by a school east of the Rockies since 1954: 3 by Dartmouth and 5 by Vermont.
[en.wikipedia.org]

The day of the Cornell lax game in Hanover, the National Collegiate Figure Skating championships were being held at Thompson Arena. Dartmouth captured their 4th straight championship, after Cornell won the inaugural one in 2003. The eastern teams were Dartmouth, BU, and Delaware...Cornell finished 4th in the eastern regionals and just missed making it to nationals. I stopped in just in time to see a competitor from Denver skate to the theme from "Love Story."

And lets not forget that the Cornell Ultimate team has been one of the more successful club teams on a national level for years. They occassionally make the national finals, IIRC.

But did we have any beach volleyball players at Collegiate Nationals brought to you (and invented by?) CSTV.

Of the sports I listed-- at least 3 Ivy teams participated and the schools treat the teams as varsity sports.

At Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Army and Navy, light weight football is a varsity sport. And I think Cornell's sprint title is a nice accomplishment.

CornellFan
At Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Army and Navy, light weight football is a varsity sport. And I think Cornell's sprint title is a nice accomplishment.

I don't think anyone here would disagree. I think the point is it shouldn't be construed as an "Ivy League championship."

Oh, the Ultimate reference fills my heart with joy... and sadness.

The Buds, Cornell's Men's A-team (as opposed to the B team, the Shake) barely missed Nationals again this year by finishing third in our region last weekend. They had been an incredible team all spring, going 29-3 since March before losing two heartbreakers in regionals, the finals and the second place play-in game.

The Roses, our women's team, made Nationals two years ago, missed last year by one game and didn't make it this year.

Both teams are historical powerhouses.

The Cornell Ultimate team was formed in 1973, by Jon Cohn (aka JC), a Hall of Fame disc talent. He roused his buddies and floormates in UHall 2 to start the team. I had the good fortune to be there for some of Cornell's first tournament successes.

There have been good years and so-so years, but there is no doubt that Cornell being in the hunt for Ultimate titles is never surprising to people who follow the sport. Cornell's got 30 years of solid reputation at this point. It gladdens my heart to hear the team is still formidable.

Btw, CU is hosting the disc championships July 9-15 this summer.

Karl Barth '77 (one of the original Buds)

RichH
And lets not forget that the Cornell Ultimate team has been one of the more successful club teams on a national level for years. They occassionally make the national finals, IIRC.

The last time the Buds made the finals was in either 91 or 92, where they eventually lost to Oregon. One of the guys on my club team is a fellow Cornell alum who played in that game. The last time Cornell made the semis was 1996, before the tournament was expanded to 16 teams. Even more impressive - Cornell went to club nationals in 1994 and 1995, which is the most prestigious tournament outside of Worlds. In 2001 Cornell lost a tough game in the quarters to eventual national champion Carleton, and I believe 2002 was the last time the Buds made Nationals. I don't know as much about the history of the Roses, but they were a powerhouse and perennial top 10 team until around 98, and as BMac mentioned went back to nationals a couple of years ago.

I wasn't at regionals this year (heck, I haven't gone since my eligibility ran out - sorry guys, maybe if they move the tournament back to Princeton), but I heard Sunday was heartbreaking. Beating the same team - especially a solid team like Pitt - twice in two days is beyond difficult. Congratulations on a solid season. Glad to see the team back in the nationals hunt.

As an aside, both Ultimate and Lacrosse have national championship weekends which conflict with Commencement. I wonder if seniors on the lax team have to fight with their parents over which event to attend if they should qualify for the final four. . .

Rock 'em Buds!