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The battle for the 1988 Ivy women's bas- ketball title was decided when Dartmouth squared off on March 14 against rival Har- vard for the final game of the season. When the buzzer sounded, both the Big Green and the Crimson emerged as title holders, although Harvard had less of a reason to cheer.

Circumstances did not favor Dartmouth: the Green had a four-game losing streak in Cambridge. Harvard, meanwhile, came into the season finale having clinched part of the Ivy title. A Dartmouth victory would make the two teams co-champions with identical 12-2 records in Ivy play. The game was also Dartmouth's third in five days, and came on the heels of a tense, physical 51-49 victory over Yale in the season's last home game.

Dartmouth, however, pulled, together and dealt a 72-65 defeat to Harvard. Green Coach Jacqueline Hullah (who has led the team to three Ivy titles in four years) be- lieves it was the earlier loss to Harvard and another home loss to Princeton, that shook the team into playing its best basketball. "Those losses pulled us in tighter and made us focus on our goals," said Hullah.

Power forward Liz Walter 'B9's efforts did not go unnoticed—she was made Ivy Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Walter was joined on the All-Ivy first team by guard Sophia Neely '9O, who was the team's second leading scorer with 9.8 points per game. Guard Ute Bowman '9O was named honorable mention All-Ivy, and had a team-high 81 assists on the season.

Armful: roses and a standing ovation accompany Liz Walter 'B9's second award as IvyLeague player of the year. The team won its third Ivy title in four years.