The Princeton women's lacrosse team is your 2018 Ivy League champions! The Tigers defeated Columbia 22-16 this afternoon for its fifth consecutive title and 14th overall. With the win Princeton has clinched hosting rights for the Ivy League Tournament next weekend. It will be déjà vu as No. 1 Princeton takes on No. 4 Columbia, who clinched a spot in the tournament thanks to a Cornell loss at Harvard, in the second semifinal on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. No. 2 Penn and No. 3 Dartmouth will battle at 4 p.m. The championship game will be Sunday, May 6 at 11 a.m. Junior Elizabeth George and freshman Kyla Sears both had six-goal games, with George adding an assist for seven points. She also won four draws and had one caused turnover and one ground ball. With a team-leading 53 goals on the season, Sears is now sixth all-time at Princeton in goals in a single-season one back from Olivia Hompe's 54 from the 2015 season. Sophomore Tess D'Orsi had four goals and one assist, senior Ellie McNulty tallied one goal and three helpers along with three draws, and junior Allie Rogers scored twice with one assist. Senior Camille Sullivan, who scored twice won five draws. Freshman Sam Fish made 12 saves in goal. It was a come-from-behind effort for the Tigers today as Columbia (6-9, 3-4 Ivy) had a three-goal advantage, 6-3 less than 10 minutes into the game. After Princeton called a timeout they went on a six-goal run over the next 10 minutes to take their first lead, 9-6. Each team scored three more goals to close out the first half with Princeton holding a 12-9 lead. No. 18 ranked Princeton (10-5, 5-1) began the second half on 4-2 run to give it its largest lead of the game, 16-11 with George's fourth tally of the day. With Columbia knowing full well it had a chance at clinching an Ivy League tournament bid itself wasn't going away quietly. The Lions rattled off four unanswered to make it a one-goal game, 16-15, with 12:31 remaining. Sears net a free-position goal but Columbia's Lindsey Ewertson quickly responded on the other end with one of her own. Ewertson was strong in the center circle winning a game-high 15 draws. D'Orsi's 30th goal of the season at 8:20 started the Tigers on another five-goal run to push the game out of reach for the Lions and give Princeton yet another Ivy League title.