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(03/15/24 3:51am)
Coming off back-to-back appearances in the NCAA tournament, this year’s Tigers’ women’s basketball squad will hope to make their postseason success a trilogy with this weekend’s Ivy Madness conference tournament. On Friday, March 15, Princeton women’s basketball (23–4 overall, 13–1 Ivy League) will head to Levien Gymnasium at Columbia University to take on Penn (15–12, 7–7) in the semifinal round of the tournament and, if they win, face the winner between Columbia (22–5, 13–1) and Harvard (16–11, 9–5) the next day. Despite having the same conference record as Columbia, the Tigers have the top seed because they outrank Columbia in the NET ranking.
(03/14/24 5:10pm)
(03/14/24 7:12pm)
Inside and outside of the Orange Bubble, all eyes are on this year’s edition of the Princeton Tigers. Fresh off a Cinderella run to the Sweet 16 fueled by wins over powerhouses Arizona and Missouri, the men’s basketball team (24–3 overall, 12–2 Ivy League) hopes to secure back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time since 1998. With only three losses, a neutral site win against Rutgers, and a NET ranking of 48, Princeton has built an impressive resume — and the Ivy League has taken notice.
(03/12/24 3:45am)
There’s a term for a repeat, there’s a term for a three-peat, and we have even heard of the occasional “four-peat.” But doing something six times in a row is so infrequent that there’s nothing in our lexicon for it.
(03/08/24 11:10pm)
Ahead of Ivy Madness, The Daily Princetonian takes a behind-the-scenes look at the recent successes of the men’s and women’s basketball teams. This supplement looks at the people who make up the teams now and the strategies that have propelled the Tigers to the top of the Ivy League.
(03/08/24 4:55am)
Each week, Sports and Data editors analyze recent athletic competitions to provide analysis and insight on the happenings of Princeton athletics and individual players across the 38 intercollegiate teams at Princeton. Whether they are record-breaking or day-to-day, statistics deliver information in concise ways and help inform fans who might have missed the action. Read last week‘s By the Numbers.
(03/06/24 3:12am)
You don’t have to go too far back in time to find the moment that senior guard and captain Kaitlyn Chen became the star of the Princeton women’s basketball program. On Mar. 30, 2022 — the Ivy Madness final — Princeton faced their rival Columbia at the Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Mass., with an NCAA Tournament berth at stake. The then-rookie Chen dropped a career-high 30 points in the battle and was named the Ivy Madness Tournament’s most valuable player. Postgame, Chen earned effusive praise from Tigers’ great Abby Meyers ’22.
(03/06/24 6:21am)
This weekend, under cloudy skies in Orlando, Fla., Princeton softball (5–4 overall, 0–0 Ivy League) competed against four teams in the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights Classic. The Tigers won their first game, but failed to keep that momentum going and lost their next four games.
(03/08/24 6:49am)
Though basketball is not what Ivy League schools with low acceptance rates and mandatory senior theses are typically known for, over the past decade, the Tigers have made a name for themselves on the court in both men’s and women’s basketball.
(03/05/24 6:32am)
Though analysts may hail the coaching systems of Carla Berube and Mitch Henderson ’98 as the driving forces behind the women’s and men’s basketball team’s recent success, it could be argued that star power that has propelled Tiger basketball into the national spotlight.
(03/04/24 7:48am)
70–25 is a score you usually see in a video game.
(03/04/24 4:17pm)
The No. 10 Princeton women’s water polo team (12–2 overall, 4–0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) defeated four teams this past weekend in a CWPA conference showdown at DeNunzio pool, sweeping the weekend slate.
(03/04/24 4:17am)
On Saturday evening, the season of No. 12 Princeton women’s ice hockey (14–12–6 overall, 6–10–6 Eastern College Athletic Conference) came to an end after getting swept by the No. 3 ranked Clarkson Golden Knights (31–3–2, 18–3–1) in the ECAC quarterfinals.
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In a weekend that was sure to test the strength of the Princeton men’s lacrosse team (3–2 overall, 0–0 Ivy League), the Tigers traveled south to face the No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels (2–2, 0–0 ACC) and the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils (5–1, 0–0 ACC). Princeton emerged victorious in a statement 15–9 win against North Carolina but fell to the Blue Devils 17–8 on Sunday.
(03/04/24 6:45am)
In an important weekend of Ivy League play at Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton women’s basketball (22–4 overall, 12–1 Ivy) defeated the Harvard Crimson (15–11, 8–5) and blew past the Dartmouth Big Green (7–18, 1–12). Should the Tigers win their final regular season game next weekend against the Penn Quakers (15-11, 7-6), the Tigers will clinch at least a share of the Ivy League regular season title.
(03/04/24 5:10am)
Coming off of a weekend of wins against Ivy League rivals Yale (10–17–2 overall, 7–13–2 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) and Brown (8–18–3, 6–14–3), Princeton men’s ice hockey (10–15–4, 8–11–3) returned home to Hobey Baker Rink this weekend to celebrate their senior Class of 2024 and play the final two games of their regular season.
(03/03/24 10:55pm)
On Saturday, the Tigers (23–3 overall, 11–2 Ivy League) took to the court at Jadwin Gymnasium for the final time this season. In front of a packed crowd, the team clinched a 79–77 win over Cornell (21–6, 10–3) and secured an undefeated record for home games. The win also put the Tigers back at the top of the Ivy League standings, with the postseason impending.
(03/04/24 6:29am)
Following two consecutive wins against No. 25 Penn State (2–4 overall, 0–0 Big Ten Conference) and No. 22 Rutgers (4–1, 0–0 Big Ten), the No. 23 Princeton women’s lacrosse team (2–2, 0–1 Ivy League) returned to Sherrerd Field to take on their Ivy League foe, No. 21 Yale (4–0, 1–0). The Tigers were outlasted by the Bulldogs 11–9 in a matchup that saw score changes throughout the rainy game.
(03/02/24 9:00pm)
On Friday evening at Jadwin Gymnasium, the Princeton Tigers (22–3 overall, 10–2 Ivy League) beat the Columbia Lions (13–12, 4–8) 84–70 after falling behind early in the first half. Six players — all five of the Tigers’ starters and Dalen Davis off the bench — hit double-digits, with Davis scoring a career-high 16 points.
(03/01/24 4:44am)
“There is something that just clicks in my mind about taking care of the team,” explained Women’s Basketball Manager Sally Jane Ruybalid ’22 GS.