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Wrestling places 15th at NCAAs; Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik make history

Josephine de La Bruyere

“I’ve gone through hell to get to this moment,” said head wrestling coach Christopher Ayres. “I’m getting chills. I mean, this is surreal. This is a dream come true. This is – I think – the greatest turnaround college athletics has ever seen.”

SPORTS | 03/24/2019

Dreams of NCAA titles fall flat on wrestling's historic second day of tournament

Josephine de La Bruyere

A historic day for Princeton wrestling ended on a bitter note. Patrick Glory, Patrick Brucki, and Matthew Kolodzik secured All-American status but fell into the consolation bracket.

SPORTS | 03/23/2019

Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik advance to NCAA quarterfinals; season ends for rest of Princeton wrestlers

Josephine de La Bruyere

As the first day of the NCAA tournament progressed, the stratification of Princeton’s team became more pronounced. For only the second time in program history, the Tigers ended the day with three wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Monday, Stefanik, and Parker were not so lucky. Their seasons — and their dreams of All-American status — ended with the day.

SPORTS | 03/22/2019

In bid to make history, wrestling heads to NCAA Championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

Two weeks ago, six Princeton wrestlers qualified for the NCAA tournament. On Thursday at noon in the Pittsburgh PPG Arena, each of them will begin his three-day quest for glory.

SPORTS | 03/21/2019

Wrestling claims third at EIWA conference tournament, sends six to NCAAs

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a third-place finish at the EIWA championships, including individual wins for Patrick Brucki and Patrick Glory, Princeton wrestling will send six wrestlers to Pittsburgh for the NCAA championships next week

SPORTS | 03/12/2019

Necessary, difficult, fair: an investigation of wrestling and weight at Princeton

Necessary, difficult, fair: an investigation of wrestling and weight at Princeton

Josephine de La Bruyere

An inside look at Princeton wrestlers’ “weight management” techniques.

FEATURES | 03/06/2019

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Josephine de La Bruyere

No. 3 Matthew Kolodzik lost in an upset to unranked Parker Kropman, but Princeton wrestling earned a convincing win over Drexel in its last match before its conference tournament.

SPORTS | 02/26/2019

Wrestling rebounds from disappointing weekend with dominant win over Penn

Josephine de La Bruyere

In Philadelphia on Saturday, Princeton wrestling (8–6 overall, 4–1 Ivy) claimed the title of Ivy League runners-up and clinched its first four-match win streak over the University of Pennsylvania (5–8, 2–3) since 1988.

SPORTS | 02/19/2019

Wrestling finishes second in Ivy League as Cornell claims 17th straight title

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling traveled to Ithaca, New York, last weekend with one goal in mind: to put an end to No. 10 Cornell’s (10–2 overall, 5–0 Ivy) 16-year reign over the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/12/2019

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a two-week break from competition, wrestling (6–5, 2–0 Ivy) began its busy weekend with dominating victories against Harvard University (1–7, 1–5 EIWA) and Brown University (4–6, 2–5 EIWA). But in a battle for the unofficial New Jersey state wrestling title, the team fared worse, falling to Rutgers University (9–5, 2–3 Big 10) by just one point.

SPORTS | 02/05/2019

Wrestling records historic weekend at Midlands Championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling had never produced a champion at the Chicago-based Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. They left this year’s tournament with two. The Princeton squad powered through Midlands’ stiff competition to finish in a program-best fifth place.

SPORTS | 01/10/2019

One goal, one plan: Junior wrestler Matthew Kolodzik eyes national championship for Tigers

One goal, one plan: Junior wrestler Matthew Kolodzik eyes national championship for Tigers

Josephine de La Bruyere

Wrestler Matthew Kolodzik has had his sights set on winning it all since he has come to campus. Now entering his junior year, everyone around him thinks this is the year he finally breaks through. From workouts to study sessions, Kolodzik and his teammates give us an inside look into what winning a national championship takes.

SPORTS | 12/05/2018

Wrestling splits Ivy League doubleheader against Harvard and Brown

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Wrestling splits Ivy League doubleheader against Harvard and Brown

Jack Graham

Over the weekend, Princeton wrestling traveled to New England for meets against Harvard and Brown. The Tigers split the doubleheader, defeating Harvard 21-17 but falling 17-15 to Brown.

SPORTS | 02/05/2018

Wrestling competes in Grapple at the Garden

Owen Tedford

This past Sunday, the Princeton wrestling team continued its stretch against some of the top teams in the country when it traveled to New York City to take on No. 10 Virginia Tech in Madison Square Garden. The game represented the opening match at the Grapple at the Garden. Unfortunately, the unranked Tigers came out on the losing side of this match, defeated by a score of 26-12.

SPORTS | 12/11/2017

Princeton wrestling caps historic season with third-place finish in EIWA Championships, Top 25 finish in NCAA Tournament

Michael Gao

Ivy and EIWA Coach of the Year Chris Ayres wanted to bring the Princeton wrestling program into national prominence. Speaking about the gradual, often painstaking rise of the Tigers as serious national contenders, Ayres noted, “Our program has come a long, long way in the past 10 years, with a lot of people sacrificing to elevate it to this point.”

SPORTS | 03/30/2017

Wrestling picking up momentum in the Ivy League

Wrestling picking up momentum in the Ivy League

Michael Gao

Coming off a monumental season last year, the Princeton wrestling team set high expectations for its performance this season.

SPORTS | 02/09/2017

Princeton Wrestlers Compete at Midlands Championships, Freshman Kolodzik Becomes Second Princeton Finalist

Michael Gao

Freshman standout Matthew Kolodzik became the second Midlands Tournament finalist ever for the Princeton wrestling program, improving on his fifth-place performance from last year, when he wrestled as an unattached competitor while deferring admission to the University. This was the biggest Midlands tournament yet, and the talented but young Tigers found themselves wrestling with some of the nation’s best programs and most decorated competitors.

SPORTS | 01/02/2017

Tigers Go 1-2 in Nebraska Duel as They Look to Take on Lehigh and Binghamton

Michael Gao

After an impressive trouncing of Maryland and Buffalo at the Madison Square Garden Grapple in the Garden, the 25th-ranked Tigers headed to Lincoln this weekend for another pre-season test as they took part in the Nebraska Duels, hosted by the University of Nebraska.

SPORTS | 12/06/2016

Princeton Wrestling Rebounds Spectacularly from Recent Loss at Rutgers, Takes Down Maryland and Buffalo in Madison Square Garden

Michael Gao

Though the wrestling season is barely a couple of weeks in, the Tigers have already become quite the local celebrities.

SPORTS | 11/28/2016

In Historic Matchup, Princeton Wrestling Looks to Take Down Rutgers in the “Battle of the Birthplace”

Michael Gao

Ever since that first fateful 1869 football game played, Princeton and Rutgers University, the flagship state university of New Jersey, have traveled down quite different paths.

SPORTS | 11/17/2016

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