Each week, Sports and Data writers 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 past By the Numbers coverage here.
Princeton Athletics: Aug. 22–Sept. 17
Thirty-eighty games and matches were played across 10 sports and six U.S. states over the past 26 days. Of the 30 games where only one team could come out on top, the Tigers won 60 percent of matches, a strong start to the academic year. Multiple day meets and tournaments are counted individually for each day of the competition. Competitions with more than one event or individual results — such as golf and cross country — are not included in our win percentage analysis.
This week, the Tigers won three-fifths of their games. They were unaffected by location, winning the same percentage of games away and home. The Tigers were slightly better at home overall, only losing four games in New Jersey compared to five on the road.
Clean 15
At least 1,500 fans packed into Bedford Field on Sunday to watch No. 11 Princeton field hockey face off with No. 2 University of North Carolina. The crowd, twice as large as any in the past two years for the Tigers, witnessed some of the highest level of collegiate field hockey as the Tigers fell 3–2.
Hat trick shtick
Throughout men’s water polo’s first eight games of the season, the Tigers have amassed 14 hat tricks throughout the full team, including four against No. 16 California Baptist University. The offense has driven the Tigers to an undefeated start, before they head out west this weekend.
Back to back off the track
Sophomore Meg Madison dominated the field in her first two cross country meets of the season, winning by 15 seconds and over nine seconds, respectively. The Ivy League honored her performance, naming her Ivy League Athlete of the Week in consecutive weeks.
156
Princeton football played in the first ever American intercollegiate football game in 1869, just 156 years ago. For reference, Ulysses S. Grant was the president in 1869, and the first professional game of baseball was played. The Tigers kick off their season on Saturday against the University of San Diego.
Fated eight
Last night, senior defender Jack Jasinski scored the game-winning goal in the Tigers 2–0 win over University of Massachusetts Amherst. In just four games, Jasinski has accounted for eight of 25 points for the Tigers offense, three goals and one assist.
From individual and team offensive feats to running away with awards, the Tigers notched many successes in the field, pool, and course as they opened up many of their fall sport seasons. Check back in next week to learn about all things Princeton Athletics — By The Numbers.
Harrison Blank is a head Sports editor at the ‘Prince.’
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