Every Tuesday, 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 Tigers: October 1–7
18 games and matches were played across 12 sports and four U.S. states over the past seven days. Of the nine games where only one team came out on top, the Tigers won 56 percent of matches, a decrease over last edition’s 64 percent. 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 this win percentage analysis.
This week, the Tigers won over half of their games. They only played one game on the road, winning at Yale in field hockey. The Tigers held strong onto home field advantage, winning over 60 percent of games at Princeton.
Polo passing party
A new Tiger stands at the top of the all-time assists leaderboard for men’s water polo. Over the weekend, senior utility JP Ohl, now the most productive passer in Princeton history with 222 assists, passed the 220-mark of former record holder Ryan Wilson ’19.
“[Holding the record] means I’m surrounded by a great team of people who put the ball in the back of the net,” Ohl told The Daily Princetonian after the game.
Two top tens
Field hockey added to their highlight reel so far this season, as sophomore forward Pru Lindsey’s quick hands knotted the Tigers’ second goal of the game in their 2–1 win over Yale. The Nantwich, England, native came in at No. 9 in SportsCenter’s Top Ten this week.
Pru comes in at No. 9 pic.twitter.com/NgRWHpvGUM
— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) October 4, 2025
Football senior linebacker and captain Marco Scarano slightly outdid Lindsey, making it to No. 4 in Top Ten due to his acrobatic interception against Columbia on Friday night. Scarano’s first career interception also made an appearance on SportsCenter’s top plays of the week.
Seventeen straight
After falling down 10–0 in their opening Ivy League game of the season, football stormed back to score seventeen unanswered points. The Tigers’ defense’s two interceptions proved to be the difference in the victory over the Lions, who shared the Ivy League football championship last season.
Birdie bonanza
In women’s golf’s win at the home-turf Princeton Invitational, sophomore Olivia Duan scorched the Springdale Country Club back nine, birdieing five of the last eight holes. The 2025 Ivy League Rookie of the Year finished two under (-2) over three rounds, tying for first with first-year teammate Thanana Kotchasanmanee and Columbia’s Kristina Xu.
Leonine Back Line
No. 9 men’s soccer, fresh off yet another win over Brown this weekend, ranks in the top ten in multiple defensive stats this season. The Tigers are second in the nation in goals against, with 0.333, and eighth in shutout percentage, with shutouts in two-thirds of games. Junior goalkeeper Andrew Samuels, who anchors the stout back line, is fourth in the nation in save percentage (total saves divided by saves plus goals against).
From highlight plays to dominant defense, the Tigers notched many successes as they head into fall break and key Ivy League games loom. 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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