By the Numbers: Winter sports fall into swing and history on ice

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: Dec. 3–11

The Tigers played 16 games and matches across 15 sports and 10 U.S. states and the Bahamas over the past nine days. Of the nine games where only one team came out on top, the Tigers won half of their matches, less than last edition’s 53 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 our win percentage analysis.

This week, the Tigers won exactly 50 percent of their games. They took home 60 percent of their games at home, preserving home field advantage. The Tigers battled on the road, winning slightly less than half of away games.

Bring out the brooms

For the first time in 27 years, men’s hockey and women’s hockey each swept their opponents on the road over the weekend. Women’s hockey dominated Upstate New York, taking down ranked opponents Colgate and Cornell by a combined score of 9–3. On the men’s side, the Tigers only gave up one goal in their wins over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College, scoring nine of their own.

Festive five

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After a record-breaking season, five of men’s soccer 11 starters earned All-Region Honors. Senior forward Daniel Ittycheria, senior defender Jack Jasinski, and senior defender Giuliano Fravolini Whitchurch were placed on the first-team, and junior goalkeeper Andrew Samuels and sophomore Roka Tsunehara ended on the second team of the United Coaches award list.

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Men’s swim and dive left their mark on Tiger history at the Big Al Invitational on Friday, etching three new names on the 500 Freestyle. Senior Mitchell Schott led the way with a blazing 4:15.55 — outdoing his old record by two tenths — followed by junior Arthur Balva and sophomore Santiago Gutierrez.

Alone at the top

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With their superb 10–1 start, women’s basketball came in at number one this week in the College Insider Mid-Major rankings this week. The poll excludes Power Four conferences, the Big East, and former Pac-12 schools Oregon State and Washington State. South Dakota State and James Madison round out the top three.

Right on track

In the Penn Opener this weekend, women’s track and field got off to a fast start. Senior Maisha Atkinson ran the fastest time ever in Tiger history in the 300m dash, with a 38.94, only one tenth faster than the old record. Sophomore Alysa Carrigan leapt to new heights, matching the Princeton program record in the high jump, with a mark of 1.81m.

Slump of seven

After a 3–3 start, men’s basketball has hit a seven-game losing skid, last winning over 30 days ago. The Tigers have fallen on hard times, with the last winless streak of seven or longer coming in the spring of 2018. With another loss, the Orange and Black will have the worst slump since 2008. Next up are Vermont and Temple, who have both already beaten Old Nassau this year.

The Tigers saw success on the field, ice, court ,and in the pool this past week as winter sports fell into swing. Fall sports ended their seasons; notably, field hockey fell in double overtime in the national championship to Northwestern. Check back in next semester to learn about all things Princeton Athletics — By The Numbers.

Harrison Blank is a head Sports editor at the ‘Prince.’ This is Blank's final By the Numbers.

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