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(02/27/14 5:32pm)
After taking down Dartmouth and Harvard on the road last weekend, the women’s basketball team now finds itself in sole possession of first place in the Ivy League standings and in control of its own destiny. The two wins extended the Tigers' (17-6 overall, 8-1 Ivy League) winning streak to seven and avenged their Jan. 31 loss to the Crimson. The team will play its last two conference road games of the season this weekend, taking on Yale on Friday night and Brown on Sunday night.
(02/18/14 10:59am)
The women’s lacrosse team is confident coming off a bit of a mixed season last year. Last year’s squad demonstrated it could compete with the best, recording wins against multiple ranked teams including then-No. 6 Penn State. However, the year did not end how it wanted with the Tigers losing both of their postseason contests in double-time, the latter of which was a 10-9 loss to No. 8 Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers have put last season behind them, however, and are ready for a fresh start. They go into the season ranked 16thin the IWLCA preseason poll and will have many chances to move up in the polls as they have six other ranked teams on their schedule.
(12/12/13 7:22pm)
The women’s basketball team will start its winter break off by hosting Delaware on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers (5-4) will return to Jadwin Gymnasium after finishing off a four-game road trip in which they won three of four matchups. Princeton will also be trying to achieve its first three game winning streak of the season. The Blue Hens (6-1) are on a hot streak of their own, having won five straight by at least ten points each.
(11/23/13 1:34pm)
The No. 19 football team has already clinched a share of the Ivy League title, but need to beat a tough Dartmouth team in order to win the title outright and have their first undefeated Ivy season since 1964. The Tigers (8-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) could also clinch the outright title if Harvard loses to Yale. The Big Green (5-4, 4-2) have two league losses, but they were both close as they only lost to Penn by 6 and Harvard by 3. The Big Green's defense has played well this season, but will have to play their best game of the season to contain a Princeton offense that averages 45.9 points per game.
(11/19/13 10:30pm)
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(11/05/13 4:52pm)
It’s not often that a team goes into a season with high expectations after losing four of its five starters from the previous year, especially when one of those players is among the greatest the league has ever seen. That is exactly what the women’s basketball team is doing, however, as head coach Courtney Banghart has put together a team that has been picked to finish first in the Ivy League for the fifth-straight year.
(11/02/13 12:06pm)
After a huge win in Harvard and having won five straight games, the Tigers return to host the Cornell Big Red. The Tigers (5-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) have lost three straight contests to the Big Red and will need to break that streak in order to stay on track for an Ivy League title. The game is available to be viewed on ESPN3.
(09/25/13 4:25pm)
Despite an impressive performance by the football teamon Saturday, particularly in the first half, the Tigers left their first game disappointed, blowing a 19-point lead to end up losing by only one. The loss highlights a problem that plagued the Tigers all of last season and one that they will need to correct if they hope to challenge for the Ivy League title. That problem is the Tigers’ inability to win close games.Though last season was probably the best in recent memory, the Tigers lost all three games that were decided by a field goal or less. This included the first two games of the season— a 17-14 loss to the same Lehigh team and a 21-20 loss to Georgetown, whom the Tigers play this weekend. The third close loss was a more crucial one, coming against Cornell as the Big Red gave the Tigers their first Ivy loss of the season, 37-35.Their loss against Lehigh last year is the least like the rest of the bunch. In that game, the Tigers were on their way to being blown out, down 17-0 at the half, and did not get on the board until the start of the fourth quarter. Good defense and another touchdown allowed the Tigers to get within three points, but the Tigers were unable to get a first down when they had a chance to tie the game with over three minutes to go.The Georgetown loss was more frustrating, as the Tigers were leading until the Hoyas made a field goal with under a minute to play. Additionally, the Tigers were 0-3 in field goal attempts, with two of the misses being attempts of over 40 yards. The biggest problem in that game, however, was that the Tigers converted on only one of their seven third downs in the second half.Unlike the first two, the loss at Cornell was a shootout. They lost on a last-minute field goal, but in this game, the Tigers did their job on the offensive end, putting up one of their highest point totals of the season, but the defense did not do as well, allowing the Big Red to move the chains on nine of its 15 third downs.Finally, this year’s season-opening loss against the Mountain Hawks had many similarities to last year’s close losses. For one, the Tigers did not convert either of their two field goal attempts, with both being blocked. Additionally, the Tiger defense, despite playing well early, was not able to stop Lehigh on either of its last two drives.“We’re going to look at that on film. I gotta see what the issue was,” head coach Bob Surace ’90 said of the blocked kicks. “The kicks were low, and that has not been ever an issue for [sophomore kicker] Nolan [Biek].”“It was a couple busts in coverage— some guys just not being in the exact spot where they need to be,” senior safety Phillip Bhaya said of the defense’s problems in the second half. “We’ll have to watch the film to see exactly what happened."In all four of these games, the defense was unable to get a stop in the end of the fourth quarter, either allowing a game-winning score or making it so that the offense didn’t have one last shot to tie or win the game. This has primarily been due to a pass defense that has been unable to stop the opposing offense in late-game situations where the other team is focusing primarily on passing the ball in an (ultimately successful) attempt to regain the lead.What will have to happen for this issue to be resolved is working on discipline. This type of issue tends to occur because defenses tend to be more tired later in the game, making them more susceptible to blowing an assignment. This is even more of an issue if the opposing offense is behind and playing in hurry-up mode.It should be noted that the Tigers did show the ability to perform in close late-game situations at times last year. The come-from-behind win against Harvard is proof of this. While the offense played arguably its best quarter of the season, the defense also was huge, as it consistently stopped Harvard and gave the offense more shots to make the comeback possible. That is how the defense will have to play late in games in order to win close games in the future.“We’ll have to look at it on film to see if our energy was the same,” Surace said of the defense. “My initial impression was that no, it isn’t, so we’ll see if we have to rotate more guys or what that is. They were on the field a lot.”While the Tigers do not like seeing these problems return from last year, they can still be fixed. The coaches will have to instill more discipline or try a rotation as Surace suggested.However, there are definitely also positives to take away from the game. The defense seemed to do a good job rushing the passer, although it was not able to take advantage as Mountain Hawk quarterback Brandon Bialkowski was effective at quickly finding an open man in these situations. In addition, the offense had a great showing, as it consistently was able to move the ball downfield, even if it didn’t always result in points. The offense also showed resilience, as it managed to score a touchdown on the very next drive after Lehigh had completed its comeback to take its first one-point lead.“I thought that was a really good drive, and we showed a lot of heart in that drive,” Surace said. “There are positives you can take against a team like Lehigh, but the bottom line is we had to take a chance to make a statement and we didn’t.”
(09/19/13 10:26pm)
(09/18/13 7:28pm)
The men’s soccer team put up a strong performance against an undefeated Loyola squad but left the game disappointed after the Greyhounds (5-0-1) overcame an early Princeton (1-3) goal to leave the match with a 2-1 victory. The Tigers were coming off their first victory of the season over Seton Hall but had a tough matchup as Loyola had won four straight after tying its first game of the season. The impressive start to the season for the Greyhounds earned them votes in the NSCAA coach’s poll, and they barely missed the top 25.
(09/10/13 9:20am)
Women’s Soccer: Tigers start season off strong with two victories
(02/26/13 9:39pm)
The men’s lacrosse team’s biggest question mark heading into this season was how well the team could handle the loss of its entire defensive core from the year before, most notably the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year, goalkeeper Tyler Fiorito ’12. Despite a slow start to the game, this year’s defense proved that it is up to the challenge as the team beat Hofstra 10-7 in the Tigers’ season opener.
(12/15/11 11:00pm)
The men’s basketball team will travel to Boston this weekend, taking on Northeastern in what will be the team’s fourth straight away game. The Tigers (5-6) are coming off of a dramatic come-from-behind overtime victory over Rider and are seeking their fifth win in six games. Northeastern (3-4), on the other hand, is coming off of its third straight double-digit loss.
(12/08/11 11:00pm)
The women’s hockey team will get a chance to extend its current two-game win streak when it plays Quinnipiac twice this weekend in a home-and-home series.
(12/01/11 11:00pm)
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will host the Big Al Open this weekend at DeNunzio Pool. Both the men and women are 2-0 in dual meets and hope to continue their strong starts.
(11/20/11 11:00pm)
The football team lost its final game of the season at Dartmouth by a score of 24-17 this past Saturday, giving the Tigers a final record of 1-9 overall and 1-6 in the Ivy League. A field goal early in the third quarter gave the Tigers a 17-15 lead, but that was the last time the Tigers put points on the board, and a touchdown and field goal by Dartmouth (5-5, 4-3) were enough to get the hosts past the Tigers.
(11/10/11 11:00pm)
The football team will play its last home game of the season against Yale this Saturday. As Senior Day, as well as the annual homecoming game of the Big-Three rivalry, this game is one that the team’s veterans have been looking forward to for a long time.
(10/09/11 10:00pm)
The women’s volleyball team split two matches on the road this weekend, suffering its first Ivy League loss to Columbia 3-0 before beating Cornell 3-1. The Tigers came out of their first conference road trip with a 4-1 record in Ivy League play, good for second place behind Yale.