In Photos: Princeton wins controversial, five-overtime battle of the unbeatens against Harvard
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Princeton beat Harvard 18–16 on Saturday in the Ivy League’s first-ever quintuple overtime game. This is the fourth year in a row that Princeton has claimed victory over Harvard, with the last loss for the Tigers coming in 2016 (23–20 OT).
Princeton (5–0 overall, 2–0 Ivy League) played its first road Ivy League contest of the season against the Brown Bears (1–4, 0–2) in Providence on Saturday afternoon, winning 56–42 in an exciting matchup that saw over 1,000 yards of combined total offense between the teams.
Volleyball vs. Cornell
Saturday saw a marquee matchup for No. 24 Princeton football (3–0), as they traveled to West Long Branch, N.J., to take on No. 25 Monmouth (3–2). The Tigers surged past the Hawks in the fourth quarter to ultimately win 31–28.
The Princeton women’s volleyball team squared off against fellow Ivy League contender Harvard on Oct. 2 in an exciting five-set match that resulted in a Princeton victory (25–20, 24–26, 25–16, 19–25, 15–13).
The men’s water polo team ended their eight-game winning streak with a disappointing loss to No. 15-ranked Harvard Crimson in the first of two games played at DeNunzio Pool on Saturday. The Tigers rebounded against Brown later in the day. They kept the momentum going on Sunday, defeating MIT.
Football vs. Columbia
In their first Ivy League game of the season, the Princeton Tigers outlasted the Columbia Lions in a physical and attritional contest on Powers Field, winning by a score of 24–7.
No. 17 Princeton field hockey (5–5, 2–0) came away with two wins this weekend, defeating the visiting Yale Bulldogs on Bedford Field Saturday evening and beating the 16th-ranked UConn Huskies on Sunday.
A late scramble to a loose ball by St. John’s forward Micaah Garnette gave St. John’s (7–2–0) the only goal of the game in the 79th minute, lifting the Red Storm to a 1–0 win over the Princeton Tigers (3–4–0) on Tuesday night.
On Friday, Sept. 24, the Princeton University women’s volleyball team won 3–0 (25–18, 25–16, 25–8) against Penn in their home opener. The match, which was the first Ivy League game and win for the Tigers, sets them on a six-game winning streak.
Princeton crushed Stetson 63–0 in their first home game since 2019. Check out staff writer Wilson Conn’s article on Saturday’s results. Senior quarterback Cole Smith had two rushing touchdowns, 225 passing yards, and four touchdown passes.
After a nearly two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton football (2 – 0) welcomed fans back to Powers Field on Saturday with a thunderous 63–0 victory over the Stetson Hatters (2–1).
In their fifth game of the season, the Princeton men’s soccer team lost to Saint Joseph’s 3–2 Tuesday night on Sherrerd Field. The game featured an action-packed first half and saw the two teams battling it out for the win in the second.
In their first game since November 2019, Princeton football dominated defensively en route to a 32–0 victory over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, PA.
Women’s volleyball sweeps tournament:
At the Princeton Invitational this past weekend, Princeton Men’s Water Polo played five games over the course of three days, notching wins against all but one opponent. In an interview with the ‘Prince’ following Saturday’s games, Head Coach Dustin Litvak pointed out that the Tigers only had “three days to train” in between their previous competitions and the start of this weekend’s invitational. “We had five games this weekend, so there was a short turn around.”
No. 13 Princeton field hockey (0–2 overall) fell 4–1 on Friday to No.1 University of North Carolina (2–2 overall) at the Tigers’ season opener. The last time the two teams competed against each other in 2019, the Tar Heels took home the NCAA trophy, defending their position as national champions.
A navy veteran and Ph.D. student in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) has won Princeton’s second gold medal of the summer.