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GOLDEN AGE: Women’s basketball secures fourth Ivy Tournament title after back-and-forth battle with Harvard, 54–48

GOLDEN AGE: Women’s basketball secures fourth Ivy Tournament title after back-and-forth battle with Harvard, 54–48

Isabel Rodrigues and Tony Owens

Now, having earned an automatic berth as a result of winning the Ivy Tournament, Princeton will look ahead to the NCAA Tournament.

SPORTS | 03/11/2023

Men's basketball defeats Penn 77–70 to advance to Ivy Madness final

Men's basketball defeats Penn 77–70 to advance to Ivy Madness final

Diego Uribe and Yousif Mohamed

The Tigers will now advance to the Ivy Madness championship game where they’ll face off with the Yale Bulldogs for the third time this season, with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.

SPORTS | 03/11/2023

Women’s basketball prevails over Penn, 60–47, to advance to Ivy Madness championship

Women’s basketball prevails over Penn, 60–47, to advance to Ivy Madness championship

Isabel Rodrigues and Tony Owens

The Tigers started off incredibly well, and even though Penn was able to get back into the game, they received key contributions on both sides of the ball to punch their ticket to the Ivy League Final against the Harvard Crimson, a rematch of last-year’s nail biting tournament semifinal.

SPORTS | 03/10/2023

Women's basketball's Kaitlyn Chen wins Ivy League Player of the Year, Tigers bring in seven conference honors

Women's basketball's Kaitlyn Chen wins Ivy League Player of the Year, Tigers bring in seven conference honors

Wilson Conn

Along with Chen, first-year guard Madison St. Rose and junior forward Ellie Mitchell took home major awards, winning Rookie of the Year and Co-defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Two other Tigers also received All-Ivy recognition.

SPORTS | 03/10/2023

Senior football star Andrei Iosivas shines at NFL Combine

Senior football star Andrei Iosivas shines at NFL Combine

Hayk Yengibaryan

“It’s something I’ve been watching since I was a young kid, and I couldn’t believe I was on that stage,” Iosivas told The Daily Princetonian.

SPORTS | 03/09/2023

Softball goes 1–4 in Longhorn Invitational Tournament, winning final game in extra innings

Softball goes 1–4 in Longhorn Invitational Tournament, winning final game in extra innings

Sarina Sheth

“We grew a lot this weekend, playing high quality teams, two who were ranked in the top 25 in the country,” sophomore infielder and outfielder Allison Ha wrote to The Daily Princetonian.

SPORTS | 03/06/2023

Men’s basketball wins second-straight Ivy League regular-season title in overtime thriller against Penn, 77–69

Men’s basketball wins second-straight Ivy League regular-season title in overtime thriller against Penn, 77–69

Diego Uribe and Yousif Mohamed

“You’re never out of it, no matter what the score is,” said first-year forward Caden Pierce. “If you get stops, you can string together a couple scores. The game’s never out of hand.”

SPORTS | 03/06/2023

No. 5 men’s lacrosse loses to unranked Georgetown at home

No. 5 men’s lacrosse loses to unranked Georgetown at home

Hayk Yengibaryan and JP Ohl

“Over the last couple of weeks, in terms of practice, we are trying to clean up some of our systems, be a little more disciplined in some of the gray areas,” head coach Matt Madalon told The Daily Princetonian. “Unfortunately we just made too many mistakes in those moments today.”

SPORTS | 03/06/2023

Baseball takes one of three games at Duke behind Koonin’s Friday blasts

Baseball takes one of three games at Duke behind Koonin’s Friday blasts

Gabriel Robare and Kevin Yang

The Tigers won their first baseball game against Duke 7–3 before getting outscored 33–7 in the next two games, both of which were losses.

SPORTS | 03/05/2023

Women's basketball demolishes Penn, 71–52, to earn fifth-straight Ivy League regular-season title

Women's basketball demolishes Penn, 71–52, to earn fifth-straight Ivy League regular-season title

Isabel Rodrigues

In Friday’s semifinal round, Princeton will rematch with No. 4-seeded Penn, while No. 2 Columbia takes on No. 3 Harvard at 7 p.m. The winners of each semifinal round will advance to the championship game, which will tip-off at 5 p.m. on Saturday.

SPORTS | 03/05/2023

No. 15 women's lacrosse suffers 10–15 defeat to Yale in Ivy opener

No. 15 women's lacrosse suffers 10–15 defeat to Yale in Ivy opener

Evelyn Walsh

“Yale capitalized off of their consistent possession and ample time in the offensive zone. Within the first three minutes of the game, Yale was up four goals to the Tigers’ zero, and Princeton would not be able to catch up for the rest of the game.”

SPORTS | 03/05/2023

Men’s volleyball breezes past Fairleigh Dickinson, 3–0

Men’s volleyball breezes past Fairleigh Dickinson, 3–0

Kenzy Elshazly

The win was the Tigers’ third straight, following last weekend’s sweep of rival Harvard.

SPORTS | 03/05/2023

No. 15 women's lacrosse defeats New Jersey rival, No. 14 Rutgers, 18–12

Cate Lee

This Saturday, March 14, Princeton takes on Yale in their first Ivy matchup of the season.

SPORTS | 03/03/2023

Men’s baseball goes 1–3 in weekend series at Georgia, comes from behind to win final game

Brian Mhando and Kevin Yang

During a four game series vs the Georgia Bulldogs, the Tigers dropped the first three games, but rallied from behind to win the final game of the series 12–11.

SPORTS | 02/28/2023

Men’s swimming and diving takes second place at Ivy Championships

Dana Serea

The No. 24 ranked Princeton men’s swim and dive team took second place at the Ivy League Championships this past weekend at Brown University.

SPORTS | 02/28/2023

Women’s ice hockey falls in first round of ECAC playoffs

Cole Keller

After shocking the Colgate Raiders in the first game of the playoffs, the Tigers would go on to drop the next two, ending their season.

SPORTS | 02/28/2023

Men’s basketball defeats Harvard for the second time this season, 58–56

Men’s basketball defeats Harvard for the second time this season, 58–56

Diego Uribe

“I’m looking forward to the game and finishing out the regular season strongly,” Evbuomwan told the ‘Prince’ ahead of the matchup with the Penn Quakers (18–8, 9–4). The game may very well decide who wins the 2023 Ivy League regular season title and takes the No. 1 seed entering Ivy Madness.

SPORTS | 02/26/2023

No. 4 men’s lacrosse falls to defending national champions No. 6 Maryland, 11–5

No. 4 men’s lacrosse falls to defending national champions No. 6 Maryland, 11–5

Hayk Yengibaryan and Harrison Blank

The game was a rematch of last year’s national semifinals, in which Maryland won 13–8.

SPORTS | 02/26/2023

Men’s hockey loses twice heading into ECAC playoffs

Men’s hockey loses twice heading into ECAC playoffs

Ava Seigel

Men’s hockey now looks to rebound from these upsets as they approach their rematch against Union this Saturday, Mar. 4. The new single-elimination structure for first-round playoff games within the ECAC means that the Tigers will potentially face the final game of their season, needing a win in order to advance to the three-game series quarterfinals.

SPORTS | 02/26/2023

‘Our defense is going to win it for us’: Women’s basketball beats Harvard, 51–47

‘Our defense is going to win it for us’: Women’s basketball beats Harvard, 51–47

Isabel Rodrigues

The battle for the Ivy League title will come down to the final game of the season, as Princeton and Columbia remained tied for the top seed.

SPORTS | 02/26/2023

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