Sports Recaps

Women’s track and field grabs first place at the HYP meet

Emily Philippides and Jesse Brewer

The women had several outstanding performances and a number of personal bests across all event groups at the HYP meet this past Saturday, including first-place finishes in the 60m hurdles and 500m races. The Tigers came first overall, beating Harvard 67–58 and Yale 67–56.

SPORTS | 02/11/2020

Dream over dynasty: Princeton wrestling defeats 17-time champ Cornell for Ivy League title

Josephine de La Bruyere

It took three decades, and a dream.

SPORTS | 02/11/2020

Men’s basketball splits weekend against Cornell, Columbia

Jack Graham

Despite losing for the first time in the Ivy League, Princeton remained tied for first in the league after Yale fell to Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/10/2020

Women’s hockey remains unbeaten after facing Rensselaer and Union

Women’s hockey remains unbeaten after facing Rensselaer and Union

Owen Tedford

Princeton women’s hockey went 2–0 in their second to last weekend of the regular season. They defeated both Rensselaer and Union in two tough battles. The Tigers have already guaranteed themselves a playoff position as one of the top eight teams, and need one more win to ensure a home quarterfinal. The Tigers’ toughest remaining game is against No. 7 Clarkson next Saturday afternoon. When these teams last met Princeton, won 2–1.

SPORTS | 02/09/2020

The first to 500: After wrestling victory, Princeton first to secure 500 Ivy League championships

Alissa Selover

Princeton became the first Ivy League to win 500 Ivy League Championships.

SPORTS | 02/09/2020

No. 2 women’s squash reigns victorious over No. 4 Yale, Brown

Sophie Cantine

No. 2 Princeton Women's Squash recorded two wins at home last weekend against No. 4 Yale and Brown, granting them a record of 9–1 and a record of 4–1 in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/05/2020

Track and field opens indoor season with strong performances over Intersession

Jesse Brewer

Men’s and women’s track and field felled too many records to count in their first week of the indoor season, which saw the Tigers traveling to New York City, Cambridge, Ithaca, and Annapolis.

SPORTS | 02/05/2020

Wrestling routs Rider, places fifth at Midlands

Josephine de La Bruyere

Heading into a new decade, no, 12 Princeton wrestling didn’t pump the brakes. In the past three weeks, Tiger wrestling earned NCAA Team of the Week honors for routing no. 25 Rider University 25—9 and placed fifth, the highest of any Ivy League program, at the grueling 35-team Ken Kraft Midlands Championship.

SPORTS | 01/10/2020

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Josephine de La Bruyere

Head wrestling coach Chris Ayres has a vision. But sometimes, dreams fall flat.

SPORTS | 12/09/2019

Wrestling places 15th at NCAAs; Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik make history

Josephine de La Bruyere

“I’ve gone through hell to get to this moment,” said head wrestling coach Christopher Ayres. “I’m getting chills. I mean, this is surreal. This is a dream come true. This is – I think – the greatest turnaround college athletics has ever seen.”

SPORTS | 03/24/2019

Dreams of NCAA titles fall flat on wrestling's historic second day of tournament

Josephine de La Bruyere

A historic day for Princeton wrestling ended on a bitter note. Patrick Glory, Patrick Brucki, and Matthew Kolodzik secured All-American status but fell into the consolation bracket.

SPORTS | 03/23/2019

Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik advance to NCAA quarterfinals; season ends for rest of Princeton wrestlers

Josephine de La Bruyere

As the first day of the NCAA tournament progressed, the stratification of Princeton’s team became more pronounced. For only the second time in program history, the Tigers ended the day with three wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Monday, Stefanik, and Parker were not so lucky. Their seasons — and their dreams of All-American status — ended with the day.

SPORTS | 03/22/2019

Wrestling claims third at EIWA conference tournament, sends six to NCAAs

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a third-place finish at the EIWA championships, including individual wins for Patrick Brucki and Patrick Glory, Princeton wrestling will send six wrestlers to Pittsburgh for the NCAA championships next week

SPORTS | 03/12/2019

Women's basketball defeats Dartmouth and Harvard, claims spot in Ivy League tournament

Women's basketball defeats Dartmouth and Harvard, claims spot in Ivy League tournament

Josephine de La Bruyere

Women’s basketball defeated Dartmouth 64–47 and Harvard 61–58 this weekend, earning the top seed in the Ivy League tournament.

SPORTS | 03/04/2019

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Josephine de La Bruyere

No. 3 Matthew Kolodzik lost in an upset to unranked Parker Kropman, but Princeton wrestling earned a convincing win over Drexel in its last match before its conference tournament.

SPORTS | 02/26/2019

Men’s hockey dominates St. Lawrence 5–3 in last home game

Josephine de La Bruyere

To its players’ minds, the men’s ice hockey (8–16–3 overall, 6–12–2 ECAC) season so far has been a disappointing one. Second to last in the ECAC standings, the team had suffered a series of humiliating losses — not least of all its Feb. 1, 2–3 loss to last-place St. Lawrence (4–26–2, 2–16–2).

SPORTS | 02/25/2019

Women's basketball survives comeback attempt to beat Cornell

Josephine de La Bruyere

Women’s basketball was outscored 25–10 in the fourth quarter, but a last-second bucket from Bella Alarie secured the team a 68–64 win over Cornell

SPORTS | 02/23/2019

Wrestling rebounds from disappointing weekend with dominant win over Penn

Josephine de La Bruyere

In Philadelphia on Saturday, Princeton wrestling (8–6 overall, 4–1 Ivy) claimed the title of Ivy League runners-up and clinched its first four-match win streak over the University of Pennsylvania (5–8, 2–3) since 1988.

SPORTS | 02/19/2019

Wrestling finishes second in Ivy League as Cornell claims 17th straight title

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling traveled to Ithaca, New York, last weekend with one goal in mind: to put an end to No. 10 Cornell’s (10–2 overall, 5–0 Ivy) 16-year reign over the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/12/2019

Comeback falls short as women's basketball loses to Yale in OT

Josephine de La Bruyere

Bella Alarie recorded her 1,000th career point and fourth consecutive double-double, but women’s basketball saw its comeback attempt come up short in an overtime loss to Yale.

SPORTS | 02/09/2019

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