Men’s tennis defeats ODU and MTSU, climbs ITA rankings
Sophie CantineThe Tigers defeated ODU 4–3 and nationally ranked MTSU 4–1. They head to Penn State on Friday and back to Jadwin Gymnasium for Sunday’s matches against William and Mary and NJIT.
The Tigers defeated ODU 4–3 and nationally ranked MTSU 4–1. They head to Penn State on Friday and back to Jadwin Gymnasium for Sunday’s matches against William and Mary and NJIT.
Princeton men’s swimming and diving took home second place at the four-day-long Ivy League Championships in Providence, Rhode Island. Multiple strong performances, across both individual and relay events, allowed the Tigers to accumulate a total of 1231 points. Raunak Kholsa was honored as High Point Swimmer of the meet and Charlie Minns was named Career High Point Diver.
Track and field competed in Indoor Heps this weekend. Men's track and field won their sixth-straight Ivy League Championship while women's track and field took fourth in the meet.
Women's hockey advanced to the ECAC Semifinals after a double overtime win against Quinnipiac. The win for Princeton means that they are much more likely to make an NCAA appearance this year, but they will be facing Clarkson in the Semifinals this weekend.
Twenty-five games in, the team has remained true to its word. The Tigers (24–1, 12–0 Ivy) used dominant defensive performances to beat Brown and Yale this weekend and secure the regular season Ivy League title.
This past weekend, the No. 6 women’s hockey team played its last weekend of the regular season hosting to Ivy League foes, Brown and Yale. Princeton ended the regular season with a sweep before the ECAC Tournament begins.
The opening day of the Houston tournament in Houston, Texas saw the softball team split a pair of games — winning against Syracuse 6–4 and losing to Houston 11–1. Louisiana Tech defeated the Tigers 6–3 on the second day of the tournament.
Say what you will about Princeton wrestling. This, no one can dispute: it’s a team gifted with an enviable narrative arc.
Princeton women’s swimming and diving dominated the Ivy League meet to win their 23rd Ivy League Championship, a league-best record. Princeton finished with 1,569 points, as the competition saw multiple Tigers break school, league, and pool records across the four-day event.
Sohie Cantine is now the only woman in Princeton’s program history to rank top 10 all-time in the mile, 1K, and 3K. Sam Ellis finished at the Boston University Valentine Invitational with a mile time of 3:57:66, a new school record.
Men’s hockey picked up its second conference win of the season with a 6–3 win over St. Lawrence but fell in a 1–3 heartbreaker to no. 5 Clarkson.
After clinching the win over Penn, the Tigers fell to Harvard in the semifinals. The third place match against Dartmouth, a repeat of last year, saw Princeton dominate the Big Green to claim a spot on the podium.
Women's basketball isn’t done dominating just yet. With their No. 1 scoring defense paving the way, they haven’t lost during the first half of Ivy League play. With a 15-game winning streak and 7–0 conference record, the Tigers dominated Yale and Brown this weekend.
Wrestling walked away from a Saturday, Dillon Gymnasium doubleheader against Penn and Drexel — Pennsylvania’s top two Division I programs — with back-to-back victories. The 33–6 and 22–16 wins cemented Princeton as the sole Ivy League champion and earned the team its first undefeated Ivy League season since 1986.
“Destroyed” and “rolled” were among the words used by Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson to describe his team’s 88–64 loss to Yale on Friday night.
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.
It took three decades, and a dream.
Despite losing for the first time in the Ivy League, Princeton remained tied for first in the league after Yale fell to Harvard.
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.
Princeton became the first Ivy League to win 500 Ivy League Championships.