Sports Recaps

Men’s swimming and diving finishes second at Ivy League Championships

Alissa Selover

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.

SPORTS | 03/03/2020

Men’s track and field wins Ivy League Championship, women take fourth

Emily Philippides and Jesse Brewer

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.

SPORTS | 03/02/2020

Women’s hockey books trip to ECAC semifinal with dramatic win in double overtime

Women’s hockey books trip to ECAC semifinal with dramatic win in double overtime

Owen Tedford and Chris Murphy

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.

SPORTS | 03/02/2020

Women’s basketball earns regular season Ivy League title after beating Brown and Yale

Women’s basketball earns regular season Ivy League title after beating Brown and Yale

Jack Graham

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.

SPORTS | 03/01/2020

Women’s hockey sweeps Yale, Brown

Women’s hockey sweeps Yale, Brown

Christopher Murphy and Owen Tedford

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.

SPORTS | 02/26/2020

Softball racks up one win and two losses this past weekend at the Houston tournament

Sreesha Ghosh

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.

SPORTS | 02/25/2020

Wrestling beats Rutgers for first time since 1990

Josephine de La Bruyere

Say what you will about Princeton wrestling. This, no one can dispute: it’s a team gifted with an enviable narrative arc.

SPORTS | 02/24/2020

Women’s Swimming and Diving shatters records en route to Ivy League title

Ben Burns

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.

SPORTS | 02/24/2020

Ellis, Cantine break records as men’s and women’s track and field prepare for Ivy Champs

Ellis, Cantine break records as men’s and women’s track and field prepare for Ivy Champs

Emily Philippides and Jesse Brewer

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.

SPORTS | 02/20/2020

Men’s hockey picks up second conference victory, splitting weekend play

Christopher Murphy

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.

SPORTS | 02/19/2020

Men’s tennis finishes third at ECAC Indoor Champs

Men’s tennis finishes third at ECAC Indoor Champs

Tom Salotti

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.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Women’s basketball finished first half of Ivy League play undefeated

Alissa Selover

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.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Wrestling emerges unscathed from Drexel, Penn doubleheader

Wrestling emerges unscathed from Drexel, Penn doubleheader

Josephine de La Bruyere

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.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Princeton men’s basketball ‘humbled’ in blowout loss to Yale

Jack Graham

“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.

SPORTS | 02/16/2020

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

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