Around the Ivies: Women's Basketball
Miles HinsonAs league play reaches its midway point, the race for first place in women’s basketball is as tight as ever.
As league play reaches its midway point, the race for first place in women’s basketball is as tight as ever.
Women’s track and field impressed this past weekend at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup in University Park, Pa., claiming the third place title and pushing three individual athletes through to win in their respective events.The Tigers garnered a total of 110 points as a result of impressive performances across the board.
After suffering their first loss of the Ivy League season against Yale, Princeton men’s basketball faced struggling a Harvard (9-13 overall, 1-5 Ivy) and Dartmouth (7-13, 1-5) over the weekend and soundly defeated these two last-place teams in the league.Before Friday’s game at Jadwin Gymnasium, Harvard had beaten Princeton in five of their last six meetings on their way to five straight league titles.
For several weeks this season, the women’s hockey team (19-5-1 overall, 12-5-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) has overcome challenges to produce consistent success.
The women’s basketball team completed the 36thsweep of its last 39 Ivy League weekends as it blew past Dartmouth (7-15, 2-4 Ivy) on Friday and then eked past Harvard (8-11, 3-3) on Sunday. It was a balanced team effort as Princeton defeated Dartmouth 85-48 on Friday.
This past Friday and Saturday, the men’s volleyball team traveled to Charleston, W. Va. for their first two Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) games.
The Princeton Men’s Hockey team (5-16-2, 3-11-2 ECAC) faced another set of consecutive losses this weekend as they battled against Colgate (8-19-2, 4-11-2 ECAC) and Cornell (12-7-4, 7-6-3 ECAC) at Hobey Baker Rink on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Tigers closed out their regular seasons on a strong note this weekend, as both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams topped Columbia at home. The men's team (7-0, 7-0 Ivy), defeated the Lions (4-6, 3-4 Ivy) 180-112 to cap off a string of dominant performances.
Both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will seek to conclude their seasons against Columbia this Friday at Denunzio Pool.The Princeton men’s team enters this final competition with a 6-0 in-conference record, with its latest successes coming in a sweep of Harvard and Yale last weekend.
Entering the third week of Ivy League play, the women’s basketball team (13-4 overall, 2-1 Ivy) will embark on a road trip this weekend to tackle Dartmouth (7-13, 2-2) on Friday and then Harvard (8-9, 3-1) on Sunday. The Tigers began the Ivy League stretch of their season with a disappointing 48-50 loss to rival Penn, which currently sits atop conference standings.
After a promising start to Ivy League play, the men’s basketball team finally gets the opportunity to bring the fight to their home court.
This past weekend, both the men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to Evanston, Ill.
The Princeton men’s squash team traveled this past weekend to face off against second-ranked Penn and top-ranked Trinity.
This past Friday and Saturday, the women’s squash team faced off against Ivy rivals, the University of Pennsylvania (7-1, 1-1 Ivy), before traveling to New Haven for a match against Stanford (7-9) in neutral territory.
The men’s basketball season in the Ivy League is in the middle of its most exciting portion, as all the teams of the Ancient Eight continue to duke it out for a chance to go to the Big Dance in March.
After opening league play with a thrilling overtime win against Penn, Princeton men’s basketball (12-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) faced Brown and Yale this weekend, kicking the Ivy League season into full gear.
The Princeton men’s wrestling team faced a busy intersession weekend as they competed in three meets over two days. On Saturday, the Tigers, coming off a narrow defeat to Binghamton University, hosted Franklin and Marshall and Ivy League rival Penn.
This past weekend, the Princeton Men’s hockey team (5-14-2, 3-9-2 ECAC) traveled to Cambridge, Mass.
Following a 20-day respite from competition, the women’s basketball team wasted little time in getting back to business this weekend.
This past Friday and Saturday, Women’s Hockey traveled north to Hanover and Boston, respectively, continuing their current seven game road trip.