It so happens that the Ancient Eight’s traditional Big Three have separated themselves as the league’s top contenders.
Last week, the University of North Carolina was forced to apologize for the egregious measures it took to boost the grades of its student-athletes.
With the fall season having recently concluded, freshmen Tenley Shield and Caroline Araskog, the two newest members of the women’s golf team, sat down to talk with The Daily Princetonian about recent successes on the course, the team dynamic and whether or not to bring Eli Manning to a deserted island. Daily Princetonian: To start off, where are you from and what’s the best part about being from there? Tenley Shield: I’m from the Detroit area.
After being embarrassed on their home field last weekend in the homecoming matchup against Harvard, it was unclear how the Tigers would respond with more than half of their Ivy season left to play.
During a trio of fall break contests, field hockey (6-10 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) did all it could to remain in the Ivy League Championship hunt.
The women’s soccer team split two close Ivy League games this past week, falling to Harvard at home but rallying to beat Cornell on the road.
When Ivy League play consists of only seven games, winning the conference title requires clutch performance each Saturday between October and November.
In a week characterized by performance under pressure during midterms, the men’s soccer team (6-3-3, 1-1-1 Ivy) will close its work week on Saturday evening when it hosts Harvard (8-3-1, 2-0-1 Ivy) in what could arguably be the most critical match of the team’s season. Coming off a less than thrilling draw on the road last weekend against Columbia, the Tigers now face the only undefeated Ivy team in conference play.
Princeton, N.J. is far from Dillon, Texas, and tigers are not quite panthers, but Princeton women’s volleyball (9-8, 4-3 Ivy) will nonetheless host Ivy League rival Penn (6-12, 3-4) under the Friday night Dillon lights on Oct.
After two consecutive years of dramatic finishes and Roman Wilson ’14 touchdown catches, last year’s Ivy co-champions will go head-to-head this weekend, with the winner remaining in control of his own fate in pursuit of this year’s title.
Eight sides turn their attention to the midpoint of their conference schedules. Six of these teams are within a single win of the Ivy League lead.
Men’s rugby (4-2 Ivy League) welcomed a rival Harvard side (1-4) on Saturday, aiming to improve on its Ivy League standings as it headed into the game in fourth place behind undefeated Dartmouth, Columbia and next week’s opponents: Brown.
This past weekend, the Princeton women’s golf team hosted the Princeton Invitational, the lone event at the team's home course, Springdale Golf Club.
For those attuned to matters outside the Orange Bubble, you may have heard about the recent controversy surrounding the National Football League and its handling of the Ray Rice case.
Princeton crew started off its 2014-15 season with a splash this past weekend at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass.
Women's soccer suffered its first Ivy League loss this weekend in a close contest against Columbia with a final score of 1-0.
“Before and during [the world championship chess match], [Bobby] Fischer paid special attention to his physical training and fitness, which was a relatively novel approach for top chess players at that time.
Princeton (3-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) started a series of six Ivy League games with a 27-16 home victory over Brown (2-3, 0-2) on Saturday, leaving them tied atop the Ivy League standings with Harvard and Dartmouth with an undefeated 2-0 league record.
In their third match of Ivy League play this fall, the men’s soccer team (6-3-3 overall, 1-1-1 Ivy League) came out of the weekend with a 1-1 draw on the road against Columbia (4-5-1, 1-1-1). While the Tigers were able to deal with the Lions handily in a 2-1 victory in their 2013 meeting, they struggled to get momentum going their way after allowing a goal just minutes into the match. Columbia’s lone goal came in just the fourth minute of the match.