Two important lines are painted on each half of Carril Court, just like every other basketball court in the world.
W hen a team loses a four-year starter to graduation, like the women’s water polo team did with goalie Kristen Ward ’12 last year, a period of transition in the following season is expected.
In January, the NCAA Board of Directors approved a set of rule changes that will have ramifications across all NCAA sports and universities.
With the Ivy League championships for fencing coming up this weekend, the ‘Prince’ sat down with freshman Anna Van Brummen, who fences epee, to learn a little bit about life as a fencer and ask the age-old burning question of whether she’s ever met her long-lost twin in the process. Q: Where are you from and what is it like there?A: I’m from Houston, Texas.
After a disappointing loss to then-No. 12 Indiana, the women’s water polo team, currently ranked 12th in the nation, returned to the pool this weekend and proved that it had learned from its mistakes.
The men’s tennis team eased into its spring schedule this weekend as it handled Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday and Bucknell on Sunday, dropping only one set in 14 matches over the two days.
The men’s lacrosse team’s biggest question mark heading into this season was how well the team could handle the loss of its entire defensive core from the year before, most notably the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year, goalkeeper Tyler Fiorito ’12.
With fewer than two minutes remaining in the men’s hockey team’s Saturday night senior day matchup against Yale, the Tigers and the Bulldogs appeared poised for an overtime showdown. However, Yale freshman forward Carson Cooper abruptly changed that trajectory, positioning himself in front of the Tiger net and collecting a quick pass from the right before scoring an impressive backhanded goal with just 1:56 left on the clock.
The women’s lacrosse team opened up regular season play on Saturday afternoon with a decisive 10-5 victory over Villanova.
Trailing Cornell by over 40 points in the final hours of the Ivy League championships on Sunday at Harvard, it was hard for anyone but the Tigers themselves to believe that the Princeton men still had a shot at the indoor Heps title. Undeterred by the score, the men’s squad worked like a machine.
Last year, the Princeton men’s squash team ended Trinity’s 13-year CSA national championship winning streak to become the national champion.
Coming off last week’s devastating loss at Harvard, the men’s basketball team hit the court again this past weekend with back-to-back away games at Columbia (11-13 overall, 3-7 Ivy League) on Friday and Cornell (13-14, 5-5) on Saturday. As they have done for most of the season, the Tigers (14-9, 7-2) relied on their smothering defense en route to two blowout victories, winning 65-40 and 72-53 versus Columbia and Cornell, respectively.After trailing for the first few minutes against Columbia, Princeton staged a quick 6-0 run that gave it the lead for good with over 14 minutes remaining in the first half. Up 27-20 with just over four minutes left in the first half, the Tigers started a furious run that saw them score 15 unanswered points in less than seven minutes of game time to effectively wrap up the game early in the second half. As he has done all season, senior forward Ian Hummer turned in a complete effort, recording a line of 17 points on 7-11 shooting with five assists and three boards.
The women’s basketball team set a new Ivy League record this weekend for consecutive league victories with wins over Columbia and Cornell.
The men?s and women?s hockey teams each have a pair of big ECAC matchups on tap, as they will both face Brown and Yale this Friday and Saturday.The men came out of last weekend?s games with close losses against Clarkson and St.
It would be surprising if the women?s basketball team did anything but gain ground this weekend as it hosts Cornell and Columbia, the sixth and seventh teams in the Ivy League, respectively.
The men?s squash team is gearing up for another run at a national championship, as the Tigers will travel to New Haven this weekend to see if they can repeat last year?s victory.
As the men?s basketball team opens its second round of league play, the Ivy crown and an automatic bid to the Big Dance in March are within reach.
There shouldn?t be much drama in the standings down the stretch of the Ivy League women?s basketball season.
The men?s indoor track and field team will head to Cambridge, Mass., this weekend in search of its fourth consecutive indoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championship.
