SPORTS: Men’s Lacrosse: Princeton to host Syracuse in battle of top 10s
By JOHN WOLFE After moving up to No. 7 in the nation with its 15-8 thrashing of Brown last weekend, the men’s lacrosse team will take on No.
By JOHN WOLFE After moving up to No. 7 in the nation with its 15-8 thrashing of Brown last weekend, the men’s lacrosse team will take on No.
“Anything that hits the timber or the batsman!”, junior Vijit Kapoor says when asked about his favorite delivery.
After winning three of its first four games in Ivy League play, the baseball team fell 5-0 to Seton Hall Wednesday in South Orange, N.J.
Sophomore Blake Dietrick and freshman Anya Gersoff spend a lot of their time at Princeton in season ? more so than most athletes.
The softball team got off to a solid start in Ivy play on its home turf last weekend with doubleheaders against both Brown and Yale.
BY DAILY PRINCETONIAN STAFF The men’s lacrosse Ivy League standings are quite volatile at this point in the season.
BY CRISSY CARANO Staff Writer The softball team got off to a solid start in Ivy play on its home turf last weekend with doubleheaders against both Brown and Yale.
BY MARK STEIN Staff Writer Sophomore Blake Dietrick and freshman Anya Gersoff spend a lot of their time at Princeton in season — more so than most athletes.
BY STEPHEN WOOD Sports Editor The women’s club rugby team went as far as taking turf from its home field with it to the Ivy League championship this weekend, and though the action unfolded in Providence, the Tigers played as if they were back in Old Nassau.
BY ANDREW SUN Staff Writer The men’s and women’s tennis teams played Penn on Saturday to open their Ivy League season.
BY HILLARY DODYK Staff Writer Players and coaches have claimed for the past several seasons that Princeton football is on the rise and that the program is being successfully turned around, and it is now possible that potential recruits are taking notice as well.
BY GINA TALT Staff Writer All four of Princeton’s men’s and women’s crews competed at home over the weekend – the only time they will all be on Carnegie Lake at the same time this season, and all four varsity boats came away with first-place finishes. The men’s heavyweights opened up the weekend with a scrimmage sweep of Syracuse and Georgetown on Saturday morning.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams played Penn on Saturday to open their Ivy League season. Both teams got off to a good start against the Quakers as the men’s team won 4-3, and the women’s team 6-1. The men’s team, ranked 52nd in the nation, came out with the lead early on as the third doubles combination of junior Augie Bloom and senior Matt Siow defeated Penn’s Jeremy Court and Kyle Roth.
All four of Princeton?s men?s and women?s crews competed at home over the weekend ? the only time they will all be on Carnegie Lake at the same time this season, and all four varsity boats came away with first-place finishes. The men?s heavyweights opened up the weekend with a scrimmage sweep of Syracuse and Georgetown on Saturday morning.
BY ALI GOEDECKE Senior Writer The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday.
BY HILARY DODYK Staff Writer The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday’s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.
The men?s swimming team left the three-day NCAA Championship Saturday without scoring any points but ready to get to work to make it back next year. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) sent a young squad to Indianapolis that included sophomores Connor Maher, Michael Strand and Harrison Wagner and freshmen Byron Sanborn, Sandy Bole and Teo D?Alessandro. Assistant coach Mitch Dalton noted that the young NCAA team is a result of very strong recruiting classes ? the class of 2015 was the 13th best recruiting class in the country, and the class of 2016 was the fifth best. ?Our freshman and sophomores kind of carried the team for us at Ivies, too.
The No. 8 men’s lacrosse team topped No. 19 Brown in dramatic fashion Saturday. The Tigers (6-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) had a comfortable 15-8 lead by the end of the game, but not without unfavorable numbers on the scoreboard in the first frame and a scare in the final quarter. Freshman attack Ryan Ambler kicked off a streak of nine unanswered goals against Brown (5-3, 1-1) in the middle 38 minutes.
After taking the first set 25-20, the men?s volleyball team kept the pressure on Penn State in the second as they pulled ahead to a 16-11 lead.
The baseball team began Ivy League play at home this weekend, splitting Saturday?s doubleheader with Yale and taking both games against Brown on Sunday.