One week ago, the women’s basketball team was about to face Harvard and Dartmouth. By the end of the weekend, the Crimson had emerged on top, leaving the Tigers in second place in the Ivy League.
The competition for the Ivy League crown will be fierce this weekend. Six men’s and seven women’s fencing teams, each of which has received votes in national polls, will descend upon Jadwin Gymnasium for the conference championships.
The women’s ice hockey team plays its final two home games of the regular season this weekend. The Tigers will face Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The last time the Trinity College men’s squash team came to Jadwin Gymnasium, fans saw one of the most thrilling matches in collegiate squash history. In the 2009 Men's College Squash Association National Team Championships, Princeton and the Bantams — then riding an 11-year, 201-match win streak — traded early matches and were tied at 4. Mauricio Sanchez ’09 fought back from a 2-0 deficit against Baset Chaudhry to force a deciding fifth game, but the visitor recovered to win, clinching the national championship and Trinity’s second 5-4 victory at Jadwin in two weeks.
After finishing third at the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament last year, the women’s water polo team ended its season ranked No. 17 in the polls. Picking up where they left off, after graduating three seniors and adding three freshmen to the team, the Tigers are entering this season at No. 16.
After grabbing two huge victories over fellow front-runners Harvard and Penn and commanding hold of first place in the Ivy League this past weekend, the men’s basketball team will leave the friendly confines of Jadwin Gymnasium for its first league road contests of the season.
After only its second winless weekend of the season, the men’s hockey team (14-8-1 overall, 9-6-1 ECAC Hockey) looks to regain its stride on the road this weekend against Harvard (4-18, 3-13) and Dartmouth (13-7-3, 9-5-2).
Should head football coach Bob Surace ’90 go for it on fourth-and-one in enemy territory with the game on the line? Should senior outfielder Brian Berkowitz swing at an 0-2 curveball that paints the outside of the plate? Former Princeton journalism professor and Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim has the answers, and he’s not just following his gut.
After Tuesday night’s thrilling victory over archrival Penn, the men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) is the only undefeated team remaining in league. Who will the Tigers have to worry about over the final month of the season? Here’s a look at how the other seven teams have played so far.
Damon McLean, a freshman from Jamaica, is one of the newest members of the men’s track and field team. He is a powerhouse when it comes to jumping, with personal bests of 50 feet 8.75 inches and 23 feet 3.25 inches in the triple jump and long jump, respectively. With a long history of earning medals at track meets, McLean is a top contender in the Ivy League. A jumps veteran of eight years, McLean has his sights set on winning both the triple and long jump events at the Ivy Championships.
February is a pivotal month in the NBA calendar. The NBA puts on its All-Star Game with all its festivities in February, and the playoffs loom following the all-star break. A little over 50 games into the season, we have seen the results of a certain decision, how some trades have worked out. Yet we are still waiting for a blockbuster trade while the deadline creeps closer and closer.
"Get me on the court and I’m trouble, last week messed around and got a triple double.”
Although he recently injured his ribs, freshman 174-pounder Ryan Callahan had one of the strongest starts of the wrestling team’s rookies this season. Callahan ended his high school career with an undefeated senior year and claimed the 2010 New Jersey state wrestling championship in the 171-pound classification. After coming to Princeton, Callahan began his freshman season by placing at his first three college tournaments.
After blowing a double-digit lead late in the second half, the men’s basketball team found itself down by three points in the final minute of overtime. But the Tigers, through an unlikely series of events, came back for a 62-59 victory over archrival Penn. Princeton (17-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) remains the only unbeaten team in the Ivy League and improves to 10-0 at home. It was Princeton’s fourth overtime victory of the season, a program record.
The men’s volleyball team suffered a close loss on Tuesday, dropping a 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 25-19 match to NYU. Princeton (1-4 overall, 0-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) came into the match reeling from a heartbreaking 4-set loss to Rutgers-Newark and appeared to still be feeling the effects of that match early in the evening.
Each year, the sports editors of The Daily Princetonian and The Daily Pennsylvanian exchange columns before the first basketball game between the two rivals. Here is Penn's contribution.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their seasons with strong performances over the weekend. The women’s team finished fifth at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup at Penn State while a portion of the men’s team finished third; the rest of the men, primarily distance runners, competed at the GaREAT College Invitational in Geneva, Ohio.
With the capacity crowd on its feet, sophomore Charles Fox stepped onto the mat for the final match of the wrestling team’s Alumni Day meet on Saturday. Princeton (4-9 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) led Brown (0-10, 0-2) 18-16, but the outcome of this final match would determine the winner of the meet. After seven minutes, Fox and his opponent had each managed an escape, forcing overtime. Unfazed, Fox pulled off the overtime takedown to grant the squad a thrilling 21-16 victory over the Bears.
The men's basketball team defeated Penn, 62-59, in an overtime thriller at Jadwin Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Relive the unbelievable action with the replay of our live blog.
The men’s and women’s fencing teams traveled to Evanston, Ill., this weekend to compete in the Northwestern Duals. Last year at this meet, the two squads combined for a 23-3 record. The Tigers had similar success this weekend, finishing with 19 wins and four losses. According to the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association poll in late January, the Princeton women (14-3) rank fourth and the men (14-2) are sixth.
