With the Ivy League title still in reach, the women’s soccer team travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to rally for first place this weekend. Princeton (8-6 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) will face Cornell (6-6-1, 1-3-1) on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The field hockey team, long the Ivy League’s lone powerhouse, will face its greatest Ancient Eight challenge to date when it travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell on Saturday.
Three straight home games did little to help the football team. Now, the Tigers (1-5 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) hit the road for the first time since Oct. 2. Princeton faces Cornell (1-5, 0-3) this Saturday in a battle of two teams without league wins this season.
As many students go home for fall break, the women’s ice hockey team will return to Baker Rink today for its first two home games of the year. After a tough 0-2 road trip last weekend to start the season, the Tigers (0-2) come back to Baker Rink with games on back-to-back days against ECAC Hockey rivals Colgate and Cornell to begin league play.
The men’s soccer team finds itself in a tight chase for the Ivy League title as it heads up to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on Cornell this weekend. No. 20 Princeton (9-3-1 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) is currently riding an eight-game winning streak and is tied atop the Ancient Eight with Penn, so it knows expectations will be high on Saturday night for what could be a season-changing match.
Cross country seasons don’t follow the form typical of most varsity sports. While most sports have crowded schedules that keep teams traveling every weekend, the cross country agenda is rather sparse. Athletes on other teams have time to work out kinks and fix mistakes over many games, but runners have no such luxury.
A prototypical goalie in men’s water polo is large and long, so that his arms can reach all the corners of the goal. Senior goalie and co-captain Mike Merlone’s smaller stature may put him at a physical disadvantage, but he makes up for it by using his head. Literally.
College football has changed; the game is a brave new world where just about everybody is good enough to win the national championship.”
On Sunday, Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall amassed an incredible four interceptions in a single game. This tied a long-standing NFL record, first set by another Redskin who played seven decades ago. That other player set the record in November 1943, in a game during which he also threw four touchdowns in a 42-20 victory.
As the trees on Princeton’s campus changed color and most students crammed for midterms, the women’s tennis team competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional tournament at Dartmouth. Despite struggles in the singles draw, the team saw a string of successes in the doubles draw that nearly saw the Tiger duo of junior Hilary Bartlett and senior Taylor Marable take the tournament.
Hailing from Lubbock, Texas, the football team’s sophomore receiver Shane Wilkinson stays true to his roots. A country music fan who often sports Texan gear, Wilkinson is proud of the Lone Star state. Wilkinson has contributed to the team’s offensive success this season, having played in three games and accumulated 90 receiving yards.
The women’s soccer team failed a crucial test Saturday, hurting its chances for the Ivy League title. The Tigers (8-6-0 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) started the day in second in the Ivy League and hoped to move into the top spot with a win over rival Harvard. Instead, the Crimson (6-6-1, 3-2) picked apart the home team and handed Princeton a 4-0 defeat.
For the first time since 1992, the women’s ice hockey team began its season with two losses. Princeton (0-2) returned winless from a trip to New England, dropping a 2-1 game to Northeastern (5-1-1) and losing 4-0 to Providence (7-2-0) the following day.
It was cold and cloudy in Cambridge, Mass., on Sunday as the crews returned to the water in force, navigating the winding Charles River for the annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Princeton sent a total of eight boats to the event: one entry in each of championship men’s eight, women’s eight, men’s four and women’s four, and two entries in both lightweight men’s eight and lightweight women’s eight.
The women’s volleyball team learned the hard way this weekend that you can only win the close matches so many times. After beating Penn in five sets in its league opener and sneaking past Harvard in a thrilling 3-2 comeback win, Princeton’s fortunes reversed this weekend when the Tigers (11-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) suffered a heartbreaking 25-15, 20-25, 23-25, 25-21, 17-15 loss to Columbia (12-6, 4-4) on Friday afternoon. Princeton handled its nerves better on Saturday, however, and won three hard-fought sets in a 25-23, 29-27, 25-21 sweep of Cornell (4-14, 2-6). The victory over Cornell earns the Tigers at least a share of first place in the Ivy League standings after the first half of the season.
Going into halftime on Sunday night, the men’s soccer team seemed on track to add to a string of disappointing homecoming weekend defeats to Harvard. After the football and women’s soccer teams suffered tough losses Saturday, the Tigers fell behind 1-0 off a 28th-minute free kick, and Princeton’s offense was stifled for the rest of the half.
Following a disappointing performance last week at Army, the sprint football team knew it would have its hands full again Friday as it traveled down to Annapolis, Md., to compete against the Midshipmen of Navy. The Tigers (0-6 overall, 0-4 Collegiate Sprint Football League) have not been able to score a point against Navy (4-1, 2-1) since their meeting in 2004, and Friday night’s 67-0 loss marked the Orange and Black’s 13th consecutive defeat to the powerful Midshipmen.
On Saturday at DeNunzio Pool, the men's water polo team topped Iona and George Washington at the Collegiate Water Polo Association Northern-Southern Crossover, winning by lopsided margins of 12-5 and 12-3, respectively. No. 18 Princeton (13-7 overall, 6-2 CWPA Southern Division) held both teams scoreless in the first half, demonstrating again how strong its defense has been this season.
As has become a recurring theme this season, the field hockey team initially found success against an Ivy League opponent before falling to a ranked non-conference foe. The Tigers (11-4 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) beat their archrivals Harvard (3-11, 1-4), posting a 4-0 shutout on Saturday for Alumni Day. On Sunday, however, Princeton fell 1-0 to Penn State (12-4) due to a last-minute, game-changing goal.
The men’s club rugby team finished its Ivy League campaign with a bitter 29-25 loss to Penn (4-7 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) on Sunday. Princeton (3-8, 1-6) ends the season ahead of only Cornell in the standings.
