The women’s hockey team approached the close of its season with two consecutive shutout victories, raising the team’s conference rank as the postseason draws near.
Despite the fierce rivalry between Harvard, Yale and Princeton, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams walked away from Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday with another victory on their records. The Princeton men totaled 105 points, easily outpacing Harvard’s 48 and Yale’s 27, while the women topped their meet with 90.5 points, followed by Harvard’s 47.5 and Yale’s 21.
The men’s hockey team returned from this weekend’s road trip to upstate New York with little to show after falling to Clarkson 4-3 on Friday night and drawing with St. Lawrence 2-2 on Saturday afternoon. Princeton (10-12-3 overall, 6-10-2 ECAC Hockey) entered the weekend having won four of its past five games — including victories over Harvard, Dartmouth and No. 8 Cornell — but was unable to continue this strong form against its New York opponents.
In last year’s national championship, with the overall score tied at 4-4 and his match tied at two games, the men’s squash team’s Mauricio Sanchez ’09 took a 5-0 lead in the deciding game against Trinity’s Baset Chaudhry. The home crowd at Jadwin Gymnasium could hardly contain its excitement. The two highest-ranked players in college squash were competing in the deciding match, and Sanchez needed just four more points to clinch Princeton’s first national championship since 1982 and end Trinity’s streak of 10 national titles and 201 wins.
The men’s hockey team’s three-game hot streak was brought to an end last Friday evening when Colgate defeated Princeton 3-1 at Baker Rink. But hopefully for the Tigers, the momentum they regained the following afternoon from a 5-3 win over fifth-ranked Cornell won’t cool off before they make the trek to frigid North Country this weekend to play the first two matches of a four-game road stretch. Princeton (10-11-2 overall, 6-9-1 ECAC Hockey) will face Clarkson (5-20-3, 1-13-2) tonight and St. Lawrence (14-10-5, 8-5-3) on Saturday afternoon.
So here it is: the headliner, the matchup we’ve all been waiting for, the game against the nationally ranked defending Ivy League champion that will pit the league’s last two undefeated teams against each other. Just don’t tell that to head coach Sydney Johnson ’97, because the men’s basketball team plays not one but two games this weekend. Princeton (13-5 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) hosts Columbia tonight (8-12, 2-4) and No. 22 Cornell (20-3, 6-0) on Saturday night.
Not one, but two Ivy League basketball programs are recognized in national polls. Considering that an Ancient Eight team has not won a game in the NCAA March Madness tournament since the Princeton men and the Harvard women in 1998, this is big news.
The women’s hockey team knows this will be a challenging weekend, yet it remains optimistic about its ability against two top-ranked teams.
When you were 13 and in seventh grade, what was on your mind? You were probably thinking about your next homework assignment, or, more likely, how to talk to your middle school crush. You most certainly were not thinking about where you were going to college. That is, unless you are David Sills.
Freshman Julie Cerullo began playing squash mainly out of convenience. She lived just half a block away from a local squash club, so she picked up the game at the age of six. A dozen years later, the women’s squash team is very glad she did.
When you go to a men’s volleyball game, you probably won’t see head coach Sam Shweisky yell or scream. The calm demeanor of Princeton’s new coach, who replaced the legendary Glenn Nelson this past year, belies his intensity and quiet confidence — hallmarks of Shweisky’s coaching style.
The bracket is set, the field has begun to narrow, and the excitement is mounting. No, it’s not March Madness just yet. But February Frenzy — the popular Dillon Gymnasium fitness tournament — is already underway. This three-week, six-round elimination tournament held each February pits freshman against upperclassman, graduate student against faculty member, average student against varsity athlete. All compete for the title of "fitness champion."
It was a story of energy: From senior outside hitter Carl Hamming’s seemingly unstoppable serves to junior outside hitter Vincent Tuminelli’s match-high 11 digs, the Tigers played with a consistent fire that allowed them to prevail in a tight 3-2 victory over New York University.
The New Orleans Saints played an exceptional game and fought for the city’s heart and soul as they brought home the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday.
The women’s swimming and diving team, along with appropriately named junior Megan Waters, is just about unbeatable in the water. Waters recently picked up two individual victories against Columbia to help seal an undefeated season for the Tigers. She has also set a Princeton record in the 50-meter freestyle at 22.83 seconds and claims four All-Ivy honors. Even as a freshman, Waters had already made it to the conference team and competed in the individual championship finals in the 50 free.
Sophomore center devona Allgood of the women's basketball team used to be a first-chair violinist in high school. Though she no longer plays in an orchestra, Allgood is still making sweet music on the basketball court.
With a share of the Ivy League title at stake, the men’s and women’s squash teams traveled north to face league foes Dartmouth and Harvard.
Despite snowstorms and the postponement of the match, the men’s and women’s fencing teams came out strong in a meet last Sunday, with both teams taking first place. The men competed against New Jersey Institute of Technology (1-16) and Stevens Institute of Technology (7-7), while the women competed against NJIT (6-9), Stevens (19-3) and Fairleigh Dickinson (5-9).
Things are looking up for the men’s volleyball team (1-3 overall, 0-0 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association).
While the Northeast was paralyzed by a devastating snowstorm this weekend, the men’s and women’s track and field teams managed to avoid most of its ill effects to register a series of confident performances in nationally attended meets.
