With two of three doubles matches won, senior Ted Mabrey secured the third win, and the doubles point, with an overhead smash.
The women's track and field squad continued its theme of distance excellence at the ECAC championships in Boston, rewriting the Tiger history books by setting a school record in the distance medley relay and qualifying as the No.
After 27 games full of impressive wins, heartbreaking losses and tremendous individual performances, the women's basketball team (12-15 overall, 6-7 Ivy League) will try to end the season on a high note when it hosts Penn (12-14, 7-6) tonight at 9 p.m.Coming off a weekend in which they split away games at Brown and Yale, the Tigers will be looking to finish .500 in the Ivy League for the second year in a row.
While the success of the Princeton men's (10-2 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) and women's (11-0, 9-0) squash teams ? both of whom claimed Ivy League Championships this year ? has been a collective effort, the Tigers had a chance to display their individual talents this weekend at the College Squash Association's Individual Championships in Philadelphia.The arena may have been different, but the success remained.
The last time the men's basketball team faced Penn at Jadwin Gym, senior forward Justin Conway's buzzer-beating layup in overtime gave the Tigers a 60-59 victory and a second-place finish in the Ivy League.This year, a win would be an even more dramatic upset ? because the Tigers have already clinched last place in the league.When Princeton (11-16 overall, 2-11 Ivy League) tips off against the Quakers (21-8, 12-1) tonight at 7 p.m., the Tigers will be looking to repeat last year's magical upset.
It may be a baseball cliche to say that a pitcher's best friend is his catcher. But apparently, this adage remains true even when the catcher isn't playing behind the plate.
Prince sports reporters will be blogging live from Jadwin Gym when the Tigers take on the Penn Quakers, tipping off at 7 p.m.
The softball team took a few games to shake off the rust at its season opener at the University of North Carolina Tar Heel Invitational, dropping its first two games before winning the final two.Princeton (2-2 overall) found itself at a disadvantage to open the tournament, as its first two opponents, Liberty (5-3) and Marshall (9-7), had already played some games before the weekend, while the Tigers had yet to even venture outside.
After fending off a relentless onslaught of top-tier opponents to open the season, including No. 12 Hartwick, No.
BALTIMORE, MD. ? With time expiring in the first overtime period of Saturday's matchup against Johns Hopkins, the men's lacrosse team dodged a major bullet.
Much of what has been said about this year's men's lacrosse team has been about its new fast-paced offense.
BALTIMORE, MD. > Great competitors have a killer instinct. Time and again No. 10 Johns Hopkins (2-1) tried to slam the door on No.
The women's basketball team has had one enemy this season even more haunting than Ivy League-champion Harvard ? turnovers.The squad's persistent foe reared its head again during the Tigers' most recent road trip, as Princeton (12-15 overall, 6-7 Ivy League) lost the turnover battle against both Brown (5-22, 3-10) and Yale (12-16, 5-9), splitting the weekend and slipping to fifth place in the Ivy League standings.The Tigers triumphed over Brown in Providence, R.I., Friday, but the team's 19 turnovers made the game closer than Princeton would have liked.
When the Warriors arrived at Dillon Gym, they frightened the fans.No. 2 in the Tait Division of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), the East Stroudsburg Warriors were sharp coming off the bus and led the men's volleyball team by as many as five points midway into the first game.After two Princeton runs late in the opening game, however, it was all Tigers for the rest of the match, as the home team came back to win the first game and sweep the match, 3-0, Saturday afternoon.The Tigers (5-5 overall, 3-2 EIVA,) were stiff coming onto the court, having only held one official practice all week.
After losing its games against Brown and Yale this weekend, the men's basketball team has lost seven of its last eight games and has clinched a last-place finish in the Ivy League.
The wrestling team's season ended with another dose of discouragement Saturday, swept out of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships in East Stroudsburg, Pa.Princeton failed to advance to the second day of competition after all nine members of the team lost their first-round matches.
Redemption. After seven years without a playoff series victory and 17 postseason games without a win, it took the Tigers just one weekend and three games to exorcize their demons.A 4-3 victory on Sunday night capped a thrilling weekend for Princeton (15-14-3 overall, 10-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) as they defeated Brown (11-15-6, 6-12-4) to advance to the quarterfinals of the ECACHL playoffs.
This year's men's lacrosse team, like so many in the past, is renowned for its strong defense. Head coach Bill Tierney, considered one of the best coaches around, is known as a defensive specialist.
