With one eye on the Regionals next weekend, the men's and women's fencing teams spent the weekend in a lower pressure environment in nearby Lawrenceville, N.J., competing against 11 schools at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships at the Lawrenceville School.The IFA meet is run by the Eastern College Athletic Conference and brings teams together from all over the Northeast.
Until March Madness starts in earnest, this time of year is truly the Black Hole in the sports calendar.
Every time a Princeton athlete suits up and steps out onto the field, court, mat or rink, a moment of Ivy League history is created.
At the collegiate level, diving has long been in swimming's shadow. Perhaps confused by many as one of the myriad individual events at a competitive swim meet, diving rarely receives the same spotlight as its brother sport attracts.This past weekend, however, the divers stepped out from underneath swimming's shadow and competed alone.
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.