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From Ivy League champion to Super Bowl champion, John Lovett ’19 is making his mark

From Ivy League champion to Super Bowl champion, John Lovett ’19 is making his mark

Alissa Selover and Tom Salotti

John Lovett ’19, the first ever Princeton football player to win the Bushnell Cup twice, won the Ivy League championship in 2018. After signing with the Kansas City Chiefs last year as an undrafted free agent, he is now a Super Bowl champion.

SPORTS | 02/03/2020

No. 6 women’s hockey remains ranked second in ECAC standings

No. 6 women’s hockey remains ranked second in ECAC standings

Owen Tedford

This past week, the No. 6 women’s hockey team began the final push to the end of their season with three road games in five days against Quinnipiac, Yale, and Brown. Princeton swept all three games winning by a combined 9—4 to maintain its position at second in the ECAC standings.

SPORTS | 02/03/2020

Women’s basketball sweeps Darmouth and Harvard on weekend roadtrip

Women’s basketball sweeps Darmouth and Harvard on weekend roadtrip

Molly Milligan

Women’s basketball beat Dartmouth 63–34 and Harvard 60–46 this past weekend, putting them first in the Ivy League alongside Yale.

SPORTS | 02/02/2020

Strong defensive effort boosts men’s basketball past Dartmouth

Strong defensive effort boosts men’s basketball past Dartmouth

Jack Graham

Men’s basketball toppled Dartmouth 66-44 at Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday night. The Tigers remain undefeated in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/01/2020

No. 25 women's basketball starts Ivy play with road win over Penn

Jack Graham

Double-doubles from Bella Alarie and Taylor Baur helped Princeton women’s basketball beat Penn and earn its ninth straight win.

SPORTS | 01/11/2020

Men's basketball beats Penn 63–58 to sweep the season series

Elan Zohar

The Tigers, who won only one of their first eight games to start the season, have now won five of their last six, including a sweep of Penn to begin league play 2–0.

SPORTS | 01/10/2020

Wrestling routs Rider, places fifth at Midlands

Josephine de La Bruyere

Heading into a new decade, no, 12 Princeton wrestling didn’t pump the brakes. In the past three weeks, Tiger wrestling earned NCAA Team of the Week honors for routing no. 25 Rider University 25—9 and placed fifth, the highest of any Ivy League program, at the grueling 35-team Ken Kraft Midlands Championship.

SPORTS | 01/10/2020

Women's hockey faces off against Dartmouth, Harvard on weekend road trip

Women's hockey faces off against Dartmouth, Harvard on weekend road trip

Owen Tedford

This coming weekend, the No. 7 women’s hockey team (13–4–0, 8–3–0 ECAC) returns to ECAC play when it travel up north to take on two Ivy League opponents, Dartmouth (5–7–3, 2–4–3) and No. 9 Harvard (10–4–0, 9–0–0).

SPORTS | 01/09/2020

Princeton joins B1G Ten to force football game against Rutgers

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Princeton joins B1G Ten to force football game against Rutgers

Christopher Murphy

In a stunning turn of events more shocking than the Dallas Cowboys coaching search, Princeton has agreed in principle to join the B1G Ten Conference, leaving their Ivy League roots behind. The move, set to occur beginning next year, will force Rutgers to play the Tigers every season.

SPORTS | 01/07/2020

Princeton Athletics seeks to boost student attendance by adding study stations in stands

Jack Graham

“At many universities, students have to choose between supporting athletics and excelling in academics,“ the University statement read. “Not at Princeton.”

SPORTS | 01/07/2020

"That's bullshit": IM doping scandal roils campus

"That's bullshit": IM doping scandal roils campus

Tom Salotti and Josephine de La Bruyere

“Did I dope? Yeah. Of course. Horses don’t stop. They keep going.”

SPORTS | 01/07/2020

Women's basketball finishes non-conference play with eight-game winning streak, national ranking

Jack Graham

Princeton women’s basketball has shined on offense and locked down on defense during a successful non-conference schedule.

SPORTS | 01/05/2020

Schwieger's 27 leads men's basketball over Penn to open Ivy play

Ben Burns

A career-best 27 points from Ryan Schwieger helped Princeton men’s basketball take down Penn in the Ivy League opener.

SPORTS | 01/05/2020

Locker Room DJs: What Princeton teams are listening to

Alissa Selover

The Daily Princetonian spoke with members of 10 varsity athletic teams about their music selection during games, warmups, practices, and in the locker room. Whether for a sport played on a field, on a court, on the ice, or in the water, each team follows its own unique traditions and must-play songs.

FEATURES | 12/12/2019

“I just want to wrestle”: meet Demetra Yancopoulos '22

Josephine de La Bruyere

“Honestly,“ said Audrey Pang ’05, “I never thought it would take 15 years for there to be another girl wrestling for Princeton.”

FEATURES | 12/12/2019

Men's basketball loses at the buzzer to Monmouth

Men's basketball loses at the buzzer to Monmouth

Elan Zohar

A buzzer beater three from Monmouth’s Ray Salnave kept Princeton winless at Jadwin in the 2019–20 season.

SPORTS | 12/11/2019

Women's basketball cruises by Hartford

Jack Graham

Senior forward and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year Bella Alarie has missed the entirety of four of Princeton women’s basketball’s first nine games due to injuries. The Tigers have won all of them.

SPORTS | 12/10/2019

European soccer has a conspicuous racism problem

European soccer has a conspicuous racism problem

Matthew Fuller

The illusion of social progress that has often accompanied Europe has steadily been challenged by a number of racist incidents in the arena of European soccer. Though this is not a new phenomenon (and is certainly not confined to Europe), a recent slew of fan abuse toward players of color will hopefully cause soccer institutions to finally get serious.

SPORTS | 12/10/2019

Women's hockey defeated 5–1 by Cornell, overcomes Colgate 7–5

Women's hockey defeated 5–1 by Cornell, overcomes Colgate 7–5

Owen Tedford

On Friday night, Princeton was defeated by No. 4 Cornell (11–1–1, 7–0–1) 5–1 but made a comeback the next day against Colgate, overcoming them in the third period and winning 7–5. The Tigers will play Ohio State next weekend in Las Vegas, NV.

SPORTS | 12/10/2019

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Josephine de La Bruyere

Head wrestling coach Chris Ayres has a vision. But sometimes, dreams fall flat.

SPORTS | 12/09/2019

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