On Princeton’s court, Alarie inevitably finds herself at the center of plays and of attention. Her summer provided her with an entirely new on-court experience.
An update on four Princeton Athletics alumni making their marks in the world of professional sports.
Princeton men’s soccer (1–1 overall) made their home debut on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium in Princeton last night, Sept. 11, against Rider (1–2 overall). Rider fought well in the second half, holding the Tigers down to only two goals on the board, but the Tigers continued to hang on and finish the game with their first victory of the season.
With the 2018-2019 athletic seasons nearly in the books, here are our picks for the most outstanding player and team performances of the year.
On Thursday, May 30, the University announced that Tufts women’s 2019 basketball head coach Carla Berube will take over the same position for the Tigers. The move comes nearly a month after Courtney Banghart agreed to fill the head coaching vacancy at North Carolina.
Princeton women’s lacrosse fell to Boston College 17–12 in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals.
Associate head wrestling coach Joe Dubuque was a two-time national champion. He earned All-American status on a torn ACL and has helped oversee Princeton wrestling’s meteoric rise. His motto? All in.
Women’s lacrosse defeated Loyola Maryland 17–13 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The win advances the Tigers to the quarterfinals where they will face Boston College for the second year in a row.
The Tigers scored 14 first half goals and rolled by Wagner in their first round NCAA tournament game, winning 19–7 at home.
Seven individual first-place finishes, 13 All-Ivy League honorees, and a host of other medal performances secured defending champion men’s track and field the 2019 Ivy League Heptagonal Championship. The win, by a whopping 59 points, represented the program’s ninth triple crown and head coach Fred Samara’s 46th Ivy League title.
A solid showing at the Ivy League Heptagonal championships last weekend earned women’s track and field a fourth-place finish, one step up from its indoor fifth-place performance.
Princeton women’s tennis earned their first NCAA tournament win since 2014 against Northwestern but fell to Washington in the second round.
For the third consecutive year, Princeton women’s lacrosse (14–3, 6–1 Ivy) finished the season as the Ivy League tournament champions.
Men’s volleyball was defeated by No. 3 Pepperdine in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, ending the team’s historic season.
Check out a recap of this weekend’s wins and losses.
Softball (14–24 overall, 10–8 Ivy) will close out the season this weekend with a three-game series at Dartmouth (10–26, 7–11). The Tigers will be looking to rebound after a series loss to Cornell (10–32, 5–13) last weekend, in which they took the first game 10–5 and lost both of the next two by a score of 4–3.
As the outdoor season comes to a close, men’s and women’s track and field are both gearing up to host the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Heps) this weekend. With titles in cross country and indoor track and field already under their belt, the men will strive for their second triple crown in two years. And with the women’s title all but guaranteed to go to powerhouse Penn, the Tigers will aim for for a second-place finish.
Instead of ruining the NBA, the Warriors have made the playoffs more exciting. The more superstars in a series, the more interesting stories there are.
Princeton baseball (13–23, 8–10 Ivy) won its last home series of the season last weekend, taking two out of three games against Brown (11–25, 8–10 Ivy) for their second consecutive series victory.
Men’s lightweight crew claimed its first home Harvard-Yale-Princeton title since 1998. “Anybody in the race or watching will be taking about this one for the next 100 years," said head coach Marty Crotty.
