Davidson shines as Princeton football beats Butler to open season
Jack GrahamSenior quarterback Kevin Davidson completed 18 of 21 passes for 341 yards, and Princeton football trounced Butler 49–7 to open the 2019 season.
Senior quarterback Kevin Davidson completed 18 of 21 passes for 341 yards, and Princeton football trounced Butler 49–7 to open the 2019 season.
Head Sports Editor Jack Graham explores the offensive options for Princeton football in the coming season as it adjusts to a new offensive coach and loses two-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year John Lovett ’19 and his two favorite targets, receivers Jesper Horsted ’19 and Stephen Carlson ’19.
This Saturday, Princeton football (0–0) will have its home opener against Butler (1–2) as the second leg of a home-and-home between the 2018 and 2019 seasons. In last season’s matchup in Indiana, the Tigers dominated from the beginning, leading 17–0 at the end of the first quarter and 44–7 at the half.
Margaret Bertasi ’14 doesn’t want to hear about her size. The five-foot-nine, first team All-Ivy League honoree helped Princeton women’s open weight rowing to 2013 and 2014 Ivy League titles. She’s represented the United States as a member of five separate national teams. She just returned from Linz-Ottensheim, Austria a world champion.
This week, Princeton field hockey sits at sixth in the Penn Monto/NFHCA National Coaches Poll. The ranking comes as the Tigers prepare for the final games of their non-conference schedule.
Associate Sports Editor Alissa Selover explores U. volleyball athletes on the U.S. national team.
Princeton women’s soccer struggled on the road against Maryland, ultimately falling by three goals
Women’s volleyball took two out of three games last weekend at the Maryland Invitational.
The first weekend of the academic year was a busy one for Princeton fall sports.
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.