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Tigers sweep Ivy League, face Penn in Ivy League Tournament

Owen Tedford

With time winding down and the game tied at 69 each, Princeton needed someone to step up and score the decisive basket. Enter junior guard Amir Bell. Bell’s drive to the basket and floater with 1.1 seconds left put everyone in Jadwin Gymnasium on the edge of their seat. When the ball came through the hoop, the arena erupted.

SPORTS | 03/05/2017

Tigers sweep Ivy League with perfect 14-0 record

Tigers sweep Ivy League with perfect 14-0 record

David Xin

The 2016-17 men’s basketball team has joined an elite group with their perfect 14-0 Ivy League record.

SPORTS | 03/04/2017

Bell’s last-second shot lifts Princeton over Harvard

David Liu

In the most important game of the season, the Princeton Tigers showed last night why they are the best team in the Ivy League.

NEWS | 03/04/2017

Men's and women's track and field take first and fourth in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

Men's and women's track and field take first and fourth in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

Viraj Deokar

The men and women’s track and field teams concluded their seasons at the Indoor Track and Field Heptagonal Championships held at the Armory Track in New York City on Feb. 25 and 26. Saying that the meet was exciting would be an understatement. Many Princeton alumni came to cheer on the teams alongside families and friends of the competitors.

SPORTS | 03/03/2017

Men's wrestling poised for upcoming EIWA and NCAA championships

Men's wrestling poised for upcoming EIWA and NCAA championships

Michael Gao

It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the Princeton wrestling team. Competing in an Ivy League dominated for decades by Cornell, as well as competing within the fiercely competitive EIWA, the Tigers have often struggled to find their place in a sport traditionally dominated by large, storied Midwestern programs. Head coach Chris Ayres, however, has turned Princeton from an insignificant contender in college wrestling to a consistent placer in the NCAA national championships, one of the most dangerous squads in the EIWA.

SPORTS | 03/02/2017

Seniors say farewell to Jadwin in final weekend homestand

Chris Murphy

For four years, women's basketball seniors Taylor Brown, Vanessa Smith, and Jackie Reyneke have made Jadwin Gymnasium their home. On Saturday, they walked off the court for their final time at Jadwin, capping a wild and record-setting four years for the Class of 2017.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

How good is good: Comparing the Princeton men’s basketball team to its NCAA competition

David Liu

With two games remaining in the regular season, there is little more the Princeton men’s basketball team could be doing.

SPORTS | 03/01/2017

Women's hockey advances to ECAC semifinals after defeating Quinnipiac in quarterfinal series

Grace Baylis

After falling in the first game in a three-test series against Quinnipiac, the women’s ice hockey team came back to win the next two games of the weekend. They are now heading to the ECAC semi-finals next weekend.

SPORTS | 02/28/2017

Men’s hockey secures home ice for the first round of playoffs

Jack Graham

At the beginning of its season, the Princeton Men’s Ice Hockey team set out with the goal of earning home ice for the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

NEWS | 02/28/2017

Tigers end season with 4th place finish at Heps

Tigers end season with 4th place finish at Heps

Claire Coughlin

This past weekend was certainly an important one for the Princeton track program. On Friday, the top runners on both the men's and women’s teams traveled by bus to New York City to compete in the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships at the Armory Track and Field Center.

NEWS | 02/27/2017

Men's volleyball split weekend, Tigers claim second spot in EIVA

David Xin

The men’s volleyball team split the weekend, winning their game against Harvard but falling to Sacred Heart.

SPORTS | 02/26/2017

Women's squash takes fourth at Howe Cup Championship

Miranda Hasty

The women’s squash team (12-5, 5-2 Ivy League) competed in the CSA Howe Cup national team championships this past weekend, Feb. 24-26, at the Jadwin squash courts, picking up an early victory against fifth-ranked Yale (12-6, 4-3) on Friday but facing disappointing defeats the two following days against top-ranked Harvard (15-0, 7-0) and third-ranked Trinity (15-3) to take fourth place.

SPORTS | 02/26/2017

Tigers extend winning streak to 15 with wins over Cornell and Columbia

Owen Tedford

The men’s basketball team came into this weekend looking to continue its undefeated season in the Ivy League and to extend its unbeaten streak to 15 games.

SPORTS | 02/26/2017

Women's track and field priming for Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

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Women's track and field priming for Ivy League Heptagonal Championships

Michael Gao

A month ago, in a dominating performance at Harvard-Yale-Princeton, the Princeton women’s track and field team proved its mettle, earning 73 points and easily beating out rivals Harvard and Yale, each by an impressive 25 points. The Tigers hope to replicate their performance this weekend as they compete in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

SPORTS | 02/23/2017

Men's lacrosse set to battle Hofstra after exciting season start

Owen Tedford

After opening the season with two wins against New Jersey Institute of Technology (0-2) and Marist (2-1), the men’s lacrosse team will look to continue its strong start when Hofstra (1-0) comes to town on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game at Sherrerd Field at the Class of 1952 Stadium. Princeton’s (2-0) strong start has gotten them recognition from the USILA/Nike Coaches Poll where Princeton received votes for it to be ranked in the top 20 teams in the country for the first time this season.

SPORTS | 02/23/2017

Women's hockey honors seniors with weekend sweep and ECAC playoff qualification

Grace Baylis

The women’s hockey team came out victorious on their senior day last weekend, beating both Union (4-1) and Rensselaer (4-2) to take the final playoff spot and head to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament.

SPORTS | 02/21/2017

Men's basketball crushes Yale and Brown to increase Ivy League streak to 10-0

Miles Hinson

This men’s basketball team is on a mission. Putting their 11-game winning streak to the test this weekend, the Princeton Tigers (17-6 overall, 10-0 Ivy League) remained perfect in their most critical portion of the season.

SPORTS | 02/21/2017

Men's hockey loses winning streak

Jack Graham

Following a six-game stretch in which it did not suffer a single defeat, the Princeton Men’s Ice Hockey team endured a setback this weekend with consecutive losses to RPI and No. 7 Union College.

NEWS | 02/20/2017

Tigers sweep road trip, win streak increases to 7

Chris Murphy

As basketball season inches closer to its conclusion, the Tigers continue to find ways to win and now have an inside track at the Ivy League regular season title and the number one seed in the league’s inaugural postseason tournament.

NEWS | 02/20/2017

Tigers look to Heps after strong weekend showing

Claire Coughlin

This past weekend was a big one for the Princeton Track program, with two major meets occurring on both Saturday and Sunday.

SPORTS | 02/19/2017

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