Here’s what went down in Princeton athletics over the weekend.
In an old school style win, Princeton football (4-0, 1-0 Ivy) bested non-conference foe Lafayette (0-6) with a combination of suffocating defense and bruising running in a 28-3 win Friday night.
Tonight, No. 19 Princeton football will host Lafayette where the Leopards will look to bounce back from a tough loss at home to Penn. The Tigers will look to continue their early—season dominance and continue dominating its nonconference schedule.
From the Prince archives, an original articles from when the football team secured the Ivy League championship with 59–23 victory over Yale in 2013.
First-years Spencer Fleurant and Daniel Diaz Bonilla combined to score all of Princeton’s three goals in a shutout win over Delaware
The first weekend of the Northeast Water Polo Conference was a whirlwind for the No. 18 Princeton men’s water polo team (8–9, 2–1 NWPC): a loss against Harvard, a win against Brown, and finally a win against MIT after an exciting overtime.
The Tigers are back in action this Saturday when they will welcome Columbia to Bedford Field.
Princeton men’s cross country’s first-year and varsity starters participated in their season opener on Saturday, tearing up the eight-kilometer course at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University. In a race of over 600 competitors, all 15 of Princeton’s runners ranked in the top 50; the Tigers put seven in the top 10. Only 43 seconds separated the Tigers’ first and 15th finisher.
Princeton women’s soccer beat Dartmouth in overtime, as Natalie Grossi set the Ivy League record for career shutouts.
Princeton women’s volleyball split their weekend against Columbia and Cornell. The Tigers defeated Columbia 3–1 on Friday but took a tough 3–1 loss from Cornell on Saturday. The Tigers are now ranked third in Ivy League rankings.
Men’s soccer was defeated by Dartmouth 1–0 in their first Ivy League game of the season after a 72nd minute goal.
An overview of the fall sports action from the weekend of October 4–6.
Defensive line dominance, Dylan Classi’s catch of the year contender, and Princeton’s uncharacteristically slow start.
Princeton’s defense held Columbia to ten points and 232 total yards, and the Tigers bounced back from a halftime deficit to win their Ivy opener.
Princeton football’s 45–10 win over Columbia on a Friday night in New York City to open Ivy League play last season was the first indication that the team would be something special. The 2018 team dominated in two non-conference games to open the season, but it’s difficult to know how well a team will hold up until it has been tested in conference play. A commanding win over a solid Ivy League opponent sent a message to the rest of the league that Princeton was the team to beat.
Men’s soccer (5–2, 0–0 Ivy League) defeated Saint Joseph’s University (4–6) on Tuesday 6–3, their last game before the Ivy League season starts.
From The Prince archives, an article originally published in 1964 after Princeton football beat Cornell to complete an undefeated season.
Princeton field hockey responded to a three-game losing streak with consecutive wins against Dartmouth and Delaware.
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Princeton women’s volleyball began Ivy League play with a 3–0 sweep over Penn on Friday. The Tigers will look to keep their perfect record in Ivy League play against the Lions on Friday and Big Red on Saturday.
