Another exciting year of Ivy League basketball has begun. Although it is too early to make any calls or predictions, many teams have already settled into the season, creating the tone for future games.
Just a year ago, the men of the Princeton water polo team found themselves heartbroken after a grueling loss to Brown to end the season, in the game that decided who would represent the CWPA in the NCAA Tournament.
The Princeton football team, after a rollercoaster trip through Ivy League play this season, had their final game of 2015 this past Saturday, in which they lost 10-17 to the Dartmouth Big Green in Hanover, N.H.The Tigers, (5-5 overall, 2-5 Ivy League) entered Saturday afternoon hoping to play the role of spoilers, knowing that Dartmouth (9-1, 6-1) had been one of the league’s strongest teams so far, and was currently gunning for a guaranteed share of the Ivy League title.
In its second tournament of the season and final tournament before heading to New York City this weekend, the wrestling team took home major hardware en route to its team victory at the Navy Classic on Saturday.
On Friday, the women’s volleyball team fell to Harvard 3-1 in the playoff match for the NCAA automatic bid.
On Fridaynight, women’s soccer (14-4-1 overall, 6-0-1 Ivy League) suffered an unfortunate elimination in the second round of the NCAA tournament, losing to USC (16-6-1, 9-2-0 Pacific-12) by a scoreline of 3-0.
The men’s basketball team (2-0) returned to their old stomping ground in Dillon Gymnasium as the team played its first game there since Jan.
After a heartbreaking loss to Yale, the Tigers, now 2-4 in the Ivy League (5-4 overall) will look to close out their season on a winning note when they take on Dartmouth this coming Saturday.Princeton and Yale were neck and neck throughout their contest, with the Tigers even holding a 28-24 lead at the end of the third quarter.
On Nov. 20, the women’s volleyball team (15-8 overall, 10-4 Ivy League) will travel to Boston to play a deciding match against rival Harvard (14-10, 10-4). The outcome will determine qualifications for the NCAA tournament between the two Ivy conference champions.After winning two back-to-back games last week against Cornell and Columbia, Princeton has become the first team to win the Ivy League conference after opening the season with a three-game losing streak.
It’s an event unseen in multiple decades — the men’s basketball team will play its home opener not within the usual confines of Jadwin Gymnasium, but rather in the more centrally located Dillon Gymnasium.
Coming off of an electrifying victory in front of a raucous Princeton crowd, the women’s soccer team looks to continue its success on the road, as it travels to Charlottesville, Va., to take on the University of Southern California Trojans at 4 p.m.
The women’s cross country team raced to third place with a score of 80 points last Friday at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, securing it a bid to the NCAA National Championships this Saturday.
With a total of 102 points, the men’s cross country team finished fourth in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional held in Princeton last Friday for the second consecutive time.
The Princeton swimming and diving teams made a splash this weekend at the Penn State Invitational at University Park, squaring off against Pennsylvania State University and the University of Connecticut. The men’s team finished second at 1,156.5 points, just behind host Penn State at 1,189.5 points and ahead of third-place Connecticut at 681 points.
Women’s HockeyThe Princeton women’s ice hockey team (5-2-1 overall, 3-2-1 ECAC) competed in two close games this past weekend against Quinnipiac University (7-1-3, 3-1-2 ECAC) but was unsuccessful in clutching a win.
Saturdayafternoon, the men’s soccer team finished out the season as the senior class led the team to a dominant 3-0 victory over Yale.
After the first weekend of the season, the women’s basketball team continues its streak of success in regular season play,opening 2015-2016 with wins over American University and Duquesne University.The Tigers (2-0 overall) came into Friday night ready to repeat last year’s success over the Eagles, whom they defeated 63-56 in the previous year.
This past Friday, the men’s basketball team opened the season with a game against neighboring Rider University.
The 2015 season came to a close for the field hockey team this past weekend in the NCAA Tournament, as they took down the Maryland Terrapins this past Saturday and fell to the Syracuse Orange the following day.Traveling to Syracuse, N.Y., to kick off their postseason, No.
The Princeton Tigers fought until the final drive before falling just short against Yale (6-3 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) by a score of 35-28.The Tigers (5-4, 2-4) struck first, with junior quarterback Chad Kanoff capping off a nine-play, 82-yard drive with a seven-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Trevor Osborne.
