Princeton swimming and diving concluded its regular season schedule this past weekend at Columbia.
Just a month away from postseason competition, the wrestling team (8-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) started off the month of February on a hot streak, as the Tigers took out Ivy opponents Harvard and Brownon Saturday.
This weekend, the Princeton women’s basketball team matched a program best with 21 consecutive wins this season.
Lions and Tigers and Red, oh my! Alas, the Princeton Tigers (10-11 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) received no easy stroll down the yellow brick road but rather two games this weekend in hostile environments, travelling through the state of New York to face Columbia (11-9, 3-3) and Cornell (11-11, 3-3). Princeton came into this weekend climbing to the top of the Ivy League standings, ranked third in the conference and beginning to nip at the heels of Harvard and Yale, the leaders in the Ivy League. In their pursuit of the number one spot in the league, the Tigers’ weekend could not have started out better.
Men’s Tennis It’s always nice to start the season off with some solid wins. The Princeton men’s tennis team had an excellent beginning to the season, defeating both Air Force and the University of Denver teams in its trip out west to Colorado.
With some excellent performances over Intersession, the women’s ice hockey team moves closer to obtaining home-ice advantage for an ECAC (Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) playoff series. The Tigers (11-10-2, 9-6-1 ECAC) opened their post-final exam portion of the season with a 4-2 loss to Boston College (25-0-1). This certainly isn’t that shocking, given that Boston College is the No.
Fresh off of a homestand against two strong opponents, the Princeton men’s basketball team travels through the state of New York to battle Ivy League foes.
If you ever want to see the full range of human emotion, just find the nearest Seattle Seahawks fan and ask them to relive the last minute of the Super Bowl.
Out in Evanston, Ill., both the men’s and women’s fencing teams had solid outings in their matches at the Northwestern Duals. Princeton’s opponents came from a variety of regions across the country.
In an exciting and unprecedented showing, the Princeton women’s swimming and diving team tied with Harvard for first place at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet at Harvard’s Blodgett Pool, drumming up excitement for the highly anticipated Ivy League Championships.
This weekend, the men’s and women’s squash teams had a busy travel weekend, taking on Stanford, Brown and Yale.
While most of the student body was off enjoying a break from the stress of finals and Dean’s Date, the men’s hockey team kept working during Intersession as it travelled along the East Coast for a three-game stint.
The three powerhouses of theIvy League collided in Harvard’s Blodgett Pool this past weekend for the annual Harvard, Yale and Princetonmen’s swimming and diving meet.
It appears that finals period did nothing to slow down the Princeton men’s track and field team. After a two-week layoff, the Tigers had solid performances in both of their meets over Intersession.
While Winter Storm Juno dumped feet upon feet of snow across the Northeast last week, the Princeton men’s volleyball team (2-4) travelled for the second time this month to sunny California to take on three strong opponents. Sixth year head coach Sam Shweisky has challenged his squad from the get-go this season, with all six matches thus far taking place across the country against powerhouses from California, including five consecutive matches against top-15 nationally-ranked teams.
You certainly can’t say Princeton men’s basketball team didn’t have its fair share of excitement this weekend. The Tigers (9-10 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) completed their first full weekend of league play, falling to Harvard on Friday and taking down Dartmouth on Saturday.
A three-week hiatus after final exams did nothing to stop the momentum of thePrinceton women’s basketball teamas it cruised through games against Harvard and Dartmouth to remain undefeated.
Former Princeton men’s squash coach Bob Callahan diedon Tuesday. He was 59. Callahan passed awaythis Tuesdayafter a long battle with brain cancer.
Major League Lacrosse will gain some offensive firepower next season, following the selections of Princeton senior captain and midfielder Kip Orban and senior attackman Mike MacDonald in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft last Friday.
Senior guard Blake Dietrick scored a game-high 25 points and her 1,000thcareer pointon Saturdayas the Tigers upset defending Ivy League champion Penn in the opening game of Ivy League play.
