In 1994, Princeton field hockey began a run of dominance against its Ancient Eight opponents. During these past twenty years, only Dartmouth has topped the Tigers in more than one contest.
With thermometers dropping and daylight fading, winter is in the air and with it the return of men’s hockey to Baker Rink.
This weekend will mark the end of field hockey’s regular season, the first campaign since 2004 during which the Orange and Black has amassed a losing record.
This Friday and Saturday, women's ice hockey (3-1 overall, 2-0 ECAC)) will face Rochester Institute of Technology (5-3-2, 0-1-1 College Hockey America) in a double header.
The women’s soccer team’s final game of the season this Saturday promises to be an exciting one, filled with numerous opportunities and milestones: the potential to finish in a tie for first place in the Ivy League; the final game for a legendary and record-setting head coach; the chance for a sophomore to break the single-season record for goals scored and for Tiger players to lock down the Ivy League titles for most points, goals and assists; and the team’s honoring of nine seniors.
After taking down American University (10-4-3 overall, 4-2-2 Patriot League) 2-0 on the road on Wednesday afternoon in its final non-conference game of the regular season, the men’s soccer team (9-3-3 overall, 3-1-1 Ivy) moves into its penultimate match of the regular season on Saturday evening, and the stakes cannot be higher. With just two Ivy League matches remaining for each team in the conference, the Tigers stand atop the conference standings, tied with Dartmouth with a total of 10 points.
It so happens that the Ancient Eight’s traditional Big Three have separated themselves as the league’s top contenders.
Last week, the University of North Carolina was forced to apologize for the egregious measures it took to boost the grades of its student-athletes.
With the fall season having recently concluded, freshmen Tenley Shield and Caroline Araskog, the two newest members of the women’s golf team, sat down to talk with The Daily Princetonian about recent successes on the course, the team dynamic and whether or not to bring Eli Manning to a deserted island. Daily Princetonian: To start off, where are you from and what’s the best part about being from there? Tenley Shield: I’m from the Detroit area.
After being embarrassed on their home field last weekend in the homecoming matchup against Harvard, it was unclear how the Tigers would respond with more than half of their Ivy season left to play.
During a trio of fall break contests, field hockey (6-10 overall, 5-1 Ivy League) did all it could to remain in the Ivy League Championship hunt.
The women’s soccer team split two close Ivy League games this past week, falling to Harvard at home but rallying to beat Cornell on the road.
When Ivy League play consists of only seven games, winning the conference title requires clutch performance each Saturday between October and November.
In a week characterized by performance under pressure during midterms, the men’s soccer team (6-3-3, 1-1-1 Ivy) will close its work week on Saturday evening when it hosts Harvard (8-3-1, 2-0-1 Ivy) in what could arguably be the most critical match of the team’s season. Coming off a less than thrilling draw on the road last weekend against Columbia, the Tigers now face the only undefeated Ivy team in conference play.
Princeton, N.J. is far from Dillon, Texas, and tigers are not quite panthers, but Princeton women’s volleyball (9-8, 4-3 Ivy) will nonetheless host Ivy League rival Penn (6-12, 3-4) under the Friday night Dillon lights on Oct.
After two consecutive years of dramatic finishes and Roman Wilson ’14 touchdown catches, last year’s Ivy co-champions will go head-to-head this weekend, with the winner remaining in control of his own fate in pursuit of this year’s title.
Eight sides turn their attention to the midpoint of their conference schedules. Six of these teams are within a single win of the Ivy League lead.
Men’s rugby (4-2 Ivy League) welcomed a rival Harvard side (1-4) on Saturday, aiming to improve on its Ivy League standings as it headed into the game in fourth place behind undefeated Dartmouth, Columbia and next week’s opponents: Brown.
This past weekend, the Princeton women’s golf team hosted the Princeton Invitational, the lone event at the team's home course, Springdale Golf Club.
