Women's basketball sweeps Brown and Yale to keep pace in Ivy League race
Daily Princetonian StaffThe women’s basketball team comfortably won a pair of Ivy League matchups to keep pace with Penn and Harvard in the standings.
The women’s basketball team comfortably won a pair of Ivy League matchups to keep pace with Penn and Harvard in the standings.
Senior winger Andrew Ammon continues to impress, but shorthanded goals by Yale sink the visiting Tigers. As the season moves tantalizingly close to the ECAC playoffs, men’s hockey (5-20 overall, 4-14 ECAC) continues to display flashes of brilliance.
Senior guard and captain T.J. Bray got the ball with 4.4 seconds left near midcourt and made one final drive to the basket to try and lift the Tigers over the Bulldogs.
For the second consecutive weekend, Coach Chris Ayres’ grapplers continued to streak in regular season competition, as they once again went three for three in dual matches.
Coming off a rough homestand, the Tigers head out for what looks to be their toughest weekend of the season.
The wrestling team will look to continue its strong performance and build upon its three-match win streak this weekend, as the Tigers (8-2 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) take on Columbia at homeon Fridaynight and square off Sunday against Sacred Heart on the road.
Women’s basketball will host Yale and Brown on Friday and Saturday nights at Jadwin Gymnasium.
A pair of home losses for the Tigers last weekend included a close battle with No. 14 Clarkson. This Friday, Princeton men’s hockey (4-19 overall, 3-13 ECAC) will begin a New England series against Ivy rivals Brown (9-11-3, 6-9-1) and No.
Colleen Smith is a senior on women’s lacrosse. The Illinois native started and played in 16 games last season, and her 21 ground balls ranked second on the squad.
Student-athletes were allowed to receive the second dose of the meningitis vaccine in January, before the rest of the student body, following reports from members of the swimming and diving team that they had been unable to perform at their peak after receiving the first dose. The vaccine was made available even to athletes who were not going to be in season, although not all of them chose to participate. “No teams were left out.
After three weekends of league play, the women’s side of the Ancient Eight remains highly competitive at the top of the table.
Just over a year ago, senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid made a bold decision: He would withdraw from his spring semester at Princeton, put his aspirations of playing in the NFL on hold and return in the fall for a redshirted fifth season.
Tennis: Men maintain undefeated record, women fall in ECAC semifinal Friday saw the 69th-ranked women's team push past Dartmouth 4-2 to earn a spot in the ECAC semifinal the following day against Columbia.
Both the men's and women’s squash team closed out their Ivy League season against Columbia and Cornell this past weekend.
The women’s basketball team earned two important road victories this weekend,defeating Columbia 70-41 in New York City on Friday night before beating Cornell 71-56 in Ithaca the following evening.
Charging into the final lap of the third heat of the mile race at the Boston University Valentine Invitational Saturday, senior Michael Williams was in excellent positioning.
The No. 1 women’s fencing team made a statement this weekend, winning its fifth-straight Ivy League title by a wide margin.
Men’s hockey falls to St. Lawrence, plays close in loss to No. 14 Clarkson Playing in one of his final games at Baker Rink, senior winger Andrew Ammon notched a pair of goals in an impressive performance against No.
It was only last year that Chris Ayres’ wrestlers lost three of their four February matches in Dillon Gym on the way to a two-win season.
The men’s basketball team suffered another crushing defeat Friday night against Columbia before rebounding to smother Cornell Saturday in the first pair of conference matchups at home.