The injury of the most talented individual affects the performance of any team. But when only 10 take the mat in a given dual meet, a season-ending injury seriously hurts a wrestling squad.
The Ivies are off to a great start this basketball season, and most of the teams look like they will be boasting excellent records when they start Ivy play.
As the fencing season starts up, The Daily Princetonian caught up with junior sabrist Michael Wiest to talk about domination, festive rugs and the end of "The Notebook." Q: Where are you from, and what is it like there? A: I'm from Portland, Ore., and it's a wonderful place filled with magic. Q: How did you get into fencing? A: It was an after-school program at my school, and I was just pretty dominant at it, so I kept doing it. Q: If you could be a professional athlete, what sport would you play? A: NBA.
According to Assistant Director of Campus Recreation for Sport Clubs Mitchell Reum, powerlifting is a club sport at Princeton.
A few weeks into the season, Ivy League teams are getting a taste of life outside the Ancient Eight.
Watching Blake Dietrick shoot the ball is fun. In the women’s basketball game against Oregon on Sunday, the junior guard hit every single shot she took in the first half — eight buckets on eight shots, accounting for 21 of the Tigers’ 55 points going into halftime.
The wrestling team picked up a pair of wins on Sunday to sweep the “Grapple at the Garden” tournament in Madison Square Garden.
The women’s hockey team tied No. 8 Quinnipiac just before Thanksgiving break on Tuesday, before losing twice againstthe University of Minnesota on Saturday and Sunday after the holiday. The Tigers (5-6-2 overall, 4-4-1 ECAC) began the weekend playing against the Bobcats (12-2-5, 3-2-4) at home on Tuesday evening.
The men’s hockey team fell 4-1 to Michigan State before 4,744 fans in East Lansing on Friday night, in the first contest of a two-game series against the Big Ten opponent.
After suffering a two-game skid before Thanksgiving, the women’s basketball team saw mixed results this weekend in Oregon.
With 71-66 and 66-53 wins over George Mason and Bucknell, respectively, overThanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team has opened their season with a 5-1 mark for the first time since current head coach Mitch Henderson ’98's team did so duringHenderson’s senior season. The Tigers have now won five in a row over PatriotLeague schools and seven of the last eight, with their last loss coming in Novemberof 2011 at Bucknell (3-4).Senior guard T.J.
The men’s basketball team defeated George Mason 71-66 Tuesday night at Jadwin Gym in a rollercoaster ride of a game. Princeton (4-1) dominated the first half, ending it on an 11-1 run in the last 2:24 to take a 40-23 lead into the locker room.
Men’s basketball: Princeton looking to extend winning streakThe men’s basketball team will try to win its third straight game of the season Tuesday night when it takes on George Mason in Jadwin Gymnasium.
Megan Curham arrived at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last weekend looking for a fight. Refusing to be intimidated by the talent-loaded field, Curham gamely stuck her nose in with the top women in the country — and prevailed. Capping off an outstanding collegiate debut cross country season, Curham drove hard to a 34th place finish and All-America honors.
Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly earned six Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week awards this season and was even named The Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week after the football team’s 51-48 victory over Harvard.
The No. 3 men’s squash team opened up its season this weekend with an away game against No.
With 10 minutes to go against No. 4 Quinnipiac, the men’s hockey team was about to face a long drive home from Hamden, Conn.
The No. 18 men's water polo team reached the finals of the CWPA Championship after wild wins over No.
The men’s basketball team went on several long runs and showed off its three-point shooting ability to defeat Rice 70-56 in Houston on Saturday afternoon. Despite trailing 23-21 more than halfway through the first half, Princeton (3-1) finished the period on a 15-2 run and entered halftime leading 36-25.
Women’s basketball: Hoyas top Tigers with last-second heroics The Tigers fell to Georgetown 66-64 on a Hoya basket with three seconds left, bringing Princeton to 2-2 on the year despite a second-half comeback.
