The basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss at Wagner on Wednesday, falling 48-42 in overtime. The Seahawks’ comeback was the second time in two seasons that Wagner (2-3) managed to surprise the Tigers (2-4).
The most recent Princeton graduate to play at the professional level was Jon Dekker ’06, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007, but this year's defense has three prospective NFL candidates in senior lineman and co-captain Mike Catapano, senior linebacker Andrew Starks and senior defensive lineman Caraun Reid.
Over the past several years, the women’s basketball team has created a culture of success in which winning the Ivy League title is no longer the end goal. The Tigers have aspirations of making a serious postseason run and earning their first NCAA tournament victory, and the only way to prepare for that is to play top competition.
A freshman from Kolkata, India, Vivek Dinodia has consistently been one of the top junior squash players in his country. He brings experience to an established Princeton squad, which starts the season ranked first in the nation. The 'Prince' sat down with Dinodia to talk about magic, scary seniors and rowdy squash crowds.
It may still be November, but some ECAC women’s hockey teams are already nearing the midpoint of their grueling 22-game conference seasons. Who’s on top and who’s in danger of missing the eight-team playoffs? We break it down here.
Princeton’s athletic rivalry with Harvard continues to heat up this year, as both the Tigers’ and the Crimson’s women’s swimming classes of 2016 come into the season tied at No. 16 in the collegeswimming.com national rankings. Princeton’s nine newcomers are all ranked in the Top 250 in the nation, and three are in the Top 100.
Energized by junior forward Andrew Ammon’s career-high four-goal night and the immense resolve of his teammates, the men’s hockey team (3-4-1 overall, 2-1-1 ECAC) fought back from a two-goal second period deficit to claim a 4-3 victory over Sacred Heart (0-10-2) in Connecticut on Friday night. But Princeton could not secure a victory against UMass Lowell on Saturday night.
The wrestling team struggled against a stacked field at the Journeyman/ASICS Northeast Duals on Saturday in Troy, N.Y., as Princeton lost its three matches of the day. In their first head-to-head team competition of the year, the Tigers fell to No. 5 Illinois, Bloomsburg and No. 23 Purdue.
The women’s hockey team was searching for a breakthrough victory as it headed into a back-to-back series with No. 8 Ohio State (11-5). Princeton (4-6-2) was coming off a tough 1-2 overtime loss to No. 3 Clarkson and had not fared well against ranked opponents, having been shut out 4-0 by then No. 2 Cornell and losing 9-1 to then No. 9 Harvard. The Tigers dropped the first match last Friday to the Buckeyes 4-2 despite holding a 2-0 lead at the start of the third period but came back on Saturday to win 2-1.
This year’s men’s and women’s fencing teams have a lot to live up to, with last year’s teams winning Ivy League championships and finishing second at the NCAA National Championships. But with most of its strongest members returning, Princeton is very deep this year and poised to repeat last year’s success.
When the field hockey team hoisted the NCAA championship trophy at Old Dominion last week, it was the culmination not only of a storybook season but also of years of close calls and missed opportunities.
One week after earning the first national title in Ivy League history, members of the field hockey team shared their reflections on the final game and the aftermath of an NCAA championship.
The women’s basketball team traveled to sunny Southern California for Thanksgiving weekend to take on UC-Riverside and No. 19 UCLA. The Tigers prevailed against Riverside 72-68 on Friday night but fell to the Bruins 65-52 on Sunday after holding a lead at the end of the first half.
The last time the men’s basketball team played at Syracuse, the iPhone and MacBook were figments of the imagination. But after an eight-year absence, Princeton (1-2) will return to the Carrier Dome tonight to take on the Orange (2-0), who are currently ranked No. 6 in the nation.Follow @PrinceSports on Twitter for live updates from Syracuse.
The 2012-13 wrestling team has entered its season with new faces and new fight.Two-time NCAA Championship winner Joe Dubuque has joined the coaching staff as assistant coach. His experience inspires the wrestlers to perform at a higher level, players said.
For the men’s hockey team (2-3-1 overall, 2-1-1 ECAC) this season, the key phrase is team-wide precision. On Friday night against head coach Bob Prier’s alma mater, the Tigers held themselves to that standard as they tied then No. 16 St. Lawrence. Though Princeton fell to a 2-0 deficit midway through the first period, senior defenseman Michael Sdao reminded the crowd in Canton, N.Y., why the Tigers possess the fourth-ranked power-play unit in Division I men’s hockey to date.
The men’s basketball team could not handle No. 6 Syracuse’s defensive pressure and offensive prowess at the Carrier Dome on Wednesday night. In a Thanksgiving-eve meeting of the two tallest teams in the nation, the Orange never trailed while cruising to a 73-53 victory. The Tigers (2-3 overall) recovered to beat Lafayette 72-53 on Saturday afternoon.
The scoring mishaps that plagued the women’s basketball team at Marist last weekend eroded on Tuesday night, as the Tigers opened their first home game with a high-flying 88-42 win over Rider.
Already one-third of the way through its regular season, the women’s hockey team has had an up-and-down start to the year. Princeton (3-5-2 overall, 1-5-2 ECAC), after a win and a tie the previous weekend, dropped two conference games. Friday night, Princeton hosted ECAC rival St. Lawrence (7-6-1, 5-1) and lost 2-6. The following afternoon, No. 3 Clarkson (12-2, 6-0) skated to a 2-1 overtime victory to remain unbeaten in conference play.
The women’s basketball team headed to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., over the weekend to take on Marist in a Saturday night showdown. The Tigers (1-1 overall) fell to the Red Foxes (2-1) 56-45 in an exciting, come-from-behind matchup featuring two teams that reached the 2012 NCAA tournament.
