The women's volleyball team beat Columbia and Cornell by 3-1 scores this weekend, improving to 5-0 in Ivy League play heading into next weekend's match at Yale, which is also unbeaten.
The men’s water polo team (9-8 overall, 3-1 CWPA Southern) returned to DeNunzio Pool on Saturday to pick up a 10-7 win against Bucknell, ending a road trip that spanned 11 games in three states and Washington D.C.
When sophomore striker Allison Evans found herself alone with the ball behind the opposing defense five minutes into the second half, the field hockey team was in a scoreless tie with American University. After Eagles goalkeeper Ashley Dalisera saved a shot from freshman midfielder Teresa Benvenuti, Evans tapped in the easy chance to break the tie and give Princeton a lead it would keep for the rest of the game.
After an impressive 33-6 victory over Columbia last week, the football team built on that momentum during its final non-league matchup against Lafayette on Saturday. Princeton's 35-14 win marked the first time the Tigers have strung together back-to-back wins since 2009.
In the men's soccer team's double-overtime match against No. 19 Brown on Saturday night, the Tigers (5-3-1 overall, 1-0-1 Ivy League) allowed just one goal — a rocket shot off of a redirected corner kick in the 38th minute — but exploited the massive Brown defenders on a chance of their own, pulling out a 1-1 draw against the Bears (8-1-2, 1-0-1).
With less than 15 minutes to play in the second half and still no score, the women’s soccer team was in need of some late heroics against Brown to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. The Bears (6-4-0 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) had done well at keeping the Ivy League’s top scorer, senior forward Jen Hoy, at bay, so the Tigers (7-3-1, 3-0) needed someone else to provide a spark to their offense. Surprisingly, that playmaker was a defender: senior Alison Nabatoff.
The sprint football team has not won in a very long time. To be specific, the sprint football team has not won an official game in 12 years and has lost 83 straight games. However, despite starting the season 0-3, Princeton has been more successful this season than in recent memory. Princeton lost to both Mansfield and Cornell by only a touchdown; and now, the Tigers may very well be ready to take the next step as they face Post this weekend.
Sophomore francie jenkins is a right side hitter for the women’s volleyball team, which hosts Cornell tonight and Columbia on Saturday. Francie contributed to Princeton’s second place finish in the Ivy League last year and helped lead her high school team to the state finals her senior year. Hailing from North Carolina, Francie has all the attitude of a competitive athlete and all the style of a Southern belle. Francie recently sat down with the ‘Prince’ to discuss YOLO, dance moves, crack whores and being fearless.
After the sprint football team scored a field goal on its overtime drive against Post University on Friday evening, it was all up to its defense. If the Tigers could hold Post scoreless, Princeton would have its first victory since 1999. But the Eagles scored a five-yard touchdown for a 32-29 victory at Princeton Stadium.
The football team is looking to get its second win of the season this Saturday when it travels to Pennsylvania to take on Lafayette. A win in this game would give the Tigers (1-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) as many wins in four games this season as it has earned in the past two seasons combined.
This Saturday, the men’s soccer team will face off against Ivy League foe Brown at Roberts Stadium. The Tigers will enter the contest with an overall record of 5-3 and a 1-0 mark in conference play. The Bears, currently ranked 19th in the nation, boast an 8-1-1 record so far on the year and also stand at 1-0 in the Ivy League.
Through two-sevenths of the Ivy League women’s soccer season, Princeton is in a great position with a 2-0 record — but the Tigers have some tough competition at the top, joined by two other undefeated teams. Who’s favored to hold the crown five weeks from now? We break it down here.
Walking around campus, you might never recognize senior forward Jen Hoy, though she has scored nearly twice as many goals as anyone else in the Ivy League this season. Despite her on-field successes, she maintains a low profile, out of the spotlight. On the field, however, the Sellersville, Pa., native does not take on an unassuming role, as Hoy’s combination of speed and poise has carried the Tigers to a 2-0 record in the Ivy League this season.
Junior midfielder Dylan Bowman proudly represents Virginia’s Chesterfield County, where he became an all-state captain of the James River High soccer team. The ‘Prince’ caught up with Bowman this week to dissect the anatomy of euro-swag, kick some football lingo and attack the issue of soccer hair at its roots.
During his time with the men’s soccer team, Antoine Hoppenot ’12 was an exemplary dribbler. Hoppenot is still fast, he’s still a great dribbler, and he still has the ability to fire up the crowd and wear down opposing defenders with a late-game breakaway. But now that he’s a professional forward for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, he’s learned to adjust his role on the field as well as his behavior in times of frustration.
What sets the field hockey team apart from Princeton’s other national powerhouses? It’s the fact that none of the Tigers’ peers have ever done anything like this. In Ivy League field hockey, Princeton simply operates in a different stratosphere: Since 1994, its record in conference play is an absurd 121-5.
There are moments when a hero is needed, and when the Tigers needed a game-winning goal against No. 5 Maryland on Tuesday, sophomore midfielder Sydney Kirby stepped up to take on that role. Kirby, in only her second game back with the Tigers since playing with the junior U.S. national team in Guadalajara, Mexico, scored her second goal of the season to give Princeton a 3-2 lead, which the hosts held to outlast one of their toughest opponents of the season.
This weekend, the men’s water polo team traded Princeton’s increasingly colder weather for the California sunshine. The No. 16 Tigers traveled to Los Angeles on Friday to face No. 1 Southern California before heading to Santa Barbara to play four games in the annual SoCal Tournament.
With a 20-14 lead in the third set at Harvard, it looked like the women’s volleyball team was poised to take a commanding 2-1 lead. But suddenly the Crimson, led by outside hitter Taylor Docter and setter Hannah Schmidt, fought back to shock Princeton (6-7 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) and win the set. But the Tigers fought back, winning the fourth set 25-21 and the fifth 15-8, taking down Harvard in Princeton's sixth five-set victory this season.
Under the lights in New York City, the field hockey team held Columbia scoreless with an 8-0 shutout on Friday night. Princeton snapped Columbia’s six-game win streak, giving the Tigers sole possession of first place in the Ivy League as the only team undefeated in conference play. After the Tigers’ 16th consecutive victory over the Lions, only four Ivy League contests stand between Princeton and its 21st Ivy League crown. But before they resume conference play, the No. 3 Tigers will host No. 4 Maryland in a marquee game at Bedford Field at 4 p.m.
