The first half of our basketball doubleheader begins as the men's team looks for its first victory of the season against a strong Buffalo team. Follow the action at 12:30 with our live blog!
The women's basketball team puts its 23-game home win streak to the test against a tough opponent in Villanova, which has opened the season with three wins and is on the fringe of the top 25 nationally. Follow the big game at 3 p.m. with our live blog!
This weekend will showcase the best of East Coast collegiate men’s water polo. As the Tigers head up to Boston for Eastern Championships, they will play not only for glory, but also for an extension of their postseason. This tournament, hosted by Harvard, will be the season’s last for all teams except the Eastern Champion, which will represent the coast at NCAA Championships.
The men’s hockey team will certainly have its hands full this weekend as it hits the road and takes on two nationally ranked conference opponents. On Friday, Princeton (2-4-1 overall, 2-3 ECAC Hockey) will battle No. 18 Cornell (3-2, 3-1) before finishing the series on Saturday against No. 17 Colgate (6-4-1, 2-2). It is still early in the conference season, but the Tigers can leap to the front of the pack with two victories this weekend.
The men’s basketball team takes the floor in Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday in a bid for its first win of the season. The Tigers have endured two losses to usher in the reign of Mitch Henderson ’98 as head coach, who replaced Sydney Johnson ’97 on the heels of a highly successful season. Henderson will look to snap the season-opening skid with a win against Buffalo.
Following a tough pair of losses last weekend against ECAC Hockey foes St. Lawrence and Clarkson, the women’s hockey team will be looking to get back on track tonight at Baker Rink. The Tigers will take on No. 3 Cornell tonight at 7 p.m., followed by Colgate on Saturday.
If the football team were playing with rules from 1911 — when the forward pass was legal but restricted and few teams used it as an offensive weapon — it might be near the top of the Ivy League. The Tigers lead the league in rushing yards and rank second to conference champion Harvard in run defense. But after a 33-24 loss to Yale, in which Princeton outgained the Bulldogs 277-121 on the ground with only eight more attempts, the Tigers have just one win heading into Saturday’s season finale at Dartmouth.
With two wins in its pocket, the women’s basketball team will face its strongest opponent yet in Villanova on Saturday. Extending the win streak will prove to be a challenge for the Tigers as Princeton looks to find a victory over a difficult Big East opponent that has already toppled one ranked squad this season.
Senior Clay Blackiston is a “senior team leader” on the men’s squash team with a long history of success — he has amassed a 37-6 regular season record during his time at Princeton. He hails from Greenwich, Conn., and attributes his interest in squash directly to this fact. Blackiston recently talked with the ‘Prince’ about his special leadership role on the team, the Princeton Varsity Club and the other meanings of the word “squash” in his patented sarcastic wit.
The men’s basketball team shot 3-for-9 from the free throw line in the first half and went on a seven-minute scoreless streak in the second. But despite its struggles in key areas, Princeton built a valiant late run off strong defense at North Carolina State in the TicketCity Legends Classic.
Kyle Soloff ’11 and Ashley Higginson ’11 have spent most of their Friday and Saturday mornings this fall much the same way they have for the past four years: eagerly awaiting the sound of a gun to signal the start of a race.
The 2011-12 NBA season is probably not going to happen. What recourse does the average NBA fan have? Navigating a winter without professional basketball will be difficult. Alternatives are scarce. NBA fans could watch professional hockey. For me, that would entail getting corrective eye surgery to follow the puck or developing an affinity for watching bearded Canadian men fight. The former is too expensive, and the latter is available on YouTube.
The talent in the football team's backfield is undeniable: Chuck Dibilio, who seemingly is breaking a new freshman rushing record every week, hasn’t been worn down by the considerable workload placed on his shoulders — in Princeton’s last three games he has 32, 29 and 31 rushes. Even more remarkable is that he and the offensive line have managed to be so successful without a credible passing attack.
The men’s basketball team began play in disappointing fashion last weekend, losing 73-57 at home to Wagner. Princeton finished last season tied with Harvard at the top of the Ivy League, and needed a last-second game-winning shot in an Ivy playoff to get the league’s lone NCAA Tournament bid. The Tigers will have to improve over the next two months to compete at the top of the conference, which features many strong teams with returning talent. Here’s a look at how Princeton’s top competitors look this year:
The fencing team hopes that a mixture of old and new talent will help it succeed in the Ivy League and beyond this season.
The glimmer of the recently replastered courts in Jadwin Gymnasium constitutes only a small part of the potential brilliance this season holds for both the men’s and women’s squash teams. This season, both teams are looking to renew their play in their quest for the national title.
The men’s hockey team found mixed results in its role as host at Baker Rink to division opponents St. Lawrence and Clarkson this past weekend. In spite of a late two-goal third period rally, the Tigers (2-4-1 overall, 2-3 ECAC Hockey) failed to overcome St. Lawrence 3-2 on Friday night, but dropped Clarkson in a 3-0 shutout on Saturday afternoon.
The women’s hockey team had a rough time in northern New York this weekend, dropping both of its games to conference opponents. The Tigers (4-3-1 overall, 3-2-1 ECAC Hockey) struggled to get the puck into the net as they managed only one goal between the two contests.
In the silver lining of the men’s soccer team’s disappointing 2-1 loss to Yale on Saturday, senior forward Paolo Iaccarino scored his first career goal with junior goalkeeper Max Gallin notching the assist.
The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams opened their seasons with the Princeton Fall Invitational at Denunzio Pool this weekend and had a strong showing to set the tone for the upcoming seasons. The Tigers competed against Georgetown, Lehigh and The College of New Jersey.
