Sophomore shortstop Nikki Chu and freshman catcher Maddie Cousens will begin their season this weekend when the softball team travels to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County for a three-day tournament.
The No. 10 men’s lacrosse team had a tough start to its season on Saturday, falling to No. 5 Hofstra University in a sloppy, 11-9 loss. Though Princeton’s offense looked dynamic at times and its defense was solid, struggles at the faceoff and in the clearing game doomed the Tigers (0-1 overall).
In a three-shift squash match, losing two matches in the first round digs a team into an early hole. Losing all three matches in the first shift can make that hole seem to be the Grand Canyon. But in each of its final two matches of the Potter Cup, the men’s squash team found itself facing this predicament and emerged from one of the contests with a win and the other, a loss.
Coming into this year’s Ivy League Heptagonal Championship, the Princeton men’s and women’s indoor track teams were each seeking to defend their titles. The teams did not disappoint, and in two thrilling meets, both teams delivered victories.
The Princeton men’s volleyball team dropped their seventh straight game against Springfield on Saturday, falling behind early in a crucial match with huge implications for the team’s playoff aspirations.
We are now experiencing the post-Decision NBA: Where trades happen. Now that the jury is in on the Big Three deal in Miami, teams are either trying to score their own team of stars or clear cap space in order to land one of the class of 2012 free agents.
The women’s water polo team finished third at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships this weekend. The No. 20 Tigers (5-2 overall, 3-1 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) opened Saturday with a 12-9 defeat of Wagner (8-2), but dropped a tight 11-10 contest to Maryland (5-4). Princeton returned to Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium the following day to beat Harvard (8-4) in the consolation match 12-3.
For the 10th time in the past 12 years, the women’s swimming and diving team won the Ivy League Championships hosted at DeNunzio Pool this past weekend. The Tigers (7-0 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) finished with 1,562 points, followed closely by Harvard (6-1, 6-1) with 1,496 points. The next-closest competitor was Columbia (5-4, 3-4) with 894 points.
It truly was senior night on Carril Court. In the last home game of their Princeton careers, senior forward Kareem Maddox and senior guard Dan Mavraides did not let their team fall, as the captains willed the men’s basketball team to a close 66-61 victory over Columbia on Saturday.
In an exciting, back-and-forth game on Saturday, the women’s lacrosse team (1-0) opened its season with a 9-8 victory over Johns Hopkins (2-1) on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. The game was predicted to be very close — last year’s game went into overtime before the Tigers pulled out a 10-9 win, and last week’s Inside Lacrosse poll ranked Princeton No. 19 and Johns Hopkins No. 20.
After two strong road victories over Cornell and Columbia this weekend, the women’s basketball team now has the chance to clinch the Ivy League title at home next weekend. By defeating Cornell (6-20 overall, 3-9 Ivy League) 71-44 on Friday, the Tigers (21-4, 10-1) won their 20th game of the season, a mark they have now passed two years in a row.
Another weekend brings another split for the Princeton men’s hockey team (16-11-2 overall, 11-9-2 ECAC Hockey). A strong 4-3 win against No. 14 Rensselaer (19-10-5, 11-9-2) on Friday night was followed by a 5-0 loss to No. 5 Union (25-7-4, 17-3-2) on Saturday. But don’t expect any glum faces in the Tigers’ locker room.
When the women’s hockey team skated out onto the ice this past Friday at Baker Rink to face Quinnipiac in a best-of-three ECAC quarterfinal series, it had won 13 of its previous 15 games, including eight of nine at Baker Rink. But Princeton could not get past a tough Quinnipiac defense, as the Bobcats swept the series 2-0, securing a spot in the ECAC semifinals for the first time in program history.
The women's hockey team were eliminated in the ECAC quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive year with a 2-0 loss in Game 2 at Baker Rink on Saturday. Replay our live blog to see how it went down.
The men's basketball team erupted for 84 points in a victory over Cornell, the most the Tigers have scored in league play since 2000. Replay our live blog for analysis of how it went down.
The men’s hockey team hopes to capture a first-round bye in the ECAC Hockey conference tournament as it enters its final weekend of the regular season. Princeton (15-10-2 overall, 10-8-2 ECAC Hockey) will have to avenge earlier losses by beating both Union College (24-7-3, 16-3-1) and Rensselaer (19-9-4, 11-8-1) on the road this weekend to have a chance at finishing as one of the conference’s top four seeds.
The fourth-seeded women's hockey team took a one-goal lead on fifth-seed Quinnipiac on Friday night, but the Bobcats came back and found a game-winner in the final five seconds. Check back for our Game 2 live blog at 4:00 Saturday!
After suffering a 2-1 home loss to Yale on Dec. 3, the women’s hockey team’s conference record stood at a dismal 3-6-1. The Tigers were in danger of failing to qualify for the ECAC tournament for the first time in 10 years. After losing to the Bulldogs, however, the Tigers (16-12-1 overall, 13-8-1 ECAC) quickly turned things around and are now firing on all cylinders.
Halfway through the weekend's games and both the men's and women's hockey teams have been involved in tightly-fought one goal games. Here's a weekend update for all you hockey enthusiasts.
Today the men’s squash team begins the 2011 College Squash Association Team Championships in the Potter Cup A Division. Their first round opponent is the tournament host, No. 6 Harvard (7-5 overall, 3-3 Ivy League) who they will play this afternoon at 2 p.m.
