The men’s soccer team earned a 3-0 victory over Lafayette in Easton, Pa., on Tuesday night. The Tigers (7-3-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) overwhelmed Lafayette (5-5-2) on offense and defense throughout the game.
Midway through the first quarter of the sprint football team’s game against Post University on Friday, Eagles running back Shaquille Williams ran untouched into the end zone for an easy 9-yard touchdown. At that point in the game, it looked like it was going to be a long night for the Tiger defense. It was.
Though it had been nearly a month since the men’s water polo team last played in its home pool, Princeton proved that it still rules DeNunzio Pool on Saturday. The No. 17 Tigers (10-5 overall, 4-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) topped Bucknell (7-8, 0-4) 7-4 to continue their undefeated streak in league play.
The men’s golf team captured a tie for third place this weekend in the Philadelphia Big Five Invitational. Twenty-one teams competed in the weekend-long tournament at the Plymouth Country Club outside Philadelphia. Furman University finished in first, and St. John’s took second place, just one stroke ahead of Princeton and the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
The men’s rugby team could not overcome an early two-try deficit in an eventual 22-12 road loss to Columbia on Saturday night. Princeton (3-5 overall, 1-3 Ivy League) fell into a four-way tie for fifth place in the Ivy League with the defeat.
The men’s tennis team sent five players to New York to compete in the Columbia Invitational this weekend. The Tigers started the tournament off strong, collecting two victories in both singles and doubles on Friday.
After experiencing its first loss of the season last Sunday against American, the field hockey team looked to rebound this weekend against No. 4 Virginia and No. 8 Louisville. The No. 3 Tigers (9-2 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) achieved mixed results in their midseason gauntlet of ranked teams.
One comeback might have been a fluke. Maybe the second tough match could have been written off to an easier opponent. But with three straight wins over top Ivy League teams, the women’s volleyball team has silenced the doubters and catapulted to the top of the Ivy League totem pole.
In just 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon, the men’s soccer team was able to do what a combined nine teams could not do in more than 13 hours: score multiple goals against Brown. With a dominant 3-0 victory, the Tigers (6-3-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) capped off a five-game home stand with their fifth consecutive victory and moved into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.
Vikram Rao and Gabriel Debenedetti discuss this weekend's highlights in sports.
The first time the football team allowed 40 points in consecutive games, America was listening to the fireside chats of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the early stages of World War II. The Tigers ended the 1942 season with a 40-7 loss at Army and then opened the next year’s campaign with a 47-9 loss at Penn. Two generations later, Princeton achieved that dubious distinction a second time, following up a 42-14 drubbing at Columbia with Saturday’s 44-10 defeat to Colgate.
With a 1-0 win against Brown, the women’s soccer team clinched first place in the Ivy League. The lone goal came from junior forward Kalie Bartholomew in the 42nd minute.
Football teams are often derided for their deep depth charts and large squads, with backup after non-playing backup taking up space on the bench without ever stepping onto the field. On Saturday, Princeton (1-3 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) — beset with injuries to some of its key players — found itself calling on young, untested reserves to fill gaps in its offensive and defensive lines as it took on Colgate (3-2). The inexperience took its toll, as the Tigers made numerous errors on both sides of the ball and allowed Colgate to secure a lopsided 44-10 victory.
Colgate rushed for 360 yards to defeat the football team 44-10 Saturday afternoon on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium.
Last year, on a cold Saturday night in October, the football team took the field against Colgate to play a game that almost everyone thought they would lose.
The women’s soccer team is confident it can improve upon its unbeaten Ivy League record as it squares off against Brown at Roberts Stadium on Saturday night.
Last Friday against Mansfield, the sprint football team came the closest it has come to winning in more than a decade. The Tigers (0-3 overall, 0-2 Collegiate Sprint Football League) lost to Mansfield (1-2, 1-1) in a close 10-6 game.
On a high from last week’s victory over Penn, the women’s volleyball team will look to continue its success this weekend against Brown and Yale. After a few early hiccups to the season, the Tigers (6-6 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) made a huge leap last week, coming from two sets down to beat the defending Ivy League champions.
The last time the men’s soccer team beat Brown, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was running ads against John Kerry, Usher’s “Yeah!” was the No. 1 song in the country and the Boston Red Sox still had not won a World Series since 1918. On Saturday at Roberts Stadium, the Tigers (5-3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will look to break their mini-curse against an undefeated Bears team (7-0-2, 1-0) that is currently ranked No. 13 in the nation.
