The men’s golf team traveled west this weekend and finished 16th at the Northwestern Windon Memorial tournament at the North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Ill.
For a moment on Friday night, it seemed like the sprint football team was coming close to overtaking Cornell in its first conference game at home this season.
The men’s tennis team had another successful weekend, as it competed in the USTA Men’s Collegiate Invitational in New York. The Tigers started off strong, collecting three victories in singles and five victories in doubles on the first day of play. Sophomore Matt Siow advanced in the A singles bracket while senior Alex Faust advanced in the B bracket and freshman Dan Richardson advanced in the C bracket. Siow, Faust and Richardson were dominant in the opening round, each defeating his opponent in straight sets. Princeton also advanced two doubles teams, as Siow and junior Coleman Crutchfield, along with Richardson and junior Ravi Yegya-Raman, each won two matches.
The women’s cross country team stole the show on Friday at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet in New Haven, Conn., outrunning Harvard and Yale to take five of the top 10 places.
Vikram Rao and Gabriel Debenedetti discuss this week in sports.
Generally, when a team graduates eight seniors, bumps in the road are a rite of passage on the path to recovery. Apparently, someone forgot to tell that to the men’s water polo team.Princeton (8-2 overall, 3-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division) opened conference play with three wins in Maryland and Washington this weekend. The No. 17 Tigers posted tight wins in a difficult Saturday doubleheader, topping Johns Hopkins (7-6, 1-1) 10-9 in overtime in Baltimore before defeating No. 18 Navy (14-5, 1-1) 7-6 in the nightcap at Annapolis, Md. The following day, Princeton made it a clean sweep with a 13-9 win over George Washington (5-9, 1-1).
Saturday’s game began as a question mark. The football team had not faced Lafayette since ending a six-year series in 2007, and the Tigers looked weakened after just one game, with the team’s defensive captain and top tackler — senior linebacker Steve Cody — on the sidelines with a broken leg. As it turned out, the outcome remained a mystery until the very end, when a second-overtime touchdown capped an emotional contest in Princeton’s favor, 36-33.
Behind an threatening offense and a stifling defense, the men’s soccer team won the Princeton Invitational Tournament this weekend by beating Richmond 3-1 on Friday and crushing Adelphi 3-0 on Sunday.
The field hockey team has made a habit of running away from its opposition this year and its game on Saturday was no exception.Princeton (6-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) defeated Yale (4-3, 1-1) in convincing fashion this weekend, storming to a 7-0 win in New Haven, Conn.
Grit. The women’s soccer team lived up to its one-word motto for the season by defeating perennial rival Yale in New Haven, Conn., in a hard-fought and physical contest on Saturday.Sophomore forward Jen Hoy scored the Tigers’ (4-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) only goal, and the defense shut down Yale’s (2-5-1, 0-1) attackers to secure the 1-0 win for Princeton.
Nearly all the football teams in the Ivy League competed in thrilling and intense matchups on a Saturday that saw the first major upset in league play and the near-defeat of a national champion.
Under first-year head coach Bob Surace ’90, the football team is quickly becoming known for its fast-paced attack. A team needs more than talent for such a system to be successful; it needs to be well-conditioned and disciplined to take advantage of a tired opponent late in games.
Despite lofty preseason expectations and an opening-game victory, the men’s soccer team has fallen on hard luck. Princeton (1-3-1) will look to turn that around with a positive showing in the Princeton Invitational, featuring a Friday night match with Richmond and a Sunday game with Adelphi.
After a strong start to the season, the field hockey team is finally getting into the meat of its schedule. The No. 4 Tigers (5-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) travel to New Haven, Conn., to face Yale (4-2, 1-0) on Saturday before hosting No. 2 Maryland (7-0) on Tuesday night. It is the second time in as many weeks that Princeton has played an Ivy League opponent and a nationally ranked competitor.
To the Great Class of 2014:By this time in your short Princeton careers, you’ve probably received your fair share of sales pitches on why Princeton is the greatest thing since sliced bread (it is). And since we would hate to miss out on our opportunity to offer you a few sips from the orange Kool-Aid, here’s one more:Princeton is good at sports. Check that — Princeton is really good at sports.
Another season, another game with a captain on the sidelines. With senior linebacker and tri-captain Steve Cody out for the remainder of the year with to a leg injury, Princeton (0-1) will once again be forced to adjust its playing style to fill a serious personnel gap when the football team takes the field against Lafayette (0-2) in Saturday night’s home opener.
After a tough week, the women’s soccer team is looking forward to opening its Ivy League season this weekend. The Tigers (3-3) will travel to Yale (2-4-1) on Saturday in a game that marks the start of Ancient Eight play for both teams.
When No. 14 Navy lost to the Princeton men’s water polo team in the final game of last year’s Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship, Navy head coach Mike Schofield told the school's athletics website that it was the “most disappointing game in my 25-year coaching career. I am not sure I am still over it.” That win sent the Tigers to a berth in the NCAA tournament and gave them their first Eastern title, a fairy tale finish to last season.
Coming off two tough 1-0 losses to Long Island University and Hofstra, the women’s soccer team could only play half a game against St. Joseph’s (3-5) because of cancellation due to a thunderstorm.
