'Prince' sports editors roundup this fall's Ivy League Season, with five teams clinching the Ivy League championship this weekend.
As the field hockey team tried on its new 2010 Ivy League champions gear after a 10-0 victory over Penn, Kristen Holmes-Winn reflected on her sixth consecutive championship as head coach and the team’s 16th title in 17 years.
For the first time since 2001, the men’s soccer Ivy League title has returned to Princeton. The nine-year hiatus ended Saturday night at a packed Roberts Stadium after No. 16 Princeton (12-3-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) narrowly defeated No. 13 Penn (12-4-0, 5-1) 2-1 in a winner-take-all match for the title.
The women’s soccer team ended an exciting and successful season on Saturday. Princeton (9-6-1 overall, 4-2-1 Ivy League) finished by facing Penn (9-6-2, 4-1-2) in what was officially a regular season game, but played out as an Ivy League championship game, as the two teams went into the game at the top of the league. Although the game ended in a scoreless tie, it felt like a loss to the Tigers, as the tie favored the Quakers to win the Ivy League title and the automatic spot in the NCAA tournament.
The nightmare debut season of football team head coach Bob Surace ’90 continued on Saturday. The team allowed four first-quarter touchdowns and lost 52-10 at Princeton Stadium to league-leading No. 18 Penn (7-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League). The Tigers (1-7, 0-5) are now in danger of going winless in the Ivy League for the first time in program history, and they may be without yet another member of the starting backfield for the final two games.
Just when the women’s volleyball team looked ready to run away with this year’s Ivy League title, it found its kryptonite. After losing to Columbia last weekend for the second time this season, the Tigers’ chances at winning the league now rest with the Lions’ ability to take down Yale.
Halloween weekend marked the first Ivy League tournament in men’s water polo in more than three decades. Princeton claimed the championship trophy, followed by Brown in second and Harvard in third. The following weekend, the Tigers traveled to Annapolis, Md., to claim the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Championship. This was their second consecutive title, and sixth overall.
For the first time ever, the Collegiate Water Polo Association will hold an Ivy League championship tournament, which Princeton will host in DeNunzio Pool this weekend.
The men’s hockey team looks to build on its exhibition game success this weekend as it travels to New Haven, Conn., to compete in the Ivy Shootout. Princeton will start its regular season by facing Dartmouth on Friday and then either No. 5 Yale or Brown on Saturday.
Halfway through its league season, the women’s volleyball team is sitting at first place in the Ivy League, tied with rival Penn. The Tigers (11-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) will look to further their success this weekend at Yale (12-7, 6-2) and Brown (7-13, 1-7). Yale should prove an especially difficult opponent for Princeton, as the Bulldogs are currently lurking right behind the Tigers in Ivy League standings and boast a 21-3 home record in league play since 2007.
With the Ivy League title still in reach, the women’s soccer team travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to rally for first place this weekend. Princeton (8-6 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) will face Cornell (6-6-1, 1-3-1) on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The field hockey team, long the Ivy League’s lone powerhouse, will face its greatest Ancient Eight challenge to date when it travels to Ithaca, N.Y., to face Cornell on Saturday.
Three straight home games did little to help the football team. Now, the Tigers (1-5 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) hit the road for the first time since Oct. 2. Princeton faces Cornell (1-5, 0-3) this Saturday in a battle of two teams without league wins this season.
As many students go home for fall break, the women’s ice hockey team will return to Baker Rink today for its first two home games of the year. After a tough 0-2 road trip last weekend to start the season, the Tigers (0-2) come back to Baker Rink with games on back-to-back days against ECAC Hockey rivals Colgate and Cornell to begin league play.
The men’s soccer team finds itself in a tight chase for the Ivy League title as it heads up to Ithaca, N.Y., to take on Cornell this weekend. No. 20 Princeton (9-3-1 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) is currently riding an eight-game winning streak and is tied atop the Ancient Eight with Penn, so it knows expectations will be high on Saturday night for what could be a season-changing match.
Cross country seasons don’t follow the form typical of most varsity sports. While most sports have crowded schedules that keep teams traveling every weekend, the cross country agenda is rather sparse. Athletes on other teams have time to work out kinks and fix mistakes over many games, but runners have no such luxury.
A prototypical goalie in men’s water polo is large and long, so that his arms can reach all the corners of the goal. Senior goalie and co-captain Mike Merlone’s smaller stature may put him at a physical disadvantage, but he makes up for it by using his head. Literally.
College football has changed; the game is a brave new world where just about everybody is good enough to win the national championship.”
On Sunday, Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall amassed an incredible four interceptions in a single game. This tied a long-standing NFL record, first set by another Redskin who played seven decades ago. That other player set the record in November 1943, in a game during which he also threw four touchdowns in a 42-20 victory.
