Say what you will about Princeton wrestling. This, no one can dispute: it’s a team gifted with an enviable narrative arc.
Princeton women’s swimming and diving dominated the Ivy League meet to win their 23rd Ivy League Championship, a league-best record. Princeton finished with 1,569 points, as the competition saw multiple Tigers break school, league, and pool records across the four-day event.
The Prince Sports Editors outline the Princeton Athletics events over the weekend. The weekend's highlights include: No. 5 women's tennis defeats Yale 4–1 at Blue Gray National Tennis Classic; No. 28 men’s tennis capped out their weekend at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Alabama with a 4–0 win over No. 46 ranked University of Arizona; No. 9 Princeton women’s lacrosse was defeated by No. 8 Virginia on Saturday in the home opener for the Tigers; No. 4 men's squash loses to No. 2 Trinity to close out regular season competition; Women's squash loses 6–1 to no. 1 Harvard in squash national team finals. The article also features lacrosse's Chris Brown as the male athlete of the week, and swim and dive's Mimi Lin as female athlete of the week.
The Princeton women's basketball remains undefeated in the Ivy League after an 87–55 win against Dartmouth. Princeton only had a two-point lead by the end of the first half, but secured a decisive victory throughout the second half thanks to the Tiger defense. Senior forward Bella Alarie hurt her knee in the beginning of the game, but came back strong for the rest of the game, scoring 28 points in 26 minutes of play. Sophomore guard Grace Stone also received a career-high 16 points during the game. The Tigers will be facing their rival, Penn, on Tuesday night.
Sohie Cantine is now the only woman in Princeton’s program history to rank top 10 all-time in the mile, 1K, and 3K. Sam Ellis finished at the Boston University Valentine Invitational with a mile time of 3:57:66, a new school record.
Men’s hockey picked up its second conference win of the season with a 6–3 win over St. Lawrence but fell in a 1–3 heartbreaker to no. 5 Clarkson.
Women’s softball will make the long journey to the Lone Star State this weekend for the annual Houston Tournament. From Friday, Feb. 21, to Sunday, Feb. 23, the Tigers will take on Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech, Syracuse, and the University of Houston.
Women’s Ice Hockey beat St. Lawrence (4-0) but lost to #6 Clarkson (1-2) this past weekend on a road-trip to upstate NY.
After clinching the win over Penn, the Tigers fell to Harvard in the semifinals. The third place match against Dartmouth, a repeat of last year, saw Princeton dominate the Big Green to claim a spot on the podium.
Women's basketball isn’t done dominating just yet. With their No. 1 scoring defense paving the way, they haven’t lost during the first half of Ivy League play. With a 15-game winning streak and 7–0 conference record, the Tigers dominated Yale and Brown this weekend.
Wrestling walked away from a Saturday, Dillon Gymnasium doubleheader against Penn and Drexel — Pennsylvania’s top two Division I programs — with back-to-back victories. The 33–6 and 22–16 wins cemented Princeton as the sole Ivy League champion and earned the team its first undefeated Ivy League season since 1986.
Princeton's men's basketball team faced a tough loss to Yale on Friday night, but came back powerfully in their 73–54 win against Brown on Saturday. Sophomore Ethan Wright had an especially strong performance, finishing the game with 21 points. The Tigers now take back the top spot in the Ivy League.
“Destroyed” and “rolled” were among the words used by Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson to describe his team’s 88–64 loss to Yale on Friday night.
New women’s basketball head coach Carla Berube has racked up a considerable — if clunky — list of accolades. She isn’t happy yet. “I think,” she said, “that I’m a work in progress.”
Women's basketball is on a 13-game win streak and undefeated in the Ivy League. With nine games total left in the regular season, this weekend’s away match-ups against Yale and Brown are a chance for Princeton to solidify its dominance in the Ivy League once again.
Men’s tennis takes on Penn in the first round of the ECAC Indoor Championship at Cornell University on Friday.
Men's Volleyball will face Penn State on Friday and Saint Francis on Saturday. Princeton beat the Nittany Lions in the finals of the EIVA Championships last April — the Tigers defeated St. Francis in the semifinals of that same tournament.
The men had a number of strong performances over the weekend at the HYP meet, including two Ivy-league leading marks in the pole vault and 1000m run. There were several other first-place finishes, including the triple jump. The men came first overall with 89 points, well ahead of both Harvard (28 points) and Yale (63 points).
The women had several outstanding performances and a number of personal bests across all event groups at the HYP meet this past Saturday, including first-place finishes in the 60m hurdles and 500m races. The Tigers came first overall, beating Harvard 67–58 and Yale 67–56.
It took three decades, and a dream.
