Check out the recap of Tiger athletics this weekend.
The Princeton track and field team is gearing up for the Sam Howell Invitational, its first home meet of the outdoor season, being held this Saturday at Weaver Stadium starting at 10 a.m. After stellar performances in the first two meets of the season, including school-record throws and strong NCAA regional qualifying times, the Tigers are hoping to continue to post top marks.
Three of Princeton’s four crews opened their season at home last Saturday, and the Lightweight Men came away with the biggest win of the day, defeating No. 1 Columbia.
Princeton women’s lacrosse team defeated Villanova 15–6 on Tuesday as they prepare for their third Ivy League matchup where they will face Dartmouth.
Sports columnist Matthew Fuller argues for why the United States women’s soccer team deserves equal pay.
At home last weekend, softball lost two of three games to its Ivy League co-leader, Columbia. The Tigers took the first of the weekend’s games but dropped the next two by just one run.
Last weekend, a struggling Princeton baseball squad traveled to New England for a three-game set. And for the second week in a row, they returned to New Jersey with just one win.
Women’s golf dominated at the Harvard Invitational, winning the individual and team championships and finishing 11 points ahead of Penn and Harvard.
Men’s tennis defeated Penn 5–2 on Saturday in their first Ivy League match of the season. Princeton earned the doubles point and four of the six singles matches.
Men’s and women’s tennis secured the dub this weekend, along with men’s volleyball.
Brown went on a 6–1 run in the second half to beat Princeton men’s lacrosse, who dropped to 0–3 in Ivy League play.
Men’s lacrosse (3–5, 0–2 Ivy) will take on Brown University (3–5, 1–0) this Saturday at Sherrerd Field. Fresh off of a win against University of Denver (5–3), the team looks to turn around its performance in the Ivy League after starting 0–2 in conference play.
It’s always difficult going into a game where the opponent is undefeated and highly ranked in the nation, which is what No. 16 Princeton women’s lacrosse team (5–3) discovered Wednesday night against No. 2 Maryland (11–0). Maryland’s Jen Giles and Kali Hartshorn scored four goals each, and Princeton fell 15–7 to the Terrapins in College Park, Md.
Last weekend, Princeton Men’s Volleyball faced No. 10 Brigham Young University, the No. 1 University of Hawaii, and McKendree University at the BYU Invitational in Provo, Utah. A near upset of the BYU Cougars ended in a loss for Princeton. McKendree and Hawaii swept the Tigers.
Princeton Baseball kicked off its Ivy League season last weekend with a two-day, three-game series against Dartmouth at Rutgers University’s Bainton Field. The Tigers fell 23–3 and 10–8 in Saturday’s doubleheader but pulled together to defeat Dartmouth 8–2 in the Sunday finale.
Men’s lacrosse (3–5, 0–2 Ivy) defeated University of Denver (5–3) 14–13 in a nail-biter on Tuesday evening. The Tigers pulled ahead early in the game at Sherrerd Field, fell behind, and came back to secure victory against the Pioneers.
Princeton softball (5–13, 2–1 Ivy) opened the Ivy League season this weekend with a 2–1 series win against Yale (8–14, 3–3), a solid start for a team that has already experienced plenty of ups and downs throughout the early part of the season.
Women’s hockey fell to Minnesota 5—2 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Minnesota would go on to be defeated by Wisconsin in the championship game.
“I’ve gone through hell to get to this moment,” said head wrestling coach Christopher Ayres. “I’m getting chills. I mean, this is surreal. This is a dream come true. This is – I think – the greatest turnaround college athletics has ever seen.”
