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.”
A historic day for Princeton wrestling ended on a bitter note. Patrick Glory, Patrick Brucki, and Matthew Kolodzik secured All-American status but fell into the consolation bracket.
As the first day of the NCAA tournament progressed, the stratification of Princeton’s team became more pronounced. For only the second time in program history, the Tigers ended the day with three wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Monday, Stefanik, and Parker were not so lucky. Their seasons — and their dreams of All-American status — ended with the day.
Two weeks ago, six Princeton wrestlers qualified for the NCAA tournament. On Thursday at noon in the Pittsburgh PPG Arena, each of them will begin his three-day quest for glory.
Women’s basketball rallied in the final five minutes of the Ivy tournament championship game to beat Penn and earn an automatic NCAA tournament bid for the second straight year.
Princeton cruised by Cornell in the Ivy tournament semifinal to set up a championship game against Penn.
Men’s basketball fell 83–77 to Yale in a thrilling Ivy tournament semifinal game in New Haven.
Men’s lacrosse (2–3) was defeated by Rutgers (4–3) last weekend 9–8. The Tigers will head to Philadelphia to face Penn (2–3) for their first Ivy League game of the season.
