Princeton Men’s squash concluded its grueling, nearly four month long season with a solid result— an eigth place national finish in the College Squash Association.
No. 3 Matthew Kolodzik lost in an upset to unranked Parker Kropman, but Princeton wrestling earned a convincing win over Drexel in its last match before its conference tournament.
It was a weekend of ups and downs in DeNunzio Pool for the women’s swimming and diving team, as they finished third overall in an Ivy League championship meet that Head Coach Bret Lundgaard knew would be difficult to win from the onset.
This past weekend, the No. 7 ranked women’s hockey team (18–6–5, 15–4–3 ECAC) ended the 2018–19 regular season on a tough note, losing both games against No. 5 Clarkson (25–7–2, 16–5–1) and Saint Lawrence (14–13–7, 9–7–6). These results left the Tigers, as the fourth seed in the ECAC tournament, in a three-way tie for second with Clarkson and No. 9 Colgate (21–8–5, 15–4–3).
On Saturday night, first-year guard Grace Stone netted a personal best of 13 points, and junior forward Bella Alarie led her team in scoring. The two propelled Princeton women’s basketball (15–9, 7–2 Ivy) to a 65–59 victory over Columbia (7–16, 3–7) in a tight game.
To its players’ minds, the men’s ice hockey (8–16–3 overall, 6–12–2 ECAC) season so far has been a disappointing one. Second to last in the ECAC standings, the team had suffered a series of humiliating losses — not least of all its Feb. 1, 2–3 loss to last-place St. Lawrence (4–26–2, 2–16–2).
Originally charged with aggravated assault — an indictable charge — the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office had downgraded it to a disorderly persons offense and remanded the case to the Princeton Municipal Court.
Men’s basketball defeated Columbia on Saturday 79–61, the highest points in conference play this year. Ryan Schwieger had 20 points and Jerome Desrosiers had his first double-double.
First-years and sophomores played an essential role in Princeton’s wins this weekend.
Women’s basketball was outscored 25–10 in the fourth quarter, but a last-second bucket from Bella Alarie secured the team a 68–64 win over Cornell
Ryan Schwieger had a career-high 23 points, Jerome Desrosiers had a double-double and Princeton held off a late rally from Cornell to earn a 68–59 win
After two days of the Women’s Swimming and Diving Ivy League Championships, the Tigers find themselves in third.
Men’s basketball took down both Columbia and Cornell in a New York back-to-back earlier this month. This weekend, they’ll look for a similar result at home.
Women’s basketball returns home this weekend to play Cornell and Columbia for the second time this season.
No. 6 women's hockey will take on No. 5 Clarkson and St. Lawrence this weekend to battle for the ECAC tournament top seed.
In Philadelphia on Saturday, Princeton wrestling (8–6 overall, 4–1 Ivy) claimed the title of Ivy League runners-up and clinched its first four-match win streak over the University of Pennsylvania (5–8, 2–3) since 1988.
Men’s hockey fell 6–2 to RPI on Friday and 3–2 to Union on Saturday. Defenseman Josh Teves broke a program assist record.
Bella Alarie became the only player in Princeton history to score 40 points or more in a game twice after Women’s basketball beat Dartmouth 82-75
Women’s hockey split this weekend with a win against Union and a loss against RPI in their last home games in the 2018–2019 regular season.
In a back and forth affair at Jadwin, men’s basketball edged out Dartmouth Saturday night to end its three game losing streak.
