Women’s hockey split its games this weekend, winning Friday night over St. Lawrence but losing Saturday against Clarkson to snap a 20-game unbeaten streak.
Winter sports were in full swing over Intersession. We offer a recap of some of the action.
Men’s basketball improved to 3–0 in conference play after a gritty 55–43 win at Columbia.
This week, the No. 4 ranked women’s hockey team will look to extend its eighteen-game unbeaten streak, the longest in program history and longest in the nation this season, at home against Penn State, St. Lawrence, and No. 5 Clarkson.
The last time Princeton men’s hockey (currently 6–11–2, 4–7–1 ECAC) beat Harvard (7–5–3, 4–4–2), its senior leaders, including forwards Max Véronneau, Ryan Kuffner, and Alex Riche, weren’t on the team. Friday night, those seniors played a critical role in the team’s 4–2 home win, the first over the Crimson since 2013.
Cannady is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and improper behavior.
One week after beating Penn in overtime to open Ivy League play, Princeton defeated the Quakers again, this time at the Palestra in a 62–53 defensive struggle.
Princeton wrestling had never produced a champion at the Chicago-based Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. They left this year’s tournament with two. The Princeton squad powered through Midlands’ stiff competition to finish in a program-best fifth place.
After a successful winter break, women’s hockey enters this weekend’s road tests against No. 4 Cornell and No. 9 Colgate with a 16-game unbeaten streak.
In 2018, the world watched in awe as curling took center stage for the Winter Olympics. Capitalizing on the interest in the sport and a potentially untapped market, the University has decided to add a 36th team to the varsity list, starting in 2019.
With concerns rising over the inclusivity levels of the bonfire tradition, Princeton has updated the requirements to earning a bonfire. With all 37 teams now required to beat Harvard and Yale in the same season, future classes will be able to rejoice at the equality of the event, coupled with the relative ease in earning it.
While most Princeton students headed home for the holidays and took some much-needed time away from campus, Tiger teams remained in action throughout the break.
In the final stretch of its Ivy League opener at home against Penn (10–5 overall, 0–1 Ivy), Princeton men’s basketball (8–5, 1–0) couldn’t seem to get out of its own way.
Men’s basketball traveled to Tempe, Ariz., and notched a 67–66 win over No. 17 Arizona State.
Men’s basketball (4–4, 0–0 Ivy) has lined up a tough non-conference schedule for itself. The team should consider itself lucky. Given the caliber of this year’s Ivy League, it will need all the experience against really strong teams it can get.
Women’s basketball (4–7 overall, 0–0 Ivy) extended their win streak to three on Tuesday night at Monmouth (3–6). The Tigers bested the Hawks 79–47 in junior forward Bella Alarie’s second game back from injury.
Men’s hockey was defeated by Arizona State twice this weekend, losing by a score of 4–0 on Friday and 3–2. on Saturday. The losses this weekend extended the Tigers’ losing streak to seven, lowering their overall win percentage to .292.
In a split weekend for the swimming and diving program, both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams traveled to New York for meets with the Columbia Lions. The Princeton women narrowly lost in Percy Uris Natatorium on Friday, dropping to 6–1 on the season, and the men continued their unbeaten run on Saturday to climb to 6–0.
Bella Alarie and Carlie Littlefield both scored 16 points, and women’s basketball pulled away in the second half to beat Quinnipiac at home.
Women’s hockey matched a program record by extending its unbeaten streak to 12 games with commanding road wins over Rennselaer and Union.
