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One goal, one plan: Junior wrestler Matthew Kolodzik eyes national championship for Tigers

One goal, one plan: Junior wrestler Matthew Kolodzik eyes national championship for Tigers

Josephine de La Bruyere

Wrestler Matthew Kolodzik has had his sights set on winning it all since he has come to campus. Now entering his junior year, everyone around him thinks this is the year he finally breaks through. From workouts to study sessions, Kolodzik and his teammates give us an inside look into what winning a national championship takes.

SPORTS | 12/05/2018

Women’s basketball picks up second win of season against Davidson

Alissa Selover

Sunday, the Princeton women’s basketball team (2–7) gained its second win this season as the Tigers played Davidson (4–4) at home in Jadwin Gymnasium. Coming off of a six-game losing streak, the Tigers were motivated to get the win this weekend.

SPORTS | 12/04/2018

Women’s squash stays unbeaten with sweeps over Amherst, Williams

Vignesh Panchanatham

The No. 3 Princeton women’s squash team (5–0) swept No. 16 Amherst and No. 13 Williams on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

SPORTS | 12/04/2018

Men’s hockey struggles against Bobcats, lose weekend doubleheader

Men’s hockey struggles against Bobcats, lose weekend doubleheader

Samantha Shapiro

This past weekend, men’s hockey suffered two losses in a doubleheader against ECAC rival Quinnipiac.

SPORTS | 12/03/2018

Women’s ice hockey sweeps Quinnipiac, extend unbeaten streak to 10 games

Owen Tedford

The Tigers pushed their unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 3–2 win on Friday and a 4–1 win on Saturday.

SPORTS | 12/03/2018

Weekend review Nov. 30–Dec. 2

Jack Graham and David Xin

Review of men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s squash, women’s squash, men’s hockey, women’s hockey, and fencing from this weekend.

SPORTS | 12/02/2018

Men's basketball cruises to 21-point home win over GW

Tom Salotti

Myles Stephens posted a double-double, Devin Cannady had 16 points, and Princeton pulled away in the second half in a 73–52 home win over George Washington.

SPORTS | 12/02/2018

Magnus Carlsen retains World Chess Championship title

Ethan Li

Norwegian player Magnus Carlsen convincingly defended his world chess champion title today by defeating U.S. challenger Fabiano Caruana 3–0 in their tiebreak match.

SPORTS | 11/29/2018

Women’s track and field prepares for indoor season

Samantha Shapiro

This weekend, a few of the Tigers will contend at the Fasttrack Season Opener in Staten Island. The majority of the team will compete for the first time this season at home in Princeton’s New Year Invitational on the following Saturday, Dec. 8.

SPORTS | 11/29/2018

Women’s hockey faces Quinnipiac in home-and-home series

Owen Tedford

On Friday, the No. 10-ranked Tigers will host the Bobcats at 6 p.m. and then the teams will travel to Quinnipiac in Hamden, Conn., to play on Saturday at 3 p.m. At stake for Princeton is its eight-game unbeaten streak and its position atop the ECAC hockey standings.

SPORTS | 11/29/2018

It’s time to keep paying attention to Kemba Walker

Matthew Fuller

This year, as he leads the league in three-point field goals made and stays in the top five for scoring, don’t let your attention stray from Kemba again. His legacy is not defined by flashes of brilliance, but rather a quiet and steady ascension to becoming the superstar he already is.

SPORTS | 11/28/2018

Women’s basketball falls to 1–6 after being swept at Cancun Challenge

Chris Murphy

Missing star junior Bella Alarie, women’s basketball lost all three games in the Cancun Challenge.

SPORTS | 11/27/2018

Women’s volleyball falls just short of Ivy championship

Alissa Selover

Women’s volleyball finished the season on a five-game winning streak but fell one game shy of Yale for the Ivy League title.

SPORTS | 11/27/2018

Cannady clutch in men’s basketball’s comeback win over Monmouth

Jack Graham

Trailing 27–20 at halftime against Monmouth, men’s basketball came back to win 60–57 behind a strong defensive effort. Senior guard Devin Cannady knocked down four three-pointers in the last five minutes of the game to lead the Tigers to a 60–57 win.

SPORTS | 11/26/2018

Fall sports in review: 5 Princeton teams win conference championships

Jack Graham, David Xin, Molly Milligan, Tom Salotti, and Sam Lee

In the 2018 fall sports season, a remarkable five Princeton teams won conference championships. Here, we briefly recap their seasons.

SPORTS | 11/25/2018

Weekend full of Princeton victories: Men’s cross country finishes 22nd, women’s finishes 21st

Samantha Shapiro

Contributing to a weekend full of Tiger athletics victories, cross country concluded its season at the NCAA championships in Madison, Wis. Women’s cross country finished 21st in the nation, and men’s finished 22nd.

SPORTS | 11/19/2018

No. 4 field hockey’s season ends in OT at Final Four

Molly Milligan

Field hockey fell just short in an overtime Final Four thriller against Maryland.

SPORTS | 11/18/2018

Women’s ice hockey extends unbeaten streak with win over Colgate, draw with Cornell

Owen Tedford

In a pair of weekend home games, women’s ice hockey extended is undefeated streak to eight games with a win against Colgate and a draw against Cornell.

SPORTS | 11/18/2018

Princeton football beats Penn to claim outright Ivy title, undefeated season

Jack Graham

Princeton put the finishing touches on a perfect season Saturday, rolling Penn 42–14 to finish unbeaten and win the Ivy League title outright.

SPORTS | 11/17/2018

Men’s soccer falls to Michigan after 14 rounds of penalty kicks

Christopher Murphy

The Tigers certainly went down swinging, but unfortunately, a penalty kick effort for the ages was not enough to overcome Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Facing the Wolverines with a chance to advance to play No. 7 Notre Dame, the Ivy League champions fell in penalty kicks on a cold, snowy evening in Ann Arbor.

SPORTS | 11/15/2018

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