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.
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.
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.
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.
Missing star junior Bella Alarie, women’s basketball lost all three games in the Cancun Challenge.
Women’s volleyball finished the season on a five-game winning streak but fell one game shy of Yale for the Ivy League title.
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.
In the 2018 fall sports season, a remarkable five Princeton teams won conference championships. Here, we briefly recap their seasons.
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.
Field hockey fell just short in an overtime Final Four thriller against Maryland.
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.
Princeton put the finishing touches on a perfect season Saturday, rolling Penn 42–14 to finish unbeaten and win the Ivy League title outright.
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.
The Princeton Tigers (9–0 overall, 6–0 Ivy) look to cap their undefeated season with a win against the Penn Quakers (6–3 overall, 3–3 Ivy) on Saturday at Powers Field.
For the second time in three years, No. 4 field hockey has earned a spot in the Final Four. They face the No. 2 Maryland Terrapins today at 3:45 p.m. at Trager Stadium in Louisville, Ky.
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year Kevin O’Toole and a stout Princeton defense lead men’s soccer into their NCAA tournament first round showdown Thursday in Ann Arbor.
Both men’s and women’s cross country will travel to Madison for the NCAA championships this weekend.
Men’s swimming and diving finished first but women’s finished last in this weekend’s Big Al Invitational field of five teams.
Stellar performances from both freshmen and seniors have men’s water polo poised for a strong showing in this weekend’s Northeast Water Polo Conference tournament.
Women’s soccer (11–4–2, 5–1–1 Ivy) fell to the Texas Tech Red Raiders (14–5–2, 5–3–1 conf.) last Friday evening 0–3 in the first round of the NCAA Division I tournament. After clinching the Ivy League title in the season finale against Penn, the Tigers secured the only tournament slot from the League.
