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Women’s Rowing takes on Virginia, prepares for Senior Day

Molly Milligan

The tenth-ranked Princeton open women’s rowing team returned to campus Saturday evening after a wild 36 hours that featured the Tigers’ only away race of the season. Princeton traveled to race No. 9 Virginia on Lake Monticello in Palmyra, Va. They came out of the weekend with an impressive win in the First Varsity Eight, who moved to 10–1 on the season.

SPORTS | 04/24/2018

Amaechi stars, seniors on track ahead of Outdoor Track and Field’s Ivy League Championships

Amaechi stars, seniors on track ahead of Outdoor Track and Field’s Ivy League Championships

Harry Lord

Gearing up for the Ivy League Heptagonal (HEPS) Championships at University of Pennsylvania in two weeks, men’s and women’s track and field took to Weaver Stadium for the Larry Ellis Home Invitational this past weekend.

SPORTS | 04/24/2018

Princeton rugby teams up with PCAN to fight cancer

Princeton rugby teams up with PCAN to fight cancer

Christopher Murphy

Teaming up with other teams from New Jersey and beyond, the men’s and women’s rugby football clubs hosted the 2018 Rickerson Cup on Saturday. The event raises money and awareness for pancreatic cancer, and has acquired over $400,000 in donations to date.

SPORTS | 04/23/2018

With win over Harvard, men’s lacrosse stays alive in Ivy playoff race

With win over Harvard, men’s lacrosse stays alive in Ivy playoff race

Owen Tedford

On Saturday the men’s lacrosse team (7–5, 2–3 Ivy League) traveled up to Cambridge to take on Harvard (7–5, 2–3) in its last road Ivy League game of the season. By halftime, behind a six-goal second quarter, the Tigers had taken a 7–3 lead.

SPORTS | 04/23/2018

Men's volleyball upsets George Mason, falls to Harvard in EIVA playoffs

Jack Graham

After a 1–11 start to the season and an 0–4 start to EIVA play, the suggestion that men’s volleyball would make it all the way to the EIVA conference final might have seemed laughable. However, after the fourth-seeded Tigers upset top-seeded George Mason in four sets on Thursday’s semifinal, that’s exactly what happened. Unfortunately for the team, they would fall to Harvard in four sets in a clash of Ivy League rivals, coming up short in their bid to win their first EIVA title in 20 years.

SPORTS | 04/22/2018

Weekend Review

Weekend Review

Christopher Murphy

Strong showings abounded this weekend, with men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby, and baseball all bringing Ws to the University.

SPORTS | 04/22/2018

Wawa United and women’s club soccer compete in ‘Battle of the Sexes’

Harry Lord

Last Friday evening, fans flocked to Finney-Campbell Field for an historic soccer game: the inaugural Wawa United FC vs women’s club soccer derby. Wawa United is a soccer club made up of Princeton students, which was founded last year by Jonny Hopcroft ’20, the current team captain. The team normally plays its games in a local recreational league.

SPORTS | 04/19/2018

Golf preps for Ivy League championships

Golf preps for Ivy League championships

Samantha Shapiro

Heading into the Ivy League championships this weekend, men’s and women’s golf hope for wins to secure bids to the NCAA tournament. The league showdowns will run Friday through Sunday, with one round each day.

SPORTS | 04/18/2018

Gross tosses shutout but baseball drops series vs. Penn

Jack Graham

Men’s baseball continued its Ivy League conference schedule this weekend with a three-game home series against Penn. The team received an absolute gem of a pitching performance in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader from senior righthanded pitcher Ben Gross, who threw his first ever complete-game shutout in a 3–0 win, but still lost the series after falling 7–2 and 10–1 in the other two games.

SPORTS | 04/18/2018

Men’s volleyball to face George Mason in EIVA semifinal

Jack Graham

The last time men’s volleyball faced off against George Mason, the team took two of the first three sets from the EIVA regular season champions before ultimately losing in five. This weekend, Princeton will have a chance to avenge the loss, with even higher stakes, as it prepares to play George Mason once again in the EIVA semifinals.

SPORTS | 04/18/2018

Tigers clinch top seed in CWPA championships, perfect 8–0 in conference play

David Xin

The women’s water polo team ended conference play with a four-game home stand over the weekend. The Tigers faced George Washington, Brown, Harvard, and Bucknell at DeNunzio Pool, winning all four of their matches. The wins doubled Princeton’s winning streak to eight games and helped the Tigers end the regular season with a perfect 8–0 performance in the CWPA.

SPORTS | 04/17/2018

Tigers defeat Dartmouth in highest-scoring Princeton game ever

Owen Tedford

This past weekend, the men’s lacrosse team (6–5, 1–3 Ivy League) hosted Dartmouth (2–9, 0–4) in its second-to-last home Ivy League game of the season.

SPORTS | 04/16/2018

Tigers defeat Bulldogs by record margin, win 18–4

David Xin

The women’s lacrosse team (7–5, 3–1 Ivy) dominated Yale (7–6 overall, 2–3 Ivy) to pick up their third conference win of the season.

SPORTS | 04/16/2018

Men’s volleyball clinches playoff berth with historic away win over Penn State

Men’s volleyball clinches playoff berth with historic away win over Penn State

David Xin

The men’s volleyball team clinched a playoff berth in EIVA tournament after a historic win over Penn State on Friday, April 13. After starting off what appeared to be a disappointing season, the Tigers managed to string a series of victories when it mattered most to bring themselves into the postseason conversation.

SPORTS | 04/15/2018

Weekend review: In critical sports weekend, athletes break records

Christopher Murphy

Weekend Review

SPORTS | 04/15/2018

Women's water polo sweeps four weekend matches

Paige Thompson

This past weekend was a thrilling one for the Princeton women’s water polo team as CWPA conference play got underway at Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool. The No. 11 Princeton Tigers (17–7) took a full sweep of the season’s first league tournament, defeating the No. 13 Indiana Hoosiers (24–7), the St. Francis College Red Flashes (12–14), No. 12 Hartwick Hawks (27–9), and No. 9 Michigan Wolverines (27–8).

SPORTS | 04/12/2018

Baseball takes on Penn to kick off Ivy League stretch

Tom Salotti

Baseball (4–2, Ivy League) faces the Quakers (3–5–1) this Friday and Saturday at Clarke Field as the Tigers look to maintain their footing in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 04/12/2018

Softball rallies from seven point deficit, but Monmouth survives

David Xin

The softball team struggled to find its rhythm early in a match against Monmouth on Tuesday. Despite a rally late in the game, the Tigers were unable to cut the deficit as the Hawks ended the game with a 13–7 win.

SPORTS | 04/11/2018

Tigers edged out by No. 2 Maryland in final moments in 11–10 thriller

David Xin

The women’s lacrosse team took No. 2 Maryland to the wire, building on a strong lead to stay ahead for the first 50 minutes of the game. However, the Terps came back as a free-position attempt with 45.1 seconds left on the clock gave Maryland the opportunity to steal the game. After giving the Terps their largest deficit all season, the Tigers were unable to hold on and were narrowly edged out by Maryland 11–10.

SPORTS | 04/11/2018

ESPN, Ivy League announce ten-year partnership

Samantha Shapiro

Last week, ESPN and the Ivy League announced a ten-year deal in which ESPN agreed to cover over 1,100 events annually across 30 sports. Most of these events will be available through ESPN+, a new “upcoming direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service,” with a cost of $4.99 per month. Launching on April 12, ESPN+ is part of a redesigned ESPN app and will also be accessible through ESPN.com.

SPORTS | 04/10/2018

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