Football looks to defend the Ivy League title
Owen TedfordOn Saturday, Princeton football will open its 149th season at home against San Diego (1–1). This will be the start of the Tigers’ battle to defend their Ivy League title last year.
On Saturday, Princeton football will open its 149th season at home against San Diego (1–1). This will be the start of the Tigers’ battle to defend their Ivy League title last year.
As the rest of the student body returned to campus this past week, the Princeton men’s soccer team commenced its season with a series of non-conference games. The team failed to pick up a win, but its performance leaves much room for optimism for the coming season.
The Princeton women’s soccer team is currently 6-0, having conceded only one goal, and has been ranked 20th nationally in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the best record Princeton has held since 2004.
The women’s volleyball team finished the Villanova Tournament with a perfect record after completing a 3-1 comeback against the University of Connecticut.
The Princeton women’s field hockey team now stands with a 1-3 record for the season after losing to Penn State on Sunday, Sept. 10.
The women’s lacrosse team had an exciting run in the NCAA Tournament, having defeated Cornell to face Penn State in the quarterfinal round.
Cara Morey, who had been associate head coach of the women’s ice hockey team, has been promoted to head coach of the Tigers.
The 2017 Princeton athletic season will officially come to a close this weekend with the men’s and women’s crew teams traveling across the nation to attend the IRA championships.
On Sunday, the women’s openweight rowing headed down to Cooper River for the 2017 Ivy League Championships.
It’s been another extremely fruitful year for the Princeton track and field program.
For the first time in 12 years, the entire Princeton women’s golf team opened the NCAA regional tournament on Monday at the University of Georgia’s golf course in Athens, Ga. The Tigers’ spot in the competition was a result of earning the Ivy League's automatic bid after a 31-stroke victory over Harvard at the Ivy League Championships, which ended on April 23.
For the second consecutive year, the Princeton women’s softball team has won the Ivy League Championship and earned a coveted spot in the NCAA tournament.
The Princeton men’s track and field team captured its 17th Outdoor Heps title at the 82nd annual Outdoor Heps Championships held May 6 and 7 at Yale. With an entire team effort, the Tigers edged out second-place Cornell 156 to 149 points for its fifth title in the past seven years.
After qualifying 10 athletes for Day Two, the women’s track and field team finished in third place in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship with 103 points.
The women’s lacrosse team swept through Penn with a record-setting performance in the Ivy League Women’s Lacrosse Tournament.
Despite the rain-soaked field and the downpour that ensued all game, the Tigers were able to generate tons of chances to score.
Senior Alex Day and junior Luke Gamble earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament this past Wednesday.
This Thursday the tennis team held a fundraiser for junior Jacob Kaplan at the Lenz Tennis Center. Members of the community could play against varsity athletes in support of Kaplan’s fight against cancer. Participants were asked to donate $15 dollars towards Kaplan’s cause.
With its win last Saturday on senior day against Columbia (7-8, 2-5 Ivy), the women’s lacrosse team captured its fourth straight Ivy League title and 13th in school history.
After wins over Bucknell and Hartwick, the Princeton Women’s Water Polo team fell to the University of Michigan in the championship game of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Championships this weekend, April 28th to 30th.