The NCAA selection committee showed Princeton some love on Monday by awarding the women’s basketball team an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
This weekend, the Princeton women’s basketball team secured a chance to play for the Ivy League title, improving its conference record to 12-1 with wins over Harvard (14-12 overall, 9-4 Ivy) and Dartmouth (12-18, 7-7). On Friday at Jadwin Gym, the Tigers led Harvard, 79-69.
With this weekend’s wins over Columbia (12-14 overall, 1-10 Ivy) and Cornell (14-12, 6-6), the women’s basketball team has swept 39 out of its past 42 Ivy League weekends. On Friday, the Tigers beat Columbia for the 16th time in a row, running past the Lions, 77-48.
Princeton won its 15th straight game against Yale (11-15 overall, 2-7 Ivy) last Friday, beating the Bulldogs relatively closely with a final score of 94-81.The game started out fairly even, but about five minutes into the first quarter, the Tigers scored six straight points to distance themselves by nine points from the Bulldogs.
The Princeton women’s basketball team continued its win streak at home with solid wins over Cornell (13-8, 5-2 Ivy) and Columbia (12-11, 1-7). The Tigers started out against Cornell on Friday with three straight layups.
As league play reaches its midway point, the race for first place in women’s basketball is as tight as ever.
The women’s basketball team completed the 36thsweep of its last 39 Ivy League weekends as it blew past Dartmouth (7-15, 2-4 Ivy) on Friday and then eked past Harvard (8-11, 3-3) on Sunday. It was a balanced team effort as Princeton defeated Dartmouth 85-48 on Friday.
Entering the third week of Ivy League play, the women’s basketball team (13-4 overall, 2-1 Ivy) will embark on a road trip this weekend to tackle Dartmouth (7-13, 2-2) on Friday and then Harvard (8-9, 3-1) on Sunday. The Tigers began the Ivy League stretch of their season with a disappointing 48-50 loss to rival Penn, which currently sits atop conference standings.
Following a 20-day respite from competition, the women’s basketball team wasted little time in getting back to business this weekend.
While the semester may be winding down, the women’s basketball season is in full swing, as some of the teams are beginning to get their first tastes of Ivy League play.
This winter break, the Princeton women’s basketball team hit a speed bump in Ohio before regaining ground with two leisurely wins against Marist and Hampton.On Friday, Dec.
Hoping to extend a seven-game win streak, the Princeton women’s basketball team (9-1) will travel to Ohio to square off against No.
The Princeton women’s basketball team will look to extend its five-game win streak in a home game against Pittsburgh on Saturday. The game will be the third in a series of four home games.
In a gym teeming with Tiger supporters, the Princeton women’s basketball team defended their home court against their opponents of the north, as they took down the University of Michigan Wolverines (7-1) to the tune of 74-57 on Sunday afternoon.
The Princeton women’s basketball team, in a resounding rebound from its 64-71 loss to Seton Hall a week earlier, earned three convincing wins over Thanksgiving break. Last Tuesday, Princeton (5-1 overall) defeated Rider University 78-59.
After the first weekend of the season, the women’s basketball team continues its streak of success in regular season play,opening 2015-2016 with wins over American University and Duquesne University.The Tigers (2-0 overall) came into Friday night ready to repeat last year’s success over the Eagles, whom they defeated 63-56 in the previous year.
The campaign starts anew for the women’s basketball team, as it opens the season at home against American University on Friday night at 7:00 PM and Duquesne University on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 PM. Anyone who paid attention to Princeton sports last year knows this team had a season for the ages.
The Naismith Award. A perfect regular season record. The No. 25 ranking going into the season.
This season, Blake Dietrick has been absolutely stunning. She’s had one of the best seasons for any Ivy League athlete.
With her thesis finished and the WNBA draft over, Princeton senior Blake Dietrick can now focus solely on being ready for training camp. Dietrick, the star and leader of the 31-1 Princeton women’s basketball team, will be traveling to the capital for the Washington Mystics’ training camp.
