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Wrestling routs Rider, places fifth at Midlands

Josephine de La Bruyere

Heading into a new decade, no, 12 Princeton wrestling didn’t pump the brakes. In the past three weeks, Tiger wrestling earned NCAA Team of the Week honors for routing no. 25 Rider University 25—9 and placed fifth, the highest of any Ivy League program, at the grueling 35-team Ken Kraft Midlands Championship.

SPORTS | 01/10/2020

“I just want to wrestle”: meet Demetra Yancopoulos '22

Josephine de La Bruyere

“Honestly,“ said Audrey Pang ’05, “I never thought it would take 15 years for there to be another girl wrestling for Princeton.”

FEATURES | 12/12/2019

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Josephine de La Bruyere

Head wrestling coach Chris Ayres has a vision. But sometimes, dreams fall flat.

SPORTS | 12/09/2019

No. 14 wrestling upsets no. 7 Lehigh for second consecutive year

Josephine de La Bruyere

On Nov. 30, 2018 on the road, the unranked underdogs of Princeton wrestling took down a powerhouse: the no. 8 Mountain Hawks. Since then, one question has plagued the Tigers, their fans, and their adversaries: could Princeton do it again? Answer: yes.

SPORTS | 11/25/2019

Burn the ships: wrestling looks ahead to 2019-2020 season

Burn the ships: wrestling looks ahead to 2019-2020 season

Josephine de La Bruyere

Last year, No. 11 Princeton wrestling pulled off what head coach Christopher Ayres called “the greatest collegiate athletic turnaround of all time.” The team had spent the year urging their fans to #GetIn: to buy into their program, to hop on board before the bandwagon did. Now Princeton wrestling is back, and the Tigers aren’t satisfied. Getting in isn’t enough. They want to burn the ships.

SPORTS | 11/21/2019

Wrestling places 15th at NCAAs; Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik make history

Josephine de La Bruyere

“I’ve gone through hell to get to this moment,” said head wrestling coach Christopher Ayres. “I’m getting chills. I mean, this is surreal. This is a dream come true. This is – I think – the greatest turnaround college athletics has ever seen.”

SPORTS | 03/24/2019

Dreams of NCAA titles fall flat on wrestling's historic second day of tournament

Josephine de La Bruyere

A historic day for Princeton wrestling ended on a bitter note. Patrick Glory, Patrick Brucki, and Matthew Kolodzik secured All-American status but fell into the consolation bracket.

SPORTS | 03/23/2019

Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik advance to NCAA quarterfinals; season ends for rest of Princeton wrestlers

Josephine de La Bruyere

As the first day of the NCAA tournament progressed, the stratification of Princeton’s team became more pronounced. For only the second time in program history, the Tigers ended the day with three wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Monday, Stefanik, and Parker were not so lucky. Their seasons — and their dreams of All-American status — ended with the day.

SPORTS | 03/22/2019

In bid to make history, wrestling heads to NCAA Championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

Two weeks ago, six Princeton wrestlers qualified for the NCAA tournament. On Thursday at noon in the Pittsburgh PPG Arena, each of them will begin his three-day quest for glory.

SPORTS | 03/21/2019

Wrestling claims third at EIWA conference tournament, sends six to NCAAs

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a third-place finish at the EIWA championships, including individual wins for Patrick Brucki and Patrick Glory, Princeton wrestling will send six wrestlers to Pittsburgh for the NCAA championships next week

SPORTS | 03/12/2019

Necessary, difficult, fair: an investigation of wrestling and weight at Princeton

Necessary, difficult, fair: an investigation of wrestling and weight at Princeton

Josephine de La Bruyere

An inside look at Princeton wrestlers’ “weight management” techniques.

FEATURES | 03/06/2019

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Wrestling cruises by Drexel 27–13 despite No. 3 Kolodzik's upset loss

Josephine de La Bruyere

No. 3 Matthew Kolodzik lost in an upset to unranked Parker Kropman, but Princeton wrestling earned a convincing win over Drexel in its last match before its conference tournament.

SPORTS | 02/26/2019

Wrestling rebounds from disappointing weekend with dominant win over Penn

Josephine de La Bruyere

In Philadelphia on Saturday, Princeton wrestling (8–6 overall, 4–1 Ivy) claimed the title of Ivy League runners-up and clinched its first four-match win streak over the University of Pennsylvania (5–8, 2–3) since 1988.

SPORTS | 02/19/2019

Wrestling finishes second in Ivy League as Cornell claims 17th straight title

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling traveled to Ithaca, New York, last weekend with one goal in mind: to put an end to No. 10 Cornell’s (10–2 overall, 5–0 Ivy) 16-year reign over the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/12/2019

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Bittersweet weekend for wrestling: Ivy League wins but star Kolodzik falls short

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a two-week break from competition, wrestling (6–5, 2–0 Ivy) began its busy weekend with dominating victories against Harvard University (1–7, 1–5 EIWA) and Brown University (4–6, 2–5 EIWA). But in a battle for the unofficial New Jersey state wrestling title, the team fared worse, falling to Rutgers University (9–5, 2–3 Big 10) by just one point.

SPORTS | 02/05/2019

Wrestling records historic weekend at Midlands Championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton wrestling had never produced a champion at the Chicago-based Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. They left this year’s tournament with two. The Princeton squad powered through Midlands’ stiff competition to finish in a program-best fifth place.

SPORTS | 01/10/2019

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

Wrestling splits Ivy League doubleheader against Harvard and Brown

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Wrestling splits Ivy League doubleheader against Harvard and Brown

Jack Graham

Over the weekend, Princeton wrestling traveled to New England for meets against Harvard and Brown. The Tigers split the doubleheader, defeating Harvard 21-17 but falling 17-15 to Brown.

SPORTS | 02/05/2018

Wrestling competes in Grapple at the Garden

Owen Tedford

This past Sunday, the Princeton wrestling team continued its stretch against some of the top teams in the country when it traveled to New York City to take on No. 10 Virginia Tech in Madison Square Garden. The game represented the opening match at the Grapple at the Garden. Unfortunately, the unranked Tigers came out on the losing side of this match, defeated by a score of 26-12.

SPORTS | 12/11/2017

Princeton wrestling caps historic season with third-place finish in EIWA Championships, Top 25 finish in NCAA Tournament

Michael Gao

Ivy and EIWA Coach of the Year Chris Ayres wanted to bring the Princeton wrestling program into national prominence. Speaking about the gradual, often painstaking rise of the Tigers as serious national contenders, Ayres noted, “Our program has come a long, long way in the past 10 years, with a lot of people sacrificing to elevate it to this point.”

SPORTS | 03/30/2017

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