On Monday, junior quarterback Quinn Epperly was named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List. The Sports Network, one of the world’s largest sports information wire services, presents the major awards in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, also known as FCS, at the end of each season.
In an interview at the beginning of the school year, Penn President Amy Gutmann spoke to the state of Quaker athletics.
Last year in Bethlehem, PA, the football team’s first half effort against Lehigh was not encouraging.
Can an Ivy League defense lose two players to the NFL and recreate its magic from last season? A year after the Tigers’ defense paved the way toward Princeton’s first bonfire season in six years, the new lineup will be key if the Tigers are to replicate or even surpass last season’s success.
And so the title defense begins. In a non-conference schedule that has had its highs and lows, the men’s basketball team has bounced back from a 1-5 start to win eight of its last 10 games as it enters Ivy League play this weekend. The Tigers (9-7) open their slate on the road, taking on Cornell (5-9) on Friday followed by Columbia (11-5) on Saturday.
With eight seconds left in overtime and the the men's basketball team trailing Rider 71-69 on Wednesday night, the Tigers were forced to foul forward Daniel Stewart, who missed consecutive free throws. Junior forward Ian Hummer brought down the defensive rebound and passed to senior guard Doug Davis, who drove into the lane and kicked out to junior forward Mack Darrow. With time expiring, Darrow calmly buried a three-pointer, giving Princeton a thrilling 72-71 victory.
Entering Wednesday night, the men’s basketball team had not won at Rutgers since 1999. After Princeton blew a 17-point lead late in the second half, it seemed that the streak would continue. But despite a strong push from the Scarlet Knights, the Tigers held off the hosts when junior forward Ian Hummer floated in a game-winning layup with 2.7 seconds left to go, giving Princeton a 59-57 victory.
The transition from high school to college is very rarely an easy one. Things that are bigger, faster and more complex now complicate what may have been simple or easy in high school. While this rings true for most college freshmen, rookie tailback Chuck Dibilio had to adapt both on and off the field as he was thrust into a starring role for the football team this season.
The men’s basketball team shot 3-for-9 from the free throw line in the first half and went on a seven-minute scoreless streak in the second. But despite its struggles in key areas, Princeton built a valiant late run off strong defense at North Carolina State in the TicketCity Legends Classic.
The last time the men’s basketball team was in game action, it was under the bright lights of the St. Pete Times Forum against an eventual Final Four team in the NCAA Tournament. That was a different team, a different season, with a different head coach. On Saturday, the Tigers will take the floor again, as the tenure of head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 begins back home at Jadwin Gymnasium against Wagner.
