Each week, Sports and Data writers analyze recent athletic competitions to provide analysis and insight on the happenings of Princeton athletics and individual players across the 37 intercollegiate teams at Princeton. Whether they are record-breaking or day-to-day, statistics deliver information in concise ways and help inform fans who might have missed the action. Read past By the Numbers coverage here.
Princeton Tigers: Oct. 25–Oct. 31
19 games and matches were played across ten sports and six U.S. states over the past two weeks. Of the 11 games where only one team came out on top, the Tigers won 63.6 percent of matches, more than the 58 percent across last week’s games.
Multiple-day meets and tournaments are counted individually for each day of the competition. Competitions with more than one event or individual results, such as golf and cross country, are not included in our analysis.
While the Orange and Black greatly benefited from home field advantage this past week, taking six of seven in New Jersey, they struggled with travel and playing on the road. Away from Old Nassau, they won only one of four games.
Terrific Tiger Tandem
Men’s basketball standouts Caden Pierce and Xaivian Lee both landed on ESPN’s list of the top 100 college basketball players for the upcoming season. Pierce, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, came in at 76, and Lee, who garnered significant NBA draft buzz in the offseason, arrived at 82.
“It’s definitely cool to see us getting that recognition at the national level,” Lee wrote to The Daily Princetonian. “I think it speaks towards the level of our program and how our coaches have put us in a position to be in the spotlight and people are taking notice of that.”
XC Ecstasy
Both men’s and women’s cross country currently sit as the highest-ranked Ivy league team in the Mid-Atlantic region — third and fifth respectively. They each host the Ivy League Championships this Saturday morning, an event with major implications for a potential NCAA postseason appearance.
Nifty Fifty
Despite the Tigers’ struggles at Harvard last weekend, senior kicker Jeffrey Sexton was a bright spot for the Tigers. Sexton nailed the first 50-yard or longer field goal in the last 24 years for the Tigers, splitting the uprights from 51 out. The Princeton football record books list a 65-yard field goal kicked in 1882 by James Haxall as the longest field goal ever, making Sexton’s field goal the fourth-longest all time.
Minister of Defense
Junior midfielder Jack Jasinski was rewarded for his recent lights out performances with the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honor. Jasinski, a defensive anchor and playmaker, scored the only goal in the Tigers’ crucial 1–0 victory over Yale on Saturday with a beautifully struck free kick from outside the box. Jasinski played all 90 minutes in the 1–0 win over Fordham, as well as in the Yale game.
“Our preparation going into games has remained constant all season — we try to treat every game as if it were a final, and we go into games ready to put everything on the line,” Jasinski wrote to the ‘Prince.’ “As we enter the final stretch, we’re committed to giving everything we have, with the goal of extending our season as long as possible.”
Rah rah rah, Tiger tiger tiger, Sis sis sis, Boom boom boom, ah! 28! 28! 28!
No. 12 field hockey clinched at least a share of the Ivy League regular season title with their win over Dartmouth. This marks the 28th time that the Tigers have achieved this feat. The Tigers are 6–0 in the Ivy League this season, with only the Yale Bulldogs standing in the way of a perfect conference record for the fifth time in the past decade.
All in all, the Tigers had a winning week, posting a win percentage over 60 percent. From field hockey to cross-country, the Tigers notched many successes on the field and look to have a strong finish to the season in these sports with Ivy League championships looming. Check back next week to learn about all things Princeton Athletics — By The Numbers.
Harrison Blank is an assistant Sports editor at the ‘Prince.’
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