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 38 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: Nov. 8–14
Over the past week, Princeton teams played 33 games and matches across 14 sports and seven U.S. states. Of the 23 games where only one team came out on top, the Tigers won 78.3 percent of matches, smashing the 63.6 percent in 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 win percentage analysis.
This week, the Tigers won nearly four-fifths of their games. Home field advantage pulled through this past week, winning ten of fifteen, but Tigers were perfect on the road, winning all eight away from Old Nassau including men’s basketball’s come-from-behind win over Duquesne at a neutral site in Trenton.
What do you say, Chea?
Sophomore guard Ashley Chea set a new career points high, scoring 17 in a women’s basketball win over Villanova last night. After averaging six points as a first-year behind then-senior stars Kaitlyn Chen ’25 and Ellie Mitchell ’25 last year, Chea has risen to be the Tigers second-leading scorer three games into the season — posting just over ten a game.
Five-year plan
For the first time in five years, the Ivy League has two field hockey teams in the NCAA tournament: Princeton and Harvard. After finishing the Ivy season undefeated and securing critical non-conference wins, the Tigers locked in an at-large spot in the tournament to join the Ivy League tournament champion Crimson.
King Dinu of DeNunzio
In the first meet of the season, first-year Patrick Dinu broke the 100-meter freestyle school record by almost four-tenths of a second with a time of 42.51. He and his teammate junior Mitchell Schott, who now has the third-best 100-free time in school history, are sure to go back and forth this year in one of the fastest races in the pool.
Schott out of a cannon
The aforementioned Schott posted a blazing fast 1:32.78 200-meter freestyle for the Tigers this Saturday, breaking his own record by .59 seconds. Schott, who hails from Newport Beach, California, holds top-four times in Tiger history for the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 500-meter freestyles.
Chaney, licensed to kill
As women’s volleyball heads into their final weekend of the regular season, junior outside hitter Kamryn Chaney currently is averaging more kills per set, 4.35, than any Tiger in the past eight seasons for which there are records. In fact, no Tiger has put up more than 4 per set in that same time.
Shutout and dance with me
Field hockey’s senior goalie Robyn Thompson moved into the top-five on the Princeton career shutout list with a 4–0 win in the Ivy League tournament semifinals over Columbia. Thompson, who will face off against Boston College in the NCAA tournament Nov. 15, has the second most shutouts in the last 22 years, with 13 trailing only the 2017 season of Grace Baylis ’20.
All in all, the Tigers had a winning week, posting an impressive win percentage near 80 percent. From swimming to volleyball to field hockey record books, the Tigers notched successes. They’ll look to have a strong finish to the fall season with their upcoming NCAA tournaments and start the winter season off with a bang. 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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