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Princeton Tigers: Nov. 15–Nov. 21
24 games and matches were played across seventeen sports and nine U.S. states over the past two weeks. Of the 22 games where only one team came out on top, the Tigers won just over 60 percent of matches, less than the 78.3 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 tennis and cross country — are not included in our win percentage analysis.
This week, the Tigers won over 60 percent of their games. They held their own at home, winning one of their two games in Princeton, but the Tigers fought hard while playing on the road, including men’s soccer’s thrilling two wins in Philadelphia in the Ivy League Tournament. The Tigers were also the home team in six matches on foreign turf for both teams, though these games are counted as away as they were played outside of the Orange Bubble.
Go crazy like it’s 1980
For the first time since 1980, men’s tennis has two players in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Paul Inchauspe easily dispatched Benito Sanchez Martinez of Mississippi State 6–1, 6–3 and Fnu Ndujianzan pulled out a tense three-set victory over Baylor’s Oskar Brostrom Poulsen 6–2, 4–6, 6–3. Ndujianzan fell in the second round, but Inchauspe made history by taking down the top seed Christian Gorzny.
Dimes for days
Through their first four games, women’s basketball is tied for 26th in the nation in assists per game, averaging 18.5 per game. The Tigers are out-distributing last year’s Ivy League champion squad by over four and a half assists per contest.
Sensational six
In last weekend’s Ivy League Tournament, men’s soccer scored six straight unanswered goals across two games. The six scores helped overcome a 2–0 deficit in the semifinals against Cornell and cruise to a 3–1 win over Penn in the finals.
In the 113th minute in the semifinal, junior forward Danny Ittycheria flicked a header past the Cornell keeper to complete a thrilling 3–2 comeback. The goal came with only seven minutes left in double overtime and led the Tigers to an Ivy League Tournament championship win just two days later.
“Our coach said it best: ‘Let’s just pick up where we left off,’” junior defender Jack Jasinski told The Daily Princetonian. “We were all over Cornell and were able to start strong in the Penn game.”
First-class five
The Tigers combined for five Ivy League regular season titles in fall sports, from women’s volleyball, field hockey, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s soccer. Men’s cross country won their fourth straight Ivy championship and field hockey did not drop a game against Ivy opponents in an undefeated conference campaign.
Princes and princesses of the pool
Men’s and women’s swim and dive broke six pool records during meet wins over Columbia and Rutgers respectively. Sophomore Eleanor Sun broke two minutes in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:59.51; junior Mitchell Schott shattered the pool record by 5.5 seconds in the 200-yard butterfly for the second-best time in Tiger history, 1:42.22; and sophomore Yanning Zhang’s 47.13 was the pool’s fastest in the 100-yard backstroke.
From swim records to Ivy titles to soccer stunners, the Tigers notched many successes on the field and court and look to continue their strong start to their winter seasons. Check back next week to learn about all things Princeton Athletics — By The Numbers.
Harrison Blank is an assistant Sports editor at the ‘Prince.’
Please send any corrections to corrections[at]dailyprincetonian.com.
Correction: A previous version of this article stated Schott’s pool record was for the 200-yard breaststroke. The time is actually for the 200-yard butterfly. The ‘Prince’ regrets this error.
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