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Staff Picks: Women’s Basketball at Columbia

Staff Picks: Women’s Basketball at Columbia

Hayk Yengibaryan, Harrison Blank, Allison Ha, and Max Hines

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ’26, Assistant Sports Editor Harrison Blank ’26, sports staff writer Allison Ha ’25, and sports staff writer Max Hines ’25 make their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

SPORTS | 02/22/2024

Staff Picks: Men’s Basketball vs Yale, Round Two

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Staff Picks: Men’s Basketball vs Yale, Round Two

Hayk Yengibaryan, JP Ohl, Joseph Uglialoro, and Alex Beverton-Smith

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ’26, Assistant Sports Editor Alex Beverton-Smith ’27, sports staff writer JP Ohl ’26, and sports staff writer Joseph Uglialoro ’27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

SPORTS | 02/15/2024

Staff Picks: Super Bowl LVIII

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Staff Picks: Super Bowl LVIII

Hayk Yengibaryan, JP Ohl, Ryan Kirby, Alex Beverton-Smith, Tate Hutchins, and Peter Wang

Super Bowl LVIII is finally here, and the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will face off at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada this Sunday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Ahead of the most anticipated game of the NFL season, six members of the Daily Princetonian Sports staff offered their picks.

SPORTS | 02/08/2024

Staff Picks: Men’s basketball at Yale

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Staff Picks: Men’s basketball at Yale

Hayk Yengibaryan, JP Ohl, Harrison Blank, Joseph Uglialoro, and Tate Hutchins

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ’26, Associate Sports Editor Tate Hutchins ’27, Assistant Sports Editor Harrison Blank ’26, sports staff writer JP Ohl ’26, and sports staff writer Joseph Uglialoro ’27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

SPORTS | 02/01/2024

NCAA men’s water polo quarterfinal preview: Princeton vs. U.C. Irvine

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NCAA men’s water polo quarterfinal preview: Princeton vs. U.C. Irvine

Hayk Yengibaryan

Should Princeton win, they would make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time in the expanded tournament era.

Should Princeton win, they would make the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time in the expanded tournament era

SPORTS | 11/29/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Football vs. Yale

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Staff Picks: Men’s Football vs. Yale

Hayk Yengibaryan, JP Ohl, Harrison Blank, Diego Uribe, Alex Beverton-Smith, and Peter Wang

The ‘Prince’ Sports staff made their predictions for this weekend’s highly anticipated matchup with the Yale Bulldogs.

The ‘Prince’ sports staff made their predictions for this weekend’s highly anticipated matchup with the Yale Bulldogs.

SPORTS | 11/10/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Football at Dartmouth

The Princeton Football team runs out of the tunnel for the start of their game against Cornell last Saturday.

Staff Picks: Men’s Football at Dartmouth

Hayk Yengibaryan, Harrison Blank, Alex Beverton-Smith, and Peter Wang

Associate Sports editor Hayk Yengibaryan ’26, alongside contributors Harrison Blank ’26, Peter Wang ’27, and Alex Beverton-Smith ’27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ‘26, alongside contributors Harrison Blank ‘26, Peter Wang ‘27, and Alex Beverton-Smith ‘27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

SPORTS | 11/02/2023

Staff Picks: World Series

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Staff Picks: World Series

Hayk Yengibaryan, Joseph Uglialoro, Lee Meister, Max Hines, and Peter Wang

Five members of the Daily Princetonian Sports staff offered their predictions ahead of the MLB World Series.

SPORTS | 10/26/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Football at Cornell

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Staff Picks: Men’s Football at Cornell

Hayk Yengibaryan, Alex Beverton-Smith, and Peter Wang

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ’26 and contributors Alex Beverton-Smith ’27 and Peter Wang ’27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ‘26 and contributors Alex Beverton-Smith ‘27 and Peter Wang ‘27 made their predictions for this weekend’s Ivy League contest.

SPORTS | 10/26/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Football vs Lafayette

Princeton will face Lafayette in their second straight home game and their final non-conference game.

Staff Picks: Men’s Football vs Lafayette

Hayk Yengibaryan, Harrison Blank, and Alex Beverton-Smith

Associate Sports Editor Hayk Yengibaryan ‘26, alongside contributors Harrison Blank ‘26 and Alex Beverton-Smith ‘27, made their prediction for this weekend’s contest.

SPORTS | 10/05/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Lacrosse vs. Penn State

Hayk Yengibaryan and Harrison Blank

On the other side, Princeton is coming off of an Ivy League Championship, as they defeated the No. 9 Yale Bulldogs (9–5, 3–3 Ivy League) in the conference final to earn the automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. This is the Tigers’ 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance, as they chase the program’s seventh national title.

SPORTS | 05/11/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell

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Staff Picks: Men’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell

Hayk Yengibaryan, JP Ohl, and Harrison Blank

No. 17 men's lacrosse will travel to the Cornell Big Red for their final regular season game of the year this Saturday, April 29. The Tigers and Big Red currently sit on top of the Ivy League standings, tied for first and having clinched a spot in the 2023 Ivy League Tournament. This Saturday’s game will determine which team will control the No. 1 seed entering the tournament.

SPORTS | 04/27/2023

“J.T.” to HTX: Jeremiah Tyler ’22 picked up by USFL’s Houston Gamblers

Ava Seigel

Jeremiah Tyler ’22, the former linebacker and backbone of Princeton defensive football during his time as a Tiger, signed as a free agent to play with the United States Football League (USFL) Houston Gamblers on Wednesday, March 29. Tyler will begin his professional football career starting with the Gamblers season opener against the Michigan Panthers on April 16.

Jeremiah Tyler ‘22, the former linebacker and backbone of Princeton defensive football during his time as a Tiger, signed as a free agent to play with the United States Football League (USFL) Houston Gamblers on Wednesday, March 29. Tyler will begin his professional football career starting with the Gamblers season opener against the Michigan Panthers on April 16.

SPORTS | 03/30/2023

Staff Picks: Men’s Lacrosse vs. Brown

Staff Picks: Men’s Lacrosse vs. Brown

Diego Uribe and Harrison Blank

No. 17 men's lacrosse (3–4 overall, 1–1 Ivy League) will continue their Ivy League schedule against the Brown Bears (4–4, 0–1) at home, at Sherrerd Field, this Saturday, April 1. A win against Brown this Saturday would most likely catapult Princeton into a tie for second place in the Ivy League and give the Tigers solid positioning for a place in the Ivy League tournament.

SPORTS | 03/30/2023

Preview: men’s basketball seeks Elite Eight appearance in showdown with Creighton

Preview: men’s basketball seeks Elite Eight appearance in showdown with Creighton

Wilson Conn and Diego Uribe

Princeton will face off against Creighton in the schools’ first matchup in 62 years and the first-ever six-seed versus 15-seed matchup in March Madness history.

SPORTS | 03/22/2023

Preview: men's basketball to face Missouri in NCAA Round of 32

Wilson Conn

Should Princeton win, they will be just the fourth-ever 15-seed to make it to the Sweet 16, and just the second-ever Ivy League team to do so, joining the 2010 Cornell squad.

SPORTS | 03/18/2023

Preview: 10th-seeded women's basketball takes on seven-seed N.C. State in March Madness

Preview: 10th-seeded women's basketball takes on seven-seed N.C. State in March Madness

Isabel Rodrigues

“They’re really strong in transition … and score really, really well at the rim,” head coach Carla Berube said of N.C. State during a press conference on Thursday. “We’ve got to communicate really well with each other … and take great shots on the offensive end so that defensively we’re back and ready to execute our game plan.”

SPORTS | 03/17/2023

Preview: men’s basketball takes on Arizona in March Madness

Preview: men’s basketball takes on Arizona in March Madness

Wilson Conn

“If you just look at them, there are really obvious issues right away,” head coach Mitch Henderson ‘98 said in a phone interview with the ‘Prince.’ “They’re gigantic.”

SPORTS | 03/14/2023

Preview and Staff Picks: Women's basketball at Ivy Madness

Preview and Staff Picks: Women's basketball at Ivy Madness

Isabel Rodrigues and Tony Owens

The top-seeded Tigers will face fourth-seeded Penn in the semifinal for a rematch of their regular season finale, while the other semifinal will feature second-seeded Columbia and third-seeded Harvard.

SPORTS | 03/10/2023

Preview and Staff Picks: Men's basketball at Ivy Madness

Preview and Staff Picks: Men's basketball at Ivy Madness

Wilson Conn, Diego Uribe, and Yousif Mohamed

The Tigers enter Ivy Madness as the second seed and will thus take on third-seeded Penn in the semifinal round. The other semifinal round will see top-seeded Yale take on fourth-seeded Cornell (17–10, 7–7).

SPORTS | 03/09/2023

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