Sports Recaps

Women’s Swimming and Diving shatters records en route to Ivy League title

Ben Burns

Princeton women’s swimming and diving dominated the Ivy League meet to win their 23rd Ivy League Championship, a league-best record. Princeton finished with 1,569 points, as the competition saw multiple Tigers break school, league, and pool records across the four-day event.

SPORTS | 02/24/2020

Ellis, Cantine break records as men’s and women’s track and field prepare for Ivy Champs

Ellis, Cantine break records as men’s and women’s track and field prepare for Ivy Champs

Emily Philippides and Jesse Brewer

Sohie Cantine is now the only woman in Princeton’s program history to rank top 10 all-time in the mile, 1K, and 3K. Sam Ellis finished at the Boston University Valentine Invitational with a mile time of 3:57:66, a new school record.

SPORTS | 02/20/2020

Men’s hockey picks up second conference victory, splitting weekend play

Christopher Murphy

Men’s hockey picked up its second conference win of the season with a 6–3 win over St. Lawrence but fell in a 1–3 heartbreaker to no. 5 Clarkson.

SPORTS | 02/19/2020

Men’s tennis finishes third at ECAC Indoor Champs

Men’s tennis finishes third at ECAC Indoor Champs

Tom Salotti

After clinching the win over Penn, the Tigers fell to Harvard in the semifinals. The third place match against Dartmouth, a repeat of last year, saw Princeton dominate the Big Green to claim a spot on the podium.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Women’s basketball finished first half of Ivy League play undefeated

Alissa Selover

Women's basketball isn’t done dominating just yet. With their No. 1 scoring defense paving the way, they haven’t lost during the first half of Ivy League play. With a 15-game winning streak and 7–0 conference record, the Tigers dominated Yale and Brown this weekend.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Wrestling emerges unscathed from Drexel, Penn doubleheader

Wrestling emerges unscathed from Drexel, Penn doubleheader

Josephine de La Bruyere

Wrestling walked away from a Saturday, Dillon Gymnasium doubleheader against Penn and Drexel — Pennsylvania’s top two Division I programs — with back-to-back victories. The 33–6 and 22–16 wins cemented Princeton as the sole Ivy League champion and earned the team its first undefeated Ivy League season since 1986.

SPORTS | 02/17/2020

Princeton men’s basketball ‘humbled’ in blowout loss to Yale

Jack Graham

“Destroyed” and “rolled” were among the words used by Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson to describe his team’s 88–64 loss to Yale on Friday night.

SPORTS | 02/16/2020

Women’s track and field grabs first place at the HYP meet

Emily Philippides and Jesse Brewer

The women had several outstanding performances and a number of personal bests across all event groups at the HYP meet this past Saturday, including first-place finishes in the 60m hurdles and 500m races. The Tigers came first overall, beating Harvard 67–58 and Yale 67–56.

SPORTS | 02/11/2020

Dream over dynasty: Princeton wrestling defeats 17-time champ Cornell for Ivy League title

Josephine de La Bruyere

It took three decades, and a dream.

SPORTS | 02/11/2020

Men’s basketball splits weekend against Cornell, Columbia

Jack Graham

Despite losing for the first time in the Ivy League, Princeton remained tied for first in the league after Yale fell to Harvard.

SPORTS | 02/10/2020

Women’s hockey remains unbeaten after facing Rensselaer and Union

Women’s hockey remains unbeaten after facing Rensselaer and Union

Owen Tedford

Princeton women’s hockey went 2–0 in their second to last weekend of the regular season. They defeated both Rensselaer and Union in two tough battles. The Tigers have already guaranteed themselves a playoff position as one of the top eight teams, and need one more win to ensure a home quarterfinal. The Tigers’ toughest remaining game is against No. 7 Clarkson next Saturday afternoon. When these teams last met Princeton, won 2–1.

SPORTS | 02/09/2020

The first to 500: After wrestling victory, Princeton first to secure 500 Ivy League championships

Alissa Selover

Princeton became the first Ivy League to win 500 Ivy League Championships.

SPORTS | 02/09/2020

No. 2 women’s squash reigns victorious over No. 4 Yale, Brown

Sophie Cantine

No. 2 Princeton Women's Squash recorded two wins at home last weekend against No. 4 Yale and Brown, granting them a record of 9–1 and a record of 4–1 in the Ivy League.

SPORTS | 02/05/2020

Track and field opens indoor season with strong performances over Intersession

Jesse Brewer

Men’s and women’s track and field felled too many records to count in their first week of the indoor season, which saw the Tigers traveling to New York City, Cambridge, Ithaca, and Annapolis.

SPORTS | 02/05/2020

Wrestling routs Rider, places fifth at Midlands

Josephine de La Bruyere

Heading into a new decade, no, 12 Princeton wrestling didn’t pump the brakes. In the past three weeks, Tiger wrestling earned NCAA Team of the Week honors for routing no. 25 Rider University 25—9 and placed fifth, the highest of any Ivy League program, at the grueling 35-team Ken Kraft Midlands Championship.

SPORTS | 01/10/2020

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Wrestling falls to No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Iowa

Josephine de La Bruyere

Head wrestling coach Chris Ayres has a vision. But sometimes, dreams fall flat.

SPORTS | 12/09/2019

Wrestling places 15th at NCAAs; Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik make history

Josephine de La Bruyere

“I’ve gone through hell to get to this moment,” said head wrestling coach Christopher Ayres. “I’m getting chills. I mean, this is surreal. This is a dream come true. This is – I think – the greatest turnaround college athletics has ever seen.”

SPORTS | 03/24/2019

Dreams of NCAA titles fall flat on wrestling's historic second day of tournament

Josephine de La Bruyere

A historic day for Princeton wrestling ended on a bitter note. Patrick Glory, Patrick Brucki, and Matthew Kolodzik secured All-American status but fell into the consolation bracket.

SPORTS | 03/23/2019

Glory, Brucki, Kolodzik advance to NCAA quarterfinals; season ends for rest of Princeton wrestlers

Josephine de La Bruyere

As the first day of the NCAA tournament progressed, the stratification of Princeton’s team became more pronounced. For only the second time in program history, the Tigers ended the day with three wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Monday, Stefanik, and Parker were not so lucky. Their seasons — and their dreams of All-American status — ended with the day.

SPORTS | 03/22/2019

Wrestling claims third at EIWA conference tournament, sends six to NCAAs

Josephine de La Bruyere

After a third-place finish at the EIWA championships, including individual wins for Patrick Brucki and Patrick Glory, Princeton wrestling will send six wrestlers to Pittsburgh for the NCAA championships next week

SPORTS | 03/12/2019

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