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Wrestling: Krop’s Midlands performance highlights grapplers’ strong run

Wrestling: Krop’s Midlands performance highlights grapplers’ strong run

Ben Koons

Princeton’s wrestlers kept busy over the break with impressive performances at the Midlands Championships tournament at Northwestern at the end of December and a quad meet at Pittsburgh on Saturday. Sophomore 141-pounder Adam Krop earned himself a top-15 national ranking after a third-place finish at Midlands. The team went 2-1 at this weekend’s meet, clobbering Davidson 48-0 and beating Virginia Military Institute 26-10 before succumbing 23-13 to No. 10 Pittsburgh.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

Women's Basketball: Title defense begins with 83-48 rout

Tobias Citron

The women’s basketball team has gone on a tear the last several weeks, winning four consecutive games, including an 83-48 victory at Penn in Saturday’s Ivy League opener.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

Women's Hockey: Hosts upset No. 10 Harvard, rank 3rd in ECAC

Beth Garcia

Just like last year, the women’s ice hockey team did not allow the three-week winter break to cause a slump. Competing in four tough games, the Tigers recorded three ties and one win. A 3-0 victory over the No. 10 Crimson and a 2-2 tie against the Big Green propelled Princeton into third place in the league’s standings.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

Men's Hockey: Shootout, OT win mark thrilling week

Jake Brown

While many students slept comfortably in their own beds for hours on end during this winter break, the men’s hockey team was in action all across the country. In the Mariucci Classic in Minneapolis, the Tigers tied Northeastern in an exciting 3-3 battle but lost a wild eight-round shootout. Princeton’s third-place game against Niagara ended in another 3-3 tie. After an overtime 3-2 win at Brown on Friday snapped Princeton’s five-game winless streak, the Tigers traveled to No. 20 Yale on Saturday, where they suffered their only loss of the winter vacation, 6-2.

SPORTS | 01/08/2012

Men's Basketball: Tigers upset FSU in 3OT thriller

The men’s basketball team has saved its best play for its biggest opponents. In November, the Tigers battled North Carolina State for 40 minutes, eventually losing on a last-minute jumper. In December, Princeton beat Rutgers on junior forward Ian Hummer’s game-winning shot. And last night, against their toughest opponent yet, the Tigers played their most thrilling game. Princeton held a 27-10 lead at halftime against Florida State but gave it all away in the second period, and both teams had chances to win the game in regulation and two extra frames. It wasn’t until a third overtime – when senior guard Doug Davis hit two huge three-pointers and the visitors made their free throws – that the Tigers finally pulled out a dramatic 75-73 victory.

SPORTS | 12/29/2011

Men's Basketball: Threes not lucky for Tigers

ALBANY, N.Y. – The men’s basketball team made shots from seemingly every spot along the three-point arc on Thursday night, hitting 13 of 31 attempts for the game. But the Tigers added only eight two-point field goals and four free throws. Despite a career-best game from sophomore point guard T.J. Bray and seven triples from senior guard Doug Davis, Princeton lost at Siena, 63-59, falling to 6-7 entering a short holiday break.

SPORTS | 12/21/2011

Live Blog: Men's Basketball at Siena

ALBANY, N.Y. — Our live blog takes on a holiday theme as we cover the men's basketball team's game at Siena from the Times Union Center. Follow the action here starting at 7 p.m.!

SPORTS | 12/21/2011

Men's Basketball: Princeton brings momentum to Boston

Damir Golac

The men’s basketball team will travel to Boston this weekend, taking on Northeastern in what will be the team’s fourth straight away game. The Tigers (5-6) are coming off of a dramatic come-from-behind overtime victory over Rider.“It was more a sense of relief than anything else,” junior forward Mack Darrow said of his game-winning three-pointer against Rider. “It got [junior forward] Ian Hummer to notice me, though, which has always been a dream of mine.”

SPORTS | 12/15/2011

Wrestling: Grapplers look to repeat last year’s success at Bucknell

Matt Siow

Coming off of a tough 29-7 home loss to No. 17 Rutgers last weekend, the wrestling team will begin a seven-match road trip in Lewisburg, Pa., on Saturday against Bucknell, No. 19 Central Michigan and Sacred Heart. The Tigers (1-4) currently boast three nationally ranked wrestlers in the Wrestling Report College Rankings: No. 24 junior 125-pounder Garrett Frey, No. 27 sophomore 141-pounder Adam Krop and No. 27 senior 157-pounder Daniel Kolodzik.

SPORTS | 12/15/2011

Sports Shorts: Fitzpatrick inducted into USTFCCCA Hall of Fame

Keene Fitzpatrick was one of six people officially inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Fitzpatrick coached Princeton’s track and field team from 1911-1932 — leading the Tigers to four national second-place finishes — and served as the kicking coach for the football team and the trainer for several sports.

SPORTS | 12/15/2011

Best of On Tap: Fall 2011

As the fall semester comes to a close with our last issue of 2011, we take a look back at the most memorable quotes from Princeton athletes that we put “on tap” the past four months.

SPORTS | 12/15/2011

Women's Basketball: Tigers hit the road, face No. 4 Stanford

Tobias Citron

The women’s basketball team will look to get back on track as it faces the fourth-best team in the country: the Stanford Cardinal. Stanford’s only loss came to No. 2 Connecticut early in the season. The Cardinal (6-1) will present a difficult test for the Tigers (7-3), as a top-ranked team that features some of the best players in college basketball and has not lost at home since the 2006-07 season.

SPORTS | 12/15/2011

Women's Hockey: From rivals to teammates to the top

Tory Roberts

One is a little bit quiet. One is small in stature, and the third has a sharp wit. But put the three leading scorers on the women’s hockey team on skates, and they can all be described similarly.Fast. Aggressive. Good.Sophomores Sally Butler, Denna Laing and Olivia Mucha lead the team first-second-third in points and assists this season. They combine for 17 of the team’s 33 goals and 20 of the 55 assists. As freshmen, the trio tallied 26 goals last season, and Mucha tied for the team lead in points.

SPORTS | 12/14/2011

Column: Ivy athletes succeed on more than brains

Alex Moss

Professional athletes from Ivy League schools — like the Jaguars' Colin Cloherty, who scored a touchdown last week — have their academic background brought up whenever they make headlines. But do their brains really help them on the field?

SPORTS | 12/14/2011

Women's Rugby: Team goes south for College 7s Nationals

Stephanie Gati

For the first time in college rugby history, there will be a collegiate national sevens championship sponsored by USA Rugby this weekend. The Princeton women’s team was one of 11 teams chosen by a selection committee to travel to Texas A&M University to compete for the championship.

SPORTS | 12/14/2011

Men's Basketball: Darrow's clutch 3-pointer gives Tigers OT win

Shayan Rakhit

With eight seconds left in overtime and the the men's basketball team trailing Rider 71-69 on Wednesday night, the Tigers were forced to foul forward Daniel Stewart, who missed consecutive free throws. Junior forward Ian Hummer brought down the defensive rebound and passed to senior guard Doug Davis, who drove into the lane and kicked out to junior forward Mack Darrow. With time expiring, Darrow calmly buried a three-pointer, giving Princeton a thrilling 72-71 victory.

SPORTS | 12/14/2011

Column: Sports teams wish for holiday gifts

Andrew Finkelstein

It’s cold outside, evergreens are missing from down campus and Rockefeller College has more colored lights than sub-Saharan Africa. As time passes and late December steadily approaches, it’s getting hard to overlook that the holiday season is finally here. I believe several Princeton sports teams would benefit from writing letters to Santa Claus.

SPORTS | 12/13/2011

Men's Hockey: Breakout sophomore a ‘gorilla’ on the ice

Beth Garcia

Fresh from an organic chemistry exam, sophomore forward Jack Berger of the men’s hockey team was relieved to hear that the interview questions would be much easier than the ones he had just tackled on his test. Enthusiastic about everything from his experiences growing up in a hockey-loving family with four younger brothers to his academic goals, it became clear that Jack embodies the “total package,” as head coach Bob Prier used to describe him.

SPORTS | 12/13/2011

On Tap with ... Dylan Ward and Ash Egan

Teddy Schleifer

Sophomore men’s squash players Ash Egan and Dylan Ward met each other as 10-year-olds at the Princeton squash camp and are still up to their old habits. Off the court, Ward is the straight main to Egan’s comic foil as the pair trade jokes, barbs and the occasional insult. On the court, the two Philadelphia natives are part of the reason why the team enters winter break undefeated.

SPORTS | 12/13/2011

Live Blog: Women's Basketball vs. No. 23 DePaul

The women's basketball team hosts its second ranked opponent this month, facing No. 23 DePaul at Jadwin Gymnasium at 7 p.m. tonight. Follow the action with our live blog!

SPORTS | 12/13/2011

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