Princeton University Athletics
Saturday Recap: April 23
April 23, 2016 | General
Sophomore Carrington Akosa won the 200, while sophomore Mitchel Charles was the runner-up in the discus to highlight the individual efforts at on Day 2 of the Larry Ellis Invitational.
WOMEN'S TRACK
Junior Allison Harris became the Ivy League record holder in the pole vault, clearing 4.15m. She surpasses Princeton's own Chelo Chanino's mark of 4.11 from the 2004 NCAA Regionals
WOMEN'S GOLF: Princeton Stands Second Entering Final Day at Ivies
Harvard holds a six-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round at the Ivy League Championships. Amber Wang is the top Tiger at +6, six shots off the individual lead.
MEN'S TENNIS: Penn 4, Princeton 3
Penn and Princeton battled through four singles matches that went to third-set tiebreakers, and three of those matches went to the Quakers as Penn was able to split the singles after taking the doubles point for a 4-3 win.
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING: Princeton Retains Wood-Hammond Cup
Princeton followed its win over No. 1 Cornell last weekend with victories over both Penn and Georgetown in every race Saturday morning. The first varsity won by more than 11 seconds to retain the Wood-Hammond Cup.
MEN'S GOLF: Tigers Stand Fifth at Ivy Championships
Eric Mitchell carded a tournament-low 70 Saturday to climb to third place on the individual leaderboard, three shots off the pace, as Princeton stood fifth as a team heading into Sunday's final round.
OPEN ROWING: Princeton Retains The Class Of 1984 Plaque
The Tiger varsity eight ran its win streak to eight and won each of the NCAA Championships-format races to retain the Class of 1984 Plaque over both Penn and Dartmouth Saturday morning.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Princeton 14, Columbia 9
Princeton cruised to a 14-9 win at Columbia to improve to 19-0 in the all-time series. Junior Olivia Hompe paced the offense with four goals, while causing four turnovers, winning three draws and collecting four ground balls. Junior Ellie DeGarmo made 10 saves.
SOFTBALL: Columbia 4, Princeton 1; Princeton 6, Columbia 3
Princeton split Saturday's doubleheader with Columbia, remaining three games up on the Lions in the Ivy South standings. Freshman Kaylee Grant had a home run in each game.
HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING: Princeton wins 3 of 4, but Yale wins Carnegie Cup
The top-ranked Yale Bulldogs defeated third-ranked Princeton by 2.1 seconds in a showdown of the last two undefeated boats in the Ivy League. The Tigers won three of four races during the morning on the Housatonic River.
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING: Princeton Retains Class of 2006 Cup
Princeton won its 14th straight race over Georgetown in women's lightweight rowing, topping the Hoyas by 10.3 seconds to retain the Class of 2006 Cup.
MEN'S LACROSSE: Harvard 16, Princeton 12
Gavin McBride had four goals, Bobby Weaver and three and Zach Currier filled up basically the entire state sheet, but the loss eliminated Princeton from Ivy League tournament contention.
BASEBALL: Columbia 8, Princeton 4, Princeton 6, Columbia 2
The Princeton baseball team worked a split against the Columbia Lions on Saturday afternoon at Robertston Field at Satow Stadium. The Lions won game one, 8-4 while the Tigers were victorious in game two, 6-2.