Princeton University Athletics
Saturday Recap: April 30
April 30, 2016 | General
WOMEN'S TRACK: Lions Invitational
Princeton won eight events at the Lions' Invitational this afternoon and if it were a scored meet would have won it handedly. The Tigers had seven second-place finishes, and sixth third-place finishes in the final meet before the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
MEN'S TRACK: Lions Invitational
Greg Caldwell, Greg Leeper and Xavier Bledsoe each earned victories at the TCNJ Lions Invitational. The Tigers had four others place second or third in their respective events.
MEN'S TRACK: Penn Relays
The final day of the Penn Relays was highlighted by a third-place showing by senior Adam Bragg in the pole vault.
WOMEN'S TRACK: Penn Relays
The 4x800 relay finished third in the Championship of America race at the Penn Relays. The relay of Ashley Forte, Cecilia Barowski, Jackie Berardo and Zoe Sims clocked 8:32.23.
SOFTBALL: Princeton 4, Cornell 3; Princeton 12, Cornell 2 (5 inn.)
Princeton completed its first four-game sweep over Cornell since the teams began playing four-game series in 2007, finishing the Ivy regular season at 14-6. Princeton will play at Dartmouth or Harvard in the Ivy League Championship Series next Saturday.
HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING: #3 Princeton Retains Content Cup
The third-ranked Princeton heavyweights posted their first perfect regatta against Brown since 2002 and picked up their eighth win of the season with a 4.3-second victory over the Bears.
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT ROWING: #1 Yale Edges #3 Tigers for Goldthwait Cup
Top-ranked Yale edged No. 3 Princeton by about three seconds to win the Goldthwait Cup for the first time since 2006. The Tigers won two races during the annual H-Y-P regatta.
OPEN ROWING: #9 Princeton Defeats #19 Duke
Princeton won its ninth race in a row and completed a perfect day against the 19th-ranked Blue Devils in the regular season finale. The Tigers also celebrated Senior Day for the six members of the Class of 2016.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE: Princeton 8, Brown 3
The Princeton women's lacrosse defeated Brown 8-3 in the regular-season finale to win its third Ivy League title in three years and 11th in program history.
MEN'S LACROSSE: Princeton 7, Cornell 6
Matt O'Connor made 11 saves and allowed two goals in the second half and Ryan Ambler scored the game-winner for Princeton in its season finale.
BASEBALL: Cornell 4, Princeton 3; Princeton 7, Cornell 2
The Princeton baseball team clinched home field advantage in the Ivy League Championship Series with a split vs. the Cornell Big Red at Clarke Field on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers lost game one, 4-3, but won game two, 7-2.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO: Michigan 9, Princeton 8
Princeton rallied from a three-goal deficit to pull within one in the final minutes of Saturday's CWPA semifinal, but Michigan held on to advance to Sunday's final. Princeton will play Hartwick in the third-place match Sunday.