More Catching Up

Catching up: 

* So here's a list of names that came TigerBlog's way among those who should be considered for the best Princeton athletes post-Princeton:

Trevor Tierney, John van Ryn, Demer Holleran, Dave Sisler, Craig Masback, Ryan Boyle, Nelson Diebel, Mason Rocca, Carol Brown, Chris Ahrens, Jed Graef, Will Venable, Nathan Crumpton, Charlie Volker and Julia and Katie Reinprecht. 

Feel free to reach out with others. 

TigerBlog's original list included: Bill Bradley, Caroline Lind, Ashleigh Johnson, Tom Schreiber, Anne Marden, Donn Cabral, Jeff Halpern. Julia Ratcliffe. Lizzie Bird. Brian Taylor. Armond Hill. Geoff Petrie. Andreanne Morin. Lauren Wilkinson. Lynn Jennings. Moe Berg. Charlie Gogolak. Zach Currier. 

Caroline Lind, by the way, was in the headlines this week for being selected to the National Rowing Hall of Fame. When TigerBlog saw this, he had one thought: She wasn't already in it? 

Lind, if you don't know, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who led the U.S. women's 8 to wins in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. She also was in Princeton's 2006 NCAA championship boat.

She wasn't already in the Hall of Fame? 

* The Ivy League race in men's soccer is, in a word, crazy right now, as there are six teams with between four and six points after three league games for each team. One of the teams that is below those six, with two points, is Cornell, who also happens to be one of four Ivy teams ranked in the top 50 in the RPI.

With the first Ivy League men's soccer tournament a few weeks away, the scramble to be in the top four will be intense. Princeton had a big win Saturday on its home field, taking down Columbia 4-0 after scoring three times in the first 36 minutes. 

Next up for the Tigers, who played at Seton Hall last night, is a trip to Cornell, ranked 50th in RPI. There are three Ivies ahead of the Big Red: Penn (45), Yale (46), Princeton (48). 

Dartmouth currently is in first with six points. There are three teams with five points (Harvard, Yale, Brown) and then two with four (Princeton, Penn). The Tigers still have games against Brown, Harvard and Penn.

* The weather has finally turned to autumn. As TigerBlog drove to Rhode Island last week for Princeton-Brown field hockey, the leaves were definitely starting to change. 

Still, it's not easy to get past the end of summer, and so TB continues to wear shorts as often as possible. Switching to long pants seems like an admission that winter is just around the corner.

* Speaking of field hockey, it's about the opposite of men's soccer at this point in terms of the Ivy tournament. Harvard and Penn are both 4-0, followed by Cornell and Princeton at 3-1. Dartmouth and Yale are 1-3; Brown and Columbia are 0-4. 

Harvard and Penn are already in the field of four, since they have both beaten Dartmouth and Yale and would hold the tiebreaker over either of them should they all be 4-3. Princeton and Cornell have not yet clinched, but they are close.

This weekend is huge in terms of the Ivy championship and the opportunity to host the tournament (which will determine the automatic NCAA bid). It starts Friday, with Penn at Cornell. Then, Saturday, it's Harvard at Princeton, with start time at noon. 

Princeton still has Dartmouth and Yale on the road after this weekend. 

* On the women's soccer side, Brown is 4-0-0, with wins over Princeton and Harvard, who are both 3-1-0. Nothing has been clinched mathematically, but it seems likely the tournament will be in Providence. 

Princeton and Harvard both have a four-point lead over fifth-place Columbia, while Dartmouth is in fourth, two points back of the Tigers and Crimson and two ahead of the Lions. 

This week has Princeton at Harvard (4 pm). 

* A Princeton vs. Princeton World Series is still possible. Chris Young's Texas Rangers team is now up 2-0 against the Orioles, and Mike Hazen's Arizona Diamondbacks team is up 2-0 on the Dodgers. Both of those series could end today, as they're both best-of-five. 

The Orioles (101) and Dodgers (100) are two of three teams to reach triple figures in wins this past season. The other, the Braves (104), has its hands full with the Phillies, who seem to thrive at this time of year. 

* The women's volleyball race looks like six teams for four spots. Yale is currently unbeaten at 5-0, with Harvard at 4-1, Princeton at 4-2, Brown and Dartmouth at 3-2 and Cornell at 2-3. 

Princeton hosts 0-5 Columbia Friday (7) and Cornell Saturday (5). A sweep and there's some separation as the league schedule moves past the midway point; a Cornell win changes things dramatically.