Weekend Forecast

Does this look appealing to you? 

It does not to TigerBlog. He's a beach, summer, warm, sunscreen, long walk guy. 

The only ice he likes is the kind that is followed by "cream." He prefers his hockey to be the "field" kind rather than the "ice" kind. 

If the temperature in Princeton does make it below zero over the weekend, it'll be the first time since 2018 that such a recording will have happened here. 

That all begs this question: At what point will Princeton be completely free of any snow? When will it all have melted away? 

March? April? 

Anyway, no game today: 

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Meanwhile, it's a relatively slow weekend ahead, and by relatively slow, TigerBlog means only 38. On second thought, that's not slow. 

If you think it's cold here, just take 10 degrees off of what is called for in Princeton and you'll have the temperature this weekend for the Canton/Potsdam area near the Canadian border. Both the Princeton men's and women's hockey teams will be there, though on opposite schedules. 

The women will play tomorrow at 3 in Canton to take on St. Lawrence, while the men will be in Potsdam at 7 to take on Clarkson. They switch venues and opponents the next night, with the women at 2 and the men at 7 again. 

The Princeton women enter the weekend in second place in the ECAC standings with 35 points, one half point behind Quinnipiac (35.5) and tied with Clarkson. Yale is in fourth with 30 points, with Cornell at 28.5.

On the men's side, Princeton was out of the league last weekend at Bentley. The Tigers are in fifth place in the ECAC standings, four points back of Cornell in the race for a first-round playoff bye and home ice in the league quarterfinals. This weekend's opponents are a combined 8-16-2 in the league, but this trip is never an easy one. 

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In the "you may want to make sure your hair is dry before you go outside" department, this weekend will see the women's water polo team at home and the men's and women's swimming and diving teams are on the road. 

The women's water polo team is hosting the Princeton Invitational and will play five different opponents over three days, beginning with tomorrow's match against Mt. St. Mary's at 4:30 in DeNunzio. There will be two more matches for the Tigers Saturday (Santa Clara at noon, Marist at 7:30) and then two more Sunday (Siena at 9:30, Wagner at 3:30).

As for the swimming and diving teams, they will be in Cambridge for the annual H-Y-P tri-meet. It's safe to assume that the upcoming Ivy League champions for the men's and women's meets will be one of those three. 

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If you want to see great tennis in an amazing facility, then come by the Si Qin Family Indoor Tennis Center this weekend. 

The Princeton men are home at 5 tomorrow against Oklahoma State. To get to be at home, Princeton had flights canceled and diverted and everything else, resulting in the need to eventually fly to DC and bus back to New Jersey. 

The Tigers had been on the road for 10 days, with stops in Boise, Seattle and San Diego while going 3-1 with wins over Boise State, Washington and Miami before a tough loss to Arizona State. 

After the match against OK State, Princeton will also be home twice Sunday, against Liberty at 10 and Virginia Tech at 3.  

The women will be home Saturday at 1 against Fordham and then against Sunday at 5 against St. John's. The Tigers are off to a 2-0 start, with wins last weekend over James Madison and Rutgers.  

Again, if you haven't been to the new racket center, it is a beautiful place to play and to watch.  

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There are also four basketball games this weekend, with the women at home tomorrow against Columbia (6) and Saturday against Cornell (5). The men are at Cornell tomorrow at 6 and at Columbia Saturday at 6.

TB will have much more on those games tomorrow.  

The complete Princeton Athletics schedule is HERE. 

Wherever you are, it's likely that the weather there is brutal. Stay safe.