Sports Shorts

Connor Michelsen ’15, starting in place of injured quarterback Quinn Epperly ’15, threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns to lead FOOTBALL in a 27–16 win over Brown Oct. 18. Matt Costello ’15 was on the receiving end of both touchdown passes for the Tigers, who opened the Ivy League season 2–0.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY standout Megan Curham ’17 finished second in her race at the Pre-Nationals Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 18. Princeton placed sixth in the team standings of the blue race, which included more than half of the 75-team field.

MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW won its second consecutive men’s lightweight-eight title at the Head of the Charles Regatta Oct. 19. WOMEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW led the field in the lightweight four with coxswain. 

The ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT will celebrate 150 years of intercollegiate sports at the University on Nov. 22, the anniversary of Princeton’s first baseball game, an 1864 win against Williams College. The day’s events include men’s basketball vs. University of the Incarnate Word at 11 a.m., football’s finale against Dartmouth at 1 p.m., and women’s hockey vs. Clarkson at 4 p.m.