Carla Berube

Princeton women’s basketball’s Madison St. Rose out for the season with ACL injury

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Princeton’s Madison St. Rose launches a three-point shot over West Virginia’s Kyah Watson in NCAA Tournament first-round action at Hawkeye Carver Arena in Iowa City, Iowa on March 23, 2024. (Steve Silverman | Ivy Hoops Online)

Princeton Athletics announced Friday that standout junior shooting guard Madison St. Rose will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 basketball season due to an anterior cruciate ligament tear in her left knee.

St. Rose suffered the injury last week in the fourth quarter of a road contest against Quinnipiac, which the Tigers lost, 74-66.

The extent of the injury was not immediately known, and fans of St. Rose have been waiting with a sense of dread for several days for more definitive news on the junior’s status.

St. Rose did not play in Princeton’s stirring win at Seton Hall last night, an ominous hint that her injury might be serious.

Princeton coach Carla Berube released a statement Friday expressing optimism that St. Rose will make a full recovery:

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Princeton women’s basketball loses more than a game at Quinnipiac

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Princeton women’s basketball lost more than a game today against  at the M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn.

The 74-66 loss to Quinnipiac might be an afterthought to Carla Berube, as star junior guard Madison St. Rose went down with 6:31 remaining with what appeared to be a painful left knee injury. She was taken off the court by Berube and a trainer and came back on the floor about 10 minutes later on crutches with an ice pack on her knee. Berube was uncertain as to the actual extent of the injury postgame.

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Princeton women’s basketball outlasts Villanova, 70-61, in home opener

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After two road games to open the season, the Princeton women’s basketball team opened its home schedule with a solid win over Villanova, 70-61, at Jadwin Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

Princeton (2-1) began the evening in ceremonious fashion by unveiling yet another pair of championship banners for the Tigers’ regular season and Ivy League Tournament championships from the 2023-24 season. Returning players also were presented with championship rings prior to the start of the game.

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Princeton women’s basketball routs DePaul, 79-58, for first win of the season

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The Princeton women’s basketball team shrugged off a sluggish start and stormed past the DePaul Blue Demons, 79-58, in a Saturday matinee matchup at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The win was the first of the season for Princeton (1-1) and its first triumph over DePaul (1-1) in program history.  The Blue Demons won the previous three contests against the Tigers in 2011, 2012 and 2018.

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Princeton women’s basketball drops season opener at Duquesne after fourth-quarter collapse

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The Princeton women’s basketball team has opened the 2024-25 season with a thud.

The Tigers lost on the road to the Duquesne Dukes, 76-66, at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh Monday.

Last season, the Tigers also opened their season against the Dukes but secured a hard-fought victory at home, 65-57.  The Dukes got their revenge tonight, outscoring a tired Tigers squad 20-4 in the fourth quarter.  

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WATCH: Q&A with Princeton women’s basketball coach Carla Berube

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Princeton women’s basketball coach Carla Berube talks about putting the Tigers’ 2024 NCAA Tournament loss behind the program, where she expects leadership to come from on this year’s team, previews Monday’s season opener at Duquesne, highlights what to look for from her squad’s newcomers, explains why she’ll have to be patient this season, and much more in an in-depth conversation with Ivy Hoops Online contributor Steve Silverman:

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Ivy women’s basketball Media Day highlights

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As the 2024-25 season quickly approaches, the Ivy League hosted its annual women’s basketball Media Day on Thursday. The three-hour event, hosted by Lance Medow, can be viewed on the conference’s YouTube channel.

Prior to the event, the league announced the results of its preseason poll.

Princeton, which has claimed the Ancient Eight title for the last six years, was picked first with 122 out of a possible 128 points and 10 first-place votes.  Columbia, which has tied for the top spot in each of the last two seasons, came in second with 110 points and five first-place votes.

Harvard, which has finished the last two years in third placed, was tabbed for third in 2025, earning 101 points and one first-place spot. 

Penn, the final participant in last year’s Ivy tournament, was picked fourth with 75 votes, while Brown, which finished last year tied with Penn for fourth, was four points back in fifth place.

Sixth place went to Yale, which was as high as third place in 2022, with 48 votes. 

While Cornell and Dartmouth ended last season tied for seventh place, the Big Red got the nod for seventh in this year’s poll with 30 points and the Big Green were eighth with 19 points.  

Below are highlights from this year’s virtual Media Day:

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Princeton’s Kaitlyn Chen on choosing UConn for grad transfer season

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Kaitlyn Chen is University of Connecticut-bound. (Kaitlyn Chen Instagram page)

Next week, Kaitlyn Chen will graduate from Princeton University as one of the most decorated basketball players in the history of Old Nassau.

The senior point guard and former Ivy League Player of the Year recently announced she will enroll next fall at the University of Connecticut to play for the legendary Geno Auriemma as a graduate transfer.

Chen told Ivy Hoops Online she will pursue a master’s degree in sports management at UConn.

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Emily Garner chosen as new Cornell women’s basketball head coach

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Emily Garner, who went 124-55 in eight seasons at Trinity College, hopes to bring the same level of success to Cornell. (photo: Trinity College Athletics)

After a month-long search, Cornell athletic director Nicki Moore announced the hiring of Emily Garner as the new women’s basketball head coach on Thursday afternoon.

Garner, who becomes the eighth head coach in Big Red history, arrives in Ithaca after leading Trinity College to a 124-55 record over the last eight seasons, including a 96-35 mark over the last five years.

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