Away games are a natural part of an athletic season. Other than the occasional case of bus legs and hostile fans, the risks to athletes traveling to events off campus have traditionally been limited.
This past weekend, Princeton was a site on the "road to the Final Four." It hosted part of a national Sweet 16 where teams such as Stanford, Illinois, Penn State and Princeton came together to vie for the rights to a national title.
Tonight is a big night for football head coach Roger Hughes. After several weeks of spring training, the new Tiger coach will take command of the orange and black from the sidelines for the first time in a game situation.Princeton will have an intrasquad game this evening at the Princeton University Stadium at 6:00 pm.
When the Penn women's lacrosse team scored two goals within a minute of each other with eight minutes, three seconds to play in the first half ? bringing the score within four at 7-3 ? it was not instigating a rally.
Coming into this weekend's Ivy League Championship at Metedeconk National Golf Course, the men's golf team had struggled to maintain a consistent level of play.
Two combatants, clad in their traditional armor, lie crouched in the middle of a field, with only a small rubber ball and a painted line between them.
When the smallest player on the court makes a block at the net, it can be the kind of play that sparks an underdog to an improbable upset.In the third game of the men's volleyball team's regular season finale against Penn State Saturday, the two teams were tied 1-1 in games.
The softball team's scheduled doubleheader against Hofstra at the Tigers' 1895 Field was cancelled yesterday due to inclement weather.
It seems that at nearly every meet the men's outdoor track team competes in, the Tigers get strong performances from complementary athletes, who manage to individually step up and support the cornerstones of the team.At the Hurricane Invitational, it was freshmen David Gary and Jon Bell.
Danielle Stramandi just smiles ? and with the slightest embarrassment ? explains some of the awards she has earned so far this year.There are a lot.
When senior captain Judd Pritchard of the men's golf team was a freshman, he found victory when he won the individual Ivy League title.
The 1975 Cup and the Childs Cup are in familiar hands. For the 11th and sixth times, respectively, the women's open and the men's heavyweight boats were able to coast to victory, capturing their respective trophies this weekend.
With such a successful record, one would find it hard to believe the women's water polo team (20-3 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) is composed of 10 freshmen, three sophomores, two juniors and one senior.
Few things are perfect in sports ? Don Larsen's pitching in Game Five of the 1956 World Series; Christian Laettner's 10-for-10 shooting against Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the 1992 NCAA Tournament.As rare as perfection is in the sports world at large, it is just as rare in Princeton sports.
In a quest for a league title that is decided over only seven contests, every match is critical. This weekend was no exception, resulting in important consequences for both the men's and women's tennis teams.
Men's VolleyballThe Tigers finished their season with a 3-1 home loss to EIVA rival Penn State on Saturday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? In trying to knock off the reigning Ivy League champs, Harvard took a novel approach.
The Round of 16 in the NCAA basketball tournament. A 16th birthday. Sixteen runs for the baseball team in yesterday's nightcap.
Kim Smith was not having fun. The sophomore attack saw Harvard players streaking by, screaming encouragement to their teammates and spinning around stunned, silent Princeton players.The women's lacrosse team was losing to Harvard (4-4 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) 3-0, just four minutes into the first half.
For a team with perennial national championship aspirations, such as men's lacrosse, the progress of other national powerhouses must always be followed.This week saw major developments beyond Old Nassau with the breakdown of the old guard and the introduction of a new disorder in the college lacrosse landscape.In the first half of the season, two teams ? Syracuse and Virginia ? clearly separated themselves from the masses below.
