If anyone who’s witnessed the football team in recent weeks believes they’ve just seen the spitting image of former quarterback Jeff Terrell ’07, they don’t necessarily need to have their vision checked. Over the last two weeks, senior quarterback and tri-captain Brian Anderson, a southpaw like Terrell, has run Princeton’s offense with a similar mastery and fourth-quarter fortitude that characterized the Ivy League champion Terrell’s career.
Princeton’s new starting quarterback has been playing stellar football for the first three weeks of the season. With senior wide receiver Will Thanheiser and junior running back Jordan Culbreath, the Tigers (2-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) have talent at every skill position on offense, and Anderson is the man who keeps the entire enterprise humming.
Anderson was recognized for his efforts this week as the Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Week. In a 27-24 win at Columbia, Anderson was nearly flawless. Completing 14 of 19 passes, the first-year starter torched the Lions’ secondary for 237 passing yards and three touchdowns.
Most importantly for Princeton, Anderson has assiduously avoided mistakes while at the helm. His only interception came in the Tigers’ season-opening loss to The Citadel on a last-minute Hail Mary pass. Other than that blemish, Anderson has not thrown a single pick and tops the Ivy League with five touchdown passes.
Four field hockey players achieve special recognition this week
Junior defender Kaitlyn Perrelle, along with freshman midfielder Katie Reinprecht and freshman attack Kathleen Sharkey, were invisible in the field hockey team’s (9-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) 2-0 win over Providence last Sunday. The three players weren’t having bad games — they were a thousand miles away, representing the United States at the 2008 Junior Pan-American Women’s Tournament, a qualifier for the Under-21 World Cup.
The Pan-Am Games kicked off this weekend in Mexico City, leaving the Tigers to take care of business against Providence without their keeper and two of their most daunting offensive threats.
In wins against Providence and Columbia this past weekend, senior midfielder Kraftin Schreyer notched three goals. Schreyer’s offensive output was crucial given the absence of Reinprecht, the team’s leading scorer, and earned her the Ivy League Player of the Week award. Schreyer is the third Tiger to be honored with the award this season.
Look for Perrelle, Reinprecht and Sharkey to join Schreyer in action as Princeton makes its run at a top-10 ranking and a spot in the NCAA Tournament in the second half of the season.
Peteraf’s performances secure Ivy League Co-Player of the Week award
In the 82nd minute of the women’s soccer team’s Sept. 30 game against Fairfield, senior midfielder Sarah Peteraf scored on a deflection by the opposing goalkeeper to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. Peteraf’s goal earned Princeton (7-1-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) its third-consecutive win, but she wasn’t done there.
Only four days later, Peteraf scored the Tigers’ only goal in their third-straight 1-0 victory. The win against Dartmouth established Princeton as one of the dominant forces in the Ivy League.
With two game-winning goals, Peteraf earned a share of the Ivy League Player of the Week award. Instead of resting on her laurels, Peteraf returned to action Tuesday afternoon and immediately made a strong case for retaining the honor next week.
Peteraf shocked American by scoring two goals in the first half of an eventual 4-0 Tigers win and now leads the team with seven goals.
No. 42 to be retired in honor of two all-time Princeton greats
Dick Kazmaier ’52 and Bill Bradley ’65, two of Princeton’s iconic athletes, shared much more than a number. Their sense of sportsmanship, competitive excellence and superlative careers link them forever in the hearts and minds of Tiger fans nationwide.
The fact is, however, that the diminutive football dynamo and the tall, stately Rhodes Scholar did wear the same digits while donning the Orange and Black. In honor of Kazmaier and Bradley, the number 42 will be retired in an evening ceremony at Jadwin Gym on Oct. 24.
Look for an in-depth feature on both the ceremony and Kazmaier and Bradley’s careers later this month in The Daily Princetonian.
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