In a major break with University athletic tradition, the men’s lacrosse team has announced it will forgo its 2011 season to participate in the National Intercollegiate Quidditch League.
The sprint football team was defeated by six members of Colonial Club in a scrimmage held on Poe Field on Tuesday night. After a hard-fought 1 minute, 34 seconds to open the game, Colonial pulled away for a 97-5 victory.
Athletic Director Gary Walters ’67 has been implicated in the ongoing NCAA investigation of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton. Newton, who led the Auburn Tigers to a 22-19 victory over Oregon in Monday night’s national championship game, was apparently offered $1,000,000 by Walters to enroll at Princeton prior to this school year.
Q: What was your “welcome to college” moment?A: My freshman year, we were drinking soda in TI while playing a game called “catch the ball,” where if you catch the ball you drink (soda), and if you drop the ball you drink (soda). Well, one of the seniors in the room threw me the ball and said, “Drink (soda) McLovin!” Ever since, that nickname has stuck. That’s when I said to myself, “I’m not in Greenwich anymore!”
The final score of the women’s basketball team’s 56-45 victory over Penn on Saturday night hardly comes as a surprise. The Tigers (12-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League), who extended their conference winning streak to 20 games, have beaten several national powerhouses such as Southern California. On top of that, the Tigers are ranked No. 27, almost 300 slots higher than the Quakers (5-6, 0-1). However, the first half of both teams’ Ivy League opener at Jadwin Gymnasium looked more like a battle between equals.
The women decisively won the Princeton Quad Meet at Jadwin Gymnasium on Friday against Rutgers, St. Joseph’s and St. John’s. Princeton won 12 events, giving them 209 points, good for first place in the competition. St. John’s came in second with 139 points.
The women’s hockey team ended its reading period on a hot streak with a record-setting weekend. The Tigers skated past Clarkson and St. Lawrence in conference match-ups and extended their win streak to seven games.
Senior Brett Lullo, of the men's swimming and diving team, competes in the butterfly, freestyle and individual medley events. At last season's Ivy League championship, Lullo placed seventh in two events (the 200-yard butterfly and freestyle) and reached the consolation finals of another (the 200-yard individual medley). When he's not in the pool or hitting the books, Lullo is hard at work as the social chair of Tiger Inn.
After opening with a loss to Clarion College on Friday evening, the wrestling team rallied to rout Franklin & Marshall on Saturday morning and split the weekend's dual meets. The Tigers (3-6 overall, 2-1 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) were defeated 15-22 by Clarion (2-0) but had a decisive 34-6 win against Franklin & Marshall (0-6, 0-4).
The No. 19 men’s hockey team played ECAC Hockey rivals Cornell and Colgate over the weekend. Princeton opened with a close 2-1 loss to Cornell on Friday night. On Sunday the Tigers came back to win 5-4 over Colgate in game that was broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
To open its Ivy League season, the women’s basketball team will host Penn (5-5 overall) at Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday at 6 p.m.
The wrestling team will continue its season this weekend with trips to Clarion and Franklin & Marshall. The Tigers (2-5) face Clarion (1-0) tonight and wrestle against Franklin & Marshall (0-4) on Saturday. Princeton is coming off a great 18-16 dual-match win over Bucknell. Bucknell was marked the highest-rated team Princeton has defeated in more than a decade, and the team is looking to continue its success this weekend.
Ok, I’ll be honest: I’m scared. Not really scared like in “I Am Legend” when Will Smith is looking for his dog in the building filled with vampires and everyone thinks he and his dog are about to die. Just kind of scared, like in “Jaws” when you hear the music playing and you know something is going to happen but are not sure what it is yet or how bad it will be.
The men’s hockey team will face Cornell (4-8-1 overall, 2-4 ECAC Hockey) at Baker Rink tonight. On Saturday afternoon, Princeton will wrap up its reading period slate with a game against Colgate (3-14-1, 0-5-1).
For the men’s basketball team, there really is no place like home. Princeton continued its domination of the hardwood of Carril Court in a 68-57 victory over visiting Marist on Wednesday night.
After a much-needed successful home stand in which it won five of six games, the women’s hockey team looks to continue its winning ways on the road this weekend against conference opponents Clarkson and St. Lawrence. Since snapping their seven-game winless streak against Brown in a 4-0 shutout, the Tigers (8-10-1 overall, 5-6-1 ECAC Hockey) have been overwhelming their opponents on offense and defense and are now looking to extend their current five-game winning streak at Clarkson (6-10-3, 3-3-1) today and St. Lawrence (9-8-2, 4-3) on Saturday.
After a successful home opener before winter break, the men’s and women’s track and field teams return to action today and Saturday. The women will compete at home in Jadwin Gymnasium at the Princeton Quad Meet against Rutgers, St. Joseph’s and St. John’s. The men will travel to Annapolis, Md., for a dual meet against Navy.
Jason Garrett ’89 will be the full-time head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, the team announced Thursday afternoon. He was appointed to the position on an interim basis in November after fourth-year head coach Wade Phillips was fired mid-season.
Six weeks ago, I constructed an arbitrary formula to predict the NFL’s playoff teams and confidently declared things like “the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers will be the top seeds,” “the Atlanta Falcons aren’t that good” and “the New York Giants will make the playoffs instead of shamefully blowing a 21-point fourth-quarter lead over their hated rivals in the most depressing regular-season football game of my lifetime.” That worked out well. In response to these glaring mistakes, it’s time for me to take stock of the season and figure out what I’ve learned about the playoff teams.
The women’s hockey team returned from its winter break a week early for two contests at home Friday and Monday, pulling out twin 3-0 victories. The Tigers (8-10-1 overall, 5-6-1 ECAC Hockey) topped both No. 5 Boston College (11-3-4) and Quinnipiac (13-7-1, 6-6), pushing themselves to No. 3 in the conference standings, just one point behind Quinnipiac. With the second victory, the Tigers stretched their win streak to five, which includes four shutouts.
