Vikram Rao and Gabriel Debenedetti discuss this weekend's highlights in sports.
The first time the football team allowed 40 points in consecutive games, America was listening to the fireside chats of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the early stages of World War II. The Tigers ended the 1942 season with a 40-7 loss at Army and then opened the next year’s campaign with a 47-9 loss at Penn. Two generations later, Princeton achieved that dubious distinction a second time, following up a 42-14 drubbing at Columbia with Saturday’s 44-10 defeat to Colgate.
With a 1-0 win against Brown, the women’s soccer team clinched first place in the Ivy League. The lone goal came from junior forward Kalie Bartholomew in the 42nd minute.
Football teams are often derided for their deep depth charts and large squads, with backup after non-playing backup taking up space on the bench without ever stepping onto the field. On Saturday, Princeton (1-3 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) — beset with injuries to some of its key players — found itself calling on young, untested reserves to fill gaps in its offensive and defensive lines as it took on Colgate (3-2). The inexperience took its toll, as the Tigers made numerous errors on both sides of the ball and allowed Colgate to secure a lopsided 44-10 victory.
Colgate rushed for 360 yards to defeat the football team 44-10 Saturday afternoon on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium.
Last year, on a cold Saturday night in October, the football team took the field against Colgate to play a game that almost everyone thought they would lose.
The women’s soccer team is confident it can improve upon its unbeaten Ivy League record as it squares off against Brown at Roberts Stadium on Saturday night.
Last Friday against Mansfield, the sprint football team came the closest it has come to winning in more than a decade. The Tigers (0-3 overall, 0-2 Collegiate Sprint Football League) lost to Mansfield (1-2, 1-1) in a close 10-6 game.
On a high from last week’s victory over Penn, the women’s volleyball team will look to continue its success this weekend against Brown and Yale. After a few early hiccups to the season, the Tigers (6-6 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) made a huge leap last week, coming from two sets down to beat the defending Ivy League champions.
The last time the men’s soccer team beat Brown, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was running ads against John Kerry, Usher’s “Yeah!” was the No. 1 song in the country and the Boston Red Sox still had not won a World Series since 1918. On Saturday at Roberts Stadium, the Tigers (5-3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will look to break their mini-curse against an undefeated Bears team (7-0-2, 1-0) that is currently ranked No. 13 in the nation.
After a tough West Coast trip, the men’s water polo team will return to the friendly confines of DeNunzio Pool on Saturday for a rematch with Bucknell.
After the field hockey team’s games last weekend were over, the team has been looking to upset No. 3 Virginia today. The tables have turned since the weekend, however, as the Tigers (8-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) took the No. 3 ranking from the now-No. 4 Cavaliers (9-1).
Last friday, the women’s volleyball team found itself down two sets against reigning Ivy League champion Penn in its opening match of league play. No one was expecting the Tigers to come back against the defending champions.
Have you ever watched your favorite team knowing that the current team on the field is the greatest team in franchise history? Knowing that after these players get old and this team falls apart, your team may never again reach this level? A team that embodies all that you could ever hope for from a baseball team — great pitching, tenacious hitting but, most importantly, the sense that this team will never give up. It is an honor to watch such a team.
Spending the summer in Washington is quite an experience. Every day, you walk by tons of landmarks. For example, one day on the way to work, one of us discovered the General Services Administration, which is apparently kind of important.
Water polo is a sport that many of us have heard of but few of us are familiar with. For those who wish to be enlightened on the subject, here’s a quick crash course.
After winning Ivy League Player of the Week last week, senior midfielder Josh Walburn added to his stellar pedigree with a game-winning goal off a penalty kick in overtime as the men’s soccer team beat Seton Hall 3-2 on Tuesday night. The win on a chilly, wet night pushed the Tigers’ (5-3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) win streak to four games.
Today marks the beginning of the 2010 MLB playoffs. Obviously, if you root for the Phillies, Braves, Reds, Giants, Rays, Yankees, Twins or Rangers, you’re all set. Otherwise, you root for the Yankees to lose as quickly and gruesomely as possible. But what else can you care about? Here are some things to root for and root against this postseason.
Few people have a longer or more diverse field hockey background than Kristen Holmes-Winn.
