Following much anticipation, the NCAA revealed the bracket for the 2010 NCAA field hockey championship during its selection show Tuesday night.
The women’s golf team took first place in the final tournament of its fall season last week. The Tigers traveled to Kahuku, Hawaii, to compete in the Turtle Bay Resort Collegiate Invitational a seven-team tournament that included Hawaii; Brigham Young University; University of British Columbia; Portland State; Southern Illinois; and University of California, Irvine.
The men’s hockey team earned its first victory of the season Saturday night against Brown, regaining some momentum after a 5-3 loss at No. 5 Yale on Friday. The Tigers (1-3 overall, 1-1 ECAC Hockey) battled back from a two-goal deficit to beat the Bears (1-2-1, 0-1-1) 4-3 and split their first weekend of league play.
The crew program performed well for the second week in a row at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase on Halloween. The heavyweight eight, men’s lightweight eight, open eight and open four all took first place in their divisions, and the program also claimed titles in the pair and double competitions. The heavyweight eight race was the first event of the morning, and Princeton’s boat began in first, as is traditional for the defending champion.
The sprint football team was shut out for a third straight game on Friday in its final game of the season, this time by Penn. The Quaker offense dominated the Tigers (0-7 overall, 0-5 Collegiate Sprint Football League) in a 70-0 win in which the Quakers (6-1, 4-1) scored touchdowns on 10 of their 13 possessions.
Jason Garrett ’89, one of Princeton’s greatest quarterbacks, has been named the interim head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Garrett, who was the team’s offensive coordinator and assistant head coach, was promoted following the firing of head coach Wade Phillips on Monday afternoon.
It was far from a relaxing fall break for the women’s ice hockey team. Princeton (3-4 overall, 3-2 ECAC Hockey) opened league play with three wins in five games, only losing 5-1 to No. 2 Cornell (6-1, 4-0) and 5-2 to Quinnipiac (7-4-1, 2-3). In their other three games, the Tigers beat Colgate (3-7, 1-3) 2-0, Rensselaer (3-6-2, 2-2) 2-1 and Union (1-9, 0-4) 3-2 in overtime.
In the near-non-stop athletic news cycle, it’s rare to catch history being made. Injuries and upsets can break otherwise perfect seasons. Dumb chance can blow flawless games. But when Princeton’s cross country teams entered the Heptagonal Championship in New York City on Oct. 29, history could have gone either way.
After the clock stopped running and the crowd had thinned, when the children had rushed the field to burn what energy they had left before their parents took them home, all that remained of the Team That Could Have Been was a group of men in orange and black, standing solemnly at attention as they mustered what little spirit they had left to sing the school alma mater: “Our hearts will give while we shall live; three cheers for Old Nassau.”
'Prince' sports editors roundup this fall's Ivy League Season, with five teams clinching the Ivy League championship this weekend.
As the field hockey team tried on its new 2010 Ivy League champions gear after a 10-0 victory over Penn, Kristen Holmes-Winn reflected on her sixth consecutive championship as head coach and the team’s 16th title in 17 years.
For the first time since 2001, the men’s soccer Ivy League title has returned to Princeton. The nine-year hiatus ended Saturday night at a packed Roberts Stadium after No. 16 Princeton (12-3-1 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) narrowly defeated No. 13 Penn (12-4-0, 5-1) 2-1 in a winner-take-all match for the title.
The women’s soccer team ended an exciting and successful season on Saturday. Princeton (9-6-1 overall, 4-2-1 Ivy League) finished by facing Penn (9-6-2, 4-1-2) in what was officially a regular season game, but played out as an Ivy League championship game, as the two teams went into the game at the top of the league. Although the game ended in a scoreless tie, it felt like a loss to the Tigers, as the tie favored the Quakers to win the Ivy League title and the automatic spot in the NCAA tournament.
The nightmare debut season of football team head coach Bob Surace ’90 continued on Saturday. The team allowed four first-quarter touchdowns and lost 52-10 at Princeton Stadium to league-leading No. 18 Penn (7-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League). The Tigers (1-7, 0-5) are now in danger of going winless in the Ivy League for the first time in program history, and they may be without yet another member of the starting backfield for the final two games.
Just when the women’s volleyball team looked ready to run away with this year’s Ivy League title, it found its kryptonite. After losing to Columbia last weekend for the second time this season, the Tigers’ chances at winning the league now rest with the Lions’ ability to take down Yale.
Halloween weekend marked the first Ivy League tournament in men’s water polo in more than three decades. Princeton claimed the championship trophy, followed by Brown in second and Harvard in third. The following weekend, the Tigers traveled to Annapolis, Md., to claim the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Championship. This was their second consecutive title, and sixth overall.
For the first time ever, the Collegiate Water Polo Association will hold an Ivy League championship tournament, which Princeton will host in DeNunzio Pool this weekend.
The men’s hockey team looks to build on its exhibition game success this weekend as it travels to New Haven, Conn., to compete in the Ivy Shootout. Princeton will start its regular season by facing Dartmouth on Friday and then either No. 5 Yale or Brown on Saturday.
Halfway through its league season, the women’s volleyball team is sitting at first place in the Ivy League, tied with rival Penn. The Tigers (11-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) will look to further their success this weekend at Yale (12-7, 6-2) and Brown (7-13, 1-7). Yale should prove an especially difficult opponent for Princeton, as the Bulldogs are currently lurking right behind the Tigers in Ivy League standings and boast a 21-3 home record in league play since 2007.
