The softball team traveled to Lehigh on Wednesday afternoon to play its last series before the Ivy League season kicks off this weekend.
Sam Mulroy knew that he had big shoes to fill. After playing 19 games in his rookie season as primarily an outfielder, the sophomore was assigned to start at catcher for the baseball team this season. Mulroy’s job previously belonged to Jack Murphy ’09, who was twice named first-team All-Ivy and was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays organization last summer.
Before Wednesday, the women’s lacrosse team had not lost to Temple since 1998, a streak of 11 consecutive victories. Before Wednesday, Princeton (4-5 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) was undefeated on the road and feeling optimistic after an impressive win over No. 9 Georgetown. On Wednesday afternoon, though, No. 17 Princeton left Philadelphia with a rough 14-12 upset loss to Temple (4-5).
Though its first game is still many months away, the football team has already begun working hard to prepare for a season that it hopes will ultimately be more successful than the last. After ending three consecutive years with losing records, the squad is optimistic that the new leadership and fresh approach of head coach Bob Surace ’90, coupled with a renewed focus on the execution of assignments and techniques, will help to turn things around.
Many people talk about whether there is a competitive balance in Major League Baseball, and whether a salary cap is needed to prevent the New York Yankees from dwarfing everyone else’s payroll and being the World Series favorite virtually every year.
Imagine an alternate universe in which the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Mo Williams could take free throws for Shaq (or anyone else on the team) as the team’s designated free-throw shooter. Obviously, Williams’ excellent .898 free-throw percentage would be much preferable to Shaq’s pathetic .496, so Shaq would never come to the line.
Senior golfer Jake Skinner is a four year varsity player for the men’s golf team. Skinner and the Tigers have two more tournaments before the Ivy League Championships.
After a discouraging stretch on the road, the men’s volleyball team injected new life into its season with a 3-1 victory at New York University on Tuesday night to keep a spot in postseason play in their sights.
Heading into the first weekend of Ivy League competition, the baseball team finds itself with a 5-13 record after early season trips to North Carolina, Maryland and California. Senior first baseman and outfielder Jon Broscious is tied for second in the league with five home runs, and sophomore catcher Sam Mulroy is tied for seventh in runs scored and tied for eighth in hits. The Tigers will lead off their league play with a doubleheader against Harvard on Saturday and another twin bill against Dartmouth on Sunday. Brown The Bears currently sit at 2-11 on the season after four games in Louisiana, three against University of South Carolina, one each at University of Rhode Island and Holy Cross, and four at Troy. Brown managed an 8-7 win in its first game against Pepperdine in Baton Rouge, La., but lost seven straight after that early success. The squad earned its second victory with a 13-7 win over Holy Cross but had a rough matchup against Troy last
The men’s and women’s tennis teams started their Ivy League seasons on a high note this weekend, with both teams cruising to victories over Penn to start the crucial final stretch of the season.
At this time two years ago, the men’s basketball team was wallowing in its 6-23 final record and its last-place finish in the Ivy League.
On Saturday, March 20, a day that 10th-year head coach Rich Lopacki said “[would] go down as one of the great days in Princeton Rugby history,” the men’s rugby team defeated the Barbados national team 32-15 to finish its spring break tour at 3-0.
Last weekend, three of Princeton’s four crews opened their seasons, each delivering a strong performance. The men’s lightweights journeyed to Annapolis, Md., to trump the Naval Academy in the first and second varsity eight races. The women’s lightweight team stayed at home at Lake Carnegie to steal victories over Philadelphia University and MIT. The women’s openweight team, also at Lake Carnegie, edged out Brown and Ohio State to claim victory in the first varsity eight race.
If you had told junior Geoff Faux a year ago where he would be today, he wouldn’t have believed it. The sprinter and backstroker not only pushed himself out of a career low; he shot straight to the top. On Friday, Faux swam the 50-yard freestyle at the NCAA championship — the fastest race in the country.
The men’s and women’s track and field teams went away this weekend as they eased into the spring season that started at the beginning of March.
The No. 19 women’s water polo team fell victim to the depths of Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers (12-8 overall, 0-1 Southern Division CWPA) were outperformed by the Bison early on and lost 15-10.
Outside the comfort of Dillon Gymnasium, which had seen a number of thrilling wins for the home team in the previous few weeks, the men’s volleyball team lost to both Penn State and St. Francis on its two-game Pennsylvania road trip.
The fencing team sent 12 fencers to compete in the NCAA championship tournament at Harvard on March 25–28. The Tigers (Men: 21-3 overall, 5-0 Ivy League; Women: 27-3, 6-0) finished sixth place in the nation in the combined event, competing against 27 teams in the finals.
After an 18-year hiatus, the baseball team returned to California this weekend for a final tune-up before the start of its Ivy League campaign. Princeton (5-13 overall), who last played in the Golden State in 1992, went 1-3 in its series against offensive powerhouse Santa Clara (11-11 overall).
After beating Ivy League rival Columbia last week, the women’s lacrosse team notched its 300th win in program history this weekend with a thrilling 15-14 four-overtime win over No. 9 Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The win was the first for No. 19 Princeton (4-4 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) against a ranked opponent this season.
