In a sloppy game that was compounded by the terrible trifecta of rain, cold and wind, the baseball team survived and defeated Seton Hall 15-12 in South Orange, N.J., on Tuesday afternoon.
There is an old saying in baseball that says momentum only goes as far as the next game’s starting pitcher.It would be hard to find better words to describe Princeton’s weekend series against Columbia. The Tigers (12-15 overall, 5-7 Ivy League) used three consecutive quality pitching performances to take three of four games against the Lions (8-24, 5-7) at Clarke Field and move into a three-way tie for first place in the Gehrig Division.
Rain delayed the start of the softball team’s four-game homestand against Columbia that was scheduled to begin on Saturday. When the sun broke out on Sunday, however, the Tigers offense followed suit.
One week after suffering consecutive losses at the hands of Yale and Brown, the men’s tennis team rebounded this weekend to earn a sweep over Harvard and Dartmouth. The Tigers (10-8 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) have already ensured that they will improve uon last year’s win total and will look to boost their place in the Ivy League standings with next weekend’s regular season finale.
With four weeks left before the Heptagonal Championships, the men’s and women’s track and field teams had solid showings in their respective meets last Saturday.
With a true display of power, open crew started races on Lake Carnegie this weekend. A strong headwind swept down the course and the chop was rough, but this did not stop the Tigers from putting up a dominating performance against Radcliffe, Bucknell and Cornell.
When the Tigers took the court last Friday against Penn State, they were up against several sizable challenges.
Before the 2009 season started, the biggest question surrounding the men?s lacrosse team was how long would it take for its talented freshman players to perform with the poise and wisdom of the veterans.Saturday?s showdown with Harvard showed that while there might still be three years before the team?s freshmen are seniors, they?ve definitely started to learn.Princeton was up 10-8 when Harvard attack Dean Gibbons notched his third goal of the game with one minute, 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Woods wasn?t the only Tiger that struggled on the fairway this weekend. After 36 holes of play, the men?s golf team finished seventh of 14 teams, a disappointing ending to the competition after a dismal second round.
Saturday afternoon might have been wet and stormy, but the women?s lacrosse team (10-1 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) prevailed to beat Ivy League rival Harvard (4-8, 1-3) by a convincing 17-5 margin at Class of 1952 Stadium.
If the baseball team wants to make a run for an Ivy League title, itwill have to start this weekend. Princeton (9-14 overall, 2-6 IvyLeague Gehrig Division) will welcome division-leading Columbia (7-21,4-4) to Clarke Field for a pair of doubleheaders this weekend.
Aside from its 36 varsity sports, Princeton is home to a wide variety of club and intramural teams. The teams play all over the state, from Poe Field to the Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy. Each week, Sports will give a brief recap of what is going on in the worlds of club and intramural sports on campus.
With 10 games down and four to go in the regular season, the men’s lacrosse team looks to put together its finest season in almost a decade. Sitting comfortably atop the rankings at No. 2 in the national coaches’ poll, the Tigers (9-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) will take on No. 17 Harvard (5-3, 1-1) on Saturday in the second game of a lacrosse doubleheader at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Sports writers discuss the baseball team's huge four-game weekend against Columbia and the No. 2 men's lacrosse team's showdown with No. 17 Harvard.
As the No. 7 women’s lacrosse team is on a roll, having racked up seven straight wins this season, it’s easy to overlook one of the Tigers’ longer streaks: Princeton has not dropped a game against Harvard since the NCAA tournament in 1992. Both are streaks the Tigers are eager to protect this weekend.
On Feb. 7, the men’s volleyball team tasted the sweetest victory in a 15-13 fifth-set win over St. Francis. Thursday night at Dillon Gymnasium, Princeton tasted the exact opposite.St. Francis (14-12 overall, 7-5 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tait Division) fought off a late Princeton (9-10, 3-7) rally for a 22-30, 30-26, 30-26, 30-22, 15-13 victory.
The softball team hopes that the Lions it faces this weekend will prove to be toothless. After stumbling out of the gates against the Ivy League’s North Division, Princeton (8-14 overall, 3-5 Ivy League) is intent on righting itself against Columbia (12-20, 2-6) in a four-game homestand that begins this Saturday.
Q: What was your ?welcome to college? moment?A: I gave up 21 runs in my first 10 innings as a freshman, and after a pretty bad inning at Western Carolina, [head coach Scott Bradley] told me in front of the team that, believe it or not, there had actually been worse starts to a Princeton career than mine.
Dust off that glove, pop some sunflower seeds, go watch “Field of Dreams” and head to the ballpark, ’cause it’s baseball season.
The men’s lacrosse team has seen an offensive resurgence this year that is beginning to conjure up memories of past championship teams. A complementary player his first three years, senior midfielder Rich Sgalardi, tied for first on the team with 31 points on the season, has been at the forefront of the team’s renewed offense.
