Rugby may not be an officially sanctioned varsity program at Princeton, but don?t try telling that to the 35 members of the men?s squad.
There are many interesting stories surrounding the 2009 Princeton football season. Will the Class of 2010 return the Tigers to the glory of 2006? How will the quarterback situation pan out? How will senior running back Jordan Culbreath perform coming off one of the greatest seasons ever posted by a Princeton running back?
After a three-year hiatus, the women’s soccer team returned to the top of the Ivy League last year, sharing the championship with the Crimson. While the Tigers return eight of their 11 starters this season, the team will have a number of concerns to face as it prepares to defend its title.
It’s a good thing for the football team that the start of its season is only days away. Otherwise, the Princeton defense might have had to find a new way to release some of its energy.
The football team opens its season this Saturday at 3 p.m. against The Citadel at Princeton Stadium. Here is a preview of the key players for that game and Princeton’s nine other opponents this year.
At this point last year, the men’s soccer team was 1-2 and establishing a pattern of close losses and disappointing finishes. What a difference a year makes.
The football team has finished 4-6 in each of the past two seasons, and now only the freshman class from the 2006 Ivy League championship team remains. Princeton returns boatloads of experience in the running game but relatively little in the passing game, and it will break in a new quarterback in sophomore Tommy Wornham.
Former University of Miami assistant coach Megan Bradley replaced Kathy Sell as the head coach of the women’s tennis team. Sell announced June 17 that she would step down from the post so she could move to North Carolina and be closer to her boyfriend and immediate family.
Drexel head coach Chris Bates accepted an offer to become the new head coach of the men’s lacrosse team, the Department of Athletics announced June 29. Bates replaces former head coach Bill Tierney, who announced June 8 that he was resigning to become the head coach at the University of Denver.
The men’s lightweight crew team finished its undefeated season June 6 with a national championship at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Regatta.
David Hale ’10 grew up outside Atlanta with dreams of playing for his hometown’s Atlanta Braves. This past summer, those dreams came one step closer to becoming a reality.
Greg Hughes ’96 has been named the new heavyweight crew head coach, the University announced July 30. Hughes replaced Curtis Jordan, who retired after 19 years as head coach of the men’s heavyweight crew.
In one of the most significant coaching changes in the sport’s history, men’s lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney announced June 8 that he would leave Princeton to become the new head coach at the University of Denver.
Curtis Jordan will retire after 19 years as head coach of the men’s heavyweight crew, Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67 announced Thursday.
Drexel head coach Chris Bates has accepted an offer to become the new head coach of the men’s lacrosse team. Bates is expected to bring Greg Raymond and Stephen Brundage, Drexel’s two assistant coaches, with him to Princeton.
Kathy Sell will step down as head coach of the women’s tennis team, becoming the third coach in 10 days to part ways with the University.
Men’s lacrosse associate head coach David Metzbower has declined an offer to succeed former head coach Bill Tierney and said instead that he will leave the program as well. Metzbower was seen as the top candidate to replace Tierney, and many in the lacrosse community assumed he was a shoo-in for the job.
David Hale '10, a pitcher and designated hitter on the baseball team, was drafted by the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday in the third round of the MLB draft. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected right-hander Brad Gemberling ’09 on Wednesday in the 24th round of the draft, and the Toronto Blue Jays picked catcher Jack Murphy '10 on Thursday in the 31st round.
In one of the most significant coaching changes in the sport’s history, men’s lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney announced Monday that he is leaving Princeton to become the new head coach at the University of Denver.
On Sunday, the women?s lightweight and open crew teams will head to the Cooper River in Camden, N.J., to compete in the EAWRC Championships.Last May, the lightweight women went down to the wire in a tight finish against Wisconsin.
