The Daily Princetonian caught up with the Tigers’ leading scorer to discuss quirky teammates, favorite classes and pre-game rituals.
The baseball team’s home opener was not quite the homecoming it was hoping for, as Princeton fell 10-7 to Rutgers on Tuesday. The Tigers (7-6 overall) looked good in the first inning, as junior pitcher Langford Stuber struck out the first batter he saw, and the infield scooped up a double play to end the inning. The Scarlet Knights (9-11) were equally effective on defense, however, striking out two and easily snagging an infield fly from sophomore infielder Greg Van Horn.
The women’s swimming and diving team placed 18th at the NCAA Championships, held last weekend in College Station, Texas.
Though the men’s volleyball team has struggled to post wins at home over the previous month, last weekend the Tigers proved that they are still a force to be reckoned with by dominating Harvard in a decisive 3-0 victory.
Unfortunately for the Tigers, their 7-6 loss to St. Mary’s last Tuesday was the first of several heartbreaking late-inning defeats. Princeton (5-9 overall) went 2-6 over break with four one-run losses.
The Tigers (8-6 overall) went 3-1 on a grueling California road trip that pitted the team against three ranked opponents.
The baseball team (7-5) managed to post a respectable 4-3 record over the remaining seven games, including a 3-1 series win over Navy this past weekend.
Walt Disney World is generally viewed as the archetypal American family vacation getaway. But the men and women’s track and field teams had a different agenda when they traveled to Mickey Mouse’s place of residence.
The women’s lacrosse team dominated the state of Virginia over spring break, with two huge victories against James Madison and the University of Virginia.
The men’s hockey team had its back against the wall. After losing to Cornell 4-3 in the second overtime of its semifinal game in the ECAC Hockey Tournament at the Times Union Center, Princeton needed at least a tie against one of the hottest teams in the country to clinch a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 5 Tigers (5-1 overall) lost to No. 9 Hofstra (4-1) 9-7 on March 14 before rebounding with an 18-11 thrashing of No. 17 Albany (4-2).
If there was a sequence that epitomized the men’s hockey team’s two games at the ECAC Hockey Tournament this weekend, it came with less than 16 minutes remaining in Saturday afternoon’s consolation match against St. Lawrence.
The women’s water polo team split its games over spring break, ending its trip to California 4-4 with the four losses coming against nationally ranked opponents.
During the opening stretch of 2008, the women’s lacrosse team was fighting to preserve its unblemished record. This year, the Tigers (2-1 overall) are fighting to remain relevant on the top tier of the national stage while it’s still early in the season.
The women’s water polo team will face its toughest competition of the season this week when it travels to sunny California to compete in the Loyola Marymount University Invitational and challenge other local teams.
The men’s hockey team’s run for a second straight ECAC Hockey title ended Friday night with a heartbreaking 4-3 second-overtime loss to Cornell. Halfway into the second overtime, Cornell forward Colin Greening wristed a shot past junior goaltender Zane Kalemba to cap the Big Red’s comeback from a 3-1 deficit. With the loss, Princeton will face St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey tournament’s consolation game Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in Albany, N.Y.
To find the last time the men’s lacrosse team started its season 4-0, one would have to turn the clock back to 1997. Head coach Bill Tierney now finds his team in that same position.
Forgive the men’s hockey team if it’s feeling deja vu heading into its ECAC Hockey quarterfinal playoff series against Union at Baker Rink this weekend.
With a 3-1 victory over Union on Sunday night, the men’s hockey team came out on top in its ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series, earning a trip to Albany, N.Y., for the second consecutive year. The team will play Cornell in the semifinal game on Friday at 7:30 p.m. for a chance to defend its title in the championship game Saturday against either first-seeded Yale or fourth-seeded St. Lawrence.
The baseball team’s spring break will be a whirlwind tour of the South, as the Tigers will travel to Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland to play 11 games in nine days against three schools. Two of the contests will be against No. 1 UNC, a formidable opponent.
