After losing 30-28 in the second set against St. Francis on Saturday, the men?s volleyball team faced the possibility of getting swept in the first two Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) games of the match.
The men?s basketball team put together its best weekend in a very long time, shocking Ivy League rival Cornell 61-41 on Friday and demolishing Columbia 63-35 on Saturday.Princeton (9-8 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) headed into halftime with a nine-point lead over Cornell (15-7, 5-1), but with 15 minutes, 24 seconds left in the game, Big Red center Jeff Foote scored on a layup to close the gap to 34-31.
The men?s and women?s swimming and diving teams continued their undefeated seasons last Saturday, with the women?s team capping off a perfect season with a 156-123 defeat of Columbia (8-2 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) and the men extending their streak to seven this year with a slim 155.5-145.5 defeat of Navy (17-2 overall).Women roll over Lions
It?s a good thing the men?s hockey team isn?t superstitious.The pivotal conference showdown against No.
It was a bittersweet regular-season home finale for the seniors of the women?s hockey team on Saturday, as their final game on Baker Rink ended in a tie instead of a win.After posting a convincing 3-1 victory over Colgate on Friday and the 2-2 tie against the Big Red on Saturday, Princeton (14-9-2 overall, 11-6-1 ECAC Hockey) moved into a tie for fourth place in the ECAC standings.
The wrestling team enters the home stretch of its season this weekend with an Ivy League tri-meet at Dillon Gymnasium, when the Tigers (2-11 overall, 1-3 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) host Harvard (1-8, 0-0) and Brown (0-4, 0-0) on Saturday.As was the case last season, Princeton has been spread thin by injuries.
Coming off a tough loss to Brown on Saturday, the women?s hockey team looks to bounce back this weekend at home against conference foes Colgate and Cornell.
The women?s basketball team (6-11 overall, 1-2 Ivy League) is ready to pick up the pieces after losses last weekend to Harvard (10-7, 2-1) and Dartmouth (8-9, 3-0) by scores of 82-73 and 71-67, respectively.
The men?s hockey team has struggled in 2009, but with a critical two-game road trip to upstate New York looming this weekend, the Tigers have a beautiful opportunity to reassert themselves as one of ECAC Hockey?s toughest teams to beat.
Not since 2004 has the men?s basketball team strung together five consecutive wins. Not since 2004 has the Ivy League Championship banner been raised in the rafters.
Q: What was your welcome-to-college moment?A: My freshman field hockey team in the first game we played, American.
Apparently, bagels ? not Wheaties ? are the true breakfast of Champions. Before joining the women?s water polo team, junior utility Phoebe Champion was a high school standout who ate a bagel or two after each morning practice.The regimen must have been effective, as Champion earned three Junior Olympian All-American honors and played for the U.S.
I don?t have an ex-girlfriend named Fiona, and I don?t think Matt Damon had sex with one of my previous girlfriends on my birthday, but I guess I don?t know.
The women?s water polo team kicks off its 2009 campaign Saturday morning at DeNunzio Pool, hoping to pick up where it left off last year.
The game I watched — riddled with quizzical play-calling, bonehead penalties, questionable officiating and a highly-controversial ending — was far from the best Super Bowl ever. Was it exciting? The fourth quarter was, yes. And was it close? For sure, but no closer than the three other Super Bowls in my lifetime alone that have come down to the final play.
Kathy Sell?s optimism is remarkable even for a head coach: She noted that, for the upcoming season, ?everyone should fear us.?The women's tennis team was ranked 61st in the national preseason poll, higher than any of its Ivy League opponents.
Like the fuzzy yellow ball in a tennis match, the men?s tennis team endured ups and downs in its season-opening competitions this past week in Virginia.Princeton (1-2) began the year by hitting the road for three matches.
Correction appendedThe No. 21 men?s swimming and diving team staged a comeback at Harvard?s Blodgett Pool on Sunday evening, overcoming a six-point deficit to defeat Harvard (6-1 Ivy League) 193-160 and Yale (3-3) 253-100.
The No. 25-ranked women?s swimming and diving team embodied the phrase ?team effort? this past weekend, pushing through several illnesses and injuries to win this year?s renewal of the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) competition.Princeton (6-0 Ivy League) defeated Harvard (6-1) 170-148.5 and Yale (3-3) 209-110 at the tournament, hosted at Harvard?s Blodgett Pool.
A convincing 6-3 victory over No. 2 Penn last Wednesday has put the No. 1-ranked women?s squash team in prime position to regain the Ivy League title it relinquished to the Quakers last season.
