Anything can happen in baseball.Junior second baseman Dan DeGeorge and the baseball team (16-21 overall, 8-8 Ivy League) are optimistic heading into this weekend?s four-game series against Cornell (11-24, 5-11). And they need to be.
After the men?s lacrosse team?s 13-6 loss to Syracuse on April 5, many of the Princeton faithful began to accept that for only the second time in 19 years, the Tigers would not be headed to the NCAA tournament.But then the Ivy schedule got into full swing, and with last weekend?s decisive 11-7 victory over Cornell (9-3 overall, 4-1 Ivy League), Princeton (7-4, 4-0) put itself in contention for the Ivy League championship and the accompanying automatic NCAA bid to the tournament.
After losing its last two Ivy League games to Dartmouth and Penn and putting a quick end to its undefeated season, the women?s lacrosse team (11-2 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) has the chance to punctuate its league season with a win this Saturday at Brown.
The cheer emanated from the west bleachers. ?Cap and Gown!? It grew in volume. ?Cap and Gown!
After a tumultuous season of non-conference struggles and Ivy triumphs, the softball team will play its final games of the regular season this weekend against Cornell.
This Thursday, all eyes will turn to Dillon Gym as Princeton students descend from across the campus to settle once and for all the question of what is the most athletic, most successful and overall best student group at the University in the fourth-annual Dodgeball Tournament, sponsored by the Colosseum Club.
Facing the defending Big East regular-season champions on their home field Tuesday night, the baseball team (16-21 overall, 8-8 Ivy League) made a game of it early but couldn?t overcome a pair of costly errors in a 6-2 loss to St.
Back in grade school, dodgeball was one of two things: an extremely traumatic experience or an opportunity to inflict an extremely traumatic experience on others.
For three-fourths of current Princeton undergraduates, the bonfire in November 2006 ? celebrating the football team?s defeat of both Yale and Harvard in the same year ? served as a warm reminder of the history and tradition that make Princeton such a tight-knit community.
With 126 teams participating in this year?s dodgeball tournament, the winner could come from any walk of campus life.
After two tough losses, the women?s lacrosse team was more than ready to get back to its winning ways on Wednesday when it faced Temple on the road in Philadelphia.
Live updates from the Princeton Dodgeball Tournament as they happen:sidelinedispatches.blogspot.com
I really don?t want to start this column off with a reference to the movie, so I?m going to come right out and say that I?m talking about dodgeball.
The legendary Vince Lombardi once said, ?Victory isn?t everything. It?s the only thing.? For athletes at every level of competition, the ever-elusive W in the results column seems to drive decisions and actions both on and off the field.
Tuesday wasn?t a good day to be a hitter. In a matchup with Patriot League power Lehigh, the softball team found itself on the wrong side of a 3-1 pitchers? duel between two dominant starters.Princeton (20-21 overall, 15-1 Ivy League) sent senior righthander Kristen Schaus to the circle.
At first glance, Mark Wilf ?84 seems like just another alum who made good and is now sharing the wealth with his alma mater.
Another weekend passes by, marked by another Saturday filled with wins and another Sunday filled with losses.
The men?s and women?s tennis teams closed out their regular seasons this weekend with their final two Ivy League matches against Columbia and Cornell.
Despite a dominant individual performance by junior Susannah Aboff, the women?s golf team came up just short in the Ivy League championship, finishing in third behind Harvard and Columbia.
With two seconds left in overtime and the women?s water polo team still tied with Bucknell, sophomore utility Helen Meigs launched a perfect lob shot from five meters that sailed over the opposing goalie and hit the back of the net at the buzzer.
