Keeping its home unbeaten streak alive, the Princeton men?s volleyball team upset No. 11 George Mason 3-1 at Dillon Gym on Saturday, 26-30, 30-25, 30-21, 30-25.
Score 44 runs, win a few games and call it a weekend. That?s just what the baseball team did in its back-to-back doubleheaders at the University of Delaware on Saturday and Sunday, flexing its muscles in an impressive display of offensive firepower in winning three of the four games to launch into its 2008 season on the right foot.Though the Tigers (3-1) ultimately came away from Delaware (3-4) thrice victorious, they suffered an agonizing defeat in their season opener Saturday afternoon, losing 12-11 in seven innings despite leading 11-2 at one point.Princeton led off the game and its season by wasting no time in getting on the scoreboard, sending seven runners across the plate in the first two innings before a single Fightin? Blue Hen base runner had even reached second base.
The women?s lacrosse team started its season in Baltimore on Saturday with a win against Johns Hopkins.
BALTIMORE, Md., March 1 ? New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick accompanied longtime friend Dave Pietramala, head men?s lacrosse coach at Johns Hopkins, on the sidelines Saturday afternoon when the men?s lacrosse team took on the Blue Jays.
On a weekend that celebrated the excellent careers of senior forwards Meagan Cowher and Ali Prichard, the women?s basketball team gave fans a taste of good times to come.
The men?s hockey team finished the best regular season in Princeton history this Saturday, but the Tigers will head into the ECAC Hockey playoffs on a two-game losing streak following tough losses to No.
The Princeton women?s track and field team jumped to victory this weekend at the 2008 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championship with freshman Tiffany Liu?s triple jump that sealed the deal.
There was something magical in the air this past weekend as the undefeated No. 18 women?s swimming and diving team clinched its third-straight Ivy League title and qualified five swimmers for the NCAA championships.Princeton has never sent so many swimmers to nationals, with the previous record of four set in 1986, when a Tiger relay qualified.
When they?re not hurling themselves at their foes on the mat, the members of the Princeton wrestling team have devoted themselves to another pursuit.
Playoffs. Home playoff series. First-round bye. Ivy League title.The list of accomplishments achieved by this year?s men?s hockey team is lengthy, but though the 2007-08 Tigers have certainly exceeded expectations, they are nowhere near being satisfied.This weekend, with road games against No.
After topping Clarkson twice already this season, the women?s hockey team will travel to Potsdam, N.Y., for the opening round of the ECAC Hockey League playoffs tonight.
There?s something special about home court. When Jadwin is filled with orange T-shirts and yelling fans, it gives the Tigers just a little extra edge against their opponents.
After a season marked by tight losses to top competition and an early exit from the NCAA Tournament, the 2008 Princeton men?s lacrosse team is hungrier than ever.While the team did lose some key players to graduation, the Tigers kept their fair share of firepower and have reloaded with a solid batch of recruits.
Nine years ago on the lacrosse field of the Delbarton School on the outskirts of Morristown, N.J., Dan Cocoziello and Alex Hewit locked gaze.
Senior spring is a busy time for any Princeton student. Between wrapping up the all-consuming thesis and deciding on post-graduation plans, there isn?t much time for anything else.
Last season the baseball team came within one hit of a playoff for the Ivy League?s Lou Gehrig Division title.
The target at which the men?s lacrosse team will take aim tomorrow afternoon could not be any bigger, but it won?t be an easy one to hit.
With age comes maturity, knowledge and experience ? or at least that?s what the women?s lacrosse team is banking on.
The softball team will travel to Fairfax, Va., to kick off its 2008 season this weekend. The Tigers are starting their season with a newly promoted head coach, Trina Salciado, and two new assistant coaches, Cristina Cobb-Adams ?06 and Alexis Alcantara.
Despite the loss of star catcher Sal Iacono ?07 to graduation, one half of the baseball team?s battery will remain more or less intact this season, as three of Princeton?s four top starters return, along with the majority of the key relievers.
