It appears that there is such a thing as home-water advantage. A year after Princeton's men's heavyweight crew seized the Eastern Sprints title from long-reigning Harvard, the Crimson reassumed its throne in Worcester, Mass., last Sunday.
Bob Bradley '80 will be named head coach of the United States men's soccer team at a press conference today in New York, ESPN.com reported yesterday.
A friend of mine really hates the Yankees. Every time I'm at his apartment in the evening, I find him yelling at the television, shooting spittle all over the screen.
This past weekend was especially tough for the men's and women's track and field teams. On top of papers and problem sets, and only a week after the exhausting Heptagonal Championships, the two squads had to gear up to compete against some of the best teams in the region at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes in America Outdoor Championships."I think that it's difficult for us when we have the league meet the week before," men's head coach Fred Samara said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Something had to give. The men's lacrosse team had never lost to Georgetown, but it had also never won an NCAA Tournament opening-round game that would set up a quarterfinal homecoming at Princeton Stadium.The Tigers' unbeaten streak came to an end when Brendan Cannon streaked past Tiger senior defense Dan Cocoziello 31 seconds into sudden-death overtime yesterday.
Sunday's loss for the men's lacrosse team was only its fourth of the year, but like its previous three, it was against a top-caliber team, with No.
After strong seasons by both the women's and men's tennis teams this year, the Tigers are looking to build on that success next year with the help of four recruits from the Class of 2011.Last year's recruiting class will be a tough act to follow, especially for the women's team.
Despite scoring the game's first two goals, the women's lacrosse team (10-7 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) failed to recreate last year's first-round upset of Virginia, falling 19-10 to the No.
While many may not consider Princeton's unpredictable weather to be ideal for outdoor activities, it turns out that the New Jersey spring weather is surprisingly perfect for track.The track team took advantage of it to host one of the most important track meets of the season last weekend ? the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
Esmeralda Negron '04's soccer career has taken her around the world, but now she's returning home.
Next weekend, Princeton will host two NCAA tournament quarterfinal matchups. For the men's lacrosse team to fill the home stands with a sea of orange and black, however, it must notch a win on the road this weekend.On Sunday, No.
League and regional pride will be on the line this weekend when the Princeton crews compete against familiar Ivy and Eastern College Athletic Conference foes at Eastern Sprints.
This year in sports, a team's regular season record has not always predicted its performance in post-season tournaments.
For a few glorious days at the end of April, visitors to goprincetontigers.com ? the official website of Princeton athletics ? were welcomed by the face and voice of the 2007 Daily Princetonian Female Athlete of the Year.In a short video clip that played as soon as the website loaded, senior utility Elyse Colgan of the women's water polo team encouraged Tiger fans to attend the 2007 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championships at DeNunzio Pool that weekend.
The Ivy League is witnessing the reign of a full-fledged track and field dynasty that has Princeton's men's and women's squads seeing red for yet another year.The host Tigers could find no chinks in Cornell's armor last weekend in the Big Red's sweep of the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships at Weaver Stadium.
Princeton draws VirginiaThe women's lacrosse team will play No. 3 Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday in Charlottesville, Va.
The men's golf team finished in eighth place this weekend at the Rutherford Intercollegiate hosted by Penn State, ending a spring season that saw the Tigers struggle more often than not.Coming off a disappointing tie for sixth at the Ivy League Championship two weeks earlier, the Tigers finished ahead of just four schools in the Rutherford Intercollegiate's 12-team field.The tournament host, Penn State, won the three-round event with a combined score of 894, 30 strokes over par.