While most students were sleeping in Saturday morning, recovering from a long night of studying or partying, members of the fencing team were rousing themselves at 6 a.m.
With just over a minute to go in their NFC divisional-round game against the Seattle Seahawks, the Dallas Cowboys were in position to win their first playoff game in years.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. ? Head coach Bill Tierney of the men's lacrosse team did not think last night's game against Rutgers (1-3 overall) was his team's best, but after two straight 7-6 losses, this team was ready for a win.Princeton (2-2) led from wire to wire against the Scarlet Knights, but let Rutgers threaten late before putting the game away for a 15-8 road win.Sophomore midfield Mark Kovler led the way with three goals, while senior attack Peter Trombino and junior attack Bob Schneider each netted two.
Whether it was due to the stiff competition or simply the hot southern sun, the women's golf team withered a bit this weekend.After a solid performance last weekend at Pinehurst, the Tigers were back out on the links at the par-72 Traditions Golf Club in Byron, Texas.
In an old fable, a powerful lion is forced to cede his dominance to a lowly mouse because the mouse removes a thorn from his paw.
Despite its ultimate 6-1 margin of victory, the men's tennis team (6-1) looked like it was going to cut things close against Stony Brook (4-4) on Saturday afternoon in Jadwin Gym.
Though the schedule officially listed the baseball team's three games in Houston this past weekend as road contests, many Tigers felt more at home basking in the warm Texan sun than they feel when freezing their faces off in New Jersey.Princeton's roster features no fewer than eight Lone Star Staters, including six from the Space City itself, but the homecoming reception they got was anything but warm.
The Tigers learned this weekend what every Princetonian heading to Wall Street next year should know: Past performance is no guarantee of future results.After smoothly sailing through the first game, the men's volleyball team came up dry in three consecutive games.
Playing at home is an advantage for any sports team, but for the women's water polo team (9-4 overall, 2-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference), that advantage is huge.
There's always next year. After bowing out of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League playoffs by losing consecutive games to Dartmouth, hopes for next season are all that remain for the Tigers.Though the Tigers traveled to Hanover, N.H., with aspirations of continuing their league championship run, they returned to Princeton disappointed.
The sound of rubber meeting metal is a goalie's saving grace and a shooter's worst nightmare. In Saturday afternoon's 7-6 loss to Virginia, senior attack Peter Trombino and senior midfielder Scott Sowanick of the men's lacrosse team shared the same bad dream.With Princeton (1-2 overall) and Virginia (4-1) deadlocked at six goals apiece in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, both Tigers watched shots ricochet off the goal frame.With the Tigers unable to break the stalemate, Virginia took advantage of Princeton's missed opportunities.
The big W was hanging there, ripe for the plucking. Every single member of the women's lacrosse team knew it, but before the Tigers could reach out and pluck it, No.
There is no sound as beautiful as the crack of a bat connecting solidly with a ball. Luckily for Princeton, the softball team is back in action and has been letting the beautiful sound ring all over the Class of 1895 Field.
The helpless victim of a midweek massacre, Rutgers (3-1) never knew what hit it. The Scarlet Knights gave up six goals to the No.
Above the No. 1 singles court during the women's tennis match against Rutgers on Wednesday night, a colorful poster board read, "So tough, Saiontz." Freshman Melissa Saiontz glanced up at that sign throughout her match against the Scarlet Knights' Katrina Elder-Bush and took the message to heart, successfully fighting off multiple comeback attempts to complete the Tigers' 7-0 dismantling of their New Jersey rival.Under head coach Kathy Sell, Princeton (6-2 overall) has shown its toughness as a team and steadily built momentum in recent weeks.
Sitting among a record-breaking crowd that topped 20,000, the men's lacrosse team watched last Saturday as two national powerhouses ? No.
Yesterday, Princeton students awoke to find the campus blanketed in a fresh new coating of snow. For many, the white powder signifies the innocence and beauty of winter, but for the baseball team (1-2 overall, 0-0 Ivy League), the snow is a constant reminder of the geographic elements that hinder Northeast teams."It's tough playing up here," head coach Scott Bradley said.
