Imagine a quarterback who is winless in six starts, having completed a mere 45 percent of his passes.
Blame it on the stress of midterms, blame it on the mid-season blues. But when it comes down to it, the men's tennis team was not up to snuff at the ITA Northeast Regionals this past weekend.After a strong sixth-place finish at the ECAC Division I Invitational three weeks ago, the men's tennis team was expecting better performances from its top players.
If you turned on a sports show any time during the last week or so, you likely watched some talking heads discuss the recent on-field brawl between football players from the University of Miami and Florida International University.The event provoked extreme responses, as just about every old, pasty sportswriter who gets his ugly mug on TV got all hot and bothered about it.The background: Miami and FIU players don't like each other.
Give credit to Yale's football team (5-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) for being extremely flexible on defense this past Saturday.
In the world of collegiate tennis, it takes far more than an isolated top finish to make a name for oneself.
This weekend, the field hockey team sent out a message to the rest of the Ivy League ? no one comes into Class of 1952 Stadium and pushes it around.Princeton (9-6 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) clinched its 12th Ivy League title in 14 years ? which brings with it an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament ? with a resounding 3-1 victory over rival Harvard (2-13, 2-3) on Saturday afternoon.
What does the men's lacrosse team do when playing against some of the best players ever to play at Princeton ? including a few fresh off a Major League Lacrosse championship?They play loose, quite literally.In the team's annual fall alumni game, the current Tigers defeated former greats by a score of 18-6 in a freewheeling and fun game.
With their sights set on winning the Georgetown Hoya Invitational this past Saturday and Sunday, the men's golf team found itself unable to cope with windy conditions and a lengthy golf course, ultimately finishing ninth out of 12 teams in its final tournament this fall.For the Tigers, the fall has borne a trend of mid to high finishes, leaving bitter tastes lingering in the mouths of team members as they begin practice and preparation during the off-season.Furthermore, the Tigers' poor play has likely prevented them from qualifying for the NCAA National Tournament through the Mid-Atlantic District points system ? the District in which the Tigers compete.
In a season that was supposed to be one of rebirth, Princeton's sprint football team has been unable to end its tradition of disappointment.
As the saying goes, when it rains it pours. The women's soccer team, having suffered scoring woes this season, unleashed the full force of its frustration on two unfortunate foes this past weekend.
If early similarities in the women's hockey team's opening weekend can provide an omen that this season will resemble the last, then the Tigers can look forward to an impressive year.The Tigers began their season on Friday just like they did last year ? in a stalemate with No.
A soccer team can dominate possession and can keep the ball in its opponent's end, but, when the final whistle blows, it is who puts the ball in the other team's most net that counts.Unfortunately for the men's soccer team (6-6-3 overall, 1-3-1 Ivy League), two goals off of broken plays guided rival Harvard to a 2-1 victory Saturday at Lourie-Love Field.In the 54th minute, Freshman forward Devin Muntz scored the Tigers' lone goal, his fourth of the season.
Some like to paint history in broad, melodramatic terms, replete with momentous events and great men.
Going into its Saturday match against the Bulldogs, the women's volleyball team knew it was now or never.
For three hours Saturday, Harvard did everything it could to coerce the football team into forgetting about an unbeaten season and an Ivy League title.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? In a setting that was more reminiscent of the Olympics than a crew race, 300,000 spectators watched more than 7,500 athletes compete in 26 events over two days.
Jeff Terrell and Clifton Dawson should know better.As seniors with three-and-a-half years of Ivy football under their belts, they should know that when it comes to Princeton-Harvard, the individual stars of the moment always get trumped by the history of one of college football's greatest rivalries.Especially this year, when for the first time since 1922, the Crimson and the Tigers are both undefeated five games into the season ? ranked as the No.
Another season of rowing is finally upon us. The men's and women's crews have been practicing six days a week since the beginning of classes and the annual Head of the Charles will take place this weekend.
