Going into this weekend's action, the men's water polo team (13-6 overall, 5-2 Collegiate Water Polo Association) had reached the most important part of its season.
Some people are just naturally good in the limelight: when the spotlight is on, and the music starts to play, something magical happens.With the lights shining on the first Friday night game between Ivy opponents in the league's 50-year history and with the legitimacy of the Tigers' undefeated 4-0 start in question, the football team (5-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) proved itself with a 17-3 win over Brown (1-4, 0-2) thanks in large part to continued strong defensive play."I thought our defensive secondary played great against a very good corps of wide receivers," head coach Roger Hughes said.
The Tigers proved their strength and depth once again this weekend when the women's cross country team competed at two of the most exciting races of the season with hopes of learning the strengths and weaknesses of its league and national rivals.
It is no coincidence that the women's volleyball team cheer is a collective shout of one word: rage.
With a solid showing at the Pre-Nationals Invitational, the men's cross country team appears poised for a strong finish to its season.With the Ivy League, District and National Championships all coming up in the next five weeks, the Tigers are "right where [they] need to be," according to junior harrier Frank Tinney.On Saturday, led by sophomore Michael Maag and junior David Nightingale, the Princeton squad placed 13th out of 36 teams at Indiana State's Lavern Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of the NCAA Championships in five weeks.In spite of a strong field that included two of the top five teams in the nation, Stanford and Iona, the Tigers managed to finish ahead of William & Mary and Arizona State, both ranked teams.
One might think that taking a lead into the 84th minute would almost always result in a win. Not so.
It was a chilly Friday night when the football team faced the Brown Bears in the hopes of keeping its undefeated season intact.
Ask any club sports athlete if they know Cristine McCarthy, and the reaction is always the same: You get a chuckle and a roll of the eyes.
When the quarterback passes long, the football hangs in the air and for a palpable moment the fans don't know whether to cheer or sigh, that's exciting football.
After suffering their first loss of the season against Dartmouth a week ago, the players on the women's volleyball team (12-1 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) learned a valuable lesson: they don't like to lose.This keen insight allowed Princeton to rally back and squash Harvard 3-0.
"Play by the rules."It's a simple concept we have all heard before. After that line probably comes the one where you are told that if you follow the aforementioned rules, you will probably win.
Pwang has to admit that Florida looked legit last week. We got to see that team throw LSU under the bus by putting together its best game of the year to date, and, more shockingly, we got to see Tim Tebow take a shot at becoming the first quarterback in the history of football to win both a college game and a high school game in the same week.This actually blew my mind; first, Tebow helped lead the mighty Gators to victory in The Swamp on Saturday afternoon and then later in the week, I swear to God, I saw him playing quarterback for Nease High from Jacksonville, Fl.I was just minding my own business watching "Two-A-Days" on Wednesday afternoon when I found out about Tebow's dirty little secret.
Most club sports have the luxury of knowing that their competition, like themselves, aren't quite Division I caliber.
To be named All-Ivy in a sport is commendable. Two sports? Not only is that unheard of, to some it sounds downright preposterous.
Senior Jame Wunsch, men's soccer captain and standout defenseman, chatted with us to give some personal, down-to-earth background for such a well-accomplished player.
As his professional career accumulates mileage in a quest for the big time, Judson Wallace '05 has come to rely on one aspect of his Princeton education more than any other.Though this tool has recently been employed in his nation's service as well as in the service of other nations, it is more Bill Bradley than Woodrow Wilson."The hook shot they teach you at Princeton, that's an effective move against anybody," Wallace said.
Princeton students are used to the best: presidential speakers, gorgeous gothic buildings and bands in our backyards that would cost $60 to see in New York.
