When sophomore defender Holly McGarvie's shot found the back of the net with just over 15 minutes left to play on Saturday at Cornell, the women's field hockey team finally broke the 0-0 stalemate that it had battled throughout the game.
"'Cause I struggle with forward motion, I struggle with forward motion ... 'Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds.
In sports, two points don't get you very far, except maybe in soccer or hockey. But two points could take you a long way toward understanding the football team's win this weekend.Thanks to high-quality defensive play that buttressed a sometimes shaky but effective enough offense, Princeton defeated Columbia, 19-6.Ironically, though the Tigers held a 14-6 halftime lead after finding the end zone twice in the second quarter, only the stalwart Tiger defense was able to find those last ten yards in the second half.Senior punter Colin McDonough helped set the Tigers up for one of the most exciting plays in football with a good punt that another player on special teams downed at Columbia's own three-yard line with about four minutes left in the third.Thanks to a false start that pushed the line back to the one, Princeton couldn't have had the Lions in better position by the time Columbia had a chance to attempt a drive.
Sometimes the 12th man comes through for you, getting into your opponent's head, causing them to make mistakes and spurring you on to greater heights.
The men's water polo team, (11-4 overall,4-1 Eastern College Athletic Association) dominated their first two regular season games on Saturday, defeating both Bucknell (7-6) and Johns Hopkins (7-8).In the opening game, the No.
Penn blitzed its way past Princeton's sprint football team, defeating the Tigers, 50-15. Despite the lopsided score, there is a glimmer of hope in the outcome.
The men's soccer team was dealing with a lot of history heading into Saturday's home contest against Dartmouth (2-4-3 overall, 0-1-1 Ivy League). There was the Tigers recent three-game winless skid that Princeton (5-3-2 overall, 1-1-0 Ivy League) had snapped earlier that week.
What could be better than playing tennis where the sport's greats such as Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova rally during the US Open?
If you spotted eight girls walking out to the Street together, what would you think? Obviously, freshmen.
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When men's soccer squares off this Saturday against Dartmouth, there will be many more than the usual 11 Tigers on Lourie-Love Field."I think there's already been several hundred alums who have signed up to come back [to Saturday's game], so it should be a pretty good crowd and exciting atmosphere," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy League) will match up against the Big Green (2-3-3, 0-0-1) at 4 p.m.
Sometimes change can be just the spark a team needs to succeed. This was the case for the men's soccer team, as it defeated Bucknell, 1-0, on Wednesday to snap a two-game losing streak.Princeton (4-3-2 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) had lost its two previous games by only a single goal, and its game against Bucknell (7-2-2) was the last of six straight road games.The Tiger lineup featured many young or new faces, including freshman striker Ben Harms ? whose game-winning goal against the Bison was the first of his college career ? and sophomore goalkeeper Joe Walter, who pitched a clean sheet in his first career collegiate start.
You can get as fired up about the 2006 football team as you want, but the bottom line is, even after dethroning two perennial Patriot League powers, the real season is only beginning.
Typically, when I lose or fail at something, I simply blame it on bad luck. It's just part of my character.The same is true for the teams I root for.
For the first 63 minutes of the women's soccer team's game against Loyola (Md.) last night, Princeton (3-3-1 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) controlled the tempo but struggled to find the net, as shot after shot went awry of the goalposts or ended in the hands of Greyhound goalie Brittany Henderson."I told them at half time: It's OK if we possess the ball the whole game, but not OK if we don't score," head coach Julie Shackford said.The team got the message, and finally, 63 minutes, 13 seconds into the game, freshman forward Vicki Anagnostopoulos found sophomore midfielder Aarti Jain as she ran down the left side, and Jain let a shot loose that flew above the reach of Henderson's finger tips.
The members of Princeton's club field hockey team want to make one thing clear: They're here for a championship and they have a team talented enough to match their ambitions.Coming off a season in which Princeton made it to the final four of the National Field Hockey League, the Tigers have high expectations for the coming year."Final Four is our goal this year," sophomore defender Stephanie Burset said.Standouts sophomore Laura Adams, junior Katherine Hamilton and senior Lauren Hedinger anchor one of the more dominant midfields in the league, while the back line provides solid defensive support.
This weekend the football team kicks off its Ivy League schedule with a matchup against Columbia.
