As anyone who has spent a weekend at Reunions can attest, Princeton proudly celebrates the identification of its students and alumni as family ? and the men's soccer team over its 100-year history is no exception to this rule.From the Kavanaghs to the Whites to the Joneses to the Piersons to the many other familiar names in the program, Princeton has often welcomed multiple representatives of the same family to be part of the Tiger soccer program.Three players on the men's squad this season hail from such dynastic families ? freshman Max Hare and sophomore Jason Adams both had two older brothers in the program and sophomore Pat Farrell joins his sister, senior Meghan Farrell, in donning an Orange and Black jersey this season."There's been a great tradition of families coming through Princeton soccer, which is something that we think is special," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.
Coming off of two successful seasons, the men's club rugby team has high expectations. Ivy League champions in 2004, the team lost last year in the semifinals to a Dartmouth team that went on to place eighth nationally.The Big Green team that foiled the Tigers' aspirations last year lost 12 seniors, however, and Princeton looks primed to take back the title of Ivy League champion."All of that is looking pretty far ahead, but we are definitely optimistic about our chances," team captain and senior Mike Dreibelbis said.Princeton isn't waiting for the other powerhouses of the Ivy League to fall down to their level, however.
What is your typical Princeton graduate? A successful investment banker, or the next Dr. House? With each year, a throng of seniors graduate, enter the "real world" with ambitions and dreams to fulfill, a process hopefully made easier by the prized Princeton diploma.
The Major League Baseball Playoffs are here, and while this column will not be printed until after the first day of action, I will still humbly submit my predictions.First, to the American League: the first division series sees the Oakland A's open at Minnesota.
After an up and down performance over the past two days, the men's golf team finished in the middle of the pack at the Jon Agee Invitational yesterday, but topped Ivy rival Columbia by over 20 strokes for a welcome confidence boost.
The weekend got off to a fast start for the Princeton harriers, as both the men's and women's cross country teams had impressive showings at the Paul Short Run, held last Friday at Lehigh University.
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.
When the temperature starts heating up in the middle of the summer, most people use it as an excuse to go inside, ramp up the air-conditioning, and make themselves a sundae.Princeton's cross country runners, on the other hand, spend their days outside on the pavement, doing their best to ignore the heat index and their cool, comfortable living rooms.Distance running requires a particular dedication to training in the off-season since the success in the sport depends almost entirely on conditioning.
"Ohh, sweet Caroline, good times never seem so good..."Arms in the air, dancing together in a circle to Neil Diamond, the women's volleyball team looked as confident and euphoric as could be.
On a day that saw Tiger Woods win his sixth tournament in a row, the increasingly dominant women's golf team continued a winning streak of its own.This weekend Princeton was in action at Yale's golf course for the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Conn.
"'Cause I struggle with forward motion, I struggle with forward motion ... 'Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds.
What could be better than playing tennis where the sport's greats such as Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova rally during the US Open?
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.
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 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.
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.
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.