If the men's indoor track and field squad was considered an underdog this past winter season, you would have never guessed it by looking back at the team's results.
For most of the men's and women's swimming and diving teams, the 2006 season ended before spring break, just in time to enjoy the annual week of relaxation.
The women's lacrosse team had found recipes for victory twice before entering spring break: get on top early and get on top early.
The California sun seemed to agree with the softball team when they first hit the West Coast, as they swept through the Capital Classic in Sacramento, CA, before stumbling midweek and recovering to pull out a 3-2 record at the Stanford Invitational, where they came up just short of toppling No.
In sports, a team needs both possession of the ball and a coherent offense to score. It took them most of spring break, but the men's lacrosse team looks like it might've finally found a good combination of these two factors.Though the Tigers' (4-2) 9-4 win over Butler (1-6) on Friday seemed a bit on the flat side, Princeton came alive in the second half against Binghamton (4-3) yesterday with a seven-goal run in a promising display of offensive coordination.
The California sun seemed to agree with the softball team when they first hit the West Coast, as they swept through the Capital Classic in Sacramento, CA, before stumbling midweek and recovering to pull out a 3-2 record at the Stanford Invitational, where they came up just short of toppling No.
After receiving its first ever invitation, women's hockey saw its dance cut short in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament as No.
If possessions are the currency by which the business of lacrosse is transacted, then the men's lacrosse team was nearly broke against Hofstra.Princeton (4-2 overall), then ranked No.
The women's lacrosse team had found recipes for victory twice before entering spring break: get on top early and get on top early.
They have talent. They have experience. They have all the pieces necessary to put together a dominant stretch this season, but like an impossible jigsaw puzzle the edges of the pieces refuse to interlock smoothly.The men's baseball team (4-11) limped back into town late last night, fresh off a 1-7 road trip, that was not exactly representative of the renewal, birth, and brotherhood that are supposed to arrive with spring.
They have talent. They have experience. They have all the pieces necessary to put together a dominant stretch this season, but like an impossible jigsaw puzzle the edges of the pieces refuse to interlock smoothly.The men's baseball team (4-11) limped back into town late last night, fresh off a 1-7 road trip, that was not exactly representative of the renewal, birth, and brotherhood that are supposed to arrive with spring.
If possessions are the currency by which the business of lacrosse is transacted, then the men's lacrosse team was nearly broke against Hofstra.Princeton (4-2 overall), then ranked No.
After receiving its first ever invitation, women's hockey saw its dance cut short in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament as No.
In sports, a team needs both possession of the ball and a coherent offense to score. It took them most of spring break, but the men's lacrosse team looks like it might've finally found a good combination of these two factors.Though the Tigers' (4-2) 9-4 win over Butler (1-6) on Friday seemed a bit on the flat side, Princeton came alive in the second half against Binghamton (4-3) yesterday with a seven-goal run in a promising display of offensive coordination.
If possessions are the currency by which the business of lacrosse is transacted, then the men's lacrosse team was nearly broke against Hofstra.No 6 Princeton (2-2 overall) fell to No 9 Hofstra (4-1), 9-5, amid weak facing off that barely gave the Tigers a shot at overcoming solid play by Hofstra's offense.
When spring break rolls around, the baseball team is just a bunch of minor leaguers, a bunch of young ballplayers looking to hit their stride so they can step up to the next level.
Back in October, as fall midterms loomed just around the corner, Princeton's crew team headed up to Cambridge, Mass.
After the No. 6 men's lacrosse team (2-1) suffered a 7-6 loss to No. 2 Virginia on Sunday, head coach Bill Tierney was left wondering what might have happened had just a single shot found its way into the net."Any one shot on goal can be the difference," Tierney said.
When spring break rolls around, the baseball team is just a bunch of minor leaguers, a bunch of young ballplayers looking to hit their stride so they can step up to the next level.
Most people associate a trip to California over spring break with relaxation on the beach, lying in the sun and general laziness, but not the Princeton softball team.
