As the referee prepared to throw up the ball to start the game between Penn (20-8 overall, 12-2 Ivy League) and Princeton (12-15, 10-4), junior forward Luke Owings ? listed at 6 foot 6 inches ? looked up at Penn's 6'8" Steve Danley.
The Tigers began this season by mixing the best of both old and new. From seniors to freshmen, head coach Richard Barron has bridged the class divide of the women's basketball team with talent.This year marked a turning point for the program as it was the first year that Barron could look at the team truly as his own.
In poker, as in life, a player has to do the most with the hands he is given. Sometimes the hands are good, sometimes not.
After making the long trip down to Durham, N.C., the fencing team proceeded to put on a skillful performance at the NCAA Regional Tournament at Duke held over the weekend.Though both the men and the women had strong performances, it was the women who stole the show, winning two gold medals and advancing three fencers to the National tournament.Senior foil Jacqueline Leahy and junior epee Erin McGarry took gold in their respective events.
The men's hockey team outshot and, for the most part, outplayed Clarkson in their first game of the first-round series against the Golden Knights.
The light shining on the men's volleyball team's playoff hopes faded on Friday as ninth-ranked Penn State demolished the Tigers in three straight games.The Nittany Lions, who remain undefeated in the Tait Division of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, (11-4 overall, 8-0 EIVA Tait) opened well, blanking Princeton (3-8, 2-4) in blocks in the first game.
The softball team's players may have been confused when they ended the past weekend's Tar Heel Invitational with a 4-2 win over North Dakota on Sunday.
In a close race to the finish this past weekend, the men's swimming and diving team tasted victory by defeating last year's Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships winner Harvard, claiming their third title in five years.
In a close race to the finish this past weekend, the men's swimming and diving team tasted victory by defeating last year's Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championships winner Harvard, claiming their third title in five years.
After making the long trip down to Durham, N.C., the fencing team proceeded to put on a skillful performance at the NCAA Regional Tournament at Duke held over the weekend.Though both the men and the women had strong performances, it was the women who stole the show, winning two gold medals and advancing three fencers to the National tournament.Senior foil Jacqueline Leahy and junior epee Erin McGarry took gold in their respective events.
The first weekend of the season was tough on the men's baseball team. The Citadel beat Princeton in the first three games of the four game series.
There would be no meltdown for the fifth-ranked women's hockey team Saturday night, not if senior forward Sarah Butsch had anything to do with it, and boy, did she.Toward the end of the third period, the Tigers (21-6-4 overall, 15-2-3 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) skated in disbelief.
The light shining on the men's volleyball team's playoff hopes faded on Friday as ninth-ranked Penn State demolished the Tigers in three straight games.The Nittany Lions, who remain undefeated in the Tait Division of the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association, (11-4 overall, 8-0 EIVA Tait) opened well, blanking Princeton (3-8, 2-4) in blocks in the first game.
The first weekend of the season was tough on the men's baseball team. The Citadel beat Princeton in the first three games of the four game series.
The men's hockey team outshot and, for the most part, outplayed Clarkson in their first game of the first-round series against the Golden Knights.
There would be no meltdown for the fifth-ranked women's hockey team Saturday night, not if senior forward Sarah Butsch had anything to do with it, and boy, did she.Toward the end of the third period, the Tigers (21-6-4 overall, 15-2-3 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) skated in disbelief.
The softball team's players may have been confused when they ended the past weekend's Tar Heel Invitational with a 4-2 win over North Dakota on Sunday.
Emotion was the theme of the night on Saturday when the Princeton women's basketball team took the court against Yale for Senior Night.
It looked, for a time, as though Princeton's men's lacrosse team might not be able to get by the No.
Emotion was the theme of the night on Saturday when the Princeton women's basketball team took the court against Yale for Senior Night.
