If causal observers had stopped by DeNunzio Pool for only one or two events this past weekend, they probably would still have been able to tell the winner of the dual meet they were watching.
Last weekend at Princeton Stadium, we all experienced the agony of defeat when the thrill of victory seemed within reach.
Generally, when a team enters a competition without its top 10 athletes, it will be lucky to merely escape being on the wrong end of a rout.
In its opening match of the season this weekend, the women's squash team swept Cornell, 9-0. Each of the nine players in the Princeton lineup won her match handily, and seven of the nine Tigers swept their opponents, 3-0 ? including the No.1 ranked junior Claire Rein-Weston.The toughest matches this weekend for Princeton (1-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) were at the No.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. ? After almost a week of being bashed as "only a bunch of three-point shooters," the men's basketball team defended its honor yesterday afternoon, proving that its perimeter-oriented style can win games ? as long as the Tigers don't only shoot three-pointers.In a decisive 64-54 win over Lehigh (1-3 overall), Princeton (1-1) made its fair share of long-range buckets, shooting eight-of-15 from beyond the arc.
The No. 8-ranked women's hockey team needed some late-game heroics in both of its weekend contests, a 2-1 win over Clarkson (9-3-1 overall, 4-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) and a 1-1 tie with St.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. ? After almost a week of being bashed as "only a bunch of three-point shooters," the men's basketball team defended its honor yesterday afternoon, proving that its perimeter-oriented style can win games ? as long as the Tigers don't only shoot three-pointers.In a decisive 64-54 win over Lehigh (1-3 overall), Princeton (1-1) made its fair share of long-range buckets, shooting eight-of-15 from beyond the arc.
After a dismal shooting performance in the first half of the women's basketball team's game against St.
The No. 8-ranked women's hockey team needed some late-game heroics in both of its weekend contests, a 2-1 win over Clarkson (9-3-1 overall, 4-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) and a 1-1 tie with St.
Brown-Columbia: The Crowning MomentThe Ivy League football championship trophy was at Wien Stadium in New York City this Saturday, waiting on the result of the game between Brown (9-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) and Columbia (2-8, 0-7). Needing only one more victory to claim the coveted prize, the Bears controlled their own destiny and delivered easily by beating the Lions, 52-21.Senior running back Nick Hartigan, the Ivy League's leading rusher and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, had an outstanding game.
Ivy League footballers have reason to be glad that this year's season is over, because only now can they avoid one particularly dangerous Tiger.With the help of a 100-plus yard field goal return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Jay McCareins ? yet another game-changing play in a season where McCareins could fill a highlight reel with his own spectacular performances ? Princeton's football team (7-3 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) capped off an unexpectedly successful season with a 30-0 shutout of Dartmouth (2-8, 1-6) in Hanover, N.H.
Playing two of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League's top five teams this weekend, the men's hockey team displayed a flair for the dramatic, but it still came home from upstate New York with two losses.Princeton (2-6 overall, 1-5-0 ECACHL) forced Friday night's game against Clarkson into overtime and on Saturday night stayed with St.
Playing two of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League's top five teams this weekend, the men's hockey team displayed a flair for the dramatic, but it still came home from upstate New York with two losses.Princeton (2-6 overall, 1-5-0 ECACHL) forced Friday night's game against Clarkson into overtime and on Saturday night stayed with St.
Brown-Columbia: The Crowning MomentThe Ivy League football championship trophy was at Wien Stadium in New York City this Saturday, waiting on the result of the game between Brown (9-1 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) and Columbia (2-8, 0-7). Needing only one more victory to claim the coveted prize, the Bears controlled their own destiny and delivered easily by beating the Lions, 52-21.Senior running back Nick Hartigan, the Ivy League's leading rusher and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, had an outstanding game.
Ivy League footballers have reason to be glad that this year's season is over, because only now can they avoid one particularly dangerous Tiger.With the help of a 100-plus yard field goal return for a touchdown by senior cornerback Jay McCareins ? yet another game-changing play in a season where McCareins could fill a highlight reel with his own spectacular performances ? Princeton's football team (7-3 overall, 5-2 Ivy League) capped off an unexpectedly successful season with a 30-0 shutout of Dartmouth (2-8, 1-6) in Hanover, N.H.
After a dismal shooting performance in the first half of the women's basketball team's game against St.
Anyone in attendance at the women's volleyball team's last match of 2005 at Penn on Wednesday must have felt like they were watching an instructional video on setting the ball.
If the result of past meetings are the basis for predicting the outcome of the women's basketball game against St.
"Being a blind climber is kind of like being a Jamaican bobsledder," Erik Weihenmayer joked.
Anyone in attendance at the women's volleyball team's last match of 2005 at Penn on Wednesday must have felt like they were watching an instructional video on setting the ball.
