Princeton-Yale football game? Forget it. Homecoming? Overrated.Such events, no matter how steeped in tradition they may be, aren't even on the radar for the men's water polo team.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams have high expectations going into this weekend's NCAA Regional Championships.
As the women's squash team approaches the upcoming season, the biggest challenge for the team will be injuries ? both healing old ones and avoiding new ones.
The last time Princeton saw a bonfire ? a tradition arguably associated with more pride and grandeur than any other Princeton tradition ? Will Smith was still the Fresh Prince, Darius Rucker wasn't yet Hootie and Kato Kaelin was a witness, not a C-list celebrity.But if the football team defeats Yale on Saturday in a homecoming day matchup at Princeton Stadium, Cannon Green will soon be ablaze for the first time since 1994.It would be the 25th time the Tigers have earned a bonfire by beating both Harvard and Yale in the same season.
Last year, the men's squash team faced some extremely difficult opening conditions when five of the projected nine starters decided not to play and several others were injured.
For any team that plays in multiple seasons, finishing strong is critical in establishing a good tone for the subsequent season.
On a chilly afternoon in early October, eight freshmen line up along the edge of the dock, lift their boat over their heads and slowly lower it into the water.
For any team that plays in multiple seasons, finishing strong is critical in establishing a good tone for the subsequent season.
As the women's squash team approaches the upcoming season, the biggest challenge for the team will be injuries ? both healing old ones and avoiding new ones.
On a chilly afternoon in early October, eight freshmen line up along the edge of the dock, lift their boat over their heads and slowly lower it into the water.
Last year, the men's squash team faced some extremely difficult opening conditions when five of the projected nine starters decided not to play and several others were injured.
The last time Princeton saw a bonfire ? a tradition arguably associated with more pride and grandeur than any other Princeton tradition ? Will Smith was still the Fresh Prince, Darius Rucker wasn't yet Hootie and Kato Kaelin was a witness, not a C-list celebrity.But if the football team defeats Yale on Saturday in a homecoming day matchup at Princeton Stadium, Cannon Green will soon be ablaze for the first time since 1994.It would be the 25th time the Tigers have earned a bonfire by beating both Harvard and Yale in the same season.
For eight of the past 10 seasons, Harvard has claimed victory at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) championship meet.
The weather may be cooling down, but the men's soccer team is just starting to heat up. In a chilly contest last night under the lights at Lourie-Love Field, the Tigers (6-7-3 overall, 3-2-1 Ivy League) defeated Columbia, 1-0, in a contest that was decided primarily by defense.
Junior libero Jenny McReynolds consistently recorded all-star numbers over Fall Break, but the women's volleyball team's .500 break performance was less than award-worthy.
For eight of the past 10 seasons, Harvard has claimed victory at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL) championship meet.
Before the first snap of the football team's 2005 campaign, plans had already been made to introduce the current Tigers to the members of Princeton's 1995 Ivy League champion squad.With their 30-13 victory over Penn on Saturday ? which kept them in contention for the Ivy League crown ? this year's Tigers ensured that they and their celebrated forerunners would have something very exciting to chat about.After all, no Princeton team has fresher memories of what it feels like to win a league title than the 1995 squad, which finished with an Ivy record of 5-1-1 and was the last Tiger team to win the league.For those accomplishments, the 1995 team will be honored at a Princeton Football Association banquet this Friday and with an on-field halftime ceremony during the Tigers' homecoming game against Yale the next day.But it might be more appropriate, historically speaking, for the festivities to be rescheduled for Princeton's season-ending contest against Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H.It was in those exact same circumstances, after all, that the Tigers of 10 years ago found themselves on the last weekend of the 1995 season, needing a tie against the Big Green to secure the Ivy League championship."It was cold," Steve Tosches, the Princeton head coach at the time, said, "and there was a point where it was snowing so hard in that football game that it was a whiteout.
Junior libero Jenny McReynolds consistently recorded all-star numbers over Fall Break, but the women's volleyball team's .500 break performance was less than award-worthy.
"Who would have thought..." seems to be a constant refrain in football. It is a phrase that encompasses the true beauty of the sport in which upsets happen on any given Saturday, unexpected stars rise and surprise finishes seem like the rule rather than the exception.That phrase is also the perfect description of the Ivy League football season to date, with Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) ? picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason ? controlling its own destiny while perennial powers Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Penn (5-3, 3-2) trail behind.
"Who would have thought..." seems to be a constant refrain in football. It is a phrase that encompasses the true beauty of the sport in which upsets happen on any given Saturday, unexpected stars rise and surprise finishes seem like the rule rather than the exception.That phrase is also the perfect description of the Ivy League football season to date, with Princeton (6-2 overall, 4-1 Ivy League) ? picked to finish sixth in the league in the preseason ? controlling its own destiny while perennial powers Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Penn (5-3, 3-2) trail behind.
