The men's swimming and diving team survived many new tests this past weekend, including swimming at its first away conference meet and enduring its first three-day preliminaries-and-finals format swim meet.
The men's swimming and diving team survived many new tests this past weekend, including swimming at its first away conference meet and enduring its first three-day preliminaries-and-finals format swim meet.
In another disappointing trip to upstate New York, the men's hockey team suffered two losses to Cornell, 4-1, and Colgate, 3-2.
Neither an over-chlorinated pool nor a strong Brown team could stop the women's swimming and diving team from acting like sharks among guppies, crushing all competition en route to a first-place finish at the Brown Invitational last weekend.
Junior point guard Max Schafer will not dress for tonight's men's basketball game against Temple after missing practice Sunday and Monday, Schafer told the Daily Princetonian last night.Schafer said he is taking a "few days" off from the team "to sort out personal issues," declining to elaborate on his reasons for his decision."I don't understand where I stand with the basketball program right now," he said.
The men's basketball team will not face Ivy League rival Penn until February, but tonight's game against Temple (3-2 overall) could give Princeton a flavor of where it will stack up against the Quakers.
Junior point guard Max Schafer will not dress for tonight's men's basketball game against Temple after missing practice Sunday and Monday, Schafer told the Daily Princetonian last night.Schafer said he is taking a "few days" off from the team "to sort out personal issues," declining to elaborate on his reasons for his decision."I don't understand where I stand with the basketball program right now," he said.
In another disappointing trip to upstate New York, the men's hockey team suffered two losses to Cornell, 4-1, and Colgate, 3-2.
Neither an over-chlorinated pool nor a strong Brown team could stop the women's swimming and diving team from acting like sharks among guppies, crushing all competition en route to a first-place finish at the Brown Invitational last weekend.
Indicative of the women's squash team's success this weekend, three members of the Tiger squad were able to record wins in which they did not drop a single point.
With five matches and five wins secured by the men's squash team so far this season, the ease with which the Tigers have attacked their opponents leaves no doubt that they are ready for a title run at next week's Five-Man national tournament.
Before the women's hockey team faced off against Cornell and Colgate at Baker Rink, Princeton had outscored its opponents by a 23-18 margin.
With five matches and five wins secured by the men's squash team so far this season, the ease with which the Tigers have attacked their opponents leaves no doubt that they are ready for a title run at next week's Five-Man national tournament.
The Princeton men's and women's fencing teams normally practice together and travel together, and quite often the men and women even compete together.
The Princeton men's and women's fencing teams normally practice together and travel together, and quite often the men and women even compete together.
Had Princeton's 62-39 loss to Colgate on Saturday afternoon come on the football field, one could have at least said that, though their defense failed them, the Tigers were able to put together a nice day offensively.Instead, it was the struggling men's basketball team (1-3 overall) that suffered the defeat in Hamilton, N.Y., on Saturday night, shooting under 33 percent from the field and connecting on just five-of-20 three-point shots against the Raiders (4-3). Equally disturbing to a team that prides itself on sharing the basketball was the fact that Princeton finished with only three assists, compared to 10 turnovers."We had some good passes," sophomore forward Kyle Koncz said, "but we just didn't make our shots.
The women's basketball team recovered from a lackluster opening half against Colgate on Saturday to rally to a convincing 79-61 win.
The women's basketball team recovered from a lackluster opening half against Colgate on Saturday to rally to a convincing 79-61 win.
Before the women's hockey team faced off against Cornell and Colgate at Baker Rink, Princeton had outscored its opponents by a 23-18 margin.
Had Princeton's 62-39 loss to Colgate on Saturday afternoon come on the football field, one could have at least said that, though their defense failed them, the Tigers were able to put together a nice day offensively.Instead, it was the struggling men's basketball team (1-3 overall) that suffered the defeat in Hamilton, N.Y., on Saturday night, shooting under 33 percent from the field and connecting on just five-of-20 three-point shots against the Raiders (4-3). Equally disturbing to a team that prides itself on sharing the basketball was the fact that Princeton finished with only three assists, compared to 10 turnovers."We had some good passes," sophomore forward Kyle Koncz said, "but we just didn't make our shots.
