Most Princetonians arrive on campus with personal sports baggage: hometown pride, high school spirit and perhaps even memories of that school's mascot.
Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with a pair of men's water polo players, junior center Nick Seaver and freshman driver Brendan Colgan, to discuss nicknames, David Hasselhoff and spandex.Daily Princetonian: What do you think about this season's men's water polo team?Nick Seaver: The team looks much improved from last year.
The day may never come when representatives of Major League Baseball teams begin to fight corporate recruiters for access to the best and the brightest at Princeton's Career Fair, but the success enjoyed in recent years by former Tigers in professional baseball is at least starting to turn some heads.The bulk of this attention has been garnered by Chris Young '02, a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers who spent the summer hurling his way onto the short list of candidates for American League Rookie of the Year.But while Young is the lone Princeton alum currently on a big league roster, nine of his fellow former Tigers spent this season earning a living in the minor leagues.
After playing two of the nation's top-10 teams last weekend, the men's soccer team tonight faces Drexel (1-3-1 overall), an unranked opponent far less daunting at first glance.
This weekend, the women's tennis team began its fall season, sending sophomore Ivana King and senior Jessica Siebel to William & Mary for the Tribe Invitational.
A month before the rest of the students would return to campus, the Tigers were suffering though unbearable heat and humidity to play basketball in the un-air-conditioned Jadwin gym with a different set of rules ? a 24-second shot clock instead of the ordinary 30 and a three-point line extended several inches.
With the fourth quarter winding down and Lafayette threatening to steal the lead from the football team Saturday, Princeton was forced to rely on a running back who had entered the game as nothing but a zero ? statistically, that is.Prior to that afternoon in Easton, Pa., sophomore Rob Toresco had never carried the ball in a college game nor registered a single statistic during his Tiger career.
Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
The women's golf team posted positive finishes in both individual and team events in its first weekend of the fall season.
A summer internship in New York City? Working a retail job in his native Buffalo?No, for senior Steve Coppola, a typical college student summer just wasn't going to cut it.
After Dartmouth knocked the women's field hockey team out of contention for the Ivy League title last year, the first time the Big Green had defeated the Tigers in 15 games, the returning Princeton players have marked Sept.
Gaining experience and fitness, but not a win or a loss, women's soccer (1-3-2 overall) tied a pair of road games this past weekend against No.
Senior goalkeeper Bobby Guelich knew he was in for a challenge against No. 9 Akron (8-0) on Sunday.
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of postcards that Daily Princetonian sports staff writers wrote about their experiences in the wide world of sports this summer.
EASTON, Pa. ? By the time the Princeton offense took the field in the fourth quarter of its 23-21 win over Lafayette on Saturday, it was clear that the number of points the Tigers put on the board would be less important than the amount of time they took off of it.With the Leopards' own offense rejuvenated and scoring at will after being shut out in the first half, Princeton (1-0 overall) engineered a pair of prolonged fourth-quarter drives ? which ate up nearly 13 minutes of the final period? to keep Lafayette (2-1) at bay.Leading the marches downfield was junior quarterback Jeff Terrell, who shook off the pressures of starting his first collegiate game and the relentless blitzes of the Leopard linebackers.
EASTON, Pa. ? There's an old adage that though a team with a star player is a good team, a team without a star is a great team.If it's true, then perhaps the football team (1-0 overall) is already in danger of crossing that line to the latter.In his first varsity start, junior quarterback Jeff Terrell put on an impressive performance that would have reflected well on even a veteran, leading his team to a 23-21 victory over Lafayette.
The women's volleyball team blocked, set and spiked their way to the title at the Rider Classic Tournament this weekend.
The men's water polo team added two more notches in the win column this weekend as they traveled to Salem, W.Va.
The field hockey team is starting nearly from scratch this year. Its eight seniors from last year, including two All-Americans, are gone.
