The true American sports buff can easily identify the role of the designated hitter in baseball, explain the value of the option pass in football or describe the great basketball staples, the pick-and-roll and the pick-and-pop.
As sophomore Annika Welander stepped up to the tee on the 18th hole one stroke ahead of LPGA veteran Allison Finney on July 23, she could taste victory.
After a heartbreaking loss to Brown that dimmed its fading hopes of reclaiming the Ivy League title, the women's soccer team will try to bounce back in a midweek tuneup on the road against Rutgers.The Tigers (3-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) will be playing for pride against the instate rival Scarlet Knights (4-9-1, 1-6 Big East) to determine the hegemony of central New Jersey soccer.In the middle of their respective league seasons, the game has little longterm significance for either squad.
Over the course of his four years at Penn State and six seasons in the NFL, Stan Clayton grew accustomed to playing football at the biggest venues, in front of crowds loud enough to rupture eardrums.These days, as the offensive line coach for the Princeton football team, Clayton finds himself in considerably quainter surroundings.But pay attention to him on the sideline when the Tigers are in a crucial situation.
Late Sunday night, the men's varsity water polo team found itself on a red-eye, cross-country flight back to Princeton, only to arrive Monday morning in time for another week of classes.
Every corner is a goal, or so the saying goes. The women's field hockey team only wished that was true Friday night, when Princeton (5-6 overall) took on Hofstra (8-3) at Class of 1952 Stadium.Statistically, the Tigers should have had this game in the bag.
When the pistol fired to begin the Rider Invitational, over three inches of rain had already fallen and there was no end in sight.
Just a week and a half ago, the men's soccer team looked poised to charge into the Ivy League season.
Defense wins championships. Offense puts fans in the seats. But what does special teams do?The least-appreciated of football's three dimensions proved its importance Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, as a pair of special teams miscues in the game's first three minutes doomed the football team to a 16-10 defeat at the hands of Colgate.The Tigers (3-1 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) let Geoff Bean return the opening kickoff 60 yards for the Raiders (3-2), then fell victim to a 1-yard Jordan Scott touchdown run three plays later.Colgate missed the extra point, but senior kick-returner Jay McCareins gave the ball right back when he was stripped on the ensuing kickoff.
Sometimes, the odds just don't go your way. That's what women's soccer (3-5-2 overall, 1-2-0 Ivy League) must be telling itself after Saturday's 2-1 loss to Brown (5-7-0, 1-2-0) that landed it in the cellar of the Ivy League.Despite the fact that the Tigers outshot the Bears, 22-7, the loss marked the first time Princeton has lost to Brown since the 1997 season.Despite peppering Bears goalkeeper Hilary Wilson with shots all day long, the only ball that slipped through was from freshman forward Aarti Jain.
As the rain came down Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, the field wasn't the only thing turning to muck.
It was an ugly game in many respects when the sprint football team hosted Army on a rainy, muddy Friday night at Frelinghuysen Field.
When junior defensive specialist Joanna Mandecki's ace hit the ground, the women's volleyball team recorded its first Ivy League victory of the season against Dartmouth.
After a heartbreaking overtime loss to Bucknell on the road Sunday in Lewisburg, Pa., head coach Luis Nicolao and the men's water polo team know that they can't afford to make the same mistakes twice.
For the women's soccer team, every Ivy League game now potentially determines the fate of the Tigers' entire season.
The sprint football team (0-2 overall, 0-2 CSFL) is hoping that home field advantage will help it end a pair of losing streaks when it faces Army (1-2, 1-0) at Frelinghuysen Field tonight.The Tigers have lost 37 consecutive games, as well as their last 16 straight contests against the Black Knights.
After swamping Columbia with a wave of Orange and Black last weekend, the football team (3-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will surge toward its next two Ivy League games with an attempt to sink non-conference foe Colgate (2-2).The Tigers' 3-0 start has far exceeded expectations ? beyond simply being undefeated, Princeton has knocked off three previously undefeated squads without trailing even once.But though the Tigers' confidence has grown as a result of their strong start, the team's attitude remains restrained."We just keep harping on the fact that if you remain humble and don't get too full of yourselves, good things are going to happen," head coach Roger Hughes said.Colgate will bring Princeton a few specific challenges that have the potential to shake the Tigers.
It's just the men's soccer team's second Ivy League game of the fall, but while it might not make its season, it can certainly break it.The Tigers, exhausted by their 11th-straight winless match against Rutgers, traveled to Dartmouth last Sunday for their league opener.
Tailgating a Princeton game, it is common to hear questions about how fellow Ivy League schools have started the season.
Despite shooting its best round of the season Monday afternoon, men's golf suffered a disappointing defeat, finishing fifth overall Tuesday at Ball State.As has been the case in many of their previous tournaments, the Tigers started strong but were unable to maintain the advantage.
