When the women's lacrosse team meets Yale in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, something will have to give.The matchup promises to pose a classic sports conundrum: what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
This Saturday the men's lacrosse team travels just a few miles north to New Brunswick to face Rutgers in the team's final non-Ivy League game of the season.
Even the wind's hard blowing from rightfield was not enough to knock down Princeton's home run power as the softball team (21-8 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) swept Lehigh (22-6) twice on Thursday afternoon.
When the newest Princeton shell is christened in a few weeks, both the current Tigers who will enjoy the boat and the former Tigers who funded its purchase
With each passing day of warm weather, more and more boat shoes are popping up around campus. But speak to any member of the Princeton sailing team, a proud group of about 30 students, and they will tell you that the majority of those who adorn their feet with these shoes are just wannabes.
Some say that a win is a win, but with the high expectations that the women's lacrosse team imposes upon itself, it's not always enough.
Their first win came by the narrowest of margins, in double overtime and only after several close saves, but the Tigers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.Princeton's men's lacrosse team (1-5 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) defeated Penn (1-8, 0-4), 6-5, ending the Tigers' five-game slide to start the season and keeping hopes alive for an 11th consecutive Ivy League title."It's great to get that first win ? we really feel a little bit relieved, and I feel like this team deserves that win," head coach Bill Tierney said.While a win is a win ? and this is Princeton's 16th straight against the Quakers ? the Tigers experienced some of the same problems they've faced this season, particularly with shooting.It didn't look that way in the beginning of play, though.
On the walls of men's lacrosse head coach Bill Tierney's office sit Ivy League championship plaques, pictures of his national championship teams and numerous other reminders of Princeton lacrosse's glorious tradition.But no matter how hard you look, you won't find any remembrances of an 0-5 team ? not just because such a feat wouldn't warrant attention, but because there has never been a team off to such a poor start during Tierney's tenure at Princeton.With an 0-5 start comes the usual barrage of questions.
Last Friday night, the baseball team went to sleep anxiously awaiting the start of its Ivy League season, expecting to play home doubleheaders against Yale and Brown scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Revenge is sweet ? especially when the result is an Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship title.
With the women's lacrosse team's season just over halfway done, the Tigers (6-2 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) have had time to establish their game and character.
With baseball season in full swing, young children and their parents are looking at major leaguers in admiration and thinking how great it would be to be a baseball star.While I do not pretend to be a superb baseball player, I have played a great deal and am an avid fan.
The first thing almost anyone playing men's lacrosse for the first time asks is, "When do we get to hit them?" Lacrosse is a contact sport, and hitting is a big part of the game, but the rules are well-defined and take skill and training to manipulate to your advantage.There are three legal means of contact, as broken down by the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Rulebook: body checking, stick checking and offensive screening.
Opening its Ivy League season yesterday afternoon with a doubleheader against Penn (9-13 overall, 0-2 Ivy League), the softball team (19-7, 2-0) earned a pair of convincing wins, fueled by complete-game shutouts from junior pitcher Erin Snyder and freshman pitcher Kristen Schaus.After Snyder (10-2) pitched the Tigers to a 4-0 win in the opener, Schaus took the mound and looked equally impressive in a 3-0 win to secure the sweep.Snyder's team-leading fifth shutout of the season came on the heels of the perfect game she pitched last week in the team's home-opener against Fairfield.
Three Princeton football players took a step toward extending their playing careers on March 31. The University hosted a "Pro Day" for seniors Brandon Mueller, Zak Keasey and Branden Benson, as well as one player from Fordham University.Pro Day is the name given to what is essentially the NFL's version of an interview.
When No. 16 Temple comes to face the women's lacrosse team tonight at 7:30 p.m., it'll be bringing its "A" game to Class of 1952 Stadium.
This past weekend, the men's and women's golf teams faced not only tough opponents, but also 40 mile-per-hour winds and 30-degree temperatures.Nonetheless, the women's team took second at the Hoya Women's Invitational at the Raspberry Falls Golf Course, only 13 strokes behind first-place Yale.
Late Friday night at Dillon Gym, with an emphatic kill on match point by freshman outside hitter Peter Eichler, the men's volleyball team achieved something it had not yet experienced this season ? a winning streak.Princeton (5-11 overall) built upon a dominant 3-0 victory over Stevens Tech (20-7) to claim its second win in a row by defeating St.
When I left my room in the illustrious 1940 Hall on a recent afternoon and headed down to Lenz Tennis Center, I did so armed only with my dignity and a Wilson HyperHammer 4.3 tennis racket.
This weekend, men's heavyweight crew showed why it is ranked No. 1 in the country. The Tigers topped their local rival Rutgers in a resounding victory, finishing with nearly a 12-second advantage at Lake Carnegie on Saturday.With the top ranking, Princeton goes into every race this season with the psychological edge.
