The first few weeks of the college baseball season are viewed primarily as a time to get things figured out.
Although their fall season lasted a mere two regattas, both the men's and women's crew teams had ample time to establish themselves as powerful competitors.
Sure, there are piles upon piles of paperwork. But the trips, well, they make it all worth it.Associate Athletic Director Erin McDermott spends most of her days assuring that Princeton complies with the notoriously convoluted NCAA guidelines that govern everything from academics to recruiting, in addition to overseeing a litany of other details that keep the athletic teams running smoothly.But to McDermott, the best part of her job comes on the days when she gets to leave the office.
For an athlete constantly looking to play at the top of his or her game, being referred to simply as "good" may not hold much significance.
Fourteen of the past 17 national championships in men's lacrosse have been claimed by the two teams that will face each other on Saturday afternoon at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Sure, girls are the most plentiful sex on Stephen's Fitness Center's main floor. But, just like beauty, the Fitness Center's offerings are more than skin deep.
After years of willfully escalating his war of words with the media, Barry Bonds unexpectedly and unilaterally disarmed on Tuesday afternoon.Sitting outside the San Francisco Giants spring training clubhouse in Scottsdale, Ariz., the beleaguered slugger looked and sounded like a beaten and hopeless man.
Women's lacrosse freshman midfielder Katie Lewis-Lamonica didn't move far from home to go to college, and her Lawrenceville School coach, Martha Gracey, is just one of many who are glad about her decision.
As the men's and women's golf season kicks into full swing, both teams will look for their experienced seniors to lead them in the hunt for another Ivy League title, which results in a bid to the end-of-the year NCAA tournament.Following an offseason of hitting indoors, the team will have little time to perfect their strokes in preparation for Ivy League competition.
The softball team (14?6 overall) hopes to continue its early season success this weekend as it heads on a road trip against Boston College and Rutgers.
Sitting at home in 2001, the spring of his senior year in high school, Josh Johnson saw the game of lacrosse played for the first time when Princeton won the national championship against Syracuse in overtime.
Though he's most often recognized as the president of basketball operations for the NBA's Sacramento Kings and one of the league's most respected masterminds, Geoff Petrie '70 might easily be mistaken for a traitor.Petrie, after all, chose not to follow the path so many former Princeton basketball stars have taken, returning to their alma mater to protect the purity of the college game and mold the basketball ambassadors of tomorrow into model citizens.Instead Petrie bolted for the big time, where he contributes to the success of a league so often blamed for the death of team basketball and the corruption of virtuous collegiate athletes.A glance around today's NBA, however, reveals the truth about the motivations and repercussions of Petrie's career choice.
With a one-man advantage, the Tigers are poised to strike again. Sophomore attack Whitney Hayes gets the ball behind the goal and immediately drives against his defender, just getting the half step he needs.
Since graduating from Princeton in 2003 with a degree in English, Kavitha Krishnamurthy has embarked on a journey that would make Jules Verne proud.Constantly traveling overseas hasn't been easy, but for Krishnamurthy, it's just part of pursuing her dream: a professional tennis career."I would say constant travel is the most grueling aspect of professional tennis.
The women's lacrosse team proved to be a second-half team yet again last night in its 13-4 Ivy League season-opening win over Columbia at Class of 1952 Stadium.No.
Despite having replaced junior goalie Dave Law with senior goalie Matt Larkin in two of the men's lacrosse team's first three games, head coach Bill Tierney is far from declaring an early season goalie controversy.A year ago, the idea of a goalie controversy would have seemed ridiculous.
Considering that I spent my spring break shuttling between the less-than-exotic locales of Firestone and Frist in a futile attempt to get my JP under control, it didn't surprise me that I heard a lot of complaining from the fellow upperclassmen who'd stuck around to slave away.But the moaning and groaning wasn't limited to the usual thesis miseries.
After shocking No. 13 George Mason just a few days earlier, the men's volleyball team entered its match against Springfield College on Mar.
With a 2-0 win over No. 3 Stanford on Sunday afternoon, the women's softball team (14-6 overall) improved to 10-5 over its break-long California road trip and capped off a stretch of 15 games in 10 days with its most impressive victory of the season.The trip began on March 11 with the National Invitational Softball Tournament in San Jose, Calif., where the Tigers went 3-2 over three days.
A 17-5 loss might seem like a demoralizing start to the women's water polo team's eight-game spring break road trip, but given the opponent ? No.
