The women's lacrosse team's version of March Madness concludes tonight as the No. 4 Tigers host No.
And you thought I was joking. Shame on you.Those of you who glanced at the 'Prince' sports page on March 1 may have taken a gander at my scribbling about my outing with the taekwondo club team.
In an afternoon that featured back-to-back home runs, a perfect game and many firsts, the softball team swept Fairfield in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Class of 1895 Field.
For a few minutes, at least, junior T.J. Barry was on top of the world.Like millions of people across the world, Barry took part in the annual tradition of "filling out a bracket" ? prognosticating the results of the men's basketball NCAA tournament ? and entering a pool with friends.Barry entered his picks in ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge, an online pool that several million college hoops fans enter each year.
As the lone seniors on a squad of 19 players, women's water polo captains Maddy McCarthy and Kathryn Parolin are bound to be close.
As No. 13 men's lacrosse has trudged through its four consecutive losses to start the season, head coach Bill Tierney has unendingly stressed the need for improvement on three aspects of the game: goalie play, shooting and face-offs.
It's the bottom of the ninth inning, and the baseball team is clinging to a tenuous 3-2 lead. The pressure is heavy on the Tigers, and, like so many times before, they rest the game in the hands of senior pitcher Brian Kappel, the team's closer.
In the annual battle for the sought-after title of the best tennis team in New Jersey, Princeton scored a crushing knockout blow last week.On Wednesday, the women's team (6-6 overall) handed Rutgers (5-8) a 7-0 defeat at Jadwin Gym.
Sophomore diver Kent DeMond finished 15th in the nation in the platform event on March 26 at NCAA championships in Minneapolis, Minn.Despite his impressive performances so far this year, DeMond's preliminary round score of 457.25 was not enough to qualify him for the final round of competition.
"Any time you're going up against the Naval Academy, you're really happy just to win anything," men's heavyweight head coach Curtis Jordan said.
Entering the weekend on the heels of a defeat by Springfield College, the men's volleyball team competed in its first two games since its play over spring break.
On an overcast day at Class of 1952 Stadium, the men's lacrosse team struggled to find its offense early and fell to No.
In its final chance to tune up before the season's home opener tomorrow night against Fairfield, the softball team (15-7 overall) continued to be bothered by inconsistency and split a doubleheader against Boston University (6-9) on Saturday in Boston.Though the Tigers played like the dominant unit they are capable of being as they defeated the Terriers 4-1 in the first game, they appeared vulnerable while falling 6-5 in the nightcap.
The women's lacrosse team forced an impressive 21 turnovers at Virginia on Saturday. The only problem was they gave the ball up 22 times themselves.It was a day of extremes on the stat sheet.
Splitting something 50-50 is never a bad deal, but with a four-game set against Stony Brook this weekend, the baseball team was looking for a little more.Fifty-fifty was all Princeton (5-11 overall) got, though, as they took one and dropped one both Friday and Saturday at Clarke Field.On Friday, the Tigers got down early on as the Seawolves scored in the first to take a 1-0 lead.
The lone blemish on the 2004 women's lacrosse team's 19-1 record came thanks to Virginia's stellar play in the final of the NCAA Championship, when the Tigers lost to the Cavaliers, 10-4.
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.
