After being born in New York City and swaddled in pinstripes, perhaps it's ironic that one of my favorite musicals is "Damn Yankees," a phrase often muttered by long-suffering baseball fans originating east of Hartford.
As citizens across New Jersey were evacuated because of rising waters and flash flood warnings, the lives of Princeton athletes were likewise disrupted by the monsoon that hovered over the tristate area this weekend.
The Ivy League may be familiar territory for the Tigers, but there's something less familiar about this season: Princeton's men's lacrosse team isn't accustomed to starting league play winless.The Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) have not started a lacrosse season 0-4 since 1986.
No. 13 men's lacrosse has won the Ivy League title for 10 consecutive years. On Saturday, league play commences once again for the Tigers (0-4 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) when they travel to New Haven to play Yale.
Riding this week's success against Fairfield in its home opener, the softball team ends its home stand with a doubleheader against Penn on Saturday.
Although the regular season for Major League Baseball does not start until Sunday, the unofficial spring training for the Tigers ends Saturday as they host Yale for a doubleheader at Clarke Field to begin the defense of their Ivy League Championship.The Elis (9-7 overall) come into the game on fire, having won eight of their last nine games including a 1-0 thriller over Connecticut on Wednesday.Princeton (5-11) is coming off a close Wednesday game of its own, as the Tigers held off a ninth inning Rutgers rally to take the game, 3-2.Both Yale and Princeton started the season similarly, traveling to the South over spring break and facing tough competition with limited success.
The women's lacrosse team (5-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) has spent the month of March facing off against the nation's top teams, playing six foes ranked in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Top 20 poll.
Senior Spencer Gloger will play for Louisville in this weekend's Final Four, Rick Pitino confirmed in an exclusive interview with the 'Prince' last night."Illinois is going to be tough, so we thought Spencer's outside shooting skills would help us pull off the upset," Pitino said.
The women's lacrosse team entered the season ranked No. 2 in the nation, while perennial rival Virginia entered in first.
Selected to be the first speaker in Business Today's annual Princeton Seminar Series, Jonathan Mariner spent over two hours on Wednesday infecting his audience with baseball fever.Mariner, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Major League Baseball, produced this effect naturally while detailing the ins and outs of his profession.
Recently, "Daily Princetonian" senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with a pair of men's golfers, juniors Jason Gerken and Jesse Dixon, to chat about nicknames, "Caddyshack" and yoga.Daily Princetonian: How did you get into golf?Jason Gerken: My dad played golf, and when I was growing up he kind of dragged me along several times, and I got to like it, got to practicing and started playing when I was four or five and started playing in tournaments when I was 10.Jesse Dixon: My dad bought my sister and me a set of clubs when I was like seven, but I didn't really play with him that much until I was like 10.
It's a common sight in men's lacrosse: an overzealous defenseman checks an attackman in the head, a flag comes out of the referee's pocket and both coaches begin scheming about how to take advantage of the forthcoming situation.Well, not exactly both coaches.
A baseball game just seemed appropriate on a glorious spring Wednesday, and those who made it down to Clarke Field were rewarded with a great game.Princeton (5-11 overall) met with Route 1 rival Rutgers (12-9) for the Tigers' final non-conference tuneup before league play gets underway.The contest was tight throughout, but it was the Tigers who scored two in the eighth and survived a ninth-inning Scarlet Knight rally to secure a 3-2 victory. Freshman hurlersFreshman pitcher Christian Staehely got the start for Princeton, only the second of his career.
As freshman roommates at Princeton, Rich McKay '81 and his two best friends watched football every Sunday.
The last time the women's lacrosse team was forced into overtime, a 14-13 loss to Penn State on March 19, freshman attack Ashley Amo was not a starter.
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.
