It's time for the women's hockey team to hit the road again.The Tigers travel to Massachusetts this weekend to play Northeastern on Saturday followed by a match-up against Boston College on Sunday.
It's early Wednesday morning and already Jadwin Gymnasium is in a flurry of activity preparing for the night's men's basketball game against Rutgers.
On Saturday, men's basketball will face a team that, like Princeton, earned a spot in last season's NCAA tournament.
Defense and three pointers. That's what this men's basketball team is all about and that's what was in evidence last night as Princeton (4-2) defeated cross-state rival Rutgers (2-3), 53-40, winning for the first time in six years in front of a raucous crowd at the Tigers' home opener in Jadwin Gym.A close-fought game for the first 37 minutes, Princeton showed for the first time this season the ability to shut down an offense and pull away for a decisive victory in the final minutes.
The crucible of college athletics, with its demanding competition, discipline and teamwork, has helped forge many great leaders over the years, one of whom is certainly Maryland Governor Robert "Bob" Ehrlich, Jr.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. ? As the No. 20 team in the nation, Rutgers has quite a few strengths on the basketball court.
Yasser El Halaby is one of Princeton's premier athletes. For those of you living in a hole the last couple of years, El Halaby has made headlines by treading where no other squash player has before during his time in one of the nation's oldest and most elite squash programs.But one thing that has not been told about this extraordinarily talented player ? at least not outside the squash community ? is El Halaby's contribution to the sport of squash itself, a contribution that has nothing to do with the championships and honors he has won.El Halaby has been playing squash since he was eight years old.
"Welcome to the jungle, watch it bring you to your knees."That message from Axl Rose is one that men's basketball hopes to send Rutgers (2-2) as Princeton (3-2) finally gets its first home game of the year tonight, at 7:30 in Jadwin Gym in a contest that will be broadcast nationally on CSTV (WPRB 103.3 FM).Princeton is coming off a narrow 56-53 defeat of Holy Cross and will be playing yet again without two of its starters, sophomore forward Luke Owings and senior forward Andre Logan.
Recently, 'Prince' staff writer Karl Micka-Foos spoke with junior goaltender Roxanne Gaudiel of women's hockey about reaction balls, pre-game rituals, "The Mighty Ducks" and the song.The 'Prince': So, to begin with, how exactly did you discover hockey growing up?Roxanne Gaudiel: A rink opened up near my house, and my mom signed my brother, sister and I up.
The shot clock gives a women's basketball team 30 seconds to get off a shot. The women's basketball team intends to use every one of them every time down the floor.The Tigers (2-3 overall) travel to Piscataway, N.J., tonight to take on No.
Audrey Pang is boldly going where no Princeton woman has gone before. This season she will be the first female in school history to have a permanent spot on the dual-meet lineup of a men's wrestling squad, and one of the few women in NCAA history to have this opportunity.For the past three years Pang has competed on the Princeton wrestling team, but her competition has largely been independent, consisting of tournaments on a women's national freestyle wrestling circuit.
The rivalry between Princeton and Rutgers dates back to Nov. 6, 1869, when the two teams met in the first intercollegiate football game ever played.
The wrestling team started off its dual-meet season on the right foot at the Williams Duals held in Williamstown, Mass.
New Year's came early for the men's and women's track teams as the Tigers kicked off their seasons by hosting the New Year's Invitational on Sunday.In a meet that featured local rivals, including Ivy foe Penn, Princeton took first place in several events on both the men's and women's sides.The Tigers got a win from junior Ray Lenihan, who flew through the 60-meter hurdles in 8.23 seconds.
Three years ago senior Stephanie Hsiao and junior Chrissy Macaulay were just freshmen, but the two standout swimmers immediately contributed to the history of the Princeton swimming and diving team when they swam on the record-breaking 200-yard freestyle relay.
Princeton's fencers matched their pointed weapons with a sharp performance in North Carolina this past weekend.The men's squad turned in a strong performance, losing a close match to fencing powerhouse Penn State by a score of 14-13 and then coming back to thrash North Carolina, 19-8.Junior
CARY, N.C. ? For the first time this season, women's soccer got beat. It wasn't their first defeat of the season, but Princeton (19-3 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) was overmatched for the first time in its 2-0 loss in the national semifinals ?the College Cup ? against UCLA (18-6) on Friday.
CARY, N.C. ? The women's soccer program did not just take a step in the right direction this year.
Men's hockey faced a difficult road trip this weekend, squaring off against traditional league powerhouses Colgate and Cornell.Though Princeton kept both games close early on, both the Raiders and the Big Red pulled away in the third period to send the Tigers home without a point.Junior Dustin Sproat turned in a stellar performance on Friday night, a practice he has been making rather habitual this season, but it was not enough to prevent Colgate (12-4 overall, 5-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) from dealing the Tigers (4-7-1, 4-6-0) a 4-2 loss.Colgate got its first score three minutes, 42 seconds into the first period when Adam Mitchell picked up the rebound from teammate Darryl McKinnon's shot on goal.The Tigers responded soon after, evening the score at the halfway mark.
It was a tough weekend for the men's water polo team (25-5), which dropped a thriller to second-seeded UCLA (24-3) on Saturday and was edged out, 6-5, against Loyola Marymount (21-11) on Sunday during the Final Four tournament in Palo Alto, Calif.This was the first Princeton appearance at the Final Four in 12 years and the culmination of a fantastic season.
