Going into this weekend, the men's soccer team needed a win and some help to win the Ivy League title.
The old adage says that all good things must come to an end, but senior Austin Smith, it seems, has found a way to delay the inevitable.Smith tied for third (30 minutes, 33 seconds) at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional cross country meet held this weekend.
The women's swimming and diving team was tired. Not only had the Tigers undertaken a grueling training regimen, but they were also dealing with the terrible loss of a teammate, Alan Ebersole '07, who passed away on the team's training trip.
Hobey Baker never would've seen this one coming.When Baker '14 died in 1918, the men's ice hockey team that he had once starred on was the only organized team at Princeton to play on ice.
Second round of the NCAA tournament. Double-overtime. Next goal wins. Just one win away from the Sweet 16.
After playing 41 minutes of excellent offense and scoring three goals, women's hockey's front line went ice cold for the rest of the weekend.Princeton (3-2-1 overall, 2-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference) managed to hold off Brown (3-2-0, 2-1-0) for a 3-2 victory Friday night.
Our collective memory is replete with epic battles: the Battle of Troy, Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed, the Thrilla in Manila, Braveheart ? and now the 2004 Eastern Championship.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? Standing five feet, seven inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, Robert Carr looks more suited for carrying an equipment bag than a football team.But on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon, as Princeton and Yale renewed their rivalry for the 127th time on the sunken field of the ancient Yale Bowl, Carr hoisted the Elis onto his deceptively strong shoulders and hauled them to victory.In a middling game worthy of the opponents' mediocre records, both squads seemed to waste more chances than they capitalized upon.
Former Princeton two-sport star Chris Young '02 confirmed to The Daily Princetonian last night that he has signed a three-year contract extension with the Texas Rangers, with a club option for a fourth year.Young said the Dallas Morning News' report that the deal with Rangers is worth $1.25 million was incorrect, but he declined to specify the true amount.He also confirmed that the deal with the Rangers was accelerated by the Sacramento Kings' offer of a two year guaranteed contract.
Yale and Princeton are usually rivals. This weekend however, the members of the women's volleyball team were Yale's biggest fans.The Tigers, who entered the season as the favorites in the Ivy League, lost control of their destiny last weekend when they lost to Cornell.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? For a man who's said he doesn't want to claim moral victories this season, men's basketball head coach Joe Scott '87 seemed awfully pleased by the performance of his team in defeat."We did what I wanted us to do tonight," he said.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? Both Princeton and Yale celebrated scores three times in Saturday's game at the Yale Bowl.
By halftime Friday night at Lourie-Love Field, where the Princeton Tigers were battling the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils in the first round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship tournament, physical play and heavy rain had combined to turn the jerseys of both teams into a muddy shade of brown.Still, the colors that lay beneath all that muck were able to assume significant symbolic value, as the artistry of the white-collar Princeton team prevailed over the scrappiness of their blue-collar opponent in a 5-0 Tigers' victory.Crisp touch passes and the brilliant play of senior forward Esmeralda Negron, who managed two goals and two assists despite the rain and temperatures in the mid-30's, were what pleased the crowd of 325, but the key to victory was Princeton's willingness to get as dirty as its opponents.Fighting against Blue Devil defenders as much as the sloppy conditions, the Tigers took control of the game in the 10th minute with two goals separated by less than 30 seconds.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? They may not have been in mid-season form, but on this opening night of the 2004-2005 season, the performance the men's basketball team turned in was good enough to earn a "W."Despite shaky rebounding and a few offensive lapses, Princeton (1-0) controlled play most of the way and pulled away in the final 10 minutes for a 61-48 victory over Bucknell (0-1).Sophomore forward Luke Owings, making his first career start, led the way with 21 points, including four three-pointers.
It's crunch time. With the postseason looming and one game left, men's soccer (8-4-1 overall, 3-1-2 Ivy League) is hoping to beat Yale and sneak into the playoffs.Even if the Tigers beat Yale (6-10, 3-3), Brown must also take down Dartmouth for Princeton to win a share of the Ivy League championship.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? After taking care of business against Bucknell, 61-48, the men's basketball team will get the opportunity it came here looking for: a chance to play No.
Here's a quick game of good news, bad news. Good news ? the women's volleyball team is still alive in the race for the Ivy League title heading into this weekend's action.
As Princeton students scan the Course Offerings catalogue over the next few weeks, most will keep their eyes peeled for the perfect class ? one that combines some extracurricular interest with the area of study they have chosen to pursue.Unfortunately "Transatlantic Approaches to MC Hammer's 'U Can't Touch This' " and "Beirut and the Human Response" will exist forever only in the imagination.One can then imagine the sense of serendipity that Katy O'Brien, a junior pursuing a degree in Political Economy and the starting point guard for the Princeton women's basketball team, must have felt upon learning at the beginning of this school year of a course to be taught in the Fall semester called "The Political Economy of Sports.""It is very relevant to my experience as a student-athlete," O'Brien said of the class.
For the seniors on the football team, the time has come when the word legacy seems very important.
Senior forward Esmeralda Negron carried the ball upfield, played it out to the right after the Penn keeper came out of the box and sent it into the back of the net over the diving goalie's body.
