DURHAM, N.C. ? Wednesday night was upset night for men's college basketball, as five teams in the top 20 fell to unranked opponents.
In its last game before an 18-day break for finals, men's basketball faces its hardest test yet as it travels to Durham, N.C., to face No.
An exciting come-from-behind victory over Northern University and an impressive fourth-place finish by junior Jake Butler at the Beast of the East Championships highlighted Winter Break for the wrestling team.The Tigers (4-3) traveled to Brookings, S.D.
Though stuck on campus for most of Winter Break, women's basketball head coach Richard Barron could not have asked for a better holiday present than the four wins his team delivered as 2004 came to a close.The Tigers (6-5 overall) got off to a slow start with a 56-46 loss to St.
Contrary to the widely held belief that Princeton athletes glumly pass their Winter Break "stuck on campus," the women's hockey team (9-4-3 overall, 3-3-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) enjoyed some time on the road over break.The No.
The play was not spectacular, but it didn't have to be. The men's hockey team quietly dismantled the American International Yellow Jackets last night, 4-2, snapping a six-game losing streak in the process.The Tigers (5-10-1 overall, 4-6 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League) finally returned to Baker Rink following their six-game road skid to host American International (1-9-1, 1-5-1)."It's tough to win on the road," head coach Guy Gadowsky said.The two teams skated to a scoreless first period, Princeton set the early offensive tone, outshooting the Yellow Jackets, 15-8.Four minutes, 57 seconds into the second period, Princeton sophomore de-fenseman Daryl Marcoux was called for high sticking.
To borrow from John Feinstein, the men's basketball team spent its break on the brink.In six games over Winter Break, Princeton (8-4 overall) was maddeningly inconsistent, alternating stretches of nearly flawless basketball with periods of disappointingly sloppy play.
Massachusetts is not a kind vacation spot for the men's hockey team. The Tigers lost all three of its contests in the state over Winter Break, losing two games to Merrimack and one to the University of Massachusetts."We have been close," sophomore forward Grant Goeckner-Zoeller said.
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.
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.
On Saturday, men's basketball will face a team that, like Princeton, earned a spot in last season's NCAA tournament.
It is said that good things come in twos, but don't tell that to the men's hockey team. Having yet to win two games in a row in a weekend series and on the heels of a two-loss weekend to two nationally ranked teams, Princeton travels to Massachusetts this weekend for two games in two days against Merrimack of Hockey East.The Tiger team, ranked seventh in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League, looks to get back to its winning ways this Friday and Saturday night after being swept by No.
Though the temperature outside is dropping and most students will be heading home for a wintry holiday this break, the women's basketball court will be heating up as the team looks to add four wins to its record this vacation.The Tigers (2-4) will welcome St.
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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.
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.
"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.
