Life is good for Chris Young these days.It's Saturday night and the 2002 graduate is hanging out like a normal 25-year-old.
Chris Ahrens '98 and his boatmates in the U.S. men's heavyweight eight crew team traveled to Athens with a simple, yet ambitious mission: return their country to glory in their sport's most prestigious race.Mission accomplished.After dominating Olympic rowing competitions throughout the first half of the century, the Americans had not taken gold in the men's eight since 1964.
First-half deficits stalled the field hockey team's attempts to begin the season on a winning note last weekend.
Although Soren Thompson '05 and the armada or Princeton rowers got the most attention, a handful of other Princeton athletes also competed in Athens. Fencing ? WomenThompson wasn't the only Princetonian ep
Women's water poloAfter a highly successful regular season, the women's water polo team (24-9 overall) crashed back to Earth with a disappointing sixth-place finish at the Eastern Championships.Throughout the regular season the Tigers dominated their Southern Division opponents, including a five-goal victory over Harvard.
Arguably the most dominant Princeton team in the spring, women's lacrosse (19-1 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) was showered with well-deserved honors throughout the season.
Men's basketball player Harrison Schaen, who was expected to begin his sophomore year this week, will be taking the academic year off from Princeton.Schaen, a top-200 national prospect as a high school senior, confirmed his plans by phone from his Huntington Beach, Calif., home last Wednesday night.Characterizing the decision as "voluntary," he cited family-related circumstances on which he declined to elaborate."I'm staying at home with my parents and working on my game.
Coming off a season that head coach Julie Shackford characterized as "underachieving," the 2004 women's soccer team made a statement in its opening game that this season will be different.
Check out tomorrow's sports section for stories on what some notable Princetonians did in the athletic world over the summer.
For men's lacrosse (11-4 overall, 5-1 Ivy League), 2004 was a rebuilding year. When the season started, only four players on the team had ever started a game, and the freshman class was the biggest in years.
On Nov. 6, 1869, the first intercollegiate football game took place between Princeton and Rutgers in New Brunswick, with the Scarlet Knights winning, 6-4.
The baseball team has owned the Ivy League the past five years and continued that trend last season, as they were crowned Ivy League Champions for the second year in a row and fourth time in the past five years.
Softball (Ivy League record) 1. Cornell (10-4) 1. Brown (10-4) 3.
While most of the Princeton community was busy moving in last Friday, the men's soccer team opened their season in auspicious fashion, beating Loyola 3-2 at Alumnae Field in Baltimore, Md.Junior forward Darren Spicer led the Tigers with two goals, including the game winner in the 81st minute. Princeton strikes earlySpicer started off the scoring in the fourth minute after a foul by Loyola defenseman Gabriel Ortega in the box gave the Tigers a penalty kick.
Princeton had little trouble taking down Colgate in the first round of the NCAA tournament last night.
Four nights ago found every cubicle in every library packed with students, computers and piles of books, as the Princeton community prepared itself for Dean's Date.
No. 6 men's lacrosse (5-1 Ivy League, 9-3 overall) makes its 15th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, as it faces Rutgers in the opening round tomorrow at Class of 1952 Stadium at noon.Though Princeton shared the Ivy League title with Cornell, its loss to the Big Red meant that the Tigers needed one of the ten at-large bids up for grabs this past Monday.
With all its Ivy League foes vanquished, the two-time defending conference champion Princeton baseball team must now look ahead to an even larger task: the NCAA tournament.The NCAA tournament has not been kind to members of the Ivy League.
In what they hope will be an inexorable march toward lacrosse history, the women's team can now chant, "one down and three to go." Resolved to make their date with three-peat destiny, the Tigers took the first step in their personal four-step program to lacrosse excellence by vanquishing Colgate in their first-round NCAA championship tourney match, 18-6.After jumping out to an early lead courtesy of five goals in the first 15 minutes, Princeton (17-0 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) used unrelenting defensive pressure to force Colgate turnovers and prevent the Raiders from establishing a rhythm to get back into the game.
Approximately 30 football players have obtained special campus housing this summer in Edwards Hall as part of a pilot program coordinated by the Center for Visitor and Conference Services.
