For the men's soccer team, the success of any road trip ? particularly last weekend's jaunt to Wofford, S.C.
The men's and women's tennis teams took to the road this weekend with mixed results. While the men invaded the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Conn., the women split between the William & Mary Invitational in Williamsburg, Va., and the Ciccie Leary Invitational at Penn.After coming off an intense tournament the previous weekend at Princeton, the men were plagued by injuries.Though head coach Glenn Michibata wasn't satisfied with his team's weekend results, he's not worried.
SAN DIEGO ? There were plenty of signs that this wasn't just any ordinary Princeton football weekend: the swanky receptions, the 80-degree weather, the palm trees in the background.But it was the spread at the pre-game tailgate that truly symbolized the difference.
San Diego! Spanish for...Saint Diego! Say it with me. It feels good. San Diego!In 21 years I had never made it out to California.
After improving its record to 8-0 and climbing steadily up the Collegiate Water Polo Association rankings, men's water polo was on a roll entering this weekend's tournament.
Tied at halftime in their first Ivy League game of the season was not where women's soccer wanted to be, but that's exactly where Princeton found itself while at Yale.
SAN DIEGO ? A few minutes after the game ended, as he sat on the stairs outside the visitor's locker room, football head coach Roger Hughes looked exhausted.He'd just watched his team throttle the opposition for the first 20 minutes and sleepwalk through the final 40.
SAN DIEGO ? Few football teams can survive on defense alone. Sure, defense wins championships, the old adage terms, but teams this side of the Baltimore Ravens rarely do so without the help of a competent offense.
Junior Cack Ferrell found her comfort zone as she and the rest of the women's cross-country team returned to her home state of Minnesota to compete in the Griak Invitational.
It is not a coincidence that Jack Nicklaus won six Masters. After all, the man who is still considered the best golfer of all time (sorry Tiger, you are in a slump) played there enough times to get to know the course.
Thank God it was Friday. Riding a three-game losing streak, the field hockey team needed a win badly when they played Columbia on Friday night, and that's exactly what they got, beating the Lions 3-1.Though Princeton (2-5 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) dominated offensively throughout the first half, the scoreboard was blank until junior midfielder Maren Ford scored an unassisted goal with five minutes left in the half.
In its season opener Friday night, the sprint football team (0-1) was sunk by Navy (1-0), 77-16. The loss extended the Tigers' losing streak to 30 games, dating back to 1999.The Midshipmen scored early and often and relinquished neither their barrage nor the lead, which they first held after only two minutes, 55 seconds.
LAWRENCEVILLE ? Coming into the Bronc Invitational, the women's volleyball team had nothing to prove ? and prove nothing it did.In a sometimes disappointing set of matches, the Tigers went 1-2 over two days and finished up their pre-Ivy League season with an 8-3 overall record.Princeton opened the tournament Friday afternoon with a match against Rider, who jumped out to a two-game lead.
There's no doubt about it ? a No. 9 national ranking and an 8-0 record are statistics any team would die for.But for the successful men's water polo team, the road ahead is still long and satisfaction will never be complete without the distant Eastern Championship title.
California, the saying goes, knows how to party. Whether the Golden State is spawning rap music, the internet, or a new way to play offensive football, it has always seemed to bring an exciting edge to life.
Coming off a shellacking at Akron, the men's soccer team came into its home opener against Drexel on September 14 needing someone to step up.Junior forward Darren Spicer, as he has done so many times in his Princeton career, answered that call and put away two goals in the second half to the adoring cheers of the home fans.
September 8, 1998. Busch Stadium. St. Louis, Mo. There is one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.
After waiting 135 years to make its first trip to California, the Princeton football program has done everything possible to make this weekend's visit to San Diego a memorable one.For a program that last played an opponent outside the Ivy League or Patriot League in 1989, any journey outside the Northeast constitutes a rather novel event.
Recently, Daily Princetonian senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with men's water polo juniors John Stover and Jamal Motlagh.
At first glance, senior Erik White may seem like your ordinary engineering student. He treks to the E-Quad.
