I was wrong. The football team was not nearly as bad as I prophesied in my preseason predictions.Against Lafayette, the wide receivers were surprisingly sure-handed.
After peering into the jaws of the Leopards, the Tigers roared back to victory. Showing the strength, skill and aggression of its namesake mascot, the women's volleyball team defeated Lafayette 3-1 in a hard-fought contest.Princeton extended its record to 7-1 ? but not without a scare.
If it was 1954, and I was watching Mantle instead of Manny and Berra instead of Bernie, last weekend's Red Sox/Yankees series might have meant something.
This is the second in a series of articles on the history of Princeton football in commemoration of its 135th anniversary.Great athletes always have to be careful not to let success go to their heads, but in the case of the Princeton football program, being the winner of 28 national championships has done exactly that, quite literally, for almost 70 years.
It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon. You decide to head down to Class of 1952 Field to watch the Princeton field hockey team take on Columbia.
Before Saturday's game, few media outlets (including this illustrious publication) gave the football team much of a chance against Lafayette.
The greeting is always the same. "WE GOT NEXT," she hollers, announcing her arrival to everyone and no one in particular.It's familiar scene for those who come to play pickup basketball at Dillon Gym.
After shutting out Drexel last Tuesday, the men's soccer team seemed to have gotten its season back on the right track.
For three years women's golf at Princeton has been dominated by one player. That player is senior Avery Kiser.
"Get him! Get hiiiiiiiiiim!"The game was out of reach with only about 50 seconds left in the game, but President Tilghman still wanted that sack.So I went to the football game with the Prez on Saturday night.
If the women's soccer team was going to lose a game, this weekend was the time to do it.After opening the season with three straight wins, including a 2-1 victory over then-No.
The bumps continued for the women of the Princeton field hockey team this weekend, as the Tigers' record dropped to 1-5 with losses to No.
You win a few, and you lose a few. For Princeton football, Saturday night's season-opening victory in dominant fashion against Lafayette was marred by the loss of a key wide receiver.
On the very first play of the game, only a few short feet separated senior quarterback Matt Verbit from the vicious leap of Leopards barreling towards him.But moments before the Leopards could grasp Verbit in their paws and pound him into the Princeton Stadium grass, Verbit calmly dumped the ball off to junior wide receiver Greg Fields, who scampered 16 yards for the first down behind a wall of screening offensive lineman.The play ? and the ensuing four quarters ? went exactly the way the head coach Roger Hughes had drawn up.
With three wins over rival Navy heading into last season's Eastern Championship finals, men's water polo looked poised to add the Easterns crown to its already impressive collection of 2003 titles.
While much of the East coast was dealing with Hurricane Ivan, women's volleyball ran into a storm of its own, as the Tigers finally dropped their first match to the Red Storm of St.
The field hockey team has faced some tough competition early on in the season. From No. 6 Connecticut, No.
In a game last night in Baltimore, men's water polo pulled out a 16-11 win over Johns Hopkins (5-5).Junior driver John Stover had two goals in the first quarter for the Tigers (6-0) on the way to a game-high six.Princeton led 3-1 after the first quarter and had pushed the lead to 9-4 by halftime thanks to two consecutive goals from junior utility Mike McKenna just before the period ended, his only scores of the game.The Blue Jays made a push in the third, outscoring the Tigers 5-3 to draw the score to 12-9 heading into the final period.
"It's great to be selected for this profile, but what I really want to know is ? who do I have to talk to to get nominated for the 'Princeton Hotties' feature article?" senior middle blocker Alex Brown asked with a grin.
While virtually every other college football team in the country has started its season, Princeton football has done nothing but work through 26 practices.
