Amid the hustle and bustle surrounding Princeton last Saturday, time at the Class of 1952 Stadium seemed to slow.
With only two weekends left of conference play, the baseball team went into a four-game series against division foe Penn (10-27 overall, 5-15 Ivy League) at home this past weekend.
It paid to be on the men's heavyweight or women's open crew team this past weekend. Both came through with stunning victories over dominant opponents.
In a press conference featuring the atmosphere of a jovial family reunion, Director of Athletics Gary Walters '67 introduced Joe Scott '87 as the 27th head coach of the men's basketball team on Friday morning.Both Walters and Scott spoke of maintaining the Princeton tradition, and stressed the importance of continuing to build from and improve upon the unique basketball philosophy of Pete Carril.But, on this day at least, discussions of X's and O's were secondary.
Women's water polo concluded its season with a No. 6 finish at the three-day Eastern Championships in Lewisberg, Pa.
They drove south from rustic Hanover, N.H. with elaborate expectations, but at the end of the day the Dartmouth women's lacrosse team was left with little but a long bus ride home.
"There's nothing like running in front of 50,000 to 60,000 people at what may be the most famous track meet ever," junior sprinter Justin Reed said.Reed is referring to his weekend participation in the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
All good things must come to an end. Games, seasons, and even careers, no matter how stellar, all inevitably come to a conclusion.
This weekend will make or break the 2004 season for the women's water polo team. If the Tigers (22-7) win the Eastern Championships, they will earn a spot in the NCAA tournament and try to go all the way.
In athletic competition, there are big games and BIG games. The Yankees and the Red Sox in a climactic seventh game or the Connecticut and Tennessee women's basketball teams in any game know about such stakes.This Saturday's showdown at Class of 1952 Stadium between Princeton and Dartmouth is that kind of battle, and at stake is the championship of Ivy League women's lacrosse.
The world of sports has a unique capacity to elevate mortal men to the status of heroes. Those who perform the best when the stakes are the highest earn the adulation of children and the respect of grown men.
Baseball in spring means little in the majors, but in college April and early May mean everything.A case in point is the scenario that the Princeton baseball team finds itself in.
Dear Joe,Welcome home.Thank you.Good luck.Let me just come right out and say it.
As the 2004 regular season winds down, the men's and women's crew programs will hope to take the next couple of weekends by storm, finishing strong in what has been a very successful year thus far.
With two Ivy League doubleheaders on the horizon for this weekend, the softball team took to Class of 1895 field yesterday in a doubleheader against Seton Hall that would provide the team with a good warm up for this weekend's conference action.Despite high confidence resulting from winning three of their last four, the Tigers (20-17) fell to the Pirates (29-13) in both games, by scores of 3-0 in the first game and 7-2 in the second game.In the first game, Princeton ace sophomore Erin Snyder dueled with Seton Hall's Megan Meyer for five scoreless innings.
Newman's Day will have to wait for men's lacrosse on Saturday as the team goes for its fifth consecutive win, and a guarantee of at least a share of the Ivy League title, when it hosts No.
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How hard do you think it would be to perform in front of thousands of your peers, parents and coaches?
Although the chance of competing in postseason play all but evaporated for the men's and women's tennis teams with losses to Harvard last weekend, both are looking forward to this weekend's games against Cornell and Columbia as an opportunity to build toward the future.Tomorrow, the men (9-10 overall, 3-2 Ivy League), will host Cornell (13-7, 2-3) as they look to avenge their loss to the Big Red at Regionals earlier in the year.
It was 4-0 before Princeton retired a single batter in yesterday afternoon's baseball game against Monmouth.
