My budding adolescent social life was in peril, simply because I could not tread water.Two months after my 16th birthday I still wasn't allowed to drive.
At the halfway mark of its league season, the men's basketball team stands alone as the team to beat in the Ivy League.Princeton (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League), with only one loss on its Ivy record, has earned sole possession of the No.
Recently, 'Prince' senior writer Sofia Mata-Leclerc sat down with sophomore defender Brett and freshman forward Kevin Westgarth of the men's hockey team to discuss fighting, trivia and a little hockey.'Prince': How did you start playing hockey?Brett Westgarth: When I was seven years old, I went to the rink with dad, sort of just the regular Canadian thing.
Playing rugby during January in New Jersey is an obstacle that derails the men's club rugby team's momentum every year, putting the club at a disadvantage every spring when it enters tournament play in March.
"I hate the f??? Yankees.""Baseball sucks.""I want to die."These are just a few of the cheery instant messages I received from friends back home over the course of the day Sunday as everyone in Red Sox nation tracked the progress of the Alex Rodriguez trade to the hated New York Yankees.On Monday it became official.
This weekend the men's squash team (14-3 overall, 4-2 Ivy League) finished off the 2003-04 regular season with a whirlwind of competitive matches against Trinity (11-0), Amherst (9-6) and Williams (16-7). Although the Tigers lost to Trinity, 8-1, they easily shut out both Amherst and Williams, 9-0.These results cemented Princeton as the No.
The month of February is often characterized as the worst four weeks of sports all year. Football is over, and baseball hasn't started yet.
After its demoralizing and embarassing 67-52 loss at home against Penn last Tuesday, men's basketball went into this past weekend's games against Cornell and Columbia knowing it had to win two games.If it was not for junior guard Will Venable, the Tigers would not have earned a 69-64 win over the Big Red on Friday and a 78-70 overtime triumph over the Lions on Saturday.Venable scored a career-high 28 points at Cornell, 17 of which came in the second half, and often stopped the Big Red from getting the momentum in front of the rowdy home crowd.The junior had the touch from all over the floor, shooting nine for 12 from the field and draining nine of his 13 attempts from the charity stripe.He followed this impressive showing with another double-digit performance against Columbia, conributing 11 points in Princeton's 78-71 overtime win.
Women's squash was not left out of the Valentine's Day festivities in its travels to Trinity in Hartford, Conn., this weekend.
The women's track team beat Harvard and Yale in a tri-meet this weekend at Harvard's Gordon Track.
The tennis teams seemed to be a little less than their best this weekend, as both the men and women suffered big losses.
The regular season came to an end for the men's swimming team this weekend. Fortunately, the ending was a good one.The team, which was recently ranked No.
The women's hockey team completed its second straight weekend sweep on Saturday at home against Colgate (15-12-2 overall, 6-8-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) after defeating Cornell (4-17-0, 1-13-0) the night before.
I was recently asked to be the godfather to my new niece Aliza. I didn't know how to respond, except with the requisite Marlon Brando impersonation.You've made me an offer I can't refuse!Any sorts of nasty words like "responsibility" floated through my head, but of course I said yes and held the little red wrinkle in my arms for a photo shoot.Even at times like these, I think about sports.
Women's basketball hosted two Ivy League opponents in Jadwin Gym this past weekend posting a win over Cornell (8-13 overall, 3-5 Ivy League) but losing to Columbia (10-10, 4-4).With their return to Jadwin Gymnasium, the Tigers (6-14 , 3-4) were hoping to put the wind back into their sails after suffering losses to Dartmouth and Harvard on the road the weekend before.
The uniform script that has governed men's hockey recently has become a little tedious: each weekend they face difficult competition and have the opportunity to reassert themselves in league play.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were at it again.The men's basketball team's schizophrenic season continued as Princeton (13-7 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) swept its New York road weekend to claim sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.After using a sterling second half to overwhelm then league-leading Cornell (10-11, 5-3) on Friday night, 69-64, the Tigers barely scraped by sixth-place Columbia (6-15, 2-6) on Saturday, needing overtime to win 78-71.If there was one constant for Princeton, it was the phenomenal play of junior guard Will Venable, who has emerged in the past three weeks as a viable candidate for Ivy Player of the Year.Against Cornell, Venable scored a career-high 28 points and harassed Cody Toppert, the league's second leading scorer, into a horrendous game.
You can't blame Harvard for not recognizing Princeton women's water polo goalkeeper Lauren Lister.
When your team features two All-Americans, ends the league season undefeated for the fourth consecutive year and goes on to win the conference tournament with dramatic victories over three of your biggest rivals, what do you do for an encore?For women's water polo the answer is simple: Do it all over again.The team's goals for this season are as high as ever, a sentiment emphasized by head coach Luis Nicolao: remain spotless in league play, finish first in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament and make a strong run towards a title at the Southern Championships.That run begins this weekend at Denunzio Pool, where the Tigers play host for the season-opening Princeton Invitational.
The men's swimming team closes its regular season today when they swim their final dual meet against Army.
