The men's and women's fencing team each had three meets over Intersession. Both took on squads from St.
Uncertainty will keep Sunday's game exciting for both players and fans, as the men's hockey team takes on the U.S.
At the end of this week, with the pressure of exams alleviated, most Princeton students will be leaving campus to go home, to visit friends or, for the more adventurous, to travel the world far and wide.
We, the outgoing sports editors, began working at the 'Prince' in the winter of 2001. By the time we learned that writers don't get paid it was too late to back out, and we embarked, last year, on a long and winding road which, sadly, ends with this issue.Carrying on a tradition begun several years ago, we have decided to use this space to recount the most important things, big and small, that we have learned over the past four years. First thing's first: you can't please everyone.
In the frantic haze of papers and exams, the Princeton fencing squad welcomed local foes Stevens Institute of Technology and New Jersey Institute of Technology to their first dual meet of the season last Saturday.With meets against the toughest teams in the Ivy League coming up, the Tigers viewed last weekend's matches as preparation and practice.
In the midst of an 18-day respite, the women's basketball team is exactly at the midpoint of its schedule.
With 11 days remaining before its final non-conference game against Southern Vermont on Jan. 26, the men's basketball team has plenty of time to ruminate over the first half of the season.During their 6-6 start, the Tigers have shown incredible potential and flashes of brilliance, but inconsistent play and untimely letdowns have held them back.
Princeton's indoor track teams dominated the competition in Jadwin Gym last Saturday, as the men's team beat Navy and the women's team defeated both Rutgers and St.
I think this Pete Rose scandal is sickening, and let me tell you why. The guy bet on baseball and then he lied about it ? for 14 freaking years.
An old sport has once again been revived at Princeton.Last night, the Nude Olympics returned to Princeton University.
"Blood makes the ice melt, kill kill kill." These are the famous words of the Princeton University Band, used during men's ice hockey games at Baker Rink to push Princeton players to attack the opposition.Never did these words ring more true than they did on Saturday night when, ironically, both teams were in the locker room during the intermission break.Blood did hit the ice, but it spilled not from a player.
Famed ESPN television and KNBR radio baseball play-byplay man Jon Miller was recently fired. Miller has taken up employment as a puzzle artist for "Distractions.""It was a total shock," Miller said.
Last night, senior forward Andre Logan, whose quickness and cutting ability has immeasurably helped the men's basketball team in the opening of its season, was placed on the injured reserve list indefinitely once again this season, according to a source connected to the team.Logan was seen yesterday with a wrap on his left thumb, as he was having another teammate hand in his papers for him.
After a week-long tour of Europe during the second half of Winter Break, the women's hockey team (11-5-0 overall, 4-3-0 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference) was finally back in action with two games this weekend.
For a team picked last in the league in a media poll, the women's basketball team (3-10 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) exceeded expectations by staying close with Penn until the final minutes in both team's Ivy League opener Friday night.
While all Princeton students have to deal with what Shakespeare calls "barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold," the impending deadline of Dean's Date and the specter of semester exams, the members of the men's hockey team faced additional tests this weekend: St.
With two and a half minutes left in Saturday night's game at Minnesota (8-5 overall), the men's basketball team (6-6) found itself in a familiar position: on the road against a team from a major conference and in position to pull off an upset.But, yet again, the close calls and lucky bounces that so often determine a tight game would not go the Tigers' way, as they fell 57-53.
The wrestling team faced some of the top individuals and teams in the country over Break, traveling as far as Texas to continue its season.After failing to win its first four dual meets and finishing in 17th place in the Beast of the East Tournament, the team finally seemed to find its footing in its final match of Winter Break against Bacone College in the Lone Star Duals in Grand Prairie, Texas.
As Emily Dickinson once said, "Fame is a bee. It has a song, it has a sting."On Monday, women's swimming, a program that has enjoyed the sweet song of fame for so long, finally felt its sting as the team suffered its first true defeat, falling to Pittsburgh.
It would be nearly as joyous a celebration as landing on Mars if the men's basketball team were 11-0 right now, after playing two national powerhouses as part of its pre-Ivy League schedule.Princeton finally played a team within its own galaxy of the basketball universe Wednesday night, when the Tigers (6-5) beat Monmouth (7-4), 67-52.The game was won early in the second half, when the Tigers started hitting every shot they threw into the atmosphere.
