On the final day of the 2003 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming League Championships, Princeton suffered a heartbreaking ending to their previously perfect season.
It may not have been pretty, but the men's basketball team did exactly what it needed to do.Perhaps the manner in which Princeton (19-7 overall, 12-1 Ivy League) clinched the outright Ivy League title was fitting.
Women's basketball has taken several hits as of late. Sitting last in the league with a string of defeats following the loss of their second-highest scorer, freshman Casey Lockwood, there seemed to be little joy to be had from their season.
The men's lacrosse team has its first challenge of the year this weekend as it travels to Baltimore to face the top-ranked team in the nation, Johns Hopkins (1-0), on Saturday.In only the second game of its season, No.
The women's hockey team will have to be at its best this weekend if it wants to end the season on a high note.Only two games remain in the regular season for Princeton (19-8-0 overall, 11-5-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) before the team begins the playoffs.
CSA Individual NationalsMembers of the men's and women's squash teams travel to St.
The mantra for the women's lacrosse team Wednesday night was "keep the streaks going." With a resounding 17-3 road rout of Lafayette (0-1), the Tigers (1-0 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) beat the Leopards for the ninth straight time, continued their 10-game winning streak, which goes back to last season, and scored in double digits for the eighth time in those 10 games.During the first half, the Leopards refused to become submissive road kill for their highly-touted opponents and limited Princeton's lead to 6-2.
There is a story or two in everyone, some just cover more range than others. Hana Peljto's story, then, would be a supersonic jet, an ocean liner, a 1991 Mercury Tracer swerving across a freeway lane."Don't we want 94?" a classmate said from the passenger seat."Yes," I said.
Over the years, more often than not, the Ivy League title has not been decided until the final Tuesday of the season, turning the second Princeton-Penn clash into an epic battle nearly every year.But if the men's basketball team has its druthers, there will be no such instant classic in the near future.
Women's water polo concludes its first round of conference play with two away games this weekend.On Saturday, Princeton (6-3) will be in Washington D.C.
It's do-or-die time.This weekend marks the culmination of the 2003-2004 men's wrestling season, as the team travels to Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships at Penn.
For too long, the only suspense surrounding the men's Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League Championships was wondering whether Harvard would have room in the rafters to raise yet another men's championship banner.Beginning in 1996, the Crimson won six consecutive EISL titles, often by painfully wide margins.
It's early March; the end of the season is near, and, in the words of Frank Sinatra, it is now time for women's basketball to "face the final curtain." The real interest, however, will be to see if the Tigers, true to the lyrics of Old Blue Eyes' tune, can come away from this final weekend with the performance they have hoped for all season and be able to say that they did things their way.With a loss to Penn on Tuesday, things couldn't be looking bleaker for Princeton.
Do the math ? six NCAA titles, 11 Ivy League championships, eight NCAA championship game appearances, and nine NCAA final fours in the last 12 years.
Expectations are high this season for women's lacrosse, ranked No. 1 in the preseason for the second consecutive year.
Winter is over. It's time for spring, and that means one thing: baseball.The weeks of spring training leading up to the Major League baseball season are full of anticipation.
As the men's basketball team draws ever closer to an Ivy League title and a trip to the NCAA tournament, the 'Prince' pauses to unofficially honor the players who have made success possible for Princeton (17-7 overall, 10-1 Ivy League). Rookie of the YearThree members of the Tigers' heralded freshman class have made large contributions this season.
Forgive the country's hallowed lacrosse programs for feeling a bit uneasy this week. Since the inception of a national tournament in 1971, men's college lacrosse has been nothing if not predictable.
A tough schedule to open the season continues to take its toll on the women's tennis team's record.
