General George Marshall once said, "Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said, "Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending." For the men's hockey team this season's start exceeded most observers' expectations and, with five wins prior to this calendar year, perhaps even those held by the Tiger skaters themselves.Princeton, though, has since faltered and fallen to the bottom of the Eastern College Athletic Conference standings by failing to record a single win in 2004.
Only one result will be acceptable for women's softball this season: a third straight Ivy League title.
What was at first anticipated as a rebuilding year for the men's squash team after graduating four All-Americans has turned into a surprisingly successful season for the No.
Amazingly enough my bosses here at the 'Prince' actually expect me to do my job and write my weekly column.
In the world of sports, revenge can be a beautiful thing. After a tough loss, a second chance to beat a rival is a rare and exciting opportunity.
Freshman forward Kim Pearce has been fire on ice recently for women's hockey.After a chilly start Friday, women's hockey was in a precarious tie with Vermont at the beginning of the third period.
After defeating Columbia on Feb. 6, the women's swimming and diving team solidified its reign over the rest of the Ivy League and finished off the 2003-2004 regular season with a perfect 7-0 Ivy record.
For most people, a 10-day vacation would not be a problem. With 10 days between their last contest and this Thursday's clash with Villanova, however, women's water polo (3-1 overall) may have something to worry about ? keeping the momentum after not playing since a win over George Washington more than a week ago.The Tigers hope to retain their intensity tomorrow as Villanova (1-2) visits DeNunzio Pool and extended it through the weekend as they play four games on Saturday and Sunday, including a showdown with Indiana (5-2), whose Hoosiers are perennially among the East Coast's strongest teams.Tomorrow's Villanova matchup will be the two teams' first of the year, but it will be the visiting Wildcats' second trip to Princeton in as many weeks.
If, as a loyal follower of Princeton lacrosse, you find yourself in the stands for Saturday's matchup with Quinnipiac, stay calm.
The women's hockey team remembers beating powerhouse Harvard earlier this season. The team also remembers losing to Brown the next night.
Coming off two great weekend wins over St. Joseph's and Boston College, the men's tennis team is geared up for a double header this Saturday against George Washington and Stony Brook."Like last weekend, these teams won't be our strongest competition," sophomore Darius Craton said.
With the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships looming next weekend, the men's and women's track teams had one final meet to prepare for the zenith of their seasons.
Once again the Howe Cup, the tournament which crowns the national champion of women's squash, was packed with excitement and fierce competition.
This weekend, in addition to a string of Ivy League victories, a Princeton team swept the Blue Devils of Duke at Jadwin.
It is a well-known fact that college students like to sleep late, but Princeton students showed this weekend that their devotion to the men's volleyball team is greater than their need for a little extra shut-eye.
This weekend, men's squash saw history in the making when sophomore Yasser El Halaby became the first amateur ever to qualify for the Tournament of Champions, an annual professional squash tournament.
"Our goal is to win the Ivies, and, so help me God, we will," senior Tim Kofol said after the men's tennis team swept both its matches this weekend at Jadwin against St.
Offense and defense. Inside and outside. Starters and reserves. First half and second half. These are the key factors which the women's basketball team is still struggling to balance so late in the season and with so little success.This weekend, Princeton (6-16 overall, 3-6 Ivy League) lost, 59-56, in overtime to Yale (5-18, 2-8) and fell, 59-39, to Brown (13-10, 6-4) despite having beaten both of those teams earlier in the season. Lockwood outGranted, Princeton was functioning without the help of freshman wing Casey Lockwood, the Tigers' third highest scorer at 10.8 points per game.
Yale's biggest lead? 14. Princeton's biggest lead? 14.The difference in the game? The Tigers took their lead in the second half and didn't let it slip away, dominating the latter half of the game for a 70-58 victory.Princeton men's basketball (15-7 overall, 8-1 Ivy League) hosted the Elis (9-14, 4-6) on Friday in a key contest for the Tigers as they tried to maintain their league lead.It was yet another schizophrenic game for the Tigers, who had experienced periods of sloppy play against Harvard and, of course, Penn over the course of their season.
