After women's basketball's loss to Lehigh on Wednesday night, head coach Richard Barron remarked that his team "played about as poorly as [it] could possibly play."Struggle as it did, the team lost by only three points to Lehigh.
With the men's basketball team at a perfect 3-0 in the early weeks of the season, every Princeton basketball fan is saying one thing ? "it's too early to tell." At the same time, thoughts of beating Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and Penn at the Palestra are slowly creeping in.Before any of those hopes come to fruition, however, the Tigers get early tests from UC-Irvine (2-3) on Friday and Fresno St.
Like many of their Princeton classmates, members of the women's hockey team will spend this weekend sweating while being jostled by a crowd, consuming mass quantities of liquid whenever they get the chance and, most importantly, trying to score.Unlike most other Princetonians, however, these Tigers will do these things on a sheet of ice as they continue with the Eastern College Athletic Conference portion of their schedule.
In a season in which men's hockey has already pleasantly surprised its fans and caused the opposition to stop and take notice, each remaining game provides an opportunity for the Princeton players to demonstrate how much they have improved.This weekend, as the Tigers (3-7-0 overall, 3-5-0 Eastern College Athletic Conference) travel to New York to face the only two ECAC teams with seven overall wins, their challenge is to prove that the energy and effort displayed thus far are not isolated flukes.
The men's and women's indoor track teams kick off a new season this Sunday with the New Year's Invitational, hosted by Princeton.Jadwin Gymnasium will see an expected field of 10 to 15 teams, all of which will be looking to get an early indication of this year's competition.
It should be an exciting encounter this weekend when the dynasty known as women's swimming throws open the doors of its own Forbidden City for the first time this season and dares six defiant opponents to tread within its imperial walls.Having rested and regrouped for the past two weeks, the Tigers will host the Princeton Invitational at DeNunzio Pool and face off against Rutgers, American University, Boston College, Villanova, Northeastern, St.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the big show. The Princeton men's swimming and diving team dares eight Eastern teams to try their hand against the fierce Tigers this weekend in their home pool.
Youth and inexperience were the major concerns for the men's squash team as it began the 2003-04 season two weeks ago.
The women's squash team came out better than anticipated at the Ivy League scrimmage and won its first two games of the season against Cornell and University of Toronto, 8-1 and 9-0 respectively.
Fresh off its first win of the season against Samford, women's basketball failed to extend that streak to two in its home opener.Princeton (1-4) faced Lehigh (1-4) last night in Jadwin Gym, hoping to exact revenge for last year's 66-61 loss to the Mountain Hawks.
Anderson earns ECAC Player of the Week honorsWomen's hockey's senior forward Gretchen Anderson was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday for her performance over the Thanksgiving Break.Anderson, who has been a constant offensive force for the Tigers this season, managed a hat trick at the Whale in New Haven, Conn., on Friday, Nov.
The expectations are high for the women's hockey team this year. They have gotten off to a solid start, including last weekend's sweep against Yale and Boston College.
After two wins in the friendly confines of Jadwin Gym, the men's basketball team took to the road last night, defeating University of Maryland Baltimore-County, 68-56, in the first of five consecutive road games.Princeton (3-0 overall) took care of an overmatched opponent, using a balanced scoring effort to earn the win.
Hobey Baker Memorial Rink has a seating capacity of 2,092.Yet on Saturday, March 6, 1971, about 2,400 fans packed into its stands to cheer on the hockey team in the season's final match.
Having a 200-pound player skating at you with a stick and one hell of a slap shot makes you wonder why anybody would want to be a goaltender.For sophomore standout Eric Leroux, it's precisely the challenge of fast breaks and quick pucks that keeps him in the net."I find goaltending to be interesting in that you'll always make a mistake, whether or not you get a shutout," Leroux said.
For years, Princeton basketball has been synonymous with a rigid offensive system. So when the home crowd gets its first live look at this year's women's team ? the Tigers (1-2 overall) host Lehigh (0-4) tonight in Jadwin Gym at 7 p.m.
This Saturday the men's and women's fencing teams will travel to Penn State's White Building to face some of the nation's top teams.
The men's hockey team was subjected to the hostile atmosphere of Yale's Ingalls Rink, fraught with inhospitable and uncouth Yale fans and the school's raunchy and rowdy band, on Saturday evening.
The wrestling team did its fair share of feasting over the holiday weekend, but not before making weight and competing on Wednesday at the Kutztown Invitational in Kutztown, Pa.With a final score of 51 points, Princeton finished in fifth place overall, with six Tigers placing high individually.
The men's basketball team takes to the road for the first time this season. Princeton will take on the University of Maryland-Baltimore County tonight in its first-ever visit to RAC Arena.
