This weekend, the baseball team will open its Ivy League season by taking on Brown in a doubleheader Saturday and Yale in a doubleheader Sunday.
Like it or not, revenge is an integral part of sports. There are few things more satisfying than payback; it is the salt on the meat of victory.
The Tigers clawed their way through a softball doubleheader yesterday against Villanova. Despite a 1-0 loss in the first game, Princeton made a comeback in the second to tie it at 3-3 before the game was called in the ninth inning.The Tiger offense struggled throughout the first game against Villanova's Theresa Hornick, who pitched a no-hitter.The Wildcats, meanwhile, had three hits and a run by the top of the sixth inning.
The baseball team's offense came alive yesterday afternoon, boosting Princeton to a sound 10-2 victory over Rider at Clarke Field.The Tigers combined for 11 hits, putting their most recent loss ? a three-hit, 4-0 shutout to Vermont ? far behind them.Sophomore center fielder B.J.
With one race out of the way, the open weight women's crew team still has a lot of work to do to follow up its huge victory last weekend.Open weight crew commenced its season Saturday by dominating Brown and Michigan.
The men's and women's track and field teams begin a continuous stretch of meets this weekend that sees them competing every weekend from now through June 14.The Sam Howell Invitational starts things off this weekend.
Thirteen minutes and 53 seconds into the women's lacrosse game Tuesday night at Delaware, it seemed that the Tigers might be heading towards a debacle.Princeton (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League), which had climbed to the No.
It seems to be a recent matter of fact here at Princeton that the coming of spring is always met by the success of the men's lacrosse team.
Women's water polo hosts the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship this Saturday and Sunday at Denunzio Pool.
With visions of Ivy League titles dancing in their heads, the men's and women's tennis teams are up for a challenge this weekend when they will finally face their Ivy rivals.
"I am just back from a walk along Carnegie Lake with Dick," began Robinson Frost '08's weekly letter to his mother on Dec.
A year ago, a complacent men's lacrosse team entered its Ivy League opener against Yale riding a 37-game Ivy League winning streak ? just two games away from setting the all-time league record.
PHILADELPHIA ? Similar to the Yankees winning on opening day while losing shortstop Derek Jeter, men's lacrosse suffered a similar fate yesterday as junior attack and captain Ryan Boyle injured his hamstring late in the third quarter against Penn at Franklin Field.Boyle, who tallied five assists in the Tigers' 12-6 win, was making a move towards the goal when he pulled up short just before releasing his shot with three minutes and 37 seconds left in the period.The win marks the 68th victory in the Tigers' last 71 Ivy contests and extends their winning streak to five games.
When Ernie Banks said, "Let's play two!" he was envisioning a warm and sunny day at Wrigley Field, not a freezing cold and rainy day at Class of 1895 Field.Nonetheless, the softball team heeded his advice yesterday.
One point. Just one single point. That's how close the men's volleyball team came to sweeping Rutgers last Wednesday.
If this weekend's races were just a starting point for the women's crew teams, both the lightweight and open teams could go far this season.The lightweight team scored three victories at the Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic ? two easy, one not-so-easy ? while its open counterparts earned a huge victory over Brown and Michigan.Lightweight crew took its top varsity boat to Stanford, Calif., to compete at the Windermere Classic at Redwood Shores.
This weekend, both the men's heavyweight and lightweight crews competed for the first time this spring.When all was said and done, the Midshipmen of Navy had felt the brunt of a Tiger attack, suffering defeat by both varsity crews.
The spring snow and rain drove the men's and women's tennis teams back into Jadwin Gym, where each dominated in their respective matches this weekend.In a season filled with injuries, this weekend's matches marked the first time that the women's tennis team engaged its full-strength singles lineup since the fall.The Tigers showcased their skills with three straight home victories for the week, which included two 7-0 shutouts against Temple (3-5) and George Washington (0-5).The Tigers began their winning streak last Wednesday against Rutgers, beating the Scarlet Knights, 5-2, and continued to plow through George Washington on Saturday.Head coach Louise Gengler expressed much satisfaction over the team's performance, particularly in doubles, where Princeton has shown much improvement.
The women's water polo team continued to move up in the national standings this week, going from No.
As the women's golf team looked out its hotel windows Sunday at the William & Mary Invitational, Princeton saw something it thought it had left far behind ? traces of snow.The day before saw the Tigers struggle at the Ford's Colony Country Club's par-71, 5885 yard Blackheath course in Williamsburg, Va.
