The women's hockey team has been no stranger to success this season. WIth an upset over the break of then No.
The story, so far, is in the statistics. 4-0. 934-217. 17-0The first stat is the women's squash team's record thus far, representing four quality wins against Cornell, Brown, Vassar, and Franklin & Marshall.
Even Michael Jordan needed a strong supporting cast.The seniors on the men's swimming team comprise arguably the fastest class in team history.
Meat Loaf once sang that two out of three ain't bad. Three out of four is even better.Women's hockey made good with their four non-conference Winter Break contests, going 3-1.
This holiday season was one to forget for the women's basketball team.During the break, the Tigers failed to win a game, dropping two decisions at the Pioneer Classic in Denver before Christmas, and another three back in New Jersey after Christmas break.Their record now stands at 4-9."Over break the team really worked hard, but I think some of our problems came with just being consistent in how we attacked other teams," freshman forward Rebecca Brown said.
When most people think of athletics in England, soccer ? or football, as it is called there ? and rugby generally come to mind.
The men's basketball team dropped five of its last seven games and learned that junior forward Andre Logan was lost for the season in a break that was haunted by disappointment.After dropping games to Rutgers and Rider, Princeton almost turned things around in what would have been a huge upset against then-No.
Going into winter break, the men's hockey team has one goal in mind ? to pick up some wins.
Women's hockey will spend its holiday on ice, getting acquainted with some teams outside the Eastern College Athletic Conference.
With three minutes, 19 seconds left in the third period, three Massachusetts skaters came down the center of the Princeton defensive zone, taking a shot on senior goaltender Nate Nomeland.
After defeating Hofstra, 89-71, Wednesday night, the women's basketball team enters winter break action in a good position to continue its success.The Tigers are back at .500 (4-4 overall), and they have four more non-league contests over winter break ? two games in the Pioneer Classic Dec.
The road to the Ivy League championship just got a little bumpier for the men's basketball team.A source close to the team who did not wish to be identified confirmed yesterday that junior forward Andre Logan will likely miss the rest of the season due to the continuing problems he has been experiencing with his injured knee.The source indicated that Logan and the team were still waiting for confirmation and acceptance of the paperwork they were seeking which would allow Logan to redshirt this season.
If the men's hockey team were a baseball team, it would have a leg up on its competition in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.The team dresses three goalies, who play based on a rotation system much like pitchers do in baseball.
Like an automobile left out in 30 degree weather, the women's basketball team was slow to get started.But after getting pushed around in the first half, the women's basketball team put up a remarkable 58 points in the second half to come back and tally an 89-71 win over Hofstra at Jadwin Gym.The Tiger defense was the key factor in the turnaround, holding Hofstra to shooting 39 percent from the field in the second half after the Pride shot a remarkable 70 percent in the first half.At the outset, Hofstra had the upper hand on the Tigers, and jumped out to a 10 point lead within the first four minutes.
Women's basketball has greatly improved under head coach Richard Barron. One of Barron's best players, junior wing Kelly Schaeffer, recently sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Chandra Russell.'Prince': Where are you from?Schaeffer: I was born and raised in South Huntington, Long Island, New York.
Just as last year's winter was the hottest in recent years, so was Ivy men's basketball. The parallel maintains its accuracy this season, too.After last year's success, the Ivy League teams loaded up solid pre-conference schedules for this year, but as the six inches of snow approached, they went cold.The overall Ivy record is 15-29, and its RPI ranking is 25th out of 32 ? a long walk through a blizzard from last year's mid-season ranking of 14.Before the season began, there was a lot of talk of two schools from the Ivy League play in the NCAA Tournament in March.
Defense may win games, but poor offense can certainly lose them. In its first four games out of the blocks this year, the men's basketball team went a sloppy 2-2, and struggled on the offensive end.After shooting well in their two games at the Sooner Invitational, the Tigers went cold from the field, shooting just 40 percent over their next two games.
So far this season, Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey has shaped up into "probably one of the most competitive leagues of all time," according to Cornell (0-8-1 overall, 0-5-1 ECAC) head coach Melody Davidson.
In the pool, Princeton swimming and diving is accustomed to pummeling Dartmouth without much effort.
Continuing its unbeaten streak, women's squash swept both Vassar and Franklin & Marshall last Sunday.
