PISCATAWAY ? All good things eventually come to an end.This year, the men's lacrosse team lost its first Ivy game since 1995.
Two years ago, to say that the women's basketball team had a rough season would have been an understatement.Left to dangle vulnerably under interim head coach Kevin Morris, the Tigers lost 25 games ? and won two.This year was rebuilding time.With a vibrant new head coach, promising freshmen, and some determined returning players, the Tigers achieved their highest win total since the 1998-1999 season.
While on May 19 most Princeton students were finishing up their final exams or wondering what to take back home with them for the summer, the women's lacrosse team was finishing off Georgetown, taking home the coveted title of NCAA champion.The 2002 season could be seen as a palindrome in two ways.
There is no swagger in Greg Parker's voice as he tells the story of his triumph in the semifinals of this year's NCAA tournament.
The softball team completed its most successful season since 1996 as it won its 13th Ivy League title in the 22 years Princeton has competed in the sport.The Tigers finished with a 13-1 record in league play, one game better than second place Harvard.
A Gehrig Division championship. Two members of the All-Ivy first team. The league's Rookie of the Year.
Both the men's and women's track teams recently completed their seasons. The Tiger men came in first in the indoor season at the season-ending Heptagonal Championships and second in the outdoor, while the women placed third in both meets.The men were six-time defending champions in outdoor Heps, and the women, despite a recent slump, have come back into prominence after the last year.The men's team was actually disappointed with its second place result in outdoor Heps.
The football team ended the season on a high note, winning its last two games in the Ivy League. However, the season-ending streak did not characterize the Tigers' season, as they went 3-6 on the year.The season was filled with frustration after frustration as the Tigers lost four of their six games by less than two touchdowns.
The 2002 season. Most remember what was supposed to happen this year. A few names to consider ? Chris Young '02, Spencer Gloger (now) '04, Andre Logan '04, coach Bill Carmody.
In her first three seasons, Brie Galicinao '02 earned almost every individual award the Ivy League offered without accomplishing her initial, and ultimate, goal ? an Ivy League championship for the softball team.This season, however, Galicinao made the Ivy title her personal mission, earning a 7-0 record on the mound in league play while the team finished 13-1 in the conference en route to Princeton's first Ivy crown since 1996.Now Galicinao can add one more trophy to her personal case as she was named the 2001-2002 Daily Princetonian Women's Athlete of the Year May 8."This season has been a great way to end my career here," Galicinao said.
This evening, the second-seeded women's lacrosse team will play third-seeded North Carolina in a game that will decide who will play in the National Championship Sunday afternoon.Unsurprisingly, both Princeton and North Carolina will enter tomorrow's game as champions in their respective leagues.
When the men's lacrosse team called timeout with 13 seconds left in the game and the score tied at 13, you knew something special was about to happen.
Princeton and Georgetown have met four times in men's lacrosse, with the most recent of those games in 1996.
After a six year hiatus from the NCAA Regionals, Princeton was hoping to carry the magic it had in the regular season to the postseason.However, Princeton fell 2-1 in the opening game of the tornament to host Minnesota (36-19).Princeton (34-17) entered the 48-team tournament ranked No.
Victory! Tigers are the only cats that enjoy water, and the women's crew teams were reveling in it after spectacular racing last Sunday.The women's crew teams won the Chick Willing Point Trophy this weekend for capturing the overall championship at Eastern Sprints.With 71 total points, they beat out Brown and Virginia as their closest competitors with 65 and 64 points, respectively.The lightweight team was able to take first place in their first varsity eight final, defeating perennial rival Wisconsin by 1.8 seconds."We are really excited," senior lightweight Linda Loyd said.
The men's crew teams will be competing in Eastern Sprints this Sunday.The heavyweight men's first varsity eight boat will go into Eastern Sprints ranked fourth by Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges coaches, while the lightweight men's first varsity eight will enter it races in third place.The lightweight men expect to be in the thick of the action in all of their races."The competition will be really hard," senior captain Bill Foshay said.
By now, you've probably heard of Tora Harris.The senior high jumper is not only Princeton's best leaper, but the best in the Ivy League, the best in college athletics and now the best in the United States.His most recent leap of seven feet, seven inches at the outdoor Heptagonal Championships vaulted him into second overall in the world.
Eight baseball players named to All-Ivy League teamsSophomore pitcher Thomas Pauly and senior shortstop Pat Boran were named to the All-Ivy League first team for their performances with the Princeton baseball team this spring.Pauly was the best relief pitcher in the conference this season, giving up just 30 hits in 45.2 innings pitched and a miniscule 1.30 ERA.
Tora Lian-Juin Harris can jump over your head.Doesn't matter who you are, he can do it. In fact, depending on your height, the senior could probably do it from just a few feet back.
You would think that, since I volunteered to take the last sports column of the year, I had some brilliant idea for a witty and insightful piece about sports in our civilization.
