The men's lacrosse team will travel to Mass. to play Harvard this Saturday, Apr. 13.How will the Tigers perform against the Crimson?
When it comes to Ivy League baseball, home has indeed been sweet this season for Princeton. After four doubleheaders at Clarke Field in two weekends, the Tigers are in command of the Gehrig Division with a 6-2 record as they merge onto Interstate 95 for weekend double-dips at Brown and Yale.Saturday, Princeton (10-14 overall, 6-2 Ivy League) takes on the Bears (11-13, 2-2) in Providence.
If the women's lacrosse team stopped scoring after eight goals in yesterday's contest against Temple in Philadelphia, the game would have ended in a rather disappointing 8-8 tie for the Tigers.The team did stop scoring at eight goals, but just for five minutes ? that is, for halftime.
After eight games and a gutsy 7-6 triple overtime victory over Duke last Friday, it seems that Princeton's unselfish and unheralded midfield may finally be making a name for itself.Four midfielders combined for all of the Tiger scoring during regulation before senior attackman B.J.
Thursday afternoon's softball game on the Class of 1895 Field will feature a match up between two Tigers.
With the women's lacrosse team just over halfway through its season, it is a good time to stop and reflect on how things are going.But there's really no need for nuanced analysis.
The softball team is not just good at home, it is perfect. Now 6-0 at Princeton, the Tigers have outscored their opponents 39-5, and continued their dominance yesterday by defeating Rider twice in a doubleheader, 9-1 and 5-2.With Princeton's (19-13 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) two aces pitching in the doubleheader, the Tigers knew that they would control the afternoon.Sophomore Wendy Bingham started the first game.
With experienced players like junior pitchers Ryan Quillian and David Boehle, and steady senior shortstop Pat Boran, the face of the baseball team has been mostly characterized by the athletes who have been tried in the fire of several college baseball seasons.
"That's ok, they'll win the rest.""They'll be back, we're not worried.""They're still the best, just haven't found their groove."Such statements have been surprisingly common in the press box after the men's lacrosse games this season.
The baseball team accomplished something on Tuesday afternoon that it hadn't done in 11 years ? beat Rutgers.By dominating the Scarlet Knights, 8-1, for the first time since May 15, 1991, the Tigers sent Rutgers to their first non-conference home defeat since 1997.Senior Chris Higgins pitched six innings of three-hit ball for Princeton, surrendering just one run.
There is not a single player on the women's water polo team who has suffered defeat at the hands of a league opponent.
If head track and field coach Fred Samara thought it was necessary to travel to warmer climates ? Myrtle Beach, S.C., Raleigh, N.C.
Cold temperatures in the East made golf conditions unfavorable in Annapolis, Md. at the Navy Spring Invitational this past weekend.
Despite the dreary unseasonable weather, tennis season is well underway. After a weekend of back-to-back matches, the men's and women's teams finished with 2-1 records in the Ivies.
Princeton hosted the Sam Howell Invitational last weekend and sent a contingent of athletes to Duke for the Duke Invitational.
Sometimes all it takes is a little inexperience. Two freshmen pitched masterful games to lead the baseball team to 11-2 and 1-0 wins over Dartmouth Sunday to rebound from 4-2 and 5-2 losses to Harvard the day before in two weekend doubleheaders at Clarke Field.Scouts came out in droves to see the Saturday pitching matchups, with Harvard's game-two starter Ben Crockett taking center stage.The first game pitted Justin Nywiede for the Crimson (5-11 overall, 2-0 Ivy check?) and junior Ryan Quillian for Princeton (10-15, 6-2). Quillian pitched a complete game but received no help from theoffense.Nywiede matched Quillian's complete game effort and held his 4-2 lead after four innings, thanks in part to retiring 10 out of the last 11 Princeton batters.Crockett took the mound in Harvard's 5-2 game two win against Princeton junior David Boehle.
A commonly accepted adage in baseball is that good pitching beats good hitting. Princeton's softball team could not agree more.The Tigers won four big games this weekend to move to 6-0 in the Ivy League and in sole possession of first place.
This weekend was a sweep on the water at Lake Carnegie. All three Princeton crew teams racing won all of their races.No opposing team came within six seconds of a Tiger boat on Saturday, both in Princeton and at the San Diego Crew Classic, in which the lightweight women raced."It was a good start to the season," senior heavyweight Sean McCormick said.
On a cold, blustery night not befitting of April, senior attackman B.J. Prager tipped in a centering feed from sophomore linemate Ryan Boyle 38 seconds into the third overtime as No.
Not even the unanticipated gust of snow flurries on the mid-April day could blow the women's lacrosse team off its course.Soaring to their ninth-straight victory, the Tigers trounced Yale, 11-5, at the Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon, extending their winning streak over the Elis to 11.Four minutes into the second half, one minute after sophomore midfielder Theresa Sherry slung Princeton's eight-goal off an assist from senior attack Lauren Simone, the Elis won the ensuing draw and thought they had a chance to retaliate.But junior defender Rachael Becker intersected the oncoming attacker who, helplessly, dropped the ball and then, even more helplessly, watched as Becker scooped it up and connected with senior attack captain Charlotte Kenworthy for the team's ninth goal.This was just one play among many that seared any hope that No.
