Coach Luis Nicolao tried to explain the unexpected loss at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Champioship semifinal matchup against Hartwick last weekend."We just didn't finish our chances," he said.
The pattern of improvement that has characterized the men's track team thus far continued Saturday as Princeton played host to a strong trio of Pennsylvania schools.
A shot at the Ivy League title was riding on Saturday's match. After a solid 5-2 win over Dartmouth (10-6 overall, 1-1 Ivy League) on Friday, the men's tennis team looked ready to take on archrival Harvard (8-3, 2-0).But given tough windy conditions and an extremely deep team, the Tigers lost 6-1 to the Crimson.
The women's outdoor track season continued to pick up steam as the Tigers came in second behind Penn this weekend at an Ivy Meet.
"He who laughs last, laughs best," proclaims a wise English proverb. And last year, Princeton's women's water polo team did not laugh last.
Control of your own destiny is something that every team wants to have when it comes to a championship.The women's softball team knows that if it wins out, it will win at least a share of the Ivy title.
This weekend three Princeton crews raced against a total of five teams in three states.The heavyweight men's team swept its races at Penn in the Childs Cup.
Six of the nation's elite field hockey squads, including Princeton, made their way to 1952 Stadium yesterday for the 7-Aside tournament.The visiting teams were Old Dominion, Maryland, Penn State, Boston University and Syracuse.
Although the scores may not show it, the women's tennis team had quite a competitive weekend as they went up against Dartmouth and Harvard.
Princeton versus Penn State. It had all the makings of a classic. For seniors Scott Dore, Joel Moxley, Gary Chern, and Andrew Hutchinson it was quite possibly the last game they would ever play at Dillon Gym.This year's senior class wanted to go out on top, but in its way stood the Nittany Lions.
On Apr. 11, the Los Angeles Times reported that Gary Walters '67 ? Princeton University's Director of Athletics ? is a finalist for the position of the next Director of Athletics at UCLA.
In a matter of seconds, the women's lacrosse team obliterated Harvard's hopes of even coming close to winning, as the No.
Call it a statement. No, call it a warning. Behind a career-high nine points from sophomore attackman Ryan Boyle, the men's lacrosse team dismantled Harvard, 18-4, last Saturday, serving notice that the defending national champions have plenty of fight left in them.The victory puts the Tigers' record at 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
The good news: the baseball team's freshman southpaw Jason Vaughan threw a four-hit shutout against Brown in Providence, R.I.; the Princeton defense committed no errors in Sunday's loss at Yale; sophomore Thomas Pauly continued his excellence by pitching 6.2 innings of four-hit ball in the Tigers' 6-3, 13-inning defeat of Yale.The bad news: junior Ryan Quillian surrendered seven earned runs to the Elis in just two innings pitched; the defense committed four errors in Princeton's weekend-opening loss to the Bears.The thrilling extra-innings game capped off an up and down weekend for the Tigers.
The Princeton women's lacrosse team is currently No. 1 in the nation. However, in the words of senior attack Mimi Hammerberg, "ranking doesn't mean jack squat if you don't play your best every game."With this in mind, the Tigers (9-1 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) head to Cambridge tomorrow for a game against unranked Harvard.
This weekend, the men's and women's track and field teams start a month long build-up to the heptagonal championships with full-strength quad and tri meets, respectively.
The Princeton softball team wants to win every time they take the field. Sometimes, it just does not happen.The Tigers split a double-header against Towson yesterday afternoon in what was essentially a tune-up for this weekend's Ivy matchups with Harvard and Dartmouth.
Ever wonder how David felt right before he faced Goliath? This Saturday, the men's volleyball team will know just how he felt when it takes on fifth-ranked Penn State at Dillon.The Nittany Lions are a juggernaut when it comes to men's volleyball.
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.
