You can choose your cliche for the football team.It's time to put up or shut up. The time is now.
The women's soccer team proved once again that it deserves its No. 21 national ranking as the Tigers defeated Lehigh 3-0 last night in Bethlehem, Pa.A balanced attack aided Princeton's offensive efforts as senior midfielder Krista Ariss scored once and added an assist while freshman midfielder Emily Behncke and sophomore forward Esmeralda Negron tallied a goal each for the cause.Junior midfielder Liz Bell also notched an assist, and freshman forward Maura Gallagher recorded a point in her third straight game to start her career.
PRINCETON FOOTBALL 2001 STATISTICS TIGERS OPP. Wins 3 6 Scoring 200 202 Points Per Game 22.2 22.4 First Downs 163 191 Rushing Yardage 1385 1556 Rushing Attempts 346 376 Rush Yards Per Attempt 4.0 4.1 Rushing Per Game 153.9 172.9 Passing Yardage 1718 2023 Att-Comp-Int 240-141-6 268-163-18 Pass Yards Per Game 190.9 224.8 Total Offense 3103 3579 Total Offense Per Game 344.8 397.7 Penalties-Yards 71-638 57-519 Punts-Yards 50-1928 43-1575 3rd-Down Convert Pct 37% 34% Field Goals-Attempts 13-18 4-5
The men's soccer team played host to two in-state rivals this weekend, Farleigh Dickinson and Seton Hall, playing what were then two top-twenty teams to ties.In a season-opening weekend where the Tigers had plenty of opportunities to put away their opponents, the results could have been better.But they also could have been worse."I'm disappointed, because I felt like we could have won both games this weekend," head coach Jim Barlow '91 said.Princeton stormed out to a two-goal lead in its season-opening game against Farleigh Dickinson.
Why Princeton field hockey lost Friday in its first game of the season 3-2 to Ohio is somewhat of a mystery.
Although the women's soccer season has just begun, in a sense the race for the Ivy crown is already in full swing.
With the new season right around the corner for the football team, the Tigers welcome back two players to key positions on the defensive side of the ball.
Freshmen are in and last year's seniors are out, but possibly the most interesting changes for the men's basketball team this season are the transfers.Sophomore Dominick Martin ? a regular player on the Tiger squad a year ago ? and reserve guard Tom McLaughlin have left Princeton for Yale and William and Mary, respectively, this year.
After losing to St. John's last Friday, women's volleyball improved its record against saintly opponents by defeating St.
The first game of the season is a chance for both teams to work out the kinks left over from preseason practice.
The men's water polo team has shown this weekend that it has all the pieces it needs for an outstanding season.Led by senior co-captains Robert Urquhart and Kevin Foster, the Tigers registered a 15-8 win over U.S.
After a strong first day that saw a Princeton freshman climb to the top of the leaderboard, the women's golf team faltered on its way in, finishing three strokes behind Yale in the team competition.Sophomore Avery Kiser posted the low score for the Tigers with an even-par two-day total of 148.Day one was marked by the emergence of another potential star in the making.
Who says Princeton reunions only happen once a year?Half a world away and over a month after the P-rade, four Tiger alumni and the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year met up in Perth, Australia to help the United States Men's Lacrosse Team to victory in the World Men's Lacrosse Championships.In the finals, the U.S.
If anyone thought a return trip to the Final Four would be a relatively easy task for the field hockey team, they were quickly shown otherwise in the opening weekend of competition.The Tigers opened this season with a bit of a sour taste in their mouths after dropping their first game of the season, 3-2, to Ohio on Friday.
In terms of Ivy League women's soccer, not much has changed since the end of last year's Princeton-Yale game.But even a small change can make a huge difference.Last season the women's soccer team was a dominant force in the Ivy League, losing only once in the conference on its way to a league championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament.Yale was the only team to defeat Princeton during the regular season in 2001 ? the Tigers dropped a 1-0 decision to the Elis, marring an otherwise perfect campaign.This fall, armed with one of the best recruiting classes in the country, the Tigers entered their first Ivy contest of the season hoping to rewrite part of last year's story.Princeton (2-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) did just that, beating Yale (0-1, 0-1), 2-0, in New Haven.
Just as breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so is the first meet of the season an important opportunity to start things off on the right foot.The women's cross country team created the opportunity to utilize such an analogy by putting in a strong performance this past weekend in a home meet at the Princeton Battlefield.By competing well in the first meet, the Tigers gained vital confidence and practice necessary for a standout season.
For a team looking to define itself and prove that it can still do battle with the best in the nation, men's soccer had a frustrating weekend.
Women's soccer coach Julie Shackford has the sort of problem that most coaches would love to have.This year's team "is more talented than last year's," she said, "but because of our level of depth, our biggest challenge is finding the right people at the right times and getting the right chemistry on the field."With eight returning starters from last year's 14-3-2 Ivy champion team, and one of the nation's top recruiting classes, the Tigers are gunning for a third-straight Ivy title and a fourth-straight NCAA tournament bid ? which would be a program first.Their main objectives this year include winning the Ivy League outright, as opposed to sharing the title like they did last year with Penn and Dartmouth, and making at least the final sixteen ? the third round ? in the national tournament.
In anchoring the back line for the women's soccer team, Kelly Sosa has had to make a lot of tough decisions.As the last field player in front of the goalkeeper, any misstep or slight hesitation could cost her team a goal.
The men's soccer team opens its 2002 season against Farleigh Dickinson, the school that ousted the Tigers in the second round of last year's NCAA tournament.
