Let's make one thing clear: Senior Peter Kelly doesn't like Yale."I just think that they suck as people," the senior men's squash captain said.
Senior fencer Lindsay Campbell is very attached to her epee.For those of you who are thinking of triangular shaped dwellings made of cowhide and wondering how the editors let such an egregious typo slip, the epee is a triangular blade, the heaviest and most similar to the classic dueling sword of the three competitive fencing weapons.
Men's fencing traveled to Rutgers University last weekend to take on Penn State, North Carolina and NYU.Heading into Sunday's quad-meet, the Tigers were looking to avenge last season's lost to perennial powerhouse Penn State."Wehave almost beaten them in the last couple years.
Lehigh is a football powerhouse. The Mountain Hawks are 11-0 overall, including wins over Princeton and Cornell, and are currently in the second round of the Division I-AA playoffs.In men's basketball, however, the Mountain Hawks have been punished by the Ivy League . The Ancient Eight have gone 3-0 against Lehigh with wins by Harvard, Dartmouth and Columbia.The Mountain Hawks are admittedly not the Patriot League's best team.
Offense wins games, but defense wins championships.Most sports fans have heard this clich
After finally tasting success last year, it seems that the wrestling team is ready for the full serving this season.Returning only four starters from last year's lineup, the Tigers still have a great deal of confidence in their lineup.
Playing the role of the underdog, Princeton shocked No. 5 Iowa by taking an early lead in the meet, and almost winning four matches against one of the nation's most historic wrestling programs.In the fourth meet of the season for Princeton (1-3), the Tigers traveled to Blair Academy, in Blairstown, NJ, to face the Hawkeyes.With six of the 10 wrestlers in the lineup for Iowa ranked in the top 15 in the nation, Princeton knew it had a difficult task.
The women's fencing team went into this weekend's meet against Penn State at Rutgers with the goal of seeing where it stands competitively with one of the top teams in the country.
Although it took a break from dual meets and EISL competition, men's swimming and diving had a long, busy and productive weekend.
After emerging from last weekend's competition with a win and a tie, the women's hockey team was less than pleased.
Everything that starts well ends well. The proverb seems to be in Princeton's side in every way possible.
Fifteen minutes. That was how long it took junior co-captain David Yik to defeat Bradley Corona on Saturday in the men's squash match against Brown.This win exemplified the Tigers near-perfect match against the Bears and propelled the Tigers to a 9-0 win.
A major problem for the men's ice hockey team this season has been scoring goals at moments in the game when it really counts.
WASHINGTON, D.C.? Against No. 4 Maryland (5-1) in the seventh annual BT&T Classic, Princeton (1-4) showed what everyone hoped and knew it could do ? play top Division I basketball.
The women's squash team (3-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy) continued its winning ways on Saturday, taking down Brown, 6-3, before steamrolling Franklin & Marshall, 8-1, to remain undefeated on the season.Princeton took on Brown (0-2) first, in the first-official meeting between the teams this season.
Most teams do not have the chance to go into their fifth game of the season with an opportunity to double the previous season's win total, but that is exactly where the women's basketball team found itself last weekend.
As men's hockey returns to Eastern College Athletic Conference action this weekend against Cornell and Colgate at Baker Rink, the Tigers have their work cut out for them.The most commonly mentioned problem on the team this season has been the lack of scoring.With the young team struggling on offense, much of the scoring burden has been carried by seniors David Schneider and Dave Del Monte.Missed opportunities have haunted the Tigers throughout the first few games, a fact lamented by Schneider after Tuesday's loss to Northeastern."We're getting our chances," Schneider said.
Maryland.The team is currently ranked No. 4 in the country by ESPN and should move up a spot in the ranking after a 13-point victory over No.
Going into the women's swimming team's meet against Brown Thursday afternoon in Providence, R.I., the Tigers knew they would have to dominate the backstroke and the long-distance freestyle events to stay undefeated this season in dual meets.No.
Basketball is dynamic. Strategies change quickly and the coaches are paid to make adjustments throughout the game.Such was the case last night, as Princeton went into the game planning on dominating Rider with its forte -the back-door pass.
