Tuesday's game with Penn will be the biggest of the season. Before the taunts break out on the Quakers, though, Princeton fans need to become a little more acquainted with their own players.
Men's volleyball has three returning starters from last season's 6-13(4-11 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) squad in senior middle hitter Scott Dore, junior opposite Dennis Alshuler, and sophomore setter Jason Liljestrom.With the departure of seniors Blair Anderson, Ryan Black, Steve Cooper and Kevin Roche, Princeton will look to freshmen outside hitters Blake Robinson and Ryn Burns to fill the void.
Senior forward Brad Parsons is glad to be back on the ice.Parsons, who strained his knee in the first game of the men's hockey team's season against Niagra, made his return to the team in early December.
Coming out of Intersession, the women's basketball team is sitting in a three-way tie for fifth in the Ivy League with Dartmouth and Penn.
In a sport where individual success does not always correlate with team hegemony, a competitive event is often concluded with mixed feelings and a range of emotions across the diverse spectrum that is the track and field team.
As defending Ivy League champions, the women's fencing team went into the first Ivy meet of the season feeling the pressure.
While most of the Princeton campus was taking it easy and just relaxing over Intersession, the women's indoor track and field team was practicing hard every day, and its committed efforts really shone through at meets on Jan.
Andre Logan lowered his eyes as he limped slowly across the Harvard court, an ice pack and brace strapped to his leg, avoiding everyone.
Yale may have hosted the meet, but it was the Princeton women's swimming and diving team that continued to assert its dominance over the Ivy League at this weekend's Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet.
Exciting. Nail-biting. Good to the last drop. The men's squash team's 5-4 victory over Yale last Saturday in Jadwin Gym was both exhausting and exhilarating to the very last point.Princeton junior No.
The women's squash team suffered a major setback this Saturday in its quest for the Ivy League title when it fell to Yale, 7-2, in Jadwin Gym.The loss overshadowed a solid 6-3 win over Penn last Thursday in Philadelphia.
When men's swimming and diving traveled to New Haven for the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton double-dual meet held Feb.
Men's volleyball began its season out west with games against La Verne, University of California-Irvine, University of California-San Diego, and Hope International.
Sometimes a break just comes at the wrong time. For the women's ice hockey team, this appeared to be the case.Princeton had won three of its final four games and had climbed to the top of the ECAC standings before being forced to take a recess for exams.
After a disappointing beginning to the season, the wrestling team was unable to find a winning recipe, as Princeton lost its first two Ivy League matches of the year.Wrestling Columbia Wednesday and then Cornell Friday, the Tigers had hoped to start strong, but after two close losses, Princeton (3-13, 0-2) now finds itself at the bottom of the Ivy League standings.In a meet with four lead changes, the Columbia meet came down to the last wrestler, and Princeton was not able to hold on, losing 22-19.The Columbia meet began well for the Tigers, taking an early 9-0 lead after a pin by sophomore heavyweight Joe Looke and 125 lbs.
The women's basketball team played three discouraging games in New York his past week, losing consecutive matches to Stony Brook, Columbia, and Cornell and dropping its Ivy record to 2-3.On Friday night, Columbia defeated the Tigers 79-61.
As has been the case much of this season, this weekend's play for the men's hockey team was a tale of two teams.
Princeton played two Division III caliber teams over Intersession. One of them was Cornell.During the break, the Tigers (9-7 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) defeated Div.
It has been a good year for Ivy League men's basketball. The conference RPI of .4895 puts it 17th in the nation, a full 10 spots higher than at the end of last year.
The Ivy women's hoops season is underway, and while nothing is decided, the race for the title is starting to shape up.
