The success of the women's cross-country team rests on quite a few shoulders ? many of which belong to sophomores.
Last season the men's cross country team was expected to finish among the top teams in the nation.
Princeton is generally known as a trendsetter among universities. For example, when the University changed its financial aid policy by replacing loans with grants, Harvard responded by making its aid packages more generous.But in light of other school's responses to last week's terrorist attacks, Princeton's Department of Athletics found itself reacting to events rather than shaping them.
Wednesday, Sept. 19 Field Hockey vs. Columbia (7 p.m at 1952 Stadium) Men's Soccer at Rutgers (7 p.m in Piscataway) Women's Soccer vs.
Last year Princeton football scored more points than it has in nearly a decade. That was good enough for second-worst in the Ivy League.High-flying offenses with accurate passers and athletic wide receivers have become a prerequisite for success in the Ancient Eight.Princeton has two choices: beat them or join them.
Rescheduling from last weekendBoth the men's and women's cross country home meets were cancelled.
The difference between a successful and a disappointing season can be measured in minutes.In the opening minutes of last year's Southern Championships, Navy opened a big lead over Princeton.
The women's soccer team has bigger shoes to fill this upcoming season than ever before. Minus a graduated-star goalie and an injured senior captain, forced to face a perpetually tough Ivy League schedule while defending the legacy of last year's Ivy League champion team, the Tigers welcome one of the nation's top recruiting classes to fill the current void and to begin the uphill march to another title.Senior co-captain Kelly Sosa will be sorely missed after suffering a season-ending tear of her ACL before the start of the season.
For the field hockey team, the first two games of the season could accurately be described as 'The Ilvy Friebe Show." The junior attack hailing from Germany had scored five of No.
Surging from the first whistle, Princeton sent an early message to Fairleigh Dickinson, as the Tigers pushed the Knights all over the field for the first 15 minutes of the game.In a very evenly played game, the Tigers took an early one goal lead, when freshman Adrian Melville tapped in a shot after sophomore Marty Shaw and freshman Ryan Rich drew the Knights goalie away from the net with 35 minutes, 11 seconds left in the first half.
The Princeton-Lafayette football game scheduled for tomorrow night at Princeton Stadium has been postponed as Lafayette has decided to suspend all of its athletic contests through Sunday.
It is an undeniable fact that a chain is only as good as its weakest link. Hang a weight on it, and the weak link snaps, ruining the rest of the chain.
With fewer than ten minutes remaining in the first half against Seton Hall on Oct. 11, a hard slide tackle and bad luck ruined Mike Nugent's junior season, and drastically damaged the Princeton soccer team's offense.Before the season ending injury, Nugent led the Ivy League in goals scored and was headed for his second All-Ivy selection and possibly a second Ivy League championship.
The cards look good this year for the "Magnificent Seven" of men's soccer, though at the end of last season they must have felt that they'd been dealt a rough hand.The seven seniors, given their nickname for being one of the nation's best soccer recruiting classes, helped achieve an outright Ivy League title in 1999 and seemed primed in 2000 for a repeat performance.
Last Spring, Princeton's men's track team and the women's swimming and diving squad obtained considerable success in both the Ivy League as well as NCAA's.
After Tuesday's horrific events in New York and Washington, few on campus thought of the joy and camaraderie of sports.
The men's soccer team kicked off its season in style ? with a thorough 5-0 beating of Monmouth Saturday at Lourie-Love Field.
Though coming off of one of the best seasons in its history, after one game it seems that the women's soccer team has nowhere to go but up.In a rescheduled game that took place Sept.
Preparation is generally considered the key to success in athletic competition. Being a successful Division I team generally requires months of practice before the first game.
Out of the nineteen women on this year's field hockey team there are nine freshmen and no seniors.
