Playing two unranked opponents this weekend should have been a respite for the field hockey team.
It is a well-known saying that defense wins championships.So far this season, the women's soccer teams from Brown and Princeton have taken steps toward proving this old adage true.
Recently senior driver Chris Gratian of the men's water polo team sat down with 'Prince' senior writer Paul Esposito.'Prince': How did you get started with water polo?Chris Gratian: I started playing water polo in the fifth grade.
The Air-Bears are coming.If we were at war, the air raid sirens would wail tomorrow. As the sleek white bombers with brown trim soared overhead, the citizens of Princeton would be afraid.Thankfully, peace currently reigns in central New Jersey.
Saturday the men's soccer team faces a must-win situation against Brown. But the Tigers (6-4-0 overall, 0-2-0) may be without their leading scorer, junior forward Mike Nugent, and their starting goalkeeper, sophomore Jason White.White and Nugent were injured Wednesday night during a 4-0 loss to Seton Hall and were forced to leave the game.
Last Friday, the sprint football team suffered a demoralizing 29-0 loss to Penn. Princeton now finds itself 0-2, a surprise to many on the team who felt that this would be a breakthrough year for the Tigers.Princeton has a chance for redemption Saturday ? with its own pride on the line ? against Army in the annual Pride Bowl.
For years Princeton's field hockey team has dominated the field. Last year, however, when the contest for the Ivy Crown resulted in a tie with Brown, the Tigers were forced to share bragging rights.Princeton ? which had held the title on its own for five consecutive seasons ? will attempt to break its three-game losing streak and stake claim to the 2000 Ivy championship this weekend as it hosts the Bears (5-4 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) Saturday.
Don Cahoon started it all in April. After nine seasons as the head coach of Princeton men's hockey, he announced that he would accept the head coaching position at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
After 17 straight games on the road since early September, the women's volleyball team finally brought its fire home.
I've been looking forward to this weekend for quite some time. The season is four weeks old, and the Princeton football team will finally host an Ivy League opponent when the Brown Bears come to Princeton Stadium this weekend.Janina Bowl I figures to be an intriguing matchup for several reasons.
The Princeton football team has a winning percentage of .250. Last week, Colgate annihilated the Tigers, 34-6.
Mike Nugent lay on the ground, rocking back and forth as he clutched at his knee and then his head.Jason White crashed to the ground, lying still as stunned Tigers stared.During a three minute span late in the first half, the men's soccer team's leading scorer and sophomore goalkeeper were seriously injured.The Tigers (6-4-0 overall, 0-2-0) Ivy League) would lose the game, 4-0.
Last weekend was one of the best the men's tennis team has seen. Going into the ECAC tournament, there was a lot of uncertainty about how the No.
Princeton and Seton Hall share many similarities coming into tonight's men's soccer game at Lourie-Love Field.
This weekend's Harvard-Yale-Princeton women's cross country meet represented a reversal of roles in Ivy League competition.
Coming off a tough Ivy defeat at the hands of Dartmouth over the weekend, the women's volleyball team will look to bounce back tonight when it hosts Fordham in Dillon Gym at 7:30 pm.The loss dropped the Tigers' overall record to 10-5 on the year, and more importantly to 1-1 in the Ivy League.
Losing to two of the three best teams in the nation is always tough. Losing to those teams by a total of two goals is tougher.
On Saturday night, Princeton students headed to the 'Street' in hordes to test their luck at casino night.
For the women's volleyball team, the start of the Ivy League season proceeded as a near-perfect continuation of the preseason trends.
The men's soccer team is not out of the woods yet. Not after losing its first two Ivy League games of the season, with games against Brown and Yale still to come.But this past weekend, thanks to junior forward Mike Nugent, the men's soccer team may have gained something as important as any league win ? confidence.With crucial contests against Seton Hall and Ivy rival Brown coming up this week, Princeton scored a huge 1-0 win over Harwick.
