MADISON, Wis. ? The women's soccer team almost carried Wisconsin. On the chilly shores of Madison's Lake Mendota, the Tigers nearly pulled off a first-round NCAA tournament upset.
While both the men's and women's golf teams headed south over break hoping to conclude their fall campaigns with resounding victories, only the women's team returned with another championship.Ending its fall season, the men's team got stuck in competitive gridlock around the Washington Beltway, tying for sixth at the Georgetown Invitational.
The field hockey team will take on Penn State in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday in College Park, Md.
Trailing 6-2 at halftime in the finals of the Southern Championships at Navy Sunday, the men's water polo team appeared to be on its way to a surprisingly lopsided loss against the always-tough Midshipmen.But this was a Princeton-Navy matchup, and if the Tigers have proven nothing else this year, they have shown that when they get together with their rivals from Annapolis, matters are never settled until the final buzzer.In that second half, Princeton (22-8) battled back with three consecutive goals, and though the Tigers fell short in the end, 6-5, they proved that their rivalry with Navy is as fierce as ever.Princeton has now played three one-goal games with the Midshipmen this year, losing Sept.
When junior midfielder Linley Gober put the women's soccer team ahead of Penn, 1-0, in the Tigers' final regular season game last Saturday, one couldn't help but feel that the rest of the contest was a mere formality.The reason: Senior goalkeeper Jordan Rettig, who would go on to post a shutout for the sixth time in seven Ivy games.Leaping in the air to intercept crosses and diving to block shots, Rettig dominated the Princeton penalty area as she has done all season.
A rivalry will be renewed when the women's soccer team travels to Wisconsin today to take on the Badgers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.It's not the rivalry between Princeton and Wisconsin, however.
The big grin on senior outside Sabrina King's face midway through the third game of women's volleyball's easy straight-sets win last night against SUNY-Stony Brook told the whole story.The Tigers, who are now 18-8 overall, 6-1 Ivy League, coasted through the match with confidence as King and senior middle Emily Brown got to close their last Princeton match at Dillon Gym with a decisive win."It's hard to get really excited when the team you're playing is not that good," Brown said.
After winning three of its four matches during Fall Break last week, the women's volleyball team is now No.
VAN CORTLANDT PARK, N.Y. ? Dartmouth snapped Princeton's string of nine consecutive Heptagonal League Championships in cross country and track by winning the men's Heps cross country meet Oct.
The sprint football team had looked forward to its two games over Fall Break as a chance to turn its season around.
The women's hockey team opened its 2000-2001 campaign during Fall Break and found itself involved in a pair of tight contests right from the start.
At Baker Rink on Saturday night, the key word for the men's hockey team was "new."Last year's head coach Don Cahoon was no longer barking orders from behind the bench.
High hopes came unceremoniously crashing to the ground for the women's cross country team as its quest to surprise the Heptagonal Championships field with an upset ended in a disappointing seventh-place finish.The Tigers hoped this would be the race where they would finally perform to their potential.
With three games in six days, Fall Break was no time for relaxing for the field hockey team (13-3 overall, 7-0 Ivy League). It became, however, a time for celebration as Princeton posted three big wins over UConn, Cornell and Penn, earning its seventh consecutive Ivy championship....Princeton kicked off the week with a 2-0 shutout win over then-No.
As time ticked off the clock late in the women's soccer game against Penn on Saturday night, the offensive mistakes, the sometimes-sloppy play and the missed opportunities of a season were forgotten.All the Tigers (13-4 overall, 6-1 Ivy League) focused on was the fact that if they could hold on to a 1-0 lead for a little longer, this group would be able to accomplish something no Princeton team had done since 1983 ? win an Ivy League Championship..As senior midfielder Julie Shaner and senior forward Amee Reyes froze the ball deep in the Quakers' end of the field, the clock ran out with the score 1-0 and the dream of the Class of 2001 finally came true.The Tigers had finished the season 6-1 in the league to tie with Dartmouth for the championship, but Princeton earned the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament by virtue of a 1-0 win over the Big Green on Sept.
Two plays that never should have happened led to two league losses for the football team during the break.The first proved that the point after is not an afterthought.
The men's soccer team's season had been a disappointment so far. Gone were the Tigers' chances for a repeat as Ivy League champs.
The Dartmouth-Harvard women's soccer game has determined the Ivy League champion for the past six years.This year should be no different.If No.
Both the men's and women's cross country teams are up against tough competition today at the Heptagonal League Championships at Van Cortlandt Park, N.Y.
If it were not for the fact that his team is in first place in the Ivy League, football head coach Roger Hughes would be having a miserable year.His firstand second-string quarterbacks went down with injuries, bringing on the third-string quarterback.
