Sometimes it is hard to remember that athletics is about more than just winning and losing, especially at a school with so much athletic success.Princeton is widely recognized as a leader in women's collegiate athletics.
Ivy HonorsIndividuals for the women's hockey team and the men's basketball team garnered Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for the second week in a row this week.For men's basketball, it was forward Andre Logan winning the award for the second straight week.
The Harvard-Yale-Princeton rivalry is always intense, but it is not often that the Crimson, Bulldogs, and Tigers go head to head to head.On Saturday the track teams representing what U.S.
Freshman forward Konrad Wysocki was nothing but smiles after men's basketball's convincing 67-53 victory over Penn last night at the Palestra.
With two minutes left in the game, even Princeton head coach Kevin Morris looked tired.He rubbed his face hard a few times, looked at the scoreboard and saw that his team was losing to the Penn, 66-49.
PHILADELPHIA ? This time, no miracles were necessary. There were no game-winning desperation threes, no incredible comebacks, and a rather drawn-out finish.Playing in the most hostile environment in the Ivy League an under -manned, under-sized, under-appreciated Princeton men's basketball team outplayed a supposedly superior Penn squad, 67-53, before a capacity crowd at the Palestra.To begin the contest, Penn forward Ugonna Onyekwe outleapt Tiger center Nate Walton and tapped the ball to teammate Geoff Owens.
Coming into this weekend's series of difficult contests, the women's water polo team was sure of its talent, but uncertain of its preparation.
Before I start in with the arrogance, allow me to preface with a short allegory.My grand uncle used to take part in rapid-fire pistol competitions, where he befriended an Arizona state trooper to whom he routinely lost.He liked to tell a story about the time this trooper pulled a truck over for a traffic violation, unaware of the fact that the driver of the vehicle was a vicious axe murderer.
Anyone glancing over the records for Princeton and Penn would not give the rivalry-charged game on Tuesday a second thought.
Though you won't find it in any textbook, the second law of intercollegiate athletics clearly states that a school's biggest rival is always the conference opponent of closest geographic proximity.
After four hours of rallying back and forth against Harvard, the men's squash team was unable to defend its Ivy League title Sunday at Jadwin Gym.In the final match of the day, Harvard's Shondip Ghosh defeated sophomore No.
?Jason Bodner is the Senior Sports Editor at The Daily PennsylvanianOh Princeton basketball, I feel sorry for you.
One day after sweeping through their competition at home both the men's and women's fencing teams saw their Ivy League title hopes dashed Sunday as Penn cruised past both teams by the identical score of 15-12.The Tiger women suffered their first Ivy League loss of the season as Penn pulled away in the sabre competition by winning 8-1.
Just days after the women's basketball team hit the highlight of its year thus far, Princeton had another season turnaround ? this time in the wrong direction.
At Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday, sophomore forward Kyle Wente was 9-for-12 from the field, 4-for-7 for three pointers and, most importantly, one-for-one on miracle last-second shots.Wente saved the men's basketball team from being swept on the road this weekend with a career-high 22 points and an end-game heave from 25 feet out.
It has happened so often this season that, even the night before, the men's hockey team seemed to see it coming.
After victories in three out of its last four games coming into this weekend, many hockey pundits would have predicted that Princeton would be able to come out and take it to Brown for a substantial victory.The Tigers (11-10-2 overall, 6-10-2 Eastern College Athletic Confer-ence) did come to play, but a Bear scoring streak midway through the third helped Brown (13-3-3, 10-3-3) pull away for a 6-2 victory.Would-be ice hockey Nostradamuses out there would then take a look at that loss and forecast that Princeton would get destroyed by Harvard on Sunday.
Last weekend, the women's basketball team finally found what it had been looking for ? a way to win.
In all of athletics, perhaps the most important physical concept is that of momentum. While certainly the applications of force and the need for acceleration are vital to success in any sport ? as well as a touch of chaos theory in the guise of luck ? gaining momentum at the right time can bolster a team's confidence and increase its quality of play.Coming off a series of home victories, including a vital Ivy sweep last weekend, the men's basketball team travels to the northern reaches of the Ancient Eight to battle Dartmouth tomorrow, and Harvard on Saturday.Princeton (9-7 overall, 4-0 Ivy League) currently shares the Ivy lead with Penn (7-12, 4-0) heading into their Nordic excursions.
After knocking off the Eastern College Athletic Conference leader last Friday, the men's hockey team has a chance to repeat the feat tonight at Baker Rink.The Tigers beat St.
