After a 1998-99 season in which the Tigers were co-champions of their conference, the women's basketball team finished 9-19 last year, 6-8 in the Ivy League.
Cameron Indoor Stadium. Just the name is intimidating enough. No. 2 Duke has amassed a 603-134 record there since the building opened in 1940, losing only 44 times under current head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
Coming off a disappointing seventh-place finish last week at the Heptagonal Championships, the women's cross country team headed into the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships last weekend with hopes of avenging its recent loss and repeating the extraordinary performance it had at last year's meet.The Tigers placed fourth in 1999, narrowly missing an at-large bid to the national championships.
Princeton women's volleyball is now officially the best team in Ivy Tournament history. After winning the championship match in last weekend's Ivy Tournament in Cambridge, Mass., the Tigers ? who have claimed 12 titles in the tournamen's 24-year history, including five championships in the past seven years ? are going down in the books as the most victorious team to date.Going into the tournament with the No.
Most Princeton sports fans are familiar with the men's basketball story by now.The Tigers finished yet another strong season under Bill Carmody in second place in the Ivy League.
Kevin Morris did not know what to expect.The newly-hired assistant coach had spent the week working the Princeton girls basketball camp and wondering whether he would be fired, promoted, or simply stay in his current position.Head Coach Liz Feeley ? who had hired him as an assistant ? was leaving to head the women's basketball program at Smith College.
After finishing fifth at the Mid-Atlantic Regional race Saturday, the men's cross country team's chance for a bid to the NCAA Championships and its only opportunity to continue its season seems just out of reach.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ? In two plays, the football team's season was saved.Down 14-13 with one minute, 12 seconds to play, 80 yards to cover, and no timeouts, Princeton rode the stunning efforts of senior fullback Marty Cheatham and sophomore wide receiver Chisom Opara to beat Yale, 19-14.Princeton completed its miraculous drive with a 32-yard scoring strike from senior quarterback Jon Blevins to Opara.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. ? Just 57 seconds into its NCAA national quarterfinal game against Maryland, the defending national champion, the field hockey team found itself down a goal.
Man-up and man-down situations are supposed to be important in hockey. But they're not supposed to be this important.In a wild opening weekend to its Eastern College Athletic Conference schedule, the men's hockey team tied both Clarkson (2-1-2 overall, 0-1-1 ECAC) and preseason favorite St.
Though the loud speaker blared the "Mission: Impossible" theme throughout the game, the women's hockey team found little difficulty overcoming Boston College as it glided to a 4-1 victory Sunday at Baker Rink.
There were times this season when Matt Behncke would listen to his older brother's phone messages and not want to call back."Sometimes you get a little tired of saying the same things," the junior men's soccer midfielder said.
For the first time in three years, the men's cross country team enters District Regionals without a Heps victory behind it.After a seventh-place finish at Heps last weekend, the women's cross country team is also looking for redemption this weekend.Both Tiger cross country teams will head to NCAA District II competition in University Park, Pa., with participation in NCAA championships on the line.
It seems everyone involved in athletics has an opinion about artificial turf. It gives the St. Louis Rams' offense an edge.
Friday, Nov. 10 Men's hockey vs. Clarkson (7 p.m. at Baker Rink) Women's volleyball at Ivy League Tournament (through Sunday in Cambridge, Mass.) Sprint Football at Penn (7:30 p.m.
After annihilating Penn 9-0 last weekend and topping off another undefeated Ivy season, the field hockey team (13-3 overall, 7-0 Ivy League) officially became conference champs for the seventh straight season.
The football team has found a number of ways to motivate itself this year. With every painfully close loss, the team has redirected its goals, evolving from dreams of an undefeated year through hopes of winning the Ivy League.Now, out of contention in the Ivy League at 2-3 with two games to play, Princeton (2-6 overall) has seen most of its goals washed away, making the remainder of the season a salvage operation."We have two games left in this season," senior defensive lineman Nick Freitag said.
Mark Messier is not someone often associated with collegiate women's hockey. This season, however, fans of Princeton's women's hockey team may see flashes of the New York Rangers' center in junior captain and center Andrea Kilbourne."She's definitely our Mark Messier," head coach Jeffrey Kampersal '92 said.
After missing the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament last season for the first time in seven years, the women's ice hockey team enters this season with confidence.
There are a number of similarities between senior forward Kirk Lamb ? this year's men's hockey captain ? and his predecessor, Darren Yopyk '00.They both grew up in Alberta, Canada, both played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Bonnyville Pontiacs and were best friends while at Princeton.
