It would appear that the men's tennis team had an easy time of it this weekend, knocking off both St.
So far this season, the men's lacrosse team has had one convincing win over Johns Hopkins, one convincing loss to Virginia, and one middling win over Hofstra.
With the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships only two weeks away, the women's water polo team (10-3 overall, 4-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) has been hard at work.After a Spring Break full of physically intense California play, the Tigers will arrive in Washington, D.C., this weekend a more unified and experienced team to take on Maryland, Villanova, James Madison and George Washington as they continue their CWPA league play.This weekend will also serve to strengthen the squad as it prepares to defend its title as the inaugural Ivy and ECAC champion and improve upon last year's 30-11-1 record."We are definitely ready for this weekend," senior captain and goalie Goga Vukmirovic said.
During its 2-7 Spring Break trip, the baseball team did not get the big hits when they mattered the most.
As spring weather finally comes to Princeton, the men's and women's track teams move outside Jadwin Gym to open-air Weaver Stadium.
There is no joy in Bracketville. Sure, the NCAA tournament games have been amazing to watch, but March Madness has been particularly maddening for me and my pre-tourney picks.
The sprint football team of late has been one of storied difficulty. It was only two seasons ago that it ended a 15-game string of phenomenal ineptitude with a win over Navy on Oct.
Finding a replacement for outgoing men's tennis head coach, David Benjamin, was not an easy task.
After a demanding early season schedule in which the women's lacrosse team played its first four games against teams ranked in the Top 10 in the country, Princeton was in need of a break.They got that break in the form of an 18-0 trouncing of lowly Columbia yesterday afternoon at Wein Stadium in New York.Senior goalie Laura Field made five saves in the first half and was relieved by junior Jennie Platt who saved two shots in her first collegiate action after taking over at the beginning of the second half.The shutout was the first one in the 27-year history of Princeton's program and serves as a good building block going into the Ivy season."We didn't know it was the team's first shutout, but that just makes a win like this extra special," sophomore attack Kim Smith said.This was the opening game on both of the teams' Ivy League slates, and was a good indicator of how the No.
After watching all hopes of salvaging the second game of an afternoon doubleheader against Rider end with a weak force out by sophomore shortstop Kim Veenstra, Princeton softball head coach Cindy Cohen just stood still for a moment on the third base line, as though she hadn't realized the game was over.But the disappointed and exasperated look on her face spoke volumes about what she thought of her team's performance."We just haven't gotten better all season and I am partially to blame," Cohen said.
Many Princeton teams take lengthy road trips to the South and to the West during Spring Break to play against strong competition in preparation for the upcoming season.
Sophomore Chris Young of the men's basketball team and baseball team recently sat down with senior writer Adam Sorensen.P: If you had a chance to choose between basketball and baseball, which one would it be and why?CY: I don't know, I couldn't choose right now.
After capturing its ninth-ever Ivy League Championship Feb. 26, the women's swimming and diving team hoped to top off its successful season with a strong showing on the national level.Thanks to the performance of sophomore diver Danielle Stramandi over Spring Break, Princeton can rest assured that it has achieved that goal.The Tigers sent four representatives to the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships March 16-18 in Indianapolis ? sophomore swimmer Jenny Macauley, junior diver Erin Lutz and sophomore divers Katherine Mattison and Stramandi.
The men's and women's fencing teams sent a total of 20 competitors to the Mid-Atlantic/Southern Regional portion of the NCAA Championship at Penn State March 12.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference championship ended the fall season of the women's golf team on a disappointing note, with losses to several teams ? worst of all to Ivy rival Yale.
The softball team expected to be tired after its week-long trip to Tallahassee, Fla. The Tigers (5-11) knew going in that they would face a grueling schedule and play doubleheaders and tripleheaders almost every day.
The pressure was on and time was running out. The women's water polo team was on a three-game losing streak and was struggling for a victory.After losing to UC-Davis, 9-4, California, 13-6, and San Jose State, 8-4, the Tigers looked to their final game against Pacific with hopes of a win.
On their annual Spring Break trip to California, the men's and women's tennis teams ended the week with the same results ? two wins apiece ? but took different paths to get there.
The men's and women's fencing teams qualified 12 ? the maximum number ? fencers for Nationals to be held this weekend at Stanford.
Mimi Hammerberg was nervous and rushing and stood all alone last Sunday, cradling the ball and caught in the spotlight.
