The following is a guest column submitted by alumnus Murphey Harmon '71 in response to arecent Bloomberg article. I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice the factual inaccuracies in the Bloomberg article.
Half of the Ancient Eight has now seen league action, and all but one team has won its first game of the 2013 season.
This past weekend, the sailing team hosted its annual Princeton Women’s Regatta against four teams from all over the coast, from as far away as Queen’s University in Ontario to the College of William & Mary in Virginia.Day one was filled with close races, but in the end Princeton finished third, coming in behind William & Mary and Fordham University.
When the men’s soccer team and its coaching staff took the practice field this preseason, the squad was joined by many new faces.
Senior defender Kacie Kergides is part of the defense that has helped the women's soccer team start its season 4-2-2, its best start in recent memory.
After getting off to a rough 4-6 start to its year, the women’s volleyball team kicked off Ivy League play this weekend in a drastically different way — by beating Penn in a 3-2 thriller in front of a packed Dillon Gymnasium. The Tigers (5-6 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) got off to a slow start, dropping their first set to Penn (10-2, 1-1) 25-21 before gaining some momentum in the second set to win in a decisive 25-17.
The No. 11 men's water polo team traveled to California this weekend for a tough seven-game series against some of the nation's best teams.
The women’s soccer team dropped its Ivy League opener Saturday afternoon, falling to Yale in an overtime battle that ended with a 3-2 victory for the Bulldogs (5-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League). “Every Ivy League game, especially the first one, is always really intense, and we knew that it was not going to be easy and that Yale was going to come out strong,” senior midfielder and defender Gabriella Guzman said. The game started slowly, with action on both sides of the field.
For the men’s soccer team, one defensive slipup in overtime erased an entire half of momentum and caused Princeton (2-5 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) to suffer a difficult defeat to Florida Gulf Coast University (2-5-1, 0-0 ASC) on Sunday afternoon.
After taking another step toward once again sweeping its Ivy opponents Friday, the field hockey team held its own but fell to one of the top teams in the nation Sunday.The No.
After a disappointing loss to Lehigh in its season opener, the football team rebounded explosively against Georgetown on Saturday.
The New York Knicks announced yesterday that Steve Mills '81 will replace Glen Grunwald as the team’s president and general manager.Mills majored in sociology and won two Ivy League Championships under the legendary Princeton head coach Pete Carril before logging one season of professional basketball in Ecuador.
This weekend, the football team will travel down to Washington D.C. to take on Georgetown.
This weekend, the No. 12 field hockey team will take the field in two important games. Princeton (4-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) will host Ivy League rival Yale (2-4, 0-1) on Friday evening at 7 p.m.
The football team performed very differently in the first and second halves of Saturday’s football game, allowing their early 19-point lead to be overcome by the Mountain Hawks in their one-point loss.
Despite an impressive performance by the football teamon Saturday, particularly in the first half, the Tigers left their first game disappointed, blowing a 19-point lead to end up losing by only one.
After defeating Fordham 3-1 on Tuesday, the women’s soccer team is ready to begin its Ivy League season this weekend.
A flurry of activity during a three-minute span late in the women’s soccer team’s matchup against Fordham solidified a Tiger victory in the Bronx on Tuesday night.
This week, the ‘Prince’ sat down with sophomore libero Sarah Daschbach of the women’s volleyball team.
The Ancient Eight kicked off their seasons last weekend, and, though they had a late start, some of the Ivy League teams have already made a big impact.
