Despite starting his swimming career at the age of 4 for his hometown team, senior Colin Hanna did not enter the world of serious competitive swimming until he was a junior in high school.
The women’s basketball team faced off against University of Delaware on Wednesday night at the Blue Hens’ home in Newark, Del. The Tigers made quick work of the Blue Hens, winning 68-50.
Friday will mark the wrestling team’s first home matches of the season as they face off against Liberty and Binghamton universities at Dillon Gymnasium. After strong showings on the road at the Central Jersey, Binghamton and Keystone opens, the team is ready to take on its regular season.
Forward Matt Arhontas was a freshman when the men’s ice hockey team won the ECAC Hockey championship in 2008. Now, as a senior, he is a leader on the team and role model for younger players. The co-captain leads the team in goals scored, with five, and power-play goals scored. Last year, Arhontas scored the game-tying goal to give Princeton a 6-6 result against Maine at the Florida College Classic, and he tied a career high with three points in the season-ending victory over Brown.
Until about a week ago, I had no idea that Princeton had a club figure skating team. For that matter, I had no idea that the team harbors so much talent, nor did I have an appreciation for the sport. As I began to learn more about the club and its members, this all changed.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has thrown for 3,344 yards and 22 touchdowns so far this season, with a 65.2 completion percentage. While his yards-per-attempt numbers are a little down from previous years, he’s still having what appears to be a stellar season worthy of his Hall of Fame career. So where does the ever-consistent Manning rank among uninjured NFL starters in passer rating? Thirteenth, with a mark of 90.8 that would have been fifth in the league eight years ago.
After three weeks of close losses and narrow victories, it looks like the men’s basketball team has started to grow up. Princeton (4-3), coming off a grueling overtime win against Siena College, made quick work of Lafayette (1-6) on Monday night, handily defeating the Leopards 82-64 at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pa., to earn its largest victory of the season.
Andrew Calof, a freshman forward on the men’s hockey team, has been playing hockey for as long as he can remember — and it shows. Calof has emerged as a powerful threat on a Princeton team that has exceeded almost all expectations this season by reaching second place in the ECAC Hockey league. He currently leads the team in points with 12 and is tied for the second most assists in the conference.
He stands out on the court among the rest of the men’s basketball team. As if his almost seven feet of height doesn’t make him noticeable enough, his bright red hair, cropped short to his head, stands up in the air like the Statue of Liberty’s beacon of light.
The men’s basketball team, favored by many to win the Ivy League title for the first time since 2004, is off to a strong if inconsistent start this season. Princeton (3-3) has endured two losses by a combined three points in nonconference play. The Ivy League season for the Tigers does not start until Jan. 28 against Brown.The rest of the Ivy League has experienced varying degrees of success in the starts to their seasons.
Thanksgiving: a day of family, friends, food and football. I spent this Thanksgiving in New Jersey with the family of a friend I met at Princeton. We were looking forward to eating his mom’s delicious cooking, as well as watching the New York Jets, his family’s favorite team.
Junior Clay Blackiston has established himself as a key member of the No. 3 men’s squash team. Last year Blackiston went 4-1 in the Ivy League, which included a 3-0 win at Harvard. He only had three losses, two of which were against No. 1 Trinity. This season he has won both his matches against Cornell and Franklin & Marshall in three games.
The women’s ice hockey team’s winless streak stretched to six games with two losses to No. 5 Boston University over the Thanksgiving break. While most Princeton students left campus to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, the hockey team (3-9-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) traveled to Boston to take on the Terriers (11-2-3) in back-to-back games.
With five seconds remaining in the game and senior guard and co-captain Addie Micir standing at the free-throw line, the women’s basketball team was in a familiar situation. Just over a week ago, Princeton (3-2) had rallied back from a 13-point second-half deficit to take a lead with 1 minute, 13 seconds remaining against Rutgers, only to lose in a buzzer-beater. On Friday, down 59-58 to University of Southern California (5-2) in the opening game of the Vanderbilt Tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Micir found herself with the opportunity to cap off another late Princeton run and put the Tigers in position for a victory.
The men’s hockey team is off to a strong start this season and is currently ranked second in the ECAC Hockey due to senior leadership from forwards Matt Arhontas and Mike Kramer and defender Cam Ritchie. Princeton (5-4 overall, 5-2 ECAC Hockey) will face league opponents Clarkson and St. Lawrence at home at Baker Rink this weekend. Here is a look around the league to see how the other competitors rank up this season.
Junior guard Doug Davis, as he is known to do, hit a three-pointer, but Siena guard Clarence Jackson took care of business, making both his free throws, and the visitors still had the lead.So the Tigers were down five, with 20 seconds to play, and a loss seemed only a matter of time. Head coach Sydney Johnson ’97 drew up a nifty play to get Davis another open look, but he missed long, and Siena was just seconds away from celebrating.
It looked like Monday’s horror show all over again. Less than 24 hours after surrendering a 13-point halftime advantage to James Madison University and losing in the final minute, the men’s basketball team watched as Bucknell cut another 13-point lead to one possession on the very same court. But sophomore forward Mack Darrow scored five points down the stretch, including a game-icing three-pointer, as Princeton (2-2) pulled away from the Bison (2-4) for a 66-55 victory.
After failing to find the back of the net in its last two games, the women’s hockey team hopes to be thankful for goals over the Thanksgiving weekend. Continuing the tradition that started one year ago, Princeton (3-7-1 overall, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) and No. 5 Boston University (9-2-3) will play twice during the holiday weekend. Both games will be played in Walter Brown Arena, home of the Terriers.
After a dominant 69-52 victory over Lehigh on Sunday, the women’s basketball team will head to Nashville, Tenn., to play University of Southern California, perhaps their toughest opponent so far this season, in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday. The Trojans (2-1), currently in sixth place in the strong Pacific-10 conference, will provide the Tigers (2-1) a big test early in the non-league season.
The men’s hockey team faced off against Quinnipiac in Hamden, Conn., on Tuesday night. Despite a stalemate in the first period, the Tigers broke through Bobcat goalie Eric Hartzell’s defense to shut out Quinnipiac 3-0.
