As far as races go, the 3,000m, 28-barrier, seven-water-jump steeplechase is hardly typical. But, luckily for the men’s track and field team, sophomore Trevor Van Ackeren is hardly a typical runner.
The women’s golf team finished 19th out of 20 this weekend at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate Tournament at the University of Mississippi’s course in Oxford, Miss.
In a non-league exhibition match on Saturday, the men’s rugby team defeated the Marauders of Millersville University 20-5. Freshman outside center Ross Powell, playing in his first game as a starter, led Princeton with two tries.
The men’s heavyweight crew began a new era under head coach Greg Hughes ’96 with a bang on Saturday morning by beating Georgetown in convincing fashion. The Tigers (1-0) dominated on Lake Carnegie, sweeping the Hoyas in all three 2,000m races.
No matter what the men’s volleyball team does, its matches at Dillon Gymnasium always seem to go the distance. Luckily, Princeton is finding that the fifth set is where it shines the brightest.
The men’s and women’s tennis teams continued their undefeated runs in the Ivy League, defeating Yale and Brown this weekend. The No. 33 women’s team (16-5 overall, 3-0 Ivy League) defeated No. 40 Yale (11-5, 0-1) 6-1 in New Haven, Conn., on Friday afternoon. The next day, it topped No. 66 Brown (13-6, 1-1) in Providence, R.I.
A back-and-forth series of winning and losing makes for exciting games, but frustrating seasons.
With an inexperienced lineup that lost a lot to graduation last year, the baseball team knew that its hopes of contending for the Ivy League title rested on its pitching and defense. In the first weekend of league play, Princeton’s run prevention came through. The Tigers allowed just 12 runs in 38 innings en route to a solid 2-2 start to conference play.
After a career-high 15 saves in last week’s win over Yale, it seemed reasonable that sophomore goalie Tyler Fiorito might fall back to his average performance of just under eight saves per game. Fiorito, however, defied that logic with a new career high of 17 saves, as the men’s lacrosse team beat Brown 9-7 in a back-and-forth contest.
When senior pitcher Jamie Lettire audibly urged a towering fly ball to stay fair in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 6-4 loss to Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon, the moment seemed to encapsulate the softball team’s weekend. The ball faded into foul territory but cleared the left-field fence, a close miss like much of the weekend was for Princeton (6-21 overall, 0-4 Ivy League). The Tigers dropped all four of their Ivy League games at Class of 1895 Field, falling twice to Harvard (9-15, 3-1) and twice to the Big Green (3-17, 2-2).
Coming off two losses in a midweek series against Lehigh, the softball team kicks off its Ivy League season with doubleheaders against Harvard and Dartmouth at Class of 1895 Field this weekend.
The men’s lacrosse team will face off against No. 16 Brown tomorrow afternoon in the second game of an Ivy League doubleheader at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Dartmouth will play No. 6 Cornell before No. 5 Princeton takes the field. Both the Tigers (6-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) and the Bears (3-3, 1-0) are currently undefeated in league play, and at least half of their collective games so far this season have been one-goal decisions.
As a young team, faced with a brutal early season schedule, the women’s lacrosse team didn’t hit its stride right away. With a spotless Ivy League record and a win against No. 9 Georgetown — the first win of the season against a ranked opponent — the Tigers were starting to look sharp as of this Monday. But inconsistency reared its ugly head on Wednesday afternoon, however, as Princeton dropped a 14-12 decision to unranked Temple fresh off its victory over Georgetown.
Coming off of its sixth 7-0 victory of the season, the women’s tennis team cannot afford to lose momentum this weekend as it plays Brown and Yale on back-to-back afternoons.
The baseball team opens Ivy League play this weekend, beginning its 20-game, five-week sprint to the conference championship. The Tigers will get their first and last look at a pair of foes from the Rolfe Division — Harvard and Dartmouth — in their first grueling four-game weekend. Princeton hosts the Crimson in a doubleheader that starts at noon on Saturday, before they cap their weekend with another twin bill against the Big Green at noon on Sunday.
The softball team traveled to Lehigh on Wednesday afternoon to play its last series before the Ivy League season kicks off this weekend.
Sam Mulroy knew that he had big shoes to fill. After playing 19 games in his rookie season as primarily an outfielder, the sophomore was assigned to start at catcher for the baseball team this season. Mulroy’s job previously belonged to Jack Murphy ’09, who was twice named first-team All-Ivy and was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays organization last summer.
Before Wednesday, the women’s lacrosse team had not lost to Temple since 1998, a streak of 11 consecutive victories. Before Wednesday, Princeton (4-5 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) was undefeated on the road and feeling optimistic after an impressive win over No. 9 Georgetown. On Wednesday afternoon, though, No. 17 Princeton left Philadelphia with a rough 14-12 upset loss to Temple (4-5).
Though its first game is still many months away, the football team has already begun working hard to prepare for a season that it hopes will ultimately be more successful than the last. After ending three consecutive years with losing records, the squad is optimistic that the new leadership and fresh approach of head coach Bob Surace ’90, coupled with a renewed focus on the execution of assignments and techniques, will help to turn things around.
Many people talk about whether there is a competitive balance in Major League Baseball, and whether a salary cap is needed to prevent the New York Yankees from dwarfing everyone else’s payroll and being the World Series favorite virtually every year.
